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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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George Keyser Angle (1864-1932) —
also known as George K. Angle; G. K. Angle —
of Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Easton, Northampton
County, Pa.; Silver City, Grant
County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in New Jersey, 1864.
Son of Jacob Angle and Elizabeth 'Eliza' (Kiser) Angle.
Democrat. Physician;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico,
1912;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Member, American
Legion; American Medical
Association; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., May 8,
1932 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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John Carlyle Barbour (b. 1895) —
also known as John C. Barbour —
of Clifton, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Haledon, Passaic
County, N.J., April 18,
1895.
Son of William J. Barbour and Anna Barbour.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1929-32; member of New Jersey
state senate from Passaic County, 1933-36.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Junior
Order; Moose; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Franklin H. Berry (b. 1904) —
of Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Manahawkin, Ocean
County, N.J., May 15,
1904.
Son of J. Willits Berry and Jessie (Haywood) Berry.
Lawyer;
bank
director; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Ocean County,
1947.
Member, Kiwanis;
Sons of the American Revolution; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. W. Rufus Besson (c.1871-1936) —
of Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born about 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1903-04; district judge in New
Jersey; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1920.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution.
Died, following a series of apoplectic
strokes, in Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J., January
12, 1936 (age about 65
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jonathan Hunt Blackwell (1841-1919) —
also known as Jonathan H. Blackwell —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Hopewell, Mercer
County, N.J., December
20, 1841.
Son of Stephen Blackwell (1808-1883) and Francenia (Hunt) Blackwell
(1811-1888).
Democrat. Merchant;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Mercer County, 1875-77; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1885; appointed 1885.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution.
Died in 1919
(age about
77 years).
Interment at First
Baptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, N.J.
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Charles Shimer Boyer (1869-1936) —
also known as Charles S. Boyer —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa., May 23,
1869.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1920.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J., November
10, 1936 (age 67 years, 171
days).
Interment at Harleigh
Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
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Albert Comstock (b. 1881) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., April 27,
1881.
Son of Albert Comstock (died 1881).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1925-27.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Son of Roscoe
Pulaski Copeland and Frances Jane (Holmes) Copeland (born 1843).
Physician;
university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1936;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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Charles Edison (1890-1969) —
of West Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in West Orange, Essex
County, N.J., August 3,
1890.
Son of Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931; inventor) and Mina (Miller)
Edison (1865-1947).
Democrat. U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1940; Governor of
New Jersey, 1941-44.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Delta
Psi; Newcomen
Society.
Died, of heart
failure, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1969 (age 78 years, 362
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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William Harvey Johnson Ely (b. 1891) —
also known as William H. J. Ely —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., September
18, 1891.
Son of Adison
Ely and Emily (Johnson) Ely.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in New
Jersey, 1924-29; member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1932-34; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1932
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Lions; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Guy Leverne Fake (b. 1879) —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., November
15, 1879.
Son of Milton E. Fake and Mary (Cook) Fake.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1907-08;
district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1909-24; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order; United
Spanish War Veterans; Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Grace Elizabeth Micklow. |
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Lynn Winterdale Franklin (1888-1952) —
also known as Lynn W. Franklin; Franklin
Winterbothm —
of Maryland; Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Ocean Grove, Monmouth
County, N.J., June 11,
1888.
Son of Charles Winterbothm and Jenny (Jones) Winterbothm.
Stenographer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Tegucigalpa, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in San Salvador, 1915-16; Callao-Lima, 1916-18; Guayaquil, 1918; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1925, 1926-27; Hankow, 1925; Saltillo, 1929; Amoy, 1932; Stockholm, 1938; Niagara Falls, 1943; U.S. Consul General in Curacao, 1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died July 8,
1952 (age 64 years, 27
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Winterbothm and Jenny (Jones) Winterbothm; step-son of
George L. Franklin; married, June 11,
1925, to Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson. |
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Guy George Gabrielson (1891-1976) —
also known as Guy G. Gabrielson —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Ambler, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista
County, Iowa, May 22,
1891.
Son of Frank August Gabrielson and Ida (Jansen) Gabrielson.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Nicolet Asbestos Mines,
Danville, Quebec; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1926-30; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1929; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1949-52.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in May, 1976
(age about
85 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Casey Greene (b. 1896) —
of Potowomut, Warwick, Kent
County, R.I.
Born in Cranford, Union
County, N.J., September
7, 1896.
Son of George Francis Greene and Margaret (Ladd) Greene.
Republican. Paper box
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Rhode Island, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Rhode
Island Republican state chair, 1946-49.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Wahl Hawkes (1878-1971) —
also known as Albert W. Hawkes —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
20, 1878.
Republican. Business
executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1943-49; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Sons of the American Revolution; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., May 9,
1971 (age 92 years, 170
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, N.J.
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David Jayne Hill (1850-1932) —
also known as David J. Hill —
of Lewisburg, Union
County, Pa.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., June 10,
1850.
Son of Rev. Daniel T. Hill and Lydia Ann (Thompson) Hill.
Historian;
president,
Bucknell University, 1879-88; president,
University of Rochester, 1888-96; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1903-05; Netherlands, 1905-08; Luxembourg, 1905-08; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1908-11.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in 1932
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Tilghman Holley (b. 1872) —
also known as Alfred T. Holley —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., February
15, 1872.
Son of Rev. Dr. William Welles Holley and Katherine Summer (Wyse)
Holley.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
president, Holly & Smith, Inc., coal,
hay,
and grain
merchants; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles P. Hutchinson (b. 1887) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
17, 1887.
Son of Barton
B. Hutchinson.
Republican. Lawyer; Mercer
County Clerk, 1928-45; common pleas court judge in New Jersey,
1945-47; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,
1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Laura D. Reading. |
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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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Hallett C. Johnson (1888-1968) —
also known as Francis Hallett Johnson —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
26, 1888.
Son of Jeremiah Augustus Johnson (1836-1912) and Frances Valeda
'Fannie' (Matthews) Johnson.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Stockholm, 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1944-47.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta
Psi.
Died, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
11, 1968 (age 79 years, 259
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Edward Lawrence Katzenbach (1878-1934) —
also known as Edward L. Katzenbach —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
21, 1878.
Son of Frank Snowden Katzenbach (1844-1921) and Augusta (Mushbach)
Katzenbach.
Lawyer;
counsel for banks and
paper
companies; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1924-29.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
18, 1934 (age 56 years, 58
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing Township, Mercer County, N.J.
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Henry Thomas Kays (b. 1878) —
also known as Henry T. Kays —
of Newton, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Newton, Sussex
County, N.J., September
29, 1878.
Son of Thomas M. Kays and Marielle (Ryerson) Kays.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Sussex
County Freeholder, 1910-11; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1913-15;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Sussex County, 1919-24; resigned 1924;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1924;
Judge, New Jersey Court of
Errors and Appeals, 1924-35; vice-chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1935-47; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Sussex County,
1947.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Great-grandson of Thomas
Cox Ryerson; son of Thomas M. Kays and Marielle (Ryerson) Kays;
married to Katherine Van Blarcom. |
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Hamilton Fish Kean (1862-1941) —
also known as Hamilton F. Kean —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Union Township, Union
County, N.J., February
27, 1862.
Son of John Kean and Lucy (Halstead) Kean.
Republican. Banker; farmer; chair of
Union County Republican Party, 1900; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1905-19; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1919-28; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1929-35; defeated, 1924, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons.
Died December
27, 1941 (age 79 years, 303
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edward Thomas Moore (b. 1881) —
also known as Edward T. Moore —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J., July 3,
1881.
Son of Thomas Martin Moore (attorney) and Sarah (Wickham) Moore.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1909-10; law
professor; vice-chair of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1934-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Zeta
Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1931
to Lillian Ring. |
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Franklin Murphy (1846-1920) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
3, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; varnish
manufacturer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1886; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1900,
1904;
Governor
of New Jersey, 1902-05; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1904-12; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1908.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
24, 1920 (age 74 years, 52
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.; statue erected 1925 at Weequhaic
Park, Newark, N.J.
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Charles Wolcott Parker (1862-1948) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., October
22, 1862.
Son of Cortlandt
Parker and Elisabeth Wolcott (Stites) Parker.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1898-1903; circuit judge
in New Jersey, 1903-07; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1907-47.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution.
Died January
23, 1948 (age 85 years, 93
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Perth Amboy, N.J.
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Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) —
also known as Phelps von Rottenburg —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.; Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Bonn, Germany,
May 4,
1897.
Son of Franz von Rottenburg (1845-1907) and Marian (Phelps) von
Rottenburg (1868-1922).
Member of New York
state assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District
1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936,
1948
(alternate); member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Governor of
American Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1960,
1964
(alternate); delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Psi
Upsilon; Urban
League; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Society
of Colonial Wars; Union
League; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J., June 10,
1981 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Whitaker Trenchard (1863-1942) —
of Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, N.J.; Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Centerton, Salem
County, N.J., December
13, 1863.
Son of William B. Trenchard and Anna M. (Golder) Trenchard.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1889; Presidential Elector for
New Jersey, 1896;
county judge in New Jersey, 1899-1906; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1906-41.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of the American Revolution.
In 1935, sentenced Bruno Richard Hauptmann to death for the
kidnapping and murder of the infant son of Charles A. Lindbergh.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 23,
1942 (age 78 years, 222
days).
Interment at Bridgeton
Cemetery, Bridgeton, N.J.
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David S. Van Alstyne, Jr. (b. 1897) —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
3, 1897.
Son of David Van Alstyne and Ella (Peay) Van Alstyne.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; investment
banker; stockbroker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1940-41;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1944-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1944,
1948,
1952;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,
1947.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Garrett Dorset Wall Vroom (b. 1843) —
also known as Garrett D. W. Vroom —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
17, 1843.
Son of Peter
Dumont Vroom, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1876,
1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); mayor of
Trenton, N.J., 1881-84.
Dutch
and French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of the Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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George C. Warren, Jr. (b. 1877) —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Barnegat, Ocean
County, N.J., October
15, 1877.
Son of George C. Warren and Sarah M. (Cranmer) Warren.
Republican. Stockbroker;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1916,
1920;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; American
Forestry Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Van Buren Wicoff (1878-1952) —
also known as John V. B. Wicoff —
of Cranbury, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Plainsboro, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Plainsboro, Middlesex
County, N.J., June 9,
1878.
Son of John Wicoff (1829-1892) and Catherine Lucretia (Britton)
Wicoff (1844-1928).
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Broad Street National Bank of
Trenton; president, Trenton Bone Fertilizer
Company; candidate for New Jersey
state senate, 1936; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died February
25, 1952 (age 73 years, 261
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wicoff (1829-1892) and Catherine Lucretia (Britton) Wicoff
(1844-1928); married, June 8,
1904, to Lavinia Ely Applegate; first cousin of C.
Raymond Wicoff. |
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