Warren County
New Jersey
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Warren County
New Jersey
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Warren County
Index to Locations
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George Maxwell Robeson (1829-1897) —
also known as George M. Robeson —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Oxford Furnace, Warren
County, N.J., March 16,
1829.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1867-69; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1869-77; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1877, 1881; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1879-83.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., September
27, 1897 (age 68 years, 195
days).
Interment at Belvidere Cemetery.
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John Patterson Bryan Maxwell (1804-1845) —
of New Jersey.
Born in New Jersey, 1804.
Son of George
Clifford Maxwell.
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1837-39, 1841-43.
Died in 1845
(age about
41 years).
Interment at Belvidere Cemetery.
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Henry Schenck Harris (1850-1902) —
also known as Henry S. Harris —
of Belvidere, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Belvidere, Warren
County, N.J., December
27, 1850.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1881-83.
Died May 2,
1902 (age 51 years, 126
days).
Interment at Belvidere Cemetery.
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John Insley Blair (1802-1899) —
also known as John I. Blair —
of Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Warren
County, N.J., August
22, 1802.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster;
manufacturer;
railroad
builder; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1860,
1868;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1868.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J., December
2, 1899 (age 97 years, 102
days).
Interment at Gravel Hill Cemetery.
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Mark Thomson (1739-1803) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Norriton Township, Montgomery
County, Pa., 1739.
Miller;
justice of the peace; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1779; member
of New
Jersey State Council, 1786-88; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1795-99.
Died in Marksboro, Sussex County (now Warren
County), N.J., December
14, 1803 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Marksboro Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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Isaac Wildrick (1803-1892) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Marksboro, Warren
County, N.J., March 3,
1803.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1849-53; member of
New Jersey state legislature; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1883-85.
Died in Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J., March 22,
1892 (age 89 years, 19
days).
Interment at Marksboro Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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Coursen Henry Albertson (1833-1913) —
also known as Coursen H. Albertson —
of Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Independence Township, Warren
County, N.J., March 26,
1833.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1879-81.
Presbyterian.
Died, of acute
cystitis, in Warren
County, N.J., June 7,
1913 (age 80 years, 73
days).
Interment at Pequest Union Cemetery.
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Caleb H. Valentine —
of Warren
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1830-32,
1835-36, 1869-71.
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Robert Baumle Meyner (1908-1990) —
also known as Robert B. Meyner —
of Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., July 3,
1908.
Son of Gustave Herman Meyner and Mary Sophia (Baumle) Meyner.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New Jersey
state senate from Warren County, 1948-51; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1964;
Governor
of New Jersey, 1954-62.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Chi Rho; Elks; Eagles; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Rotary; Grange.
Died May 27,
1990 (age 81 years, 328
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Phillipsburg Cemetery.
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Robert Stewart Kennedy (d. 1879) —
also known as R. S. Kennedy —
of Stewartsville, Warren
County, N.J.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1856.
Died March 20,
1879.
Interment at Stewartsville Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Johnston Cornish (1858-1920) —
of Washington, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon
County, N.J., June 13,
1858.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1888,
1904,
1916
(alternate); member of New Jersey
state senate from Warren County, 1891-93, 1900-02, 1906-11; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1893-95.
Died in Washington, Warren
County, N.J., June 26,
1920 (age 62 years, 13
days).
Interment at Washington Cemetery.
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