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Martyn Livingston Agens (1855-1909) —
also known as M. Livy Agens —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., June 17,
1855.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mason County, 1905-09; died
in office 1909.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Odd Fellows.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March 30,
1909 (age 53 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Boyd Avis (1875-1944) —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Deerfield, Cumberland
County, N.J., July 11,
1875.
Son of John H. Avis and Sallie (Barker) Avis.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1902-05;
Speaker
of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1904-05; member of New Jersey
state senate from Gloucester County, 1906-08; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1928;
U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-44; died in office 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Moose; Foresters;
Redmen.
Died January
21, 1944 (age 68 years, 194
days).
Interment at Wenonah
Cemetery, Woodbury, N.J.
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William H. Bright (b. 1863) —
of Ocean City, Cape May
County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Bridgehampton, Sanilac
County, Mich., October
21, 1863.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; Cape
May County Sheriff, 1905-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Cape May County, 1919-27.
Episcopalian.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alvah H. Cole (1884-1970) —
of Highland Park, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pleasant Run, Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1884.
Merchant;
mayor
of Highland Park, N.J., 1948-51.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Edison Lodge Nursing
Home, Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J., May 11,
1970 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.
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George B. Cole (b. 1851) —
of Greenwich Township, Warren
County, N.J.; Lopatcong Township, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Harmony Township, Warren
County, N.J., April 9,
1851.
Democrat. Farmer; Warren
County Sheriff, 1900; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1910-11.
Member, Odd Fellows; Redmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Charles Reid English (b. 1886) —
also known as Charles R. English —
of Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Englishtown, Monmouth
County, N.J., May 18,
1886.
Son of John Perrine English and Anna (Reid) English.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; mayor of
Red Bank, N.J., 1931-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph H. Forsyth (b. 1879) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born near Pemberton, Burlington
County, N.J., May 30,
1879.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; member of New Jersey
state senate from Camden County, 1927-28.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Job Hillman Gaskill (1804-1886) —
also known as Job H. Gaskill —
of Pemberton, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Springfield Township, Burlington
County, N.J., March 24,
1804.
Son of Thomas Gaskill (1764-1843) and Elizabeth (Hillman) Gaskill
(1767-1812).
Democrat. Farmer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1854, 1866-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1864;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Burlington County, 1868-70.
Quaker.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Died in Pemberton, Burlington
County, N.J., September
14, 1886 (age 82 years, 174
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Pemberton, N.J.
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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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Joshua C. Haines (b. 1868) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Swedesboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., July 1,
1868.
Republican. Camden
County Sheriff, 1914-17; member of New Jersey
state senate from Camden County, 1918-20.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Odd Fellows; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Archibald Chapman Hart (1873-1935) —
also known as Archibald C. Hart —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.; Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Lenoxville, Quebec,
February
27, 1873.
Son of R. M. Hart and Caroline (Antrobus) Hart.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
candidate for New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1907; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1912-13, 1913-17.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Odd Fellows; Foresters;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J., July 24,
1935 (age 62 years, 147
days).
Interment at Hackensack
Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
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Reuben Locke Haskell (1878-1971) —
also known as Reuben L. Haskell —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
5, 1878.
Son of Robert B. Haskell and Monrovia (Grayson) Haskell.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1915-19; defeated,
1912; county judge in New York, 1920-25; candidate in primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1921.
Member, American Bar
Association; Royal
Arcanum; Delta
Chi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose.
Died in Westwood, Bergen
County, N.J., October
2, 1971 (age 92 years, 362
days).
Interment at Mt.
Repose Cemetery, Haverstraw, N.Y.
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Solomon Porter Hood (1853-1943) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., July 30,
1853.
Son of Lewis Price Hood and Matilda Catharine (Porter) Hood.
Republican. U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 1922-24; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1922-26.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows; Elks.
Died in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth
County, N.J., 1943
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Quinn
Chapel Cemetery, Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married 1884
to Mary Anna Davis. |
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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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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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Griffith Walker Lewis (b. 1863) —
also known as Griffith W. Lewis —
of Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., July 1,
1863.
Republican. President, G.W. Lewis & Son, shoe
manufacturers; vice-president, Mechanics National Bank;
president, Burlington Electric
Light & Power Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1904;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1907-09; member of New Jersey
state senate from Burlington County, 1910-12; chair of
Burlington County Republican Party, 1910.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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LeRoy W. Loder (b. 1883) —
of Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, N.J., December
5, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1914-19; member of New Jersey
state senate from Cumberland County, 1932-34; member of New Jersey
Democratic State Committee, 1933.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Madden (b. 1873) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Tuckahoe, Cape May
County, N.J., July 10,
1873.
Son of Thomas Burch Madden and Eleanor (Steelman) Madden.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1908-11; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Minnie J. Mentzler. |
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Robert Baumle Meyner (1908-1990) —
also known as Robert B. Meyner —
of Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., July 3,
1908.
Son of Gustave Herman Meyner and Mary Sophia (Baumle) Meyner.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New Jersey
state senate from Warren County, 1948-51; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1964;
Governor
of New Jersey, 1954-62.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Chi Rho; Elks; Eagles;
Odd Fellows; Moose; Rotary; Grange.
Died May 27,
1990 (age 81 years, 328
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Phillipsburg
Cemetery, Phillipsburg, N.J.
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Charles A. Otto, Jr. (b. 1888) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 28,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1927-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Odd Fellows; Junior
Order; Kiwanis;
Foresters
of America; Delta
Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kevin Sung-Min Park (b. 1983) —
also known as Kevin Park —
of Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in a hospital,
Columbia, Howard
County, Md., May 5,
1983.
Intern or volunteer staff for U.S. Sen. Frank
Lautenberg, Gov. Ruth
Ann Minner, U.S. Rep. Mike
Ferguson; presidential candidate.
Christian.
Korean
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary;
Odd Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Sung-Koo Chi (South Korean Ambassador to Senegal and
Finland). |
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Charles Clarke Pilgrim (b. 1874) —
also known as Charles C. Pilgrim —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, N.J., September
6, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1915-16; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1916; member of New Jersey
state senate from Essex County, 1918-20.
Member, Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Odd Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Griggs Prall (1881-1951) —
also known as Horace G. Prall —
of Lambertville, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born near Ringoes, Hunterdon
County, N.J., March 6,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1926-27; member of New Jersey
state senate from Hunterdon County, 1928-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd Fellows; Grange.
Died in 1951
(age about
70 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Rathbone Ramsey (1862-1933) —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Wyckoff, Bergen
County, N.J., April 25,
1862.
Son of John P. Ramsey and Martha (Rathbone) Ramsey.
Republican. Lawyer; brick
manufacturer; banker; Bergen
County Clerk, 1895-1910; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1908;
candidate for New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1910; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1917-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., April 10,
1933 (age 70 years, 350
days).
Interment at Hackensack
Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
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Isabelle McCullough Summers (b. 1887) —
also known as Isabelle M. Summers; Isabelle
McCullough —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), August
20, 1887.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1926-27;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1928.
Female.
Member, Odd Fellows; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial
location unknown.
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Blanchard H. White (b. 1864) —
of Mt. Holly, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Springfield Township, Burlington
County, N.J., June 30,
1864.
Son of Benjamin White.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly; member of New Jersey
state senate from Burlington County, 1913-15, 1920-21.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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