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George Woodward Wickersham (1858-1936) —
of New York.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
19, 1858.
U.S.
Attorney General, 1909-13; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
26, 1936 (age 77 years, 129
days).
Interment at Brookside Cemetery.
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Dwight Whitney Morrow (1873-1931) —
also known as Dwight W. Morrow —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., January
11, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1930-31; died in office 1931.
Dwight Morrow High School, in Englewood, N.J., is named for
him.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died soon after, in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., October
5, 1931 (age 58 years, 267
days).
Interment at Brookside Cemetery.
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Thomas Day Thacher (1881-1950) —
also known as Thomas D. Thacher —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J., September
10, 1881.
Son of Thomas Thacher and Sarah McCulloh (Green) Thacher.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1925-30; U.S. Solicitor General,
1930-33; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1943-48; appointed 1943.
Died, of coronary
thrombosis, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1950 (age 69 years, 63
days).
Interment at Brookside Cemetery.
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Frank Charles Osmers, Jr. (1907-1977) —
also known as Frank C. Osmers, Jr. —
of Haworth, Bergen
County, N.J.; Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Leonia, Bergen
County, N.J., December
30, 1907.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1935-37; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1939-43, 1951-65;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Died in Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J., May 21,
1977 (age 69 years, 142
days).
Interment at Brookside Cemetery.
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Cullen Sawtelle (1805-1887) —
of Norridgewock, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Maine, September
25, 1805.
Democrat. Member of Maine state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Maine 5th District, 1845-47, 1849-51.
Died November
10, 1887 (age 82 years, 46
days).
Interment at Brookside Cemetery.
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Archibald Ernest Olpp (1882-1949) —
of West Hoboken (now part of Union City), Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa., May 12,
1882.
Son of John Olpp and Matilda M. (Segel) Olpp.
Republican. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons.
Died in 1949
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Brookside Cemetery.
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Adam Boyd (1746-1835) —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Mendham, Morris
County, N.J., March 21,
1746.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1782-83, 1787, 1794-95; common
pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1803-05, 1813-33; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1803-05, 1808-13 (at-large
1803-05, 1808-09, 1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13).
Died in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., August
15, 1835 (age 89 years, 147
days).
Interment at First Reformed Church Cemetery.
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George Cassedy (1783-1842) —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., September
16, 1783.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1821-27 (at-large 1821-23, 1st
District 1823-25, at-large 1825-27).
Died in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., December
31, 1842 (age 59 years, 106
days).
Interment at First Reformed Church Cemetery.
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Harry Lancaster Towe (1898-1991) —
also known as Harry L. Towe —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.; Kinnelon, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., November
3, 1898.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1943-51; resigned
1951.
Died in Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., February
4, 1991 (age 92 years, 93
days).
Interment at Hackensack Cemetery.
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Archibald Chapman Hart (1873-1935) —
also known as Archibald C. Hart —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.; Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Lenoxville, Quebec,
February
27, 1873.
Son of R. M. Hart and Caroline (Antrobus) Hart.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
candidate for New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1907; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1912-13, 1913-17.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Foresters;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J., July 24,
1935 (age 62 years, 147
days).
Interment at Hackensack Cemetery.
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John Rathbone Ramsey (1862-1933) —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Wyckoff, Bergen
County, N.J., April 25,
1862.
Son of John P. Ramsey and Martha (Rathbone) Ramsey.
Republican. Lawyer; brick
manufacturer; banker; Bergen
County Clerk, 1895-1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1908;
candidate for New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1910; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1917-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., April 10,
1933 (age 70 years, 350
days).
Interment at Hackensack Cemetery.
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Charles Henry Voorhis (1833-1896) —
also known as Charles H. Voorhis —
of New Jersey.
Born in Spring Valley (now Paramus), Bergen
County, N.J., March 13,
1833.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1864;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1879-81.
Indicted
in 1881 for bank
fraud over his actions as president of two banks, which later
became insolvent; tried and
found not guilty.
Fearing oncoming total blindness, he committed suicide
by gunshot,
in his office in
the Davidson Building, Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., April 15,
1896 (age 63 years, 33
days).
Original interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.; reinterment at
Hackensack Cemetery.
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William Browning Mackay, Jr. (1876-1935) —
also known as William B. Mackay, Jr. —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Greenock, Scotland,
August
21, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1917-28; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920;
circuit judge in New Jersey, 1929-35.
Leading advocate of a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River;
sponsored New Jersey legislation for construction of the George
Washington Bridge.
Died, of heart
disease, in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., February
27, 1935 (age 58 years, 190
days).
Interment at Hackensack Cemetery.
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Peter Otto Weisgerber (1863-1929) —
also known as P. Otto Weisgerber —
of Paramus, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Guttenberg, Hudson
County, N.J., March 21,
1863.
Mayor
of Paramus, N.J., 1922-28.
Died in Paramus, Bergen
County, N.J., February
6, 1929 (age 65 years, 322
days).
Interment at Hackensack Cemetery.
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John Gerald Milton (1881-1977) —
also known as John Milton —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
21, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hudson
County Prosecutor, 1923-28; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1938; appointed 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Hudson County,
1947.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., April 14,
1977 (age 96 years, 83
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Dominick Vincent Daniels (1908-1987) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., October
18, 1908.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 14th District, 1959-77.
Member, Lions; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 17,
1987 (age 78 years, 272
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Charles S. Witkowski (1907-1993) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March 4,
1907.
School
teacher; lawyer; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1957-61; defeated, 1961.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1993 (age 86 years, 89
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Anthony Imperiale (1931-1999) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in 1931.
Organized citizen patrols during the Newark riots of July 1967, which
brought him national fame as a "vigilante leader"; candidate for mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1970, 1974; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-74, 1980-82; member of New Jersey
state senate 30th District, 1976; defeated, 1977; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1980;
candidate in Republican primary for Governor of
New Jersey, 1981; People's Choice candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 10th District, 1988.
Died, from complications of kidney
failure, in Livingston, Essex
County, N.J., December
26, 1999 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Francis G. Fitzpatrick (1903-1992) —
of Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., April 18,
1903.
Democrat. Mayor of
Bayonne, N.J., 1962-74; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1964.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, in Bayonne Hospital,
Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., May 15,
1992 (age 89 years, 27
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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G. Thomas DiDomenico (1905-1978) —
also known as "Dapper Dan" —
of Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Italy,
April
9, 1905.
Mayor
of Bayonne, N.J., 1955-59; defeated, 1951.
Catholic.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, in Bayonne Hospital,
Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., January
26, 1978 (age 72 years, 292
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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William J. McGovern (1905-1972) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., August
25, 1905.
Democrat. Tavern
owner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 1932
(alternate), 1944.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Killed
by armed robbers at his tavern,
in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 11,
1972 (age 66 years, 321
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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James Raymond Berry (1901-1982) —
also known as J. Raymond Berry —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Summit, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
30, 1901.
Son of James Aloysius Berry and Frances Irene (Heery) Berry.
Lawyer;
candidate for New Jersey
state senate, 1941.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died February
24, 1982 (age 80 years, 178
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Leonard Farbstein (1902-1993) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1902.
Son of Louis Farbstein and Yetta Schlanger Farbstein.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1933-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1957-71; defeated in
primary, 1970.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; American
Judicature Society.
Died, of advanced heart
disease, at New York Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1993 (age 91 years, 28
days).
Interment at Cedar Park Cemetery.
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Carl Sherman (c.1891-1956) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Olmütz, Austria (now Olomouc, Czech
Republic), about 1891.
Son of Sanda Sherman and Pauline (Opler) Sherman.
Democrat. New York
state attorney general, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1948
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1942; treasurer of
New York Democratic Party, 1945-50.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Congress.
Died in Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 17,
1956 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Cedar Park Cemetery.
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Joseph Alperin (c.1899-1962) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1899.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1944,
1960.
Died, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1962 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Cedar Park Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Belle Greenberg. |
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Abraham Solomon (1906-1983) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
21, 1906.
Son of Hyman Solomon and Eva Solomon.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1937, 1942;
candidate for New York
state senate 23rd District, 1938.
Died, in Montefiore Hospital,
Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April 15,
1983 (age 77 years, 84
days).
Interment at Cedar Park Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Mona Papierno. |
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