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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, Somerville, N.J.
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James Austin Connolly (1843-1914) —
also known as James A. Connolly —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March 8,
1843.
Son of William Connolly and Margaret (Maguire) Connolly.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1873-76; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1876-85, 1889-93;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1895-99; defeated,
1886.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, of cerebral
hemorrhage, in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
15, 1914 (age 71 years, 282
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Louis Theodore DeRousse (1844-1921) —
also known as Louis T. DeRousse —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 29,
1844.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; accountant;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1895-97; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1896.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
27, 1921 (age 77 years, 90
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly (1841-1905) —
also known as Richard A. Donnelly —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., March 4,
1841.
Son of Peter Donnelly and Elizabeth (Grant) Donnelly.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clothing
merchant; mayor of
Trenton, N.J., 1884-86; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1895-1901.
Irish
and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died February
27, 1905 (age 63 years, 360
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Donnelly and Elizabeth (Grant) Donnelly; married to Sue A.
Davidson (died 1872) and Susie Isabel Gold. |
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Edward Burd Grubb (1841-1917) —
also known as E. Burd Grubb —
of Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., November
13, 1841.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; iron
manufacturer; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1889; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1890-92.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in 1917
(age about
75 years).
Interment at St.
Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
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Charles H. Houghton —
of Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New York.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lost a
leg in a Civil War battle; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1875-82.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Arrested
in May 1882, and charged
with embezzlement,
fraud,
and forgery;
tried,
convicted,
and fined.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Scott Negley (1826-1901) —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in East Liberty (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., December
22, 1826.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 22nd District, 1869-75, 1885-87;
active in promotion and construction of railroads;
president of several railroad
companies.
Swiss
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., August 7,
1901 (age 74 years, 228
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Henry Martin Nevius (1841-1911) —
also known as Henry M. Nevius —
of Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
30, 1841.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Monmouth County, 1888-90.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Wounded several times during the Civil War and lost his
left arm.
Died, of a stroke, January
30, 1911 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Fair
View Cemetery, Middletown, N.J.
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Alfred Oakley (1839-1892) —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
16, 1839.
Son of George Oakley and Elizabeth (Travis) Oakley.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; mayor
of Rutherford, N.J., 1881-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died October
19, 1892 (age 53 years, 3
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William A. Prickitt (1839-1929) —
of near Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Monmouth
County, N.J., March 20,
1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; insurance
business; stockbroker;
U.S. Consul in Rheims, 1897-1905; U.S. Consul General in Auckland, 1905-14.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
6, 1929 (age 89 years, 292
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Farmingdale, N.J.
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