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Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) —
also known as Charles B. Alexander —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1849.
Son of Henry Martyn Alexander and Susan Mary (Brown) Alexander.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance
company; director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad, the
Hocking Valley Railroad, and several banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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David Baird, Jr. (1881-1955) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., October
10, 1881.
Son of David
Baird and Christiana Baird.
Republican. Lumber
business; director, First Camden National Bank;
director, West Jersey & Seashore Railroad; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1929-30; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1931.
Died in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., February
28, 1955 (age 73 years, 141
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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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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William Darius Bishop (1827-1904) —
also known as William D. Bishop —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J., September
14, 1827.
Son of Alfred Bishop and Mary (Ferris) Bishop.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1857-59; defeated,
1858, 1902; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1859-60; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1860;
member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1866, 1877-78; president, New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 1867-69; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1871.
Died, of chronic
endocarditis, in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
4, 1904 (age 76 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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John Insley Blair (1802-1899) —
also known as John I. Blair —
of Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Warren
County, N.J., August
22, 1802.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster;
manufacturer;
railroad builder; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1860,
1868;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1868.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J., December
2, 1899 (age 97 years, 102
days).
Interment at Gravel
Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Nancy Ann Locke (1804-1888). |
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Rufus Blodgett (1834-1910) —
of Ocean
County, N.J.; Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Dorchester, Grafton
County, N.H., October
9, 1834.
Democrat. Superintendent, New Jersey Southern Railroad,
1874-84; founder and president, Citizens Bank of
Long Branch; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1878-80;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1880,
1896;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1887-93; mayor
of Long Branch, N.J., 1893.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
3, 1910 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, Wentworth, N.H.
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Joseph Gardner Bradley (b. 1881) —
also known as J. G. Bradley —
of Dundon, Clay
County, W.Va.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
12, 1881.
Son of William Hornblower Bradley and Eliza McCormack (Cameron)
Bradley.
Republican. Coal mining
magnate; organizer of Elk River Coal and Lumber Co.;
organizer of the Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad; director,
Central Iron
and Steel Co.; created the town of Widen, W.Va.; delegate to
Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1916;
chair
of Clay County Republican Party, 1917.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Browne (1875-1947) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1875.
Son of William Hardcastle Browne and Alice (Beaver) Browne.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Princeton, N.J., 1916-23; president, board of trustees,
Princeton Hospital,
1919-23; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1920, 1924; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1936-39; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1940;
director, First National Bank of
Princeton; director, Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
17, 1947 (age 71 years, 323
days).
Cremated.
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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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Benjamin Conley (1815-1886) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March 1,
1815.
Mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1857-59; Governor of
Georgia, 1871-72; president, Macon and Augusta Railroad;
postmaster.
Died in West End (now part of Atlanta), Fulton
County, Ga., January
10, 1886 (age 70 years, 315
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Winthrop More Daniels (b. 1867) —
also known as Winthrop M. Daniels —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Saybrook, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, September
30, 1867.
Son of E. A. Daniels.
University
professor; member,
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1914-23; trustee of New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad, 1935.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen Dumont (b. 1869) —
also known as Frederick T. F. Dumont —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J., March 17,
1869.
Son of John Finley Dumont and Anna K. (Kline) Dumont.
Construction engineer,
Pennsylvania Railroad, 1889-1901; banker;
U.S. Consul in Guadeloupe, 1911-12; Madrid, 1912-14; Florence, 1914-19; Dublin, 1919-20; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, 1924; Havana, 1929-32.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Wesley Fordyce (1840-1919) —
also known as S. W. Fordyce —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, February
7, 1840.
Son of John Fordyce and Mary (Houseman) Fordyce.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder, builder,
president, receiver, and director of many railroads; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884,
1892;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1888; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Arkansas, 1896.
Scottish
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August 3,
1919 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Dudley Sanford Gregory (1800-1874) —
also known as Dudley S. Gregory —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Redding, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
5, 1800.
Banker;
mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1838-40, 1841-42, 1858-60; delegate to Whig
National Convention from New Jersey, 1839 (member, Balloting
Committee); U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1847-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1860;
director of railroad companies.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., December
8, 1874 (age 74 years, 306
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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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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Andrew Kessler Hay (1809-1881) —
also known as Andrew K. Hay —
of New Jersey.
Born near Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
19, 1809.
Whig. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1849-51; president,
Camden and Atlantic Railroad, 1872-76.
Died February
7, 1881 (age 72 years, 19
days).
Interment at Colestown
Cemetery, Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, N.J.
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Albert H. Holland (b. 1891) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Morris
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1925; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1928;
common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1928-43; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Morris County,
1947; director, Morristown & Erie Railroad; director,
Remington Arms Company.
Burial
location unknown.
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Howard L. Kern (c.1886-1947) —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Charles City, Floyd
County, Iowa, about 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; Puerto
Rico attorney general, 1915-19; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Puerto Rico, 1920;
assistant general attorney for International Telephone
and Telegraph,
1928-41; general counsel, Central Railroad of New Jersey,
1941-47.
Died in West Orange, Essex
County, N.J., May 12,
1947 (age about 61
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William A. Kindred (c.1849-1891) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.).
Born in Morris
County, N.J., about 1849.
Civil
engineer; railroad builder; banker; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1882-83.
The town of Kindred, N.D. is named for
him.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1891 (age about 42
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles A. Lighthipe (1824-1905) —
of Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., October
11, 1824.
Hat
maker and manufacturer of hat-forming
machines; director, Morris and Essex Railroad; director,
American Insurance
Company of Newark; organizer, Citizens Gas
Company of Newark; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a paralytic
stroke, and died two years later, in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., February
14, 1905 (age 80 years, 126
days).
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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James Nelson Pidcock (1836-1899) —
also known as James N. Pidcock —
of Whitehouse Station, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in White House, Hunterdon
County, N.J., February
8, 1836.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; built the Georgia Northern Railroad; member of
New
Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1877-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1884,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1885-89.
Died in Whitehouse Station, Hunterdon
County, N.J., December
17, 1899 (age 63 years, 312
days).
Interment at Lebanon Reformed Church Cemetery, Lebanon, N.J.
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Horace Porter (1837-1921) —
Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., April 15,
1837.
Son of David
Rittenhouse Porter.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal
of Honor for action at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863; executive
secretary to Pres. Ulysses
S. Grant, 1869-73; vice-president, Pullman Palace Car Co.
(railroad cars); president, New York West Shore & Buffalo
Railroad; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1897-1905.
Member, Union
League.
Died May 29,
1921 (age 84 years, 44
days).
Interment at Old
First Methodist Churchyard, West Long Branch, N.J.
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William Joyce Sewell (1835-1901) —
also known as William J. Sewell —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland,
December
6, 1835.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
railroad executive; member of New Jersey
state senate from Camden County, 1873-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(speaker),
1900;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1881-87, 1895-1901; died in office 1901.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1896 for action at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863.
Died in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., December
27, 1901 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Thomas Goyn Talmadge (1801-1863) —
also known as Thomas G. Talmadge —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Somerset, Somerset
County, N.J., October
22, 1801.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1837; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1845; county judge in New York, 1846;
president, Broadway Railroad Company.
Died May 4,
1863 (age 61 years, 194
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1823
to Dorothy Miller (died 1834; sister of Jacob
Welsh Miller); married 1835 to Sarah
Van Brunt (died 1843); married 1848 to Harriet
Joralemon. |
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Theodore Newton Vail (1845-1920) —
also known as Theodore N. Vail —
of Lyndonville, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 16,
1845.
Son of Davis Vail and Phebe (Quinby) Vail.
Republican. General superintendent, U.S. Railway Mail Service,
1876-79; president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co., 1885-89 and 1907-19; founder of Western Electric and of Bell
Labs; built an electric railway system in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, 1890-1904; farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from kidney and
cardiac
complications, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., April 16,
1920 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Interment at Vail
Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, N.J.
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Beekman Winthrop (b. 1874) —
of Westbury, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., September
18, 1874.
Son of Robert Winthrop and Kate W. (Taylor) Winthrop.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1904-07; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
1907-09; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1909-13; director,
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Lackawanna Steel Co.,
and National City Bank.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Wright (1794-1866) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Clarksville, Rockland
County, N.Y., November
13, 1794.
Democrat. Mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1841-43; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1843-47; president,
Morris and Essex Railroad, 1843-66; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1847; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1853-59, 1863-66; died in office 1866;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1860.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., November
1, 1866 (age 71 years, 353
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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