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J. Henry Bacheller (1869-1939) —
also known as Harry Bacheller —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
1, 1869.
President, Fidelity Union Trust Co.;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1900-02; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1903-05.
Baptist.
English, Scottish,
and French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of heart
disease, in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., December
12, 1939 (age 70 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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John W. Beaumont (1858-1941) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., July 20,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1912-15.
English ancestry.
Died in 1941
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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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.
Son of Stephen Blackwell (1808-1883) and Francenia (Hunt) Blackwell
(1811-1888).
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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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.
Son of Roscoe
Pulaski Copeland and Frances Jane (Holmes) Copeland (born 1843).
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,
1936;
candidate 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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John Bater Drayton (1826-1875) —
also known as John B. Drayton —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, 1826.
Son of Henry Drayton (1786-1856) and Mary (Rood) Drayton (1790-1847).
Flour and
feed
business; rolling mill
overseer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1864.
English ancestry.
Died in 1875
(age about
49 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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William D. Edwards (c.1853-1916) —
of Hudson
County, N.J.
Born about 1853.
Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Hudson County, 1887-89.
Welsh
and English ancestry.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March 6,
1916 (age about 63
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Fairman Fielder (1867-1954) —
also known as James F. Fielder —
of Hudson
County, N.J.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., February
26, 1867.
Son of Eleanor A. (Brinkerhoff) Fielder and George
Bragg Fielder.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1903-04;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Hudson County, 1908-13; Governor of
New Jersey, 1913, 1914-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
vice-chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1919-46.
Episcopalian
or Congregationalist.
Dutch
and English ancestry.
Died, from a heart
condition, in Mountainside Hospital,
Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., December
2, 1954 (age 87 years, 279
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield
(1801-1888).
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state
senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20
gold certificate in about 1898-1905.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Third
cousin thrice removed of Samuel
Lathrop; son of Abram Garfield (1799-1833) and Elizabeth (Ballou)
Garfield (1801-1888); fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918);
third cousin once removed of Abial
Lathrop; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer; father of James
Rudolph Garfield. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) —
also known as Abram S. Hewitt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 31,
1822.
Son of John Hewitt (1777-1857) and Ann (Gurnee) Hewitt (1784-1870).
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
early manufacturer of wrought iron;
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1876; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1887-88.
English and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Ringwood, Passaic
County, N.J., January
18, 1903 (age 80 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William Francis James (1873-1945) —
also known as W. Frank James —
of Hancock, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., May 23,
1873.
Son of William F. James and Elizabeth A. (Williams) James.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate and insurance
business; Houghton
County Treasurer, 1901-04; mayor of
Hancock, Mich., 1908-10; member of Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1915-35; defeated,
1934, 1936.
Methodist.
Cornish ancestry. Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Maccabees;
Foresters;
Eagles.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., November
17, 1945 (age 72 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Pauline H. Peterson —
of Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
School
teacher and principal; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Salem County,
1947.
Female.
English and German
ancestry. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star; Soroptimists;
American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Harold A. Peterson. |
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John Vanneman Porch (1806-1859) —
also known as John V. Porch —
of Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Gloucester
County, N.J., March 12,
1806.
Son of William Porch (1781-1853) and Hannah (Fisler) Porch
(1783-1823).
Farmer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1853.
English and Swiss
ancestry.
Died September
12, 1859 (age 53 years, 184
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1830
to Catherine Hartman. |
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Andrew Crozier Reeves (1867-1936) —
also known as A. Crozier Reeves —
of Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., December
3, 1867.
Grocer; wholesale
grocer; newspaper
publisher; farmer;
Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1912;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1925; member of New Jersey
state senate from Mercer County, 1926-36; died in office 1936;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932.
English ancestry.
Died in 1936
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Webber Savage (d. 1884) —
also known as J. W. Savage —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Banker;
insurance
executive; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1880-81, 1884; died in office 1884.
English ancestry.
Died in 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
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John B. Vreeland (b. 1852) —
of Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., December
30, 1852.
Son of George W. Vreeland and Sarah M. Vreeland.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Morris County, 1896-98; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1903-13.
Dutch
and English ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Vreeland and Sarah M. Vreeland; married, December
18, 1878, to Ida A. Piotrowski; married, June 2,
1897, to Ida King Smith. |
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