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George Compton (b. 1869) —
of Hillside, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Scotland,
July
1, 1869.
Republican. General contractor; lumber
dealer; real estate
developer; bank
director; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1923-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Cook (1828-1864) —
of Rice
County, Minn.
Born in Morris
County, N.J., March 17,
1828.
Son of Richard Cook (1787-1880) and Nellie Louisa (Courter) Cook
(1793-1845).
Carpenter; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1857-62 (5th District 1857-60, 8th District
1861-62); major in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Wounded in the Civil
War battle of Nashville, and died eleven days later in the
Cumberland field
hospital, Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
27, 1864 (age 36 years, 285
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Faribault, Minn.
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Edward Allen Creevey (b. 1859) —
also known as Edward A. Creevey —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., November
7, 1859.
Merchant;
contractor; U.S. Consul in Glauchau, 1901-05; Yarmouth, 1905-07; Colombo, 1907-08; SAINT Michaels, 1908-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Meade Doremus (1851-1921) —
also known as Henry M. Doremus —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Morris
County, N.J., May 23,
1851.
Son of Peter G. Doremus and Susanah Doremus.
Republican. Building contractor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1886; Essex
County Sheriff, 1897-99; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1903-06; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1904,
1916,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died January
16, 1921 (age 69 years, 238
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Edward Irving Edwards (1863-1931) —
also known as Edward I. Edwards —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Bergen town (now part of Jersey City), Hudson
County, N.J., December
1, 1863.
Son of William W. Edwards and Emma J. (Nation) Edwards.
Democrat. General contractor; banker; New Jersey
state comptroller, 1911-17; member of New Jersey
state senate from Hudson County, 1919; Governor of
New Jersey, 1920-23; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1920;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1923-29; defeated, 1928; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924,
1928.
Episcopalian.
Welsh
and English
ancestry. Member, American
Bankers Association; Zeta
Psi; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Depressed over political and financial misfortunes, the deaths of
those close to him, and his own poor health, he shot and
killed
himself, in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
26, 1931 (age 67 years, 56
days).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Robert E. Hand (b. 1854) —
of Erma, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Erma, Cape May
County, N.J., June 28,
1854.
Republican. Contractor; timber
business; Cape
May County Freeholder, 1887-92; Cape
May County Sheriff, 1893; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1896;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cape May County, 1897; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Cape May County, 1898-1903, 1907-12.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1878
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John B. Kates (b. 1875) —
of Collingswood, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., November
16, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Albert
E. Burling; builder; bank
director; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1913-16; member of New Jersey
state senate from Camden County, 1917.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Laning —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Builder; livery
business; mayor of
Camden, N.J., 1828-30; resigned 1830.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter Henry Meisel (c.1867-1939) —
also known as Peter H. Meisel —
of Springfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Germany,
about 1867.
Republican. Contractor; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Springfield, Union
County, N.J., March 3,
1939 (age about 72
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Leonard Pikaart (b. 1866) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., July 19,
1866.
Republican. Carpenter; architect;
lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1910-12.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Grange; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Nicholas Seger (1866-1940) —
also known as George N. Seger —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
4, 1866.
Republican. Builder; mayor of
Passaic, N.J., 1911-19; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1923-40 (7th District 1923-33,
8th District 1933-40); died in office 1940.
Member, Royal
Arcanum; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died August
26, 1940 (age 74 years, 235
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Gideon V. Stivers (1786-1870) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Belleville, Essex
County, N.J., 1786.
Democrat. Carpenter; bridge builder; mayor of
Camden, N.J., 1830-38; defeated, 1859.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
26, 1870 (age about 83
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Reynard Todd (c.1868-1945) —
also known as John R. Todd —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Rock
County, Wis., about 1868.
Son of Rev. James Doeg Todd and Susan (Webster) Todd.
Republican. Lawyer;
president of the Todd Robertson Todd construction and engineering
firm; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1932,
1940.
Member, Union
League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 12,
1945 (age about 77
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Webster Bray Todd (c.1900-1989) —
also known as Webster B. Todd —
of Oldwick, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., about 1900.
Son of John
Reynard Todd and Alice (Bray) Todd (c.1866-1956).
Republican. President, Todd Associates construction engineering
firm; treasurer of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1943; director of Economic Affairs
in U.S. Mission to NATO and Europe, 1953-54; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964
(delegation chair), 1972;
New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1961-69, 1974-77.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Oldwick, Hunterdon
County, N.J., February
8, 1989 (age about 89
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William C. Wilson (c.1873-1951) —
of Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Port Monmouth, Monmouth
County, N.J., about 1873.
Building contractor; mayor
of Perth Amboy, N.J., 1921-26.
Died in Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
14, 1951 (age about 78
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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