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Grant Decker (1814-1890) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Deckertown (now Sussex), Sussex
County, N.J., February
4, 1814.
Merchant;
miller; lumber
business; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1855-56.
Episcopalian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 30,
1890 (age 76 years, 176
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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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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James Ford (1783-1859) —
of Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., May 4,
1783.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1829-33; sawmill and
grist mill owner.
Died in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, Pa., August
18, 1859 (age 76 years, 106
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Steuben County, N.Y.
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Alfred Tilghman Holley (b. 1872) —
also known as Alfred T. Holley —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., February
15, 1872.
Son of Rev. Dr. William Welles Holley and Katherine Summer (Wyse)
Holley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
president, Holly & Smith, Inc., coal,
hay,
and grain merchants; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson (1855-1932) —
also known as Elijah C. Hutchinson —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Windsor, Mercer
County, N.J., August 7,
1855.
Republican. Merchant miller; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1896-97; member of New Jersey
state senate from Mercer County, 1899-1904; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1915-23; defeated,
1922.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 25,
1932 (age 76 years, 323
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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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, Blairstown, N.J.
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Richard Van Horne (1770-1823) —
of Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Sussex
County, N.J., November
15, 1770.
Son of Abraham Van Horne.
Merchant;
miller; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1808-10, 1812-13, 1815-16;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821.
Died in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., March 12,
1823 (age 52 years, 117
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph W. Ward (b. 1891) —
of Caledonia, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Nutley, Essex
County, N.J., June 28,
1891.
Republican. Engineer;
miller; director of First National Bank of
Caledonia; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1942-56.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
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