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Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) —
also known as Charles B. Alexander —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance
company; director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad,
the Hocking Valley Railroad,
and several banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Samuel John Atlee (1739-1786) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., 1739.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778-82; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1782, 1785-86.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
Died at a session of the Pennsylvania Assembly
at Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
25, 1786 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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David Brearley (1741-1790) —
also known as David Brearly —
of Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 11,
1741.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1779-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Hunterdon County, 1787; candidate for Presidential Elector for New
Jersey; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1789-90; died in office 1790.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
16, 1790 (age 49 years, 66
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Episcopal Churchyard, Trenton, N.J.
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Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., October
16, 1760.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1786-87, 1790,
1814-15; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1787-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1791-99; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1795-99; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1799-1805.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Arrested
in 1807 on charges
of conspiring with Aaron
Burr in treasonable
projects; gave bail and was released, but never brought to trial.
Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., October
9, 1824 (age 63 years, 359
days).
Entombed at St.
John's Churchyard, Elizabeth, N.J.
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Richard Howell (1754-1802) —
of Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, New Castle
County, Del., October
23, 1754.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Gloucester County, 1787; Governor of
New Jersey, 1793-1801; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1793-1801.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
Died in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., April
28, 1802 (age 47 years, 187
days).
Interment at Friends
Burying Ground, Trenton, N.J.
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William Burnet Kinney (b. 1871) —
also known as William B. Kinney —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April
30, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1916.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
Burial location unknown.
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Aaron Ogden (1756-1839) —
of New Jersey.
Born in New Jersey, December
3, 1756.
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1801-03; Governor of
New Jersey, 1812-13; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1812-13.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
Slaveowner.
Died April
19, 1839 (age 82 years, 137
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Burial Ground, Elizabeth, N.J.
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A. Dayton Oliphant (1887-1963) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
28, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1915-17; Mercer
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1918-23; chair of
Mercer County Republican Party, 1921; circuit judge in New
Jersey, 1927-45; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1945-46, 1948-57; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1946-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Society of the Cincinnati; Phi
Delta Theta; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died June 25,
1963 (age 75 years, 240
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Duncan Oliphant and Elizabeth Van Dever (Dayton) Oliphant;
married, June 21,
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Richard Varick (1753-1831) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., March
15, 1753.
Lawyer;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1786-88; New York
state attorney general, 1788-89; appointed 1788; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1789-1801.
Member, Society of the Cincinnati.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 30,
1831 (age 78 years, 137
days).
Interment at Dutch
Reformed Church Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
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