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Politicians in the Printing and Publishing Business in New Jersey
other than newspapers

  James Solomon Barcus (1863-1920) — also known as James S. Barcus — of Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind. Born in Sullivan County, Ind., March 18, 1863. Publisher; author; lawyer; member of Indiana state senate, 1903-05. Member, Freemasons. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., May 3, 1920 (age 57 years, 46 days). Interment somewhere in Terre Haute, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Solomon Barcus and Martha Barcus; married 1884 to Bettie Belle Tichenor.
  See also Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin H. Crosby (b. 1859) — of Tuckerton, Ocean County, N.J. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., January 17, 1859. Republican. Printer; newspaper editor and publisher; fire chief; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1908-10. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Harrison W. Crosby.
  Isaac Kauffman Funk (1839-1912) — also known as Isaac K. Funk — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Clark County, Ohio, September 10, 1839. Pastor; publishing business; co-founder of Funk & Wagnalls; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1888 (4th District), 1892 (2nd District), 1896 (2nd District); Prohibition candidate for borough president of Brooklyn, New York, 1897, 1901; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1900. Lutheran. Died in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., April 4, 1912 (age 72 years, 207 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John Funk and Martha (Kauffman) Funk; married 1869 to Helen Gertrude Thompson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Frank Jenkins — of Rahway, Union County, N.J. Printing press operator; Poor Man's Party candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Wesley A. Taylor (b. 1906) — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Mays Landing, Atlantic County, N.J., July 12, 1906. Republican. Bookbinder; Secretary and Business Representative, Bookbinders Local Union #62; delegate to New Jersey AFL and other labor councils; vice-president, Allied Printing Trades Council; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County, 1947. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arcanum. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Clarence A. Taylor and Almeda S. (Henry) Taylor.
  William Halsted Wiley (1842-1925) — also known as William H. Wiley — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 10, 1842. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; engineer; publisher of scientific works; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1903-07, 1909-11. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in 1925 (age about 82 years). Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Wiley and Elizabeth B. Wiley; married, June 1, 1870, to Joanna King Clarke.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
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