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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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Henry Hersey Andrew (b. 1858) —
also known as Henry H. Andrew —
of Union, Monroe
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1898.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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George Keyser Angle (1864-1932) —
also known as George K. Angle; G. K. Angle —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.; Silver City, Grant
County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in New Jersey, 1864.
Democrat. Physician;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico,
1912;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Member, American
Legion; American Medical
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta
Epsilon.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., May 8,
1932 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Angle and Elizabeth 'Eliza' (Kiser) Angle. |
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John Carlyle Barbour (b. 1895) —
also known as John C. Barbour —
of Clifton, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Haledon, Passaic
County, N.J., April
18, 1895.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1929-32;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1933-36.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Junior
Order; Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Barbour and Anna Barbour. |
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Franklin Haywood Berry (1904-1975) —
also known as Franklin H. Berry —
of Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Manahawkin, Ocean
County, N.J., May 15,
1904.
Lawyer;
bank
director; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Ocean County,
1947.
Member, Kiwanis;
Sons of the American Revolution; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J., June 16,
1975 (age 71 years, 32
days).
Interment at Beach Avenue Cemetery, Manahawkin, N.J.
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J. W. Rufus Besson (c.1871-1936) —
of Hudson
County, N.J.; Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born about 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1903-04;
district judge in New Jersey, 1910; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1920.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution.
Died, following a series of apoplectic
strokes, in Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J., January
12, 1936 (age about 65
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jonathan Hunt Blackwell (1841-1919) —
also known as Jonathan H. Blackwell —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Hopewell, Mercer
County, N.J., December
20, 1841.
Democrat. Merchant;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Mercer County, 1875-77; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1885; appointed 1885.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution.
Died in 1919
(age about
77 years).
Interment at First
Baptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, N.J.
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Charles Shimer Boyer (1869-1936) —
also known as Charles S. Boyer —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa., May 23,
1869.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1920.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J., November
10, 1936 (age 67 years, 171
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Albert Comstock (b. 1881) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., April
27, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1925-27.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Comstock (died 1881); married, June 10,
1910, to Hetty Baum. |
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Homeopathic
physician; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1936;
candidate in Democratic primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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Elias Osborn Doremus (1831-1907) —
also known as Elias O. Doremus —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., January
17, 1831.
Builder;
bank
director; insurance
executive; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1873-74.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar.
Died in East Orange, Essex
County, N.J., May 13,
1907 (age 76 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Cornelius Doremus and Julia A. (Osborn) Doremus; married 1855 to
Harriet Peck. |
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Charles Edison (1890-1969) —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in West Orange, Essex
County, N.J., August
3, 1890.
Democrat. U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1940; Governor of
New Jersey, 1941-44.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Delta
Psi; Newcomen
Society.
Died, of heart
failure, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1969 (age 78 years, 362
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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William Harvey Johnson Ely (1891-1942) —
also known as William H. J. Ely —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., September
18, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in New
Jersey, 1924-29; member of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1932-34; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1932
(alternate), 1940;
delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Lions; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., March 2,
1942 (age 50 years, 165
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Guy Leverne Fake (1879-1957) —
also known as Guy L. Fake —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., November
15, 1879.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1907-08;
district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1909-24; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., September
23, 1957 (age 77 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Milton Elwood Fake and Mary Louise (Cook) Fake; married to Grace
Elizabeth Mucklow; first cousin of Kenneth
Hearn Fake. |
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Lynn Winterdale Franklin (1888-1952) —
also known as Lynn W. Franklin; Lynn
Winterdale —
of Maryland; Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Ocean Grove, Monmouth
County, N.J., June 11,
1888.
Stenographer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Tegucigalpa, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in San Salvador, 1915-16, 1919-22; Callao-Lima, 1916-18; Guayaquil, 1918-19; U.S. Consul in San Salvador, 1922-24; Hong Kong, 1924-25, 1925-28; Hankow, 1925; Saltillo, 1928-30; Chefoo, 1930-31; Amoy, 1931-33; Stockholm, as of 1938-40; Niagara Falls, as of 1943; U.S. Consul General in Curaçao, as of 1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died July 8,
1952 (age 64 years, 27
days).
Interment at Fredericksburg
Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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Relatives:
Step-son of George L. Franklin; son of Charles Winterdale and Jenny
(Jones) Winterdale; married, June 11,
1925, to Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Guy George Gabrielson (1891-1976) —
also known as Guy G. Gabrielson —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Ambler, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista
County, Iowa, May 22,
1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Nicolet Asbestos Mines,
Danville, Quebec; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1926-29; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1929; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1944-52; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1949-52; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Point Pleasant, Ocean
County, N.J., May 1,
1976 (age 84 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Casey Greene (b. 1896) —
of Potowomut, Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Cranford, Union
County, N.J., September
7, 1896.
Republican. Paper box
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956;
Rhode
Island Republican state chair, 1946-49.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Francis Greene and Margaret (Ladd) Greene; married, September
15, 1922, to Anne Buckley. |
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Albert Wahl Hawkes (1878-1971) —
also known as Albert W. Hawkes —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
20, 1878.
Republican. Business
executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1943-49; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Sons of the American Revolution; Newcomen
Society; Union
League.
Died in Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., May 9,
1971 (age 92 years, 170
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, N.J.
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David Jayne Hill (1850-1932) —
also known as David J. Hill —
of Lewisburg, Union
County, Pa.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., June 10,
1850.
Historian;
president,
Bucknell University, 1879-88; president,
University of Rochester, 1888-96; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1903-05; Netherlands, 1905-08; Luxembourg, 1905-08; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1908-11.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in 1932
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Tilghman Holley (b. 1872) —
also known as Alfred T. Holley —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., February
15, 1872.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
president, Holly & Smith, Inc., coal,
hay,
and grain
merchants; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Dr. William Welles Holley and Katherine Summer (Wyse) Holley;
married, April
22, 1914, to Alice Beatrice Herbert. |
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Charles P. Hutchinson (b. 1887) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
17, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; Mercer
County Clerk, 1928-45; common pleas court judge in New Jersey,
1945-47; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,
1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick C. Hyer (b. 1874) —
of Union
County, N.J.
Born in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., December
10, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; candidate for New
Jersey state senate from Union County, 1908.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Hallett C. Johnson (1888-1968) —
also known as Francis Hallett Johnson —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
26, 1888.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Stockholm, as of 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1944-47.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta
Psi.
Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
11, 1968 (age 79 years, 259
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Edward Lawrence Katzenbach (1878-1934) —
also known as Edward L. Katzenbach —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
21, 1878.
Lawyer;
counsel for banks and
paper
companies; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1924-29.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
18, 1934 (age 56 years, 58
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
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Henry Thomas Kays (1878-1958) —
also known as Henry T. Kays —
of Newton, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Newton, Sussex
County, N.J., September
29, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Sussex
County Freeholder, 1910-11; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1913-15;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Sussex County, 1919-24; resigned 1924;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1924;
Judge, New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, 1924-35; vice-chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1935-47; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Sussex County,
1947.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died July 26,
1958 (age 79 years, 300
days).
Interment at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas M. Kays and Marielle (Ryerson) Kays; married to Katherine
Van Blarcom; great-grandson of Thomas
Cox Ryerson. |
| | | Epitaph: "Senator / Judge of Court of
Errors and Appeals / A Vice Chancellor / of the State of New Jersey /
Superior Court Judge." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Hamilton Fish Kean (1862-1941) —
also known as Hamilton F. Kean —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Union Township, Union
County, N.J., February
27, 1862.
Republican. Banker; farmer; chair of
Union County Republican Party, 1900; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1905-19; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1916,
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1919-28; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1929-35; defeated, 1924, 1934; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
27, 1941 (age 79 years, 303
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kean (1814-1895) and Lucinetta 'Lucy' (Halsted) Kean; brother
of John
Kean (1852-1914); married, January
12, 1888, to Katharine Taylor Winthrop; father of Robert
Winthrop Kean; grandfather of Thomas
Howard Kean; great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); great-grandfather of Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; great-grandnephew of Philip
Peter Livingston; second great-grandson of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston; second great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; third great-grandson of James
Alexander; third great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler, Johannes
de Peyster and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin of Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin once removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin twice removed of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin thrice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, John
Stevens III, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
DePeyster, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and William
Jay; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Henry
Cruger and Henry
Rutgers; third cousin once removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin twice removed of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Philip
DePeyster and James
Parker; fourth cousin of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, John
Jacob Astor III, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston and Brockholst
Livingston. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Edward Thomas Moore (b. 1881) —
also known as Edward T. Moore —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J., July 3,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1909-10; law
professor; vice-chair of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1934-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Zeta
Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Martin Moore and Sarah (Wickham) Moore; married 1931 to
Lillian Ring. |
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Franklin Murphy (1846-1920) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
3, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; varnish
manufacturer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1885; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President), 1900,
1904;
Governor
of New Jersey, 1902-05; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1904-12; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1908.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
24, 1920 (age 74 years, 52
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.; statue erected 1925 at Weequhaic
Park, Newark, N.J.
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Charles Wolcott Parker (1862-1948) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., October
22, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1898-1903; circuit judge
in New Jersey, 1903-07; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1907-47.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., January
23, 1948 (age 85 years, 93
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Perth Amboy, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Cortlandt Parker and Elisabeth Wolcott (Stites) Parker; brother
of Richard
Wayne Parker; married, November
22, 1893, to Emily Fuller; grandson of James
Parker; second great-grandnephew of Chauncey
Goodrich and Elizur
Goodrich; third great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), William
Livingston, James
Jay, Philip
P. Schuyler, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin once removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Philip
Schuyler and James
Alexander Hamilton; third cousin twice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), James
Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Augustus Jay and William
Jay; third cousin thrice removed of John
Adams Taintor, William
Alfred Buckingham and Henry
G. Taintor; fourth cousin of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer and James
Adams Ekin; fourth cousin once removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Jay II, Philip
N. Schuyler, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Ray Hamilton and John
Sluyter Wirt. |
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family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) —
also known as Phelps von Rottenburg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Bonn, Germany,
May
4, 1897.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District
1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1948
(alternate); member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Governor of
American Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate); delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Psi
Upsilon; Urban
League; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J., June 10,
1981 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Cooper Pitney (1827-1911) —
also known as Henry C. Pitney —
Born in Mendham Township, Morris
County, N.J., January
19, 1827.
Lawyer;
bank
director; vice-chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1889-1907.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution.
Died January
10, 1911 (age 83 years, 356
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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Richard Schultz Schweiker (1926-2015) —
also known as Richard S. Schweiker —
of Worcester, Montgomery
County, Pa.; Lansdale, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 1,
1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1972;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1961-69; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1969-81; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1981-83.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons of the American Revolution; Lions; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died, from complications of an infection,
in AtlantiCare Regional Medical
Center, Pomona, Atlantic
County, N.J., July 31,
2015 (age 89 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Whitaker Trenchard (1863-1942) —
also known as Thomas W. Trenchard —
of Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, N.J.; Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Centerton, Salem
County, N.J., December
13, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1889;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; county judge in
New Jersey, 1899-1906; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1906-41.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution.
In 1935, sentenced Bruno Richard Hauptmann to death for the
kidnapping and murder of the infant son of Charles A. Lindbergh.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 23,
1942 (age 78 years, 222
days).
Interment at Bridgeton
Cemetery, Bridgeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of William B. Trenchard and Anna M. (Golder) Trenchard; married, October
18, 1891, to Harriet Manning. |
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David S. Van Alstyne Jr. (b. 1897) —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
3, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; investment
banker; stockbroker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1943; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1944-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1968;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,
1947; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Van Alstyne and Ella (Peay) Van Alstyne; married, October
20, 1923, to Janet Graham. |
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Garrett Dorset Wall Vroom (b. 1843) —
also known as Garrett D. W. Vroom —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
17, 1843.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1876,
1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1881-84.
Dutch
and French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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George C. Warren Jr. (b. 1877) —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Barnegat, Ocean
County, N.J., October
15, 1877.
Republican. Stockbroker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; American
Forestry Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George C. Warren and Sarah M. (Cranmer) Warren. |
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John Van Buren Wicoff (1878-1952) —
also known as John V. B. Wicoff —
of Cranbury, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Plainsboro, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Plainsboro, Middlesex
County, N.J., June 9,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Broad Street National Bank of
Trenton; president, Trenton Bone Fertilizer
Company; candidate for New
Jersey state senate, 1936; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died February
25, 1952 (age 73 years, 261
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wicoff and Catherine Lucretia (Britton) Wicoff; married, June 8,
1904, to Lavinia Ely Applegate; first cousin of C.
Raymond Wicoff. |
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