The Political Graveyard: Monmouth County, N.J. (original) (raw)

Index to Locations

Allentown Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Allentown, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | William Augustus Newell (1817-1901) — also known as William A. Newell — of Allentown, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Franklin, Warren County, Ohio, September 5, 1817. Republican. Physician;U.S. Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1847-51, 1865-67; defeated, 1866; Governor of New Jersey, 1857-60; defeated, 1877; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1864;Governor of Washington Territory, 1880-84. Member, Freemasons. Died in Allentown, Monmouth County, N.J., August 8, 1901 (age 83 years, 337 days). Interment at Allentown Presbyterian Church Cemetery. |
| | James Henderson Imlay (1764-1823) — also known as James H. Imlay — of Allentown, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Imlaystown, Monmouth County, N.J., November 26, 1764. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1793-96; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1796; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1797-1801 (at-large 1797-99, 4th District 1799-1801); postmaster. Died in Allentown, Monmouth County, N.J., March 6, 1823 (age 58 years, 100 days). Interment at Allentown Presbyterian Church Cemetery. |

Quinn Chapel Cemetery
Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Solomon Porter Hood (1853-1943) — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa., July 30, 1853. Republican. U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, as of 1922-24; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1922-26.African Methodist Episcopal. Africanancestry. Member, Odd Fellows; Elks. Died in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, N.J., 1943(age about 89 years). Interment at Quinn Chapel Cemetery. |

Unknown Location
Brielle, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Greenwood Cemetery
Route 9 & County Line Road
Brielle, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Oliver H. Brown (1852-1924) — of North Spring Lake, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Farmingdale, Monmouth County, N.J., December 12, 1852. Republican. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1897; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1900; member of New Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1903-11. Died in Spring Lake, Monmouth County, N.J., April 1, 1924 (age 71 years, 111 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. |

East Branch Cemetery
Cox's Corner, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Samuel Gardiner Wright (1781-1845) — also known as Samuel G. Wright — of Imlaystown, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Wrightstown, Burlington County, N.J., November 18, 1781. Whig. Merchant; owner of iron furnaces; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1845; died in office 1845.Quaker. Died near Imlaystown, Monmouth County, N.J., July 30, 1845 (age 63 years, 254 days). Interment at East Branch Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. |

Evergreen Cemetery
Farmingdale, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | William A. Prickitt (1839-1929) — of near Lakewood, Ocean County, N.J. Born in Monmouth County, N.J., March 20, 1839. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; insurance business; stockbroker; U.S. Consul in Rheims, 1897-1905; U.S. Consul General in Auckland, 1905-14. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, N.J., January 6, 1929 (age 89 years, 292 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. |

Freehold Cemetery
Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Thomas Griffith Haight (1879-1942) — of Englewood, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Colts Neck, Monmouth County, N.J., August 4, 1879. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1914-19; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1919-20; resigned 1920.Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons. Died January 26, 1942 (age 62 years, 175 days). Interment at Freehold Cemetery. |

Maplewood Cemetery
Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Joel Parker (1816-1888) — of Monmouth County, N.J. Born November 24, 1816. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1848; Governor of New Jersey, 1863-66, 1872-75. Died January 2, 1888 (age 71 years, 39 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery. |
| | Joseph Dorsett Bedle (1821-1894) — also known as Joseph D. Bedle — of Freehold, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Middletown Point (now Matawan), Monmouth County, N.J., January 5, 1821. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1864;associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1865-75; Governor of New Jersey, 1875-78. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 21, 1894 (age 73 years, 289 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery. |
| | Charles Haight (1838-1891) — of Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Colts Neck, Monmouth County, N.J., January 4, 1838. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1861-62; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1861-62; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1867-71. Died in Freehold, Monmouth County, N.J., August 1, 1891 (age 53 years, 209 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery. |
| | Daniel Bailey Ryall (1798-1864) — also known as Daniel B. Ryall — of Monmouth County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, 1798. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1831, 1833-35; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1839-41. Died in 1864(age about 66 years). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery. |

Baptist Cemetery
Holmdel, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Holmdel Cemetery
Holmdel, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Founded 1871
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| | Henry Elijah Ackerson Jr. (1880-1970) — also known as Henry E. Ackerson, Jr. — of Keyport, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Holmdel, Monmouth County, N.J., October 15, 1880. Democrat. Bank clerk; lawyer; bank director; member of New Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1915-19; circuit judge in New Jersey, 1924-47; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1948-52. Member, American Bar Association; Royal Arcanum. Died, in the Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel, Monmouth County, N.J., December 9, 1970 (age 90 years, 55 days). Interment at Holmdel Cemetery. |
| | Cecil S. Ackerson (1887-1963) — of Keyport, Monmouth County, N.J. Born October 28, 1887. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of Monmouth County Democratic Party, 1945. Died August 11, 1963 (age 75 years, 287 days). Interment at Holmdel Cemetery. |

St. Joseph's Cemetery
Keyport, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | James Paul Maher (1865-1946) — also known as James P. Maher — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Keansburg, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 3, 1865. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York, 1911-21 (3rd District 1911-13, 5th District 1913-19, 7th District 1919-21); defeated, 1908 (3rd District), 1908 (3rd District), 1920 (7th District). Died in Keansburg, Monmouth County, N.J., July 31, 1946 (age 80 years, 270 days). Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery. |

Unknown Location
Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | John Faucheraud Grimké (1752-1819) — also known as John Grimké — of Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., December 16, 1752. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1781-83, 1784-90; common pleas court judge in South Carolina, 1783; intendant of Charleston, South Carolina, 1786-88; resigned 1788.French Huguenot and Germanancestry. Died in Long Branch, Monmouth County, N.J., August 9, 1819 (age 66 years, 236 days). Interment somewhere. |

Atlantic View Cemetery
Church and Forest avenues
Manasquan, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Charles A. Rathbun (1867-1927) — of Madison, Morris County, N.J. Born in Madison, Morris County, N.J., January 7, 1867. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1914-16.Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;Shriners;Royal Arcanum. Died in 1927(age about 60 years). Interment at Atlantic View Cemetery. |
| | Frank Durand (1895-1978) — of Sea Girt, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Asbury Park, Monmouth County, N.J., March 9, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1930-31; member of New Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1933-38.Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons;Elks. Died in 1978(age about 83 years). Interment at Atlantic View Cemetery. |

Fair View Cemetery
Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Joseph Azzolina (1926-2010) — of Middletown, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., January 26, 1926. Republican. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1966-71, 1986-87, 1992-2005 (Monmouth County 1966-67, District 5-B 1968-71, 13th District 1986-87, 1992-2005); member of New Jersey state senate District 5, 1972-73; defeated, 1973 (12th District), 1977 (12th District), 1987 (13th District); candidate forU.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1988. Died, from pancreatic cancer, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 15, 2010 (age 84 years, 79 days). Interment at Fair View Cemetery. |
| | Henry Martin Nevius (1841-1911) — also known as Henry M. Nevius — of Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Freehold, Monmouth County, N.J., January 30, 1841. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of New Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1888-90. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Wounded several times during the Civil War and lost his left arm. Died, of a stroke,January 30, 1911 (age 70 years, 0 days). Interment at Fair View Cemetery. |

Middletown Baptist Churchyard
Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Beth Miriam Memorial Park
Neptune Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | George M. Eichler (1896-1967) — of Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J.; Weehawken, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J., December 20, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1926, 1928; elected (Wet) delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hudson County 1933; candidate for New Jersey state senate, 1934.Jewish. Member, American Legion. Died December 16, 1967 (age 70 years, 361 days). Interment at Beth Miriam Memorial Park. |

Roosevelt Cemetery
Roosevelt, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Ben Shahn (1898-1969) — of Roosevelt, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania,September 12, 1898. Progressive. Artist; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.Jewish. Died, in Mt. Sinai Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 14, 1969 (age 70 years, 183 days). Interment at Roosevelt Cemetery. |

St. Catharine Cemetery
Sea Girt, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Edward Joseph Hart (1893-1961) — also known as Edward J. Hart — of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., March 25, 1893. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 14th District, 1935-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1944(member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1948(member, Credentials Committee), 1952,1956;New Jersey Democratic state chair, 1945-49. Died April 20, 1961 (age 68 years, 26 days). Interment at St. Catharine Cemetery. |
| | James John Howard (1927-1988) — also known as James J. Howard — of Spring Lake Heights, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Irvington, Essex County, N.J., July 24, 1927. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1965-88; died in office 1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1980.Catholic. Died in Washington, D.C., March 25, 1988 (age 60 years, 245 days). Interment at St. Catharine Cemetery. |
| | Paul Jerome Curran (1933-2008) — also known as Paul J. Curran — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 21, 1933. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1963-66 (New York County 6th District 1963-65, 70th District 1966); U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1973-75; candidate for Governor of New York, 1982, 1986.Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Knights of Columbus. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 4, 2008 (age 75 years, 196 days). Interment at St. Catharine Cemetery. |
| | Silvio Joseph Failla (1910-1972) — also known as Silvio J. Failla; Si Failla — of Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, May 23, 1910. Democrat. Undertaker;mayor of Hoboken, N.J., 1965; member of New Jersey state house of assembly District 12-C, 1972; died in office 1972.Italianancestry. According to published reports, he left a bar with a prostitute, Deborah Dell; just outside, he was robbed, shotmultiple times, and killed, in Neptune Township, Monmouth County, N.J., September 16, 1972 (age 62 years, 116 days). Dell and an associate were later convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Entombed in mausoleum at St. Catharine Cemetery. |
| | William P. Fitzpatrick (c.1941-1975) — of Point Pleasant, Ocean County, N.J. Born about 1941. Democrat. School teacher; member of New Jersey state house of assembly 10th District, 1974-75; died in office 1975.Catholic. Member, Elks; Moose; Knights of Columbus. While driving east on Route 70 near Burnt Tavern Road, he collided head-on with another car, and was killed instantaneously, in Brick Township, Ocean County, N.J., March 1, 1975 (age about 34 years). Interment at St. Catharine Cemetery. Relatives: Son of William Fitzpatrick and Ruth Fitzpatrick. |

Christ Episcopal Churchyard
Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Benjamin S. Lippincott — of San Francisco, Calif. Member of California state assembly, 1856-57, 1861-62 (5th District 1856-57, 19th District 1861-62). Interment at Christ Episcopal Churchyard. |

First Presbyterian Churchyard
Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Edward Delafield Smith (1826-1878) — also known as E. Delafield Smith — of New York. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., May 8, 1826.Lawyer;U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1861-65. Member, Union League. Died in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, N.J., April 12, 1878 (age 51 years, 339 days). Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard. |

Old Tennent Cemetery
Tennent, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Thomas Henderson (1743-1824) — of Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Freehold, Monmouth County, N.J., August 15, 1743.Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1779; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1780-84; Governor of New Jersey, 1793; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1795-97.Presbyterian. Slaveowner. Died December 15, 1824 (age 81 years, 122 days). Interment at Old Tennent Cemetery. |
| | Elmer Hendrickson Geran (1875-1954) — also known as Elmer H. Geran — of Matawan, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Matawan, Monmouth County, N.J., October 24, 1875. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1911-12, 1916-17; Monmouth County Sheriff, 1917-20; U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 1920-22; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1923-25; defeated, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924(member, Credentials Committee).Baptist. Died January 12, 1954 (age 78 years, 80 days). Interment at Old Tennent Cemetery. |

Tennent Church Graveyard
Tennent, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Nathaniel Scudder (1733-1781) — of Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Monmouth Court House (now Freehold), Monmouth County, N.J., May 10, 1733.Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1778-79; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1780.Killedwhile resisting an invading party of the British Army during the Revolutionary War, at Blacks Point, near Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, N.J., October 17, 1781 (age 48 years, 160 days). Interment at Tennent Church Graveyard. |

Monmouth Memorial Park
Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Charles Irwin Stengle (1869-1953) — of New York. Born in Savageville, Accomack County, Va., December 5, 1869. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1923-25; defeated, 1916. Died in New Shrewsbury (now Tinton Falls), Monmouth County, N.J., November 23, 1953 (age 83 years, 353 days). Interment at Monmouth Memorial Park. |

Yellow Meeting House Cemetery
Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | James Cox (1753-1810) — of Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Monmouth, Monmouth County, N.J., June 14, 1753. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1801-07; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1804-07; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1809-10; died in office 1810.Baptist. Died in Monmouth, Monmouth County, N.J., September 12, 1810 (age 57 years, 90 days). Interment at Yellow Meeting House Cemetery. |

Glenwood Cemetery
West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Ada Byron Nafew (1854-1949) — also known as Ada B. Nafew; Ada Byron McIntire — of Eatontown, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., 1854. Postmaster at Eatontown, N.J., 1897-1903.Female.Presbyterian. Died, in the Marlboro State mental hospital, Marlboro, Monmouth County, N.J., December 27, 1949 (age about 95 years). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery. |

Greenlawn Cemetery
West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | William A. Stevens (b. 1879) — of Long Branch, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Stapleton Heights, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., July 19, 1879. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1920-29; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924;New Jersey state attorney general, 1931. Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. |

Hebrew Cemetery
West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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| | Isadore Schary (1905-1980) — also known as Dore Schary — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., August 31, 1905. Democrat. Actor,playwright,screenwriter,movie producer; replaced Louis B. Mayer as head of M-G-M Studios in 1951; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1956.Jewish. Member, B'nai B'rith. Died July 7, 1980 (age 74 years, 311 days). Interment at Hebrew Cemetery. |

Old First Methodist Churchyard
corner Wall St. & Locust Ave.
West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey

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Horace Porter Horace Porter (1837-1921) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pa., April 15, 1837. Republican. 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; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892; 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. Relatives: Son of David Rittenhouse Porter; nephew of George Bryan Porter and James Madison Porter; uncle of Emma Porter (who married John Martin Poyer). Political family: Lincoln-Lee family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also U.S. State Dept career summary Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1902