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John Anderson Bensel (1863-1922) —
also known as John A. Bensel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1863.
Son of Brownlee Bensel and Mary Maclay (Hogg) Bensel.
Democrat. Engineer;
worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad;
in charge of construction on New York City's North River
waterfront, 1889-95; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1911-14; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Died, of myelitis,
in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., June 19,
1922 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married 1896
to Ella Louise Day. |
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Thomas Lemuel James (1831-1916) —
of Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March 29,
1831.
Son of William James and Jane Maria (Price) James.
Canal toll collector; newspaper
publisher; customs
inspector; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1881-82; bank
director; mayor of
Tenafly, N.J., 1896.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
11, 1916 (age 85 years, 166
days).
Interment at Church
of Heavenly Rest, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Thomas Alfred Mathis (b. 1869) —
also known as Thomas A. Mathis —
of Tuckerton, Ocean
County, N.J.; Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in New Gretna, Burlington
County, N.J., June 7,
1869.
Republican. Mariner; automobile
dealer; member of New Jersey
state senate from Ocean County, 1910, 1914-16, 1923-31, 1942-46;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1940,
1944;
secretary
of state of New Jersey, 1931-37.
Indicted
for tax
evasion by a federal grand jury in 1937.
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Toms River, N.J.
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Henry W. Peterson (b. 1892) —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1892.
Engineer;
president, Philadelphia Transportation and Lighterage Company
(dredging and water transportation); delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Gloucester
County, 1947; mayor
of Woodbury, N.J., 1953-54.
Member, Rotary; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Anthony Tony Tarracino (1916-2008) —
also known as Tony Tarracino; "Captain Tony";
"The Conscience of Key West" —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., August
10, 1916.
Beaten
and left for dead by Mafia colleagues in New Jersey in the 1940s;
charter boat captain; saloon
keeper; mayor of
Key West, Fla., 1989-91; defeated, 1991.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from a heart and
lung
condition, in Lower Keys Medical
Center, Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., November
1, 2008 (age 92 years, 83
days).
Cremated.
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