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William H. Albright (b. 1875) —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Elmer, Salem
County, N.J., December
20, 1875.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of New Jersey
state senate from Gloucester County, 1932-34; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1940.
Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Ogunquit, Wells, York
County, Maine.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 27,
1862.
Son of Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs.
Democrat. Magazine editor; author; playwright;
candidate for mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1894; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921.
Died, from intestinal
cancer, in City Hospital,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., January
21, 1922 (age 59 years, 239
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis N. Bangs and Amelia Francis (Bull) Bangs; married, March 3,
1886, to Agnes Lawson Hyde; married, April 27,
1904, to Mary Blakeney Gray. |
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George Breitman (1916-1986) —
also known as Albert Parker; Philip Blake; Chester
Hofla; Anthony Massini; John F. Petrone; G.
Sloane —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
28, 1916.
Son of Benjamin Breitman and Pauline (Trattler) Breitman.
Became a socialist agitator in Newark, N.J., 1935; arrested
about 1936 and charged
with inciting
riots; jailed
for a week; founding member of the Socialist Workers Party, 1937;
member of its National Committee, 1939-81; Socialist Workers
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1940, 1942, 1948, 1954; editor-in-chief
of the weekly newspaper, The Militant, 1941-43,
1946-54; writer
under several different pen names; Socialist Workers candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960,
1964.
Member, International
Typographical Union.
Expelled from the Socialist Workers Party for "disloyalty," 1984.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Beekman Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 19,
1986 (age 70 years, 50
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Cullen Bryant (1849-1905) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 1,
1849.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Dr. Cooley's Sanitarium,
Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., February
15, 1905 (age 55 years, 198
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Róger Calero (b. 1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Nicaragua,
1969.
Not U.S. citizen; meat packer;
journalist; convicted
of sale
of marijuana, 1988; arrested
in 2002, at the Houston airport, while returning from Cuba, and jailed,
while deportation
proceedings were started, but released in 2003; Socialist Workers
candidate for President
of the United States, 2004, 2008; Socialist Workers candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 2006.
Nicaraguan
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Gordon Canfield (1898-1972) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April 15,
1898.
Son of Carl A. Canfield and Florence A. (Saxton) Canfield.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; secretary to U.S. Rep. George
N. Seger, 1923-40; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1941-61.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
American
Legion.
Died in Hawthorne, Passaic
County, N.J., June 20,
1972 (age 74 years, 66
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove Memorial Park, Totowa, N.J.
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Robert Carey (b. 1872) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., 1872.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1913; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1924
(alternate), 1936
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Hudson County,
1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1900
to Cora G. Curney. |
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James S. Clarkson (1842-1918) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., May 17,
1842.
Son of Elizabeth (Goudie) Clarkson and Coker
Fifield Clarkson.
Republican. Newspaper editor; railroad
builder; Iowa
Republican state chair, 1869-71; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1880-96; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1891-92; First Assistant U.S.
Postmaster General, 1889-90; U.S. Surveyor of Customs,
1902-10.
Assisted more than 500 escaping slaves en route to Canada via the
"underground railroad," 1856-62.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., May 31,
1918 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment somewhere
in Des Moines, Iowa.
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John W. Clift (b. 1856) —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., December
5, 1856.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1922-28.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Clarkson Clothier (b. 1885) —
also known as Robert C. Clothier —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
8, 1885.
Son of Clarkson Clothier and Agnes (Evans) Clothier.
Newspaper reporter; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
I; vice-president, Scott Company (industrial personnel consultants),
1918-23; Dean of Men, University of Pittsburgh, 1929-32; director,
Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company; president,
Rutgers University, 1932; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Middlesex
County, 1947.
Christian
Reformed.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarkson Clothier and Agnes (Evans) Clothier; married, June 24,
1916, to Nathalie Wilson; father of Arthur Clothier (c.1920-1942;
killed in accident during Army Air Corps training). |
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Felix Cole (1887-1969) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
12, 1887.
Son of Theodore Lee Cole and Kate Dunn (Dewey) Cole.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Petrograd, 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, 1929; Algiers, 1938-43; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1948-49.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1969
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert C. Crane (c.1921-1962) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.; Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., about 1921.
Son of Frederick L. Crane and Gwendolyn (Kershner) Crane.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1952;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Union County, 1956-62; resigned 1962.
Died, of cancer, in
Elizabeth General Hospital,
Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., April 24,
1962 (age about 41
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Frances H. Adams. |
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Benjamin H. Crosby (b. 1859) —
of Tuckerton, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., January
17, 1859.
Son of Harrison
W. Crosby.
Republican. Printer;
newspaper editor and publisher; fire
chief; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1908-10.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph A. Dear (1840-1908) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Great Easton, England,
May
11, 1840.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1908.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., December
10, 1908 (age 68 years, 213
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March 29,
1868.
Son of Stephen Eaton and Mary D. (Parker) Eaton.
Republican. Baptist
minister; magazine editor; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Plainfield, N.J.
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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Son of William Edge and Mary (Evans) Edge.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising
business; newspaper publisher; banker;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1904;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1936.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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Malcolm Stevenson Forbes (1919-1990) —
also known as Malcolm S. Forbes —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., August
19, 1919.
Republican. Member of New Jersey
state senate from Somerset County, 1952-58; resigned 1958;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1957; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1960.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; Gay.
Founder and publisher of Forbes magazine.
Died in Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J., February
24, 1990 (age 70 years, 189
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forbes
Monument, Laucala, Fiji.
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William Dudley Foulke (1848-1935) —
of Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
20, 1848.
Son of Thomas Foulke and Hannah (Shoemaker) Foulke.
Lawyer;
writer;
poet;
reformer and woman suffrage advocate; member of Indiana
state senate, 1883-86; member, U.S. Civil Service
Commission, 1901-03; newspaper editor.
Died in Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., May 30,
1935 (age 86 years, 191
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Taylor Reeves. |
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article |
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of Reviews, May 1902 |
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Robert Douglas Franks (b. 1951) —
also known as Bob Franks —
of New Providence, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., September
21, 1951.
Republican. Newspaper owner; executive director of Raymond
H. Bateman's gubernatorial campaign, 1977; campaign consultant
for Gov. Thomas
H. Kean, 1981; campaign manager for U.S. Rep. James
A. Courter, 1982, and U.S. Rep. Dean
A. Gallo, 1984; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1980-92; New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1988-92; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1993-2001;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2000 (primary), 2000; candidate in
primary for Governor of
New Jersey, 2001.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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James B. Furber (c.1868-1930) —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.; Linden, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich., about 1868.
Traveling salesman for National Cash Register Company; newspaper
publisher; real estate
developer; lawyer; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1906, 1922-24; resigned 1906; charged
with assault
in connection with his participation in a Socialist
rally in Rahway, N.J., May 31, 1919, which was ended by spraying
the speaker and audience with a fire hose; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1920; Progressive
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1924;
elected (Democratic) mayor of
Linden, N.J. 1930, but died before taking office.
Suffered a paralytic
stroke, while addressing a
meeting of the Parent Democratic Club, and died soon after in St.
Elizabeth Hospital,
Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., November
12, 1930 (age about 62
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Winthrop Gray (1870-1942) —
also known as Edward W. Gray —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., August
18, 1870.
Son of Edward Gray and Elizabeth (Beggs) Gray.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper publisher; secretary of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1908-13; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1915-19; candidate
in primary for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1918.
Dutch
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 10,
1942 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890-1971) —
also known as Harry F. Guggenheim —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in West End, Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
23, 1890.
Son of Daniel Guggenheim (1856-1930) and Florence (Schloss)
Guggenheim.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining and
smelting
business; U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1929-33; co-founder, with his wife Alicia, of
Newsday, the daily newspaper of Long Island, New York.
Jewish.
Died, of cancer, in
Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1971 (age 80 years, 152
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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William L. Hadley (b. 1883) —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Staffordshire, England,
July
7, 1883.
Son of Benjamin Hadley and Matilda (Robinson) Hadley.
Coal
miner; newspaper publisher; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Union County,
1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry T. Hagaman (1869-1952) —
of Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J., June 2,
1869.
Son of John Hagaman (1845-1917) and Alica M. (Applegate) Hagaman
(1851-1921).
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1917-19; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Ocean County, 1920-22.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order; Redmen; Foresters;
Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in 1952
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Toms River, N.J.
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Thomas Millet Hand (1902-1956) —
also known as T. Millet Hand —
of Cape May, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Cape May, Cape May
County, N.J., July 7,
1902.
Son of Albert Reeves Hand and Sarah (Millet) Hand.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; vice-chair of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1941-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1945-56; died in
office 1956.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died in Cold Spring, Cape May
County, N.J., December
26, 1956 (age 54 years, 172
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cold
Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cold Spring, N.J.
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George Brinton McClellan Harvey (1864-1928) —
also known as George Harvey —
of Deal, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Peacham, Caledonia
County, Vt., February
16, 1864.
Son of Duncan Harvey and Margaret S. (Varnum) Harvey.
Newspaper reporter; New Jersey Insurance Commissioner,
1890-91; builder and president of electric
railroads, 1894-98; editor and publisher, North
American Review and Harper's Weekly; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1921-23.
Died, from a heart
attack and asthma, in
Dublin, Cheshire
County, N.H., August
20, 1928 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Peacham
Cemetery, Peacham, Vt.
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Rose Marie Heck (born c.1932) —
of Hasbrouck Heights, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born about 1932.
Republican. Newspaper editor; mayor
of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., 1988-95, 2008-; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1991-2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Henry Helstoski (1925-1999) —
of East Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Wallington, Bergen
County, N.J., March 21,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor of
East Rutherford, N.J., 1957-64; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1965-77; defeated,
1976, 1978, 1980; candidate in primary for Governor of
New Jersey, 1969; newspaper publisher.
Indicted
in 1976 on charges
of receiving a
bribe from South Americans seeking citizenship; the U.S. Supreme
Court dismissed the charges.
Died December
16, 1999 (age 74 years, 270
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles O'Connor Hennessy (b. 1860) —
also known as Charles O'C. Hennessy —
of Haworth, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Waterford, Ireland,
September
11, 1860.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; manager, Franklin Society for Home
Building and Savings of
New York; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1912-13;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1914-16; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1918.
Burial
location unknown.
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John W. Herbert (c.1820-1898) —
of Marlboro, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born about 1820.
Republican. Civil
engineer; farmer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1872,
1884,
1888;
common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1874-79.
Died in 1898
(age about
78 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles D. Hineline —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Northampton
County, Pa.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1850-51; mayor of
Camden, N.J., 1852-53; defeated, 1849.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) —
also known as Harold G. Hoffman —
of South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
7, 1896.
Son of Frank Hoffman and Ada Crawford (Thom) Hoffman.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker;
newspaper columnist and radio
commentator; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24; mayor
of South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935-38; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1936;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Royal
Arcanum.
Suspended
in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system
for an investigation
of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written
confession
of embezzlement
schemes was disclosed.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Blake Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1954 (age 58 years, 117
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
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Frederick C. Hyer (b. 1874) —
Born in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., December
10, 1874.
Son of Lewis
Spencer Hyer and Jane (Young) Hyer.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; candidate for New Jersey
state senate from Union County, 1908.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Spencer Hyer (1839-1909) —
also known as Lewis S. Hyer —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., March 1,
1839.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1874-75, 1888, 1889-91; candidate for New Jersey
state senate, 1881; common pleas court judge in New Jersey,
1882-96.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., August
15, 1909 (age 70 years, 167
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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John Lindauer (b. 1937) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., November
20, 1937.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Governor of
Alaska, 1998.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1998.
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Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) —
also known as Norman Mailer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
31, 1923.
Son of Isaac Barnett 'Barney' Mailer and Fanny (Schneider) Mailer.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; novelist,
essayist,
magazine editor, Hollywood
screenwriter,
director,
and actor;
among the founders of the Village Voice newspaper in
New York City, 1954-55; arrested
and jailed in
1967 in connection with an antiwar
protest; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969.
Jewish
ancestry.
Won the Pulitzer
Prize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.
Died, from acute renal
failure, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 2007 (age 84 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John H. McMurray —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Newspaper editor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1880-81.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wayne D. McMurray (b. 1897) —
of Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Gloucester City, Camden
County, N.J., May 11,
1897.
Son of John
H. McMurray and Helen M. (Dickensheets) McMurray.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper editor and
publisher; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Monmouth
County, 1947.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Charles Monaghan (1857-1917) —
also known as James C. Monaghan —
of Rhode Island; New Jersey.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
11, 1857.
Son of James Monaghan and Mary Ann Brown (O'Neill) Monaghan.
Newspaper editor; university
professor; U.S. Consul in Mannheim, 1885-90; Chemnitz, 1893-1900; Kingston, 1914-17.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
12, 1917 (age 60 years, 32
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Cumberland, R.I.
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Relatives: Son
of James Monaghan and Mary Ann Brown (O'Neill) Monaghan; nephew by
marriage of John
Ryan; married, June 12,
1892, to Dorothy T. Ryan. |
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Thomas M. Muir (b. 1879) —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., August
26, 1879.
Civil
engineer; newspaper work; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1923-49.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Nast (1840-1902) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Landau, Germany,
September
27, 1840.
Son of Joseph Thomas Nast and Appolonia (Abriss) Nast.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; news correspondent and cartoonist
for Harper's Weekly and other magazines and
newspapers; noted for his creation of such icons as the
Republican elephant and Democratic donkey; instrumental in the
downfall of New York City political boss William
M. Tweed; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1902, died in office 1902.
German
ancestry.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Guayaquil, Ecuador,
December
7, 1902 (age 62 years, 71
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Guayaquil, Ecuador; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Francis Ford Patterson, Jr. (1867-1935) —
also known as Francis F. Patterson, Jr. —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., July 30,
1867.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of New Jersey state
legislature, 1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1916
(alternate), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1920-27; banker.
Died in Merchantville, Camden
County, N.J., November
30, 1935 (age 68 years, 123
days).
Interment at Colestown
Cemetery, Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, N.J.
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Sheffield Phelps (1864-1902) —
of Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 24,
1864.
Son of Ellen (Sheffield) Phelps (1838-1920) and William
Walter Phelps.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1900.
Died, of typhoid
fever, in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., December
9, 1902 (age 38 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Hop
Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
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James Fitz Randolph (1791-1872) —
also known as James F. Randolph —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Middlesex
County, N.J., June 26,
1791.
Newspaper editor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1823-24; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1827-33; bank
president.
Died in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., January
25, 1872 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Interment at Easton
Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
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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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Samuel Tredwell Sawyer (1800-1865) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., 1800.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1829-32; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1834; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1837-39;
newspaper editor; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1853-58; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J., November
29, 1865 (age about 65
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Augustus W. Schwartz (b. 1867) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., January
4, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper advertising manager; fire
fighter; coal
and masons'
supplies dealer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1909-10.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Independent
Order of Foresters; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lloyd Thompson (b. 1879) —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 17,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; town clerk of Westfield, N.J., 1903-09; real estate
investor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1910-11.
Congregationalist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Bonnell Ward (1879-1946) —
also known as Charles B. Ward —
of DeBruce, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April 27,
1879.
Son of Elias Sayre Ward and Anna Dickerson (Bonnell) Ward.
Republican. Newspaper editor; banker; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1915-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1946
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Stanley Washburn (b. 1878) —
of Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Son of William
Drew Washburn and Elizabeth M. (Muzzy) Washburn (1836-1915).
Republican. Newspaper correspondent; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1912;
president, Washburn Lignite Coal Co.,
Wilton, N.D., 1926-29; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Delta
Psi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Weathersby (1914-2001) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Clinton, Hinds
County, Miss., November
30, 1914.
Son of William Hennington Weathersby and Mary (Conerly) Weathersby.
Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Sudan, 1965-67.
Died in Sykesville, Carroll
County, Md., November
20, 2001 (age 86 years, 355
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Jefferson Wilson (1775-1824) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Essex
County, N.J., 1775.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; Hunterdon
County Surrogate, 1808; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1809-11; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1815-21; resigned 1821; postmaster.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 28,
1824 (age about 49
years).
Interment at First
Baptist Church Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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