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John A. Ackley (1854-1933) —
of Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Absecon, Atlantic
County, N.J., July 14,
1854.
Democrat. Auctioneer;
real estate appraiser; justice of the peace; member of New Jersey
state senate from Cumberland County, 1914-16.
Died in 1933
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Siloam Cemetery, Vineland, N.J.
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Robert Atcheson Alberts (b. 1872) —
also known as Robert A. Alberts —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., October
19, 1872.
Son of Lewis Charles Alberts and Sarah Jane (Atcheson) Alberts.
Republican. President, C. B. Hewitt & Bros. paper and
glue; vice-president, Albowe Realty Co.; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Frank Appleby (1864-1924) —
also known as T. Frank Appleby —
of Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Old Bridge, Middlesex
County, N.J., October
10, 1864.
Son of Theodore Frelinguysen Appleby and Margaret Susanna (Mount)
Appleby.
Republican. Real estate and insurance
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1896;
mayor
of Asbury Park, N.J., 1908-12; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., December
15, 1924 (age 60 years, 66
days).
Interment at Chestnut
Hill Cemetery, Old Bridge, N.J.
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Oscar Louis Auf der Heide (1874-1945) —
also known as Oscar L. Auf der Heide —
of West New York, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1874.
Son of Carl F. Auf der Heide and Louise Auf der Heide.
Democrat. Real estate and insurance
business; director of several banks;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1908-11; mayor
of West New York, N.J., 1914-17; Hudson
County Freeholder, 1915-24; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-35 (11th District 1925-33,
14th District 1933-35); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1928,
1932;
president, Elizabeth Brewing Co.
Died in West New York, Hudson
County, N.J., March 29,
1945 (age 70 years, 111
days).
Interment at Hoboken
Cemetery, North Bergen, N.J.
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Isaac Bacharach (1870-1956) —
also known as "Boardwalk Ike" —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Brigantine, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
5, 1870.
Son of Jacob Bacharach and Betty (Nusbaum) Bacharach.
Republican. Real estate business; lumber
business; banker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1912; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1915-37; defeated,
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., September
5, 1956 (age 86 years, 244
days).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Nathan Barnert (1838-1927) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan, Poland),
September
20, 1838.
Democrat. Tailor; clothing
manufacturer; real estate business; mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1883-86, 1889-90; philanthropist.
Jewish.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., December
23, 1927 (age 89 years, 94
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Miriam Phillips (died 1901). |
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William W. Betts (b. 1838) —
of Clearfield
County, Pa.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., May 1,
1838.
Democrat. Lumber
business; real estate business; president of the
Clearfield gas and
water
companies; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 34th District, 1887-90.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis B. Blissard (1913-1998) —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Port Norris, Cumberland
County, N.J., July 15,
1913.
Son of David Corson Blissard and Bertha Mae (Haines) Blissard.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
real estate developer; U.S.
Attorney for Hawaii, 1954-61.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Jesters;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died May 12,
1998 (age 84 years, 301
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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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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Alfred C. Brooks (c.1897-1947) —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., about 1897.
Son of John R. Brooks.
Republican. Real estate and insurance
business; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1931-34.
Died, in the Pine Acres Nursing
Home, Madison, Morris
County, N.J., July 18,
1947 (age about 50
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Irene Harriman. |
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Albert Clark Chapin (1891-1950) —
also known as Albert C. Chapin —
of South Egremont, Egremont, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Sea Girt, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Richmond Hill, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., May 14,
1891.
Son of Albert King Chapin (1850-1908) and Emily A. (Schenck) Chapin.
Interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Chefoo, 1917-18; Tientsin, 1918; Mukden, 1918; real estate broker.
Died in Mendocino
County, Calif., December
28, 1950 (age 59 years, 228
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Compton (b. 1869) —
of Hillside, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Scotland,
July
1, 1869.
Republican. General
contractor; lumber
dealer; real estate developer; bank
director; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1923-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fillmore Condit (1855-1939) —
of Verona, Essex
County, N.J.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.; Essex Fells, Essex
County, N.J.; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Roseland, Essex
County, N.J., September
5, 1855.
Grocer; invented
and manufactured
the Condit refrigerator door fastener; Essex
County Freeholder; real estate business; New York
representative for Union Oil Company
of California; founder, Long Beach Community Hospital
1924; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1926-27.
Methodist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1939 (age 83 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, N.J.
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William Henry Frederick Fiedler (1847-1919) —
also known as William H. F. Fiedler —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
25, 1847.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1878-79, 1882;
mayor
of Newark, N.J., 1880-82; defeated, 1904; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1883-85; postmaster;
real estate business.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
1, 1919 (age 71 years, 129
days).
Entombed at Fairmount
Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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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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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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Dean Anderson Gallo (1935-1994) —
also known as Dean A. Gallo —
of Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris
County, N.J.; West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Parsippany, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., November
23, 1935.
Republican. Realtor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1976-84; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1985-94; died in
office 1994.
Methodist.
The Dean and Betty Gallo Prostate Cancer Center at the Cancer
Institute of New Jersey is named for
him and his wife.
Died, of prostate
cancer, November
6, 1994 (age 58 years, 348
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur R. Gemberling —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Woodstown, Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Selinsgrove, Snyder
County, Pa.
Republican. College
teacher; real estate broker; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1940;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Salem County,
1947.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles P. Gillen (1876-1956) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; North Arlington, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in County Roscommon, Ireland,
August
6, 1876.
Son of Thomas Gillen and Mary A. (Conry) Gillen.
Democrat. Real estate business; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1932.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Eagles.
Died in New Jersey, June 30,
1956 (age 79 years, 329
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Gary Edward Greenblatt (1949-2010) —
also known as Gary E. Greenblatt —
of Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born December
1, 1949.
Son of Newton Greenblatt (1923-1997) and Ruth (Rosenbaum) Greenblatt.
Democrat. Real estate broker; lawyer;
candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly 1st District, 1975; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1976;
director and vice-president, Covenant Bank; board
chairman, Landis Savings
Bank.
Jewish.
Died in Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J., April 8,
2010 (age 60 years, 128
days).
Interment at Alliance
Cemetery, Norma, N.J.
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Nelson Gerard Gross (1932-1997) —
also known as Nelson G. Gross —
of Saddle River, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born January
9, 1932.
Son of Albert Gross.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1962; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1968;
chair
of Bergen County Republican Party, 1969; New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1969; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1970; real estate developer; restaurant
owner.
Jewish.
Indicted
in May 1973 on charges
of falsifying
a $5,000 contribution to the 1969 campaign of Gov. William
T. Cahill, conspiring to commit tax
evasion by disguising the contribution as a business expense, and
counseling a witness to commit perjury;
convicted
in March 1974, and sentenced
to two years jail;
served six months.
Kidnapped in Edgewater, N.J., robbed of $20,000, taken to New York,
and stabbed
to death, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1997 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ogden Haggerty Hammond (1869-1956) —
also known as Ogden H. Hammond —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
13, 1869.
Son of John Henry Hammond and Sophia Vernon (Wolf) Hammond.
Republican. Real estate business; director, First National Bank of
Jersey City; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1915-16;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916,
1924
(alternate); U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Died October
29, 1956 (age 87 years, 16
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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Frank Joseph Hanson (b. 1893) —
also known as Frank J. Hanson —
of Totowa, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., March 12,
1893.
Republican. Real estate and insurance
business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1927.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Elks; Exchange
Club.
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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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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Ila Kasofsky —
of Fort Lee, Bergen
County, N.J.
Real estate broker; mayor of
Fort Lee, N.J., 2007.
Still living as of 2007.
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Nicholas Low (1739-1826) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Middlesex
County, N.J., March 30,
1739.
Merchant;
real estate developer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1787-89; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New-York
County, 1788.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1826 (age 87 years, 230
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frederick W. McMurray (b. 1871) —
of Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Liverpool, England,
March
7, 1871.
Republican. Glass blower; manager of glass manufacturing
plant; hotel
owner; real estate business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cape May County, 1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hoffman Nickerson (b. 1888) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., December
6, 1888.
Republican. Real estate business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 27th District, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Firman M. Reeves (b. 1877) —
of Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., September
20, 1877.
Republican. Pharmacist;
real estate business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1918-19;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Cumberland County, 1920-27.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Moose; Redmen; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Roberts (b. 1956) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born July 14,
1956.
Fire
fighter; real estate developer; mayor of
Hoboken, N.J., 2001-.
Still living as of 2008.
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Arthur R. Smock (b. 1885) —
of Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
1, 1885.
Son of Charles L. Smock and Emily C. Smock.
Republican. Real estate business; coal and
ice dealer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1926-27.
Member, Elks; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911
to Ethel M. Worden. |
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H. Donald Stewart (born c.1949) —
of Woodstown, Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J., about 1949.
Democrat. Real estate and insurance
business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 3rd District, 1972-76.
Member, Jaycees;
Exchange
Club.
Still living as of 1976.
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Henry R. Tatem (c.1859-1938) —
of Collingswood, Camden
County, N.J.
Born about 1859.
Postmaster;
real estate and insurance
business; president, Collingswood National Bank; mayor
of Collingswood, N.J., 1895-96; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1909-10.
Died in Collingswood, Camden
County, N.J., April 14,
1938 (age about 79
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Louise R. Tatosian —
also known as Louise Rohlfing —
of Ridgewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Real estate broker; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Still living as of 1950.
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Relatives:
Married to Alexander K. Tatosian. |
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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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Howard D. Van Sant (1865-1925) —
of Island Heights, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., April 13,
1865.
Real estate business; mayor of Island Heights, N.J.; U.S.
Consul in Guelph, 1905; Kingston, 1905-10; Dunfermline, 1910-22.
Died September
1, 1925 (age 60 years, 141
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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