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John Stothoff Badeau (1903-1995) —
also known as John S. Badeau —
of Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
24, 1903.
Minister;
missionary;
university
professor; president,
American University in Cairo, 1945-53; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1961-64.
Christian Reformed; later Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died, from sepsis,
in Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
25, 1995 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery, Jamesburg, N.J.
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Raymond H. Bateman (1927-2016) —
also known as Ray Bateman —
of North Branch, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., October
29, 1927.
Republican. Public
relations business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1958-67;
member of New
Jersey state senate, 1968-77 (District 8 1968-73, 16th District
1974-77); delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1968,
1972;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1977.
Christian Reformed.
Died in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., June 25,
2016 (age 88 years, 240
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Philo Bradley (1813-1892) —
also known as Joseph P. Bradley —
Born in Berne, Albany
County, N.Y., March
14, 1813.
Lawyer;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-92; died in office 1892.
Christian Reformed.
As the only politically independent member of the Electoral
Commission to settle the disputed 1876 presidential election, he cast
the deciding vote to award all of the disputed electoral votes to the
Republican candidate, Rutheford
B. Hayes.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
22, 1892 (age 78 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Clarence Edwards Case (1877-1961) —
also known as Clarence E. Case —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., September
24, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Somerset
County Judge, 1910-13; member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1918-29; Governor of
New Jersey, 1920; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1929-46, 1948-52; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1946-48.
Christian Reformed. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Somerset Hospital,
Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
3, 1961 (age 83 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Clarkson Clothier (b. 1885) —
also known as Robert C. Clothier —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
8, 1885.
Newspaper
reporter; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;
vice-president, Scott Company (industrial personnel consultants),
1918-23; Dean of Men, University of Pittsburgh, 1929-32; director,
Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company; president,
Rutgers University, 1932; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Middlesex
County, 1947.
Christian Reformed.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarkson Clothier and Agnes (Evans) Clothier; married, June 24,
1916, to Nathalie Wilson; father of Arthur
Clothier. |
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Edna B. Conklin (1875-1951) —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Cresskill, Bergen
County, N.J., July 7,
1875.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1936,
1940
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1944,
1948;
member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1928-50; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1932-40.
Female.
Christian Reformed.
Died in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., January
9, 1951 (age 75 years, 186
days).
Interment at Hackensack
Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
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Beveridge C. Dunlop (1879-1961) —
of Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., April
28, 1879.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; textile
executive; bank
director; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member
of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1914; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Christian Reformed. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons.
Died in Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 2,
1961 (age 82 years, 65
days).
Interment at Brick
Church Cemetery, Spring Valley, N.Y.
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Edwin Winfield Eden (1887-1953) —
also known as Edwin W. Eden —
of Highland Park, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., 1887.
Mayor
of Highland Park, N.J., 1928-30.
Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Highland Park, Middlesex
County, N.J., September
1, 1953 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.
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Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817-1885) —
also known as Frederick T. Frelinghuysen —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Millstone, Somerset
County, N.J., August
4, 1817.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1860;
New
Jersey state attorney general, 1861-66; defeated, 1857; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1866-69, 1871-77; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1881-85.
Dutch Reformed.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., May 20,
1885 (age 67 years, 289
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Edward Winthrop Gray (1870-1942) —
also known as Edward W. Gray —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., August
18, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
publisher; secretary of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1908-13; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1915-19; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1918, 1928.
Dutch Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 10,
1942 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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David Greenlie (1867-1911) —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1867.
Republican. Shipbuilder;
mayor
of Passaic, N.J., 1904-07.
Christian Reformed. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died, from apoplexy,
in his room at the Northwestern Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
16, 1911 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of William Powell Greenlie and Georgina Cameron (Ireland) Greenlie;
married to Mattie Ora Pierson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Garrett William Hagedorn (1910-1985) —
also known as Garrett W. Hagedorn; Gary
Hagedorn —
of Midland Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Midland Park, Bergen
County, N.J., September
6, 1910.
Republican. Mayor
of Midland Park, N.J., 1958-67; member of New
Jersey state senate, 1968-85 (District 13 1968-73, 40th District
1974-85); died in office 1985.
Christian Reformed.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, August
9, 1985 (age 74 years, 337
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John William Hagedorn and Jennie (Klopman) Hagedorn; married, October
5, 1935, to Hubrine M. Hamersma. |
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William Imken (c.1918-1992) —
of Hasbrouck Heights, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born about 1918.
Republican. Mayor
of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., 1969-87.
Christian Reformed.
Died May 12,
1992 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Marcia Howard. |
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Klemmer Kalteissen (1894-1984) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born August
5, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Middlesex
County Freeholder, 1925; chair of
Middlesex County Democratic Party, 1927; common pleas court judge
in New Jersey, 1940; bank
director; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1961-64.
Christian Reformed.
Died, in St. Peter's Medical
Center, New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., April
17, 1984 (age 89 years, 256
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.
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John N. Klein (b. 1862) —
of Belleville, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., April
24, 1862.
Republican. Druggist;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1899-1900;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912.
Christian Reformed. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Modern
Woodmen of America; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David G. Klein and Maria (Pott) Klein; married 1890 to
Elizabeth Gephart. |
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James Smith Monroe (b. 1854) —
also known as James S. Monroe —
of Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., December
29, 1854.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1901-10 (Gogebic District
1901-02, Gogebic County 1903-10); defeated, 1912.
Christian Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Smith Monroe and Harriet (FitzGerald) Monroe; married, July 13,
1882, to Emma C. Mitchell. |
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Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952) —
also known as A. Harry Moore —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 3,
1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
New Jersey, 1926-29, 1932-35, 1938-41; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1935-38.
Christian Reformed. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Royal
Arcanum; Foresters.
Died from a heart
attack while driving
his car along State Highway 29 in Branchburg, Somerset
County, N.J., November
18, 1952 (age 73 years, 138
days).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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George Opdyke (1805-1880) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., December
7, 1805.
Republican. Clothing
manufacturer and merchant; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 14th District, 1859; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1862-64.
Christian Reformed.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 12,
1880 (age 74 years, 188
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Henry Rutgers (1745-1830) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
7, 1745.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1777-78, 1783-84, 1800-02,
1803-05, 1806-08; resigned 1778.
Dutch Reformed.
Died February
17, 1830 (age 84 years, 133
days).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1865 at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Hendrick Rutgers and Catharine (De Peyster) Rutgers; nephew of Johannes
DePeyster; grandson of Johannes
de Peyster; grandnephew of Abraham
de Peyster; first cousin of Matthew
Clarkson; first cousin once removed of Philip
DePeyster; second cousin of Pierre
Van Cortlandt; second cousin once removed of Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, John
Stevens III and Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr.; second cousin twice removed of William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston; second cousin thrice removed of William
Duer and Denning
Duer; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean and Hamilton
Fish Kean; second cousin five times removed of Robert
Reginald Livingston, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert
Winthrop Kean. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Rutgers University
(founded 1766 as Queens College; renamed 1825 as Rutgers College) in
New
Brunswick, New Jersey, is named for
him. — Henry Street
and Rutgers Street,
in Manhattan,
New York, are both named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Samuel Sloan (1817-1907) —
of New York.
Born in County Down, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
25, 1817.
Importing
business; member of New York
state senate 2nd District, 1858-59; president, Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad,
1867-99.
Episcopalian
or Christian Reformed. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y., September
22, 1907 (age 89 years, 271
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.; statue at Erie-Lackawanna Park, Hoboken, N.J.
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Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800-1879) —
also known as Jacob Westervelt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J., January
20, 1800.
Shipbuilder;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1853-55; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1857.
Dutch Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1879 (age 79 years, 32
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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