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Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (1869-1948) —
also known as Joseph S. Frelinghuysen —
of Raritan, Somerset
County, N.J.; Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Raritan, Somerset
County, N.J., March 12,
1869.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
fire
insurance business; member of New Jersey
state senate from Somerset County, 1906-11; defeated, 1902; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1917-23; defeated, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1924,
1944.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Grange; Union
League; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died February
9, 1948 (age 78 years, 334
days).
Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Ogden Haggerty Hammond (1869-1956) —
also known as Ogden H. Hammond —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
13, 1869.
Son of John Henry Hammond and Sophia Vernon (Wolf) Hammond.
Republican. Real estate
business; director, First National Bank of
Jersey City; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1915-16;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916,
1924
(alternate); U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Died October
29, 1956 (age 87 years, 16
days).
Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Robert Winthrop Kean (1893-1980) —
also known as Robert W. Kean —
of Livingston, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
28, 1893.
Son of Hamilton
Fish Kean and Katharine Taylor (Winthrop) Kean.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1939-59; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1958; chair of
Essex County Republican Party, 1961.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died September
21, 1980 (age 86 years, 359
days).
Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Millicent Hammond Fenwick (1910-1992) —
also known as Millicent Fenwick —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
25, 1910.
Daughter of Ogden
Haggerty Hammond and Mary Picton Stevens Hammond.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1960;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1975-83; member of
New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1976; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1982.
Female.
Model
for Lacey Davenport in the Doonesbury comic strip.
Died in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
16, 1992 (age 82 years, 204
days).
Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Archibald Stevens Alexander (1906-1979) —
also known as Archibald S. Alexander —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
28, 1906.
Son of Archibald Stevens Alexander and Helen Tracy (Barney)
Alexander.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1948 (Democratic), 1952; assistant
secretary of the U.S. Army, 1949-50; undersecretary, 1950-52; member
of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1952; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1954-55; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New Jersey, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Died in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
4, 1979 (age 72 years, 311
days).
Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) —
also known as Clifford P. Case —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Park, Somerset
County, N.J., April 16,
1904.
Son of Clifford Philip Case and Jeannette McAlpin (Benedict) Case.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1943-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1955-79; defeated in primary, 1978;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 5,
1982 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery.
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William Gaston Steele (1820-1892) —
also known as William G. Steele —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, February
17, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1861-65.
Died April 22,
1892 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery.
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Alvah Augustus Clark (1840-1912) —
also known as Alvah A. Clark —
of New Jersey.
Born in Lebanon, Hunterdon
County, N.J., September
13, 1840.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1877-81; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1904.
Died in Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., December
27, 1912 (age 72 years, 105
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery.
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Culver Barcalow (1823-1896) —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, October
23, 1823.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 3rd New Jersey District, 1879.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died June 1,
1896 (age 72 years, 222
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery.
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George Houston Brown (1810-1865) —
also known as George H. Brown —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J., February
12, 1810.
Member of New Jersey
state senate from Somerset County, 1845; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1851-53; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1861-65.
Died in Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., August 1,
1865 (age 55 years, 170
days).
Interment at Old Cemetery.
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Isaac Southard (1783-1850) —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Basking Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., August
30, 1783.
Son of Henry
Southard.
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1831-33.
Died in Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
18, 1850 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Interment at Old Cemetery.
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Eugene S. Doughty —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1851-52;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Somerset County, 1882-84.
Interment at Old Cemetery.
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