Morristown was incorporated as a town by an act of theNew Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1865, withinMorris Township, and it was formally set off from the township in 1895.[24] As of the2020 United States census, the town's population was 20,180,[10][11] its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 1,769 (+9.6%) from the2010 census count of 18,411,[25][26] which in turn had reflected a decline of 133 (−0.7%) from the 18,544 counted at the2000 census.[27]
According toBritish colonial records, the first permanent settlement in Morristown was New Hanover, founded in 1715 by colonists fromNew York andConnecticut. Morris County was created on March 15, 1739, from portions ofHunterdon County. The county, and ultimately Morristown itself, was named for the popular Governor of the Province,Lewis Morris, who championed land ownership rights for colonists.[28][29]
Present-day Morristown was initially inhabited by theLenni LenapeNative Americans for up to 6,000 years prior to exploration of Europeans.[30] The first European settlements in this portion of New Jersey were established bySweden and theNetherlands in the early 17th century, when significant trade in furs existed between the natives and the Europeans at temporary posts. It became partNew Netherland, a Dutch colony, but the English seized control of the region in 1664, which was granted to SirGeorge Carteret andJohn Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, and named theProvince of New Jersey.
By the middle of the 18th century, Morristown had 250 residents, with two churches, a courthouse, two taverns, two schools, several stores and numerous mills and farms nearby.[citation needed]
In 1777, General Washington and theContinental Army marched from the victories atTrenton andPrinceton to encamp near Morristown from January to May. Washington's headquarters during that first encampment was atJacob Arnold's Tavern, located at theMorristown Green in the center of Morristown.[35] Morristown was selected for its extremely strategic location.[36] It was between Philadelphia and New York and near New England while being protected by theWatchung Mountains from the bulk ofBritish troops camped in New York City. It also was chosen for the skills and trades of the residents, local industries and natural resources to provide arms, and what was thought to be the ability of the community to provide enough food to support the army.
The churches were used forinoculations forsmallpox. That first headquarters, Arnold's Tavern, was eventually moved .5 miles (800 m) south of the green onto Mount Kemble Avenue to becomeAll Souls' Hospital in the late 19th century. It suffered a fire in 1918, and the original structure was demolished, but new buildings for the hospital were built directly across the street.[37][38]
From December 1779 to June 1780, the Continental Army's second encampment at Morristown was atJockey Hollow. Then, Washington's headquarters in Morristown was located at theFord Mansion, a large mansion near what was then the edge of town. Ford's widow and children shared the house withMartha Washington and officers of the Continental Army.[39]
The winter of 1780 was the worst winter of the Revolutionary War. The starvation was complicated by extreme inflation of money and lack of pay for the army. The entire Pennsylvania contingent successfully mutinied. Later, 200 New Jersey soldiers also attempted unsuccessfully to mutiny.[40] Many soldiers died, due to weak health.
During Washington's second stay, in March 1780, he declaredSt. Patrick's Day a holiday to honor his manyIrish troops.[41] Martha Washington traveled from Virginia and remained with her husband each winter throughout the war. TheMarquis de Lafayette came to Washington in Morristown to inform him that France would be sending ships and trained soldiers to aid the Continental Army.[42]
During Washington's stay,Benedict Arnold was court-martialed at Dickerson's Tavern, on Spring Street, for charges related to profiteering from military supplies atPhiladelphia. His admonishment was made public, but Washington quietly promised the hero, Arnold, to make it up to him.[45]
At Morristown Green, there is a statue commemorating the meeting of George Washington, the youngMarquis de LaFayette, and young Alexander Hamilton as they discussed forthcoming aid fromFrench ships and troops being sent byKing Louis XVI to aid the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War.[48]
Morristown's Burnham Park has a statue, "Father of the American Revolution", depictingThomas Paine, who wroteCommon Sense in 1776, which urged a complete break fromBritish rule and helped inspire theAmerican Revolution. The bronze statue by sculptorGeorg J. Lober shows Paine in 1776 using a drum as a table during the withdrawal of the army across New Jersey composingCrisis 1. He wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls..." The statue was dedicated on July 4, 1950.[49]
The idea for constructing theMorris Canal is credited to Morristown businessman George P. Macculloch, who in 1822 convened a group to discuss his concept for a canal. The group includedGovernor of New JerseyIsaac Halstead Williamson, which led to approval of the proposal by theNew Jersey Legislature later that year. The canal was used for a century.[50]In July 1825 during his15 month return tour of the United States, the Marquis de Lafayette returned to Morristown, where a ball was held in his honor at the 1807Sansay House on DeHart Street (the edifice still stands as of 2011).[51]
In 1827,St. Peter's Episcopal Church was founded at the behest of BishopGeorge Washington Doane and many prominent Morristown Families, including George P. Macculloch, of the Morris Canal.[52] When the Church was rebuilt by the then-internationally famous architectural firm,McKim, Mead and White, beginning in 1889, the congregation erected one of the United States finest church buildings –a stone, English-gothic church complete with fined stained glass, and a long, decorated interior.
Antoine le Blanc, a French immigrant laborer, murdered the Sayre family and theirservant (or possibly slave), Phoebe. He was tried and convicted of murder of the Sayres (but not of Phoebe) on August 13, 1833. On September 6, 1833, Le Blanc became the last person hanged on the Morristown Green. Until late 2006, the house where the murders were committed was known as "Jimmy's Haunt," which is purported to be haunted by Phoebe's ghost because her murder never saw justice. Jimmy's Haunt was torn down to make way for a bank in 2007.
Jacob Arnold's Tavern, the first headquarters for Washington in Morristown and site ofBenedict Arnold's 1780 trial, was purchased by Morristown historianJulia Keese Nelson Colles (1840-1913) to save it from demolition in 1886. It was moved by horse-power in the winter of 1887 from "the green" (after being stuck on Bank Street for about six weeks) to a site 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south on Mount Kemble Avenue at what is now a parking lot for the Atlantic RIMM Rehabilitation Hospital. It became a boarding house for four years until it was converted by theGrey Nuns fromMontreal intoAll Souls' Hospital, the first general hospital in Morris County.[54] George and Martha Washington's second floor ballroom became a chapel and the first floor tavern became a ward for patients. In 1910, the lateAugustus Lefebvre Revere (brother of hospital founderPaul Revere) willed the Hospital $10,000 to be used for the erection of a new building.[55] This fund was used 8 years later when the original Arnold's Tavern building was lost to a fire.[56][57] The entire organization, nurses, doctors, and patients of All Souls' Hospital were then moved across Mount Kemble Avenue,U.S. Route 202, to the newly built brick hospital building.[55] All Souls' was set to close because of financial difficulties in the late 1960s. In 1973, it became Community Medical Center. In 1977, the center became bankrupt and was purchased by the then new and larger Morristown Memorial Hospital, which is now theMorristown Medical Center.[58]
On December 18, 1843, the BethelAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church was incorporated. This was the first congregation established by blacks in Morris County. It is still active. The first site of the Church was located at 13 Spring Street and served as the only schoolhouse for colored children until 1870. The Church relocated to its present site at 59 Spring Street in 1874.[59][60]
The first Jews moved to Morristown in the 1850s, but much larger numbers ofAshkenazi Jews migrated to the region from Eastern Europe in the 1890s, which led to the incorporation of theMorristown Jewish Center in 1899.[61][62] Today there are several Jewish synagogues in Morristown reflecting the diversity of the community.[example needed]
In the 1880s, the town's residents were primarily farmers. The small amount of stores in the Morristown Green town center were only open during the evening to accommodate farmers who did not leave their work during the daytime. There were only a few stores in town, includingAdams & Fairchild grocers andP. H. Hoffman & Son clothiers, both located in theArnold's Tavern on the Morristown Green.[63]
Not to be confused with America'sGilded Age, extending roughly from 1870 to 1900.
Oak Dell in Morristown, known as "Millionaries Row"
Starting in the mid-1800s, Morristown became a popular summer retreat for some of New York City's wealthiest residents.[64] From the 1870s onwards, immense estates were built up along once rural thoroughfares; Madison Avenue, which runs along Morristown andMadison, New Jersey, became known as "the street of the 100 millionaires" due to the sheer extravagance of the houses that were constructed.[65]
Between 1880 and 1929, the Gilded Age of Morristown occurred, when dozens of "millionaires with large fortunes built their estates" in Morristown and Morris Township.[66]
In 1889,[68][69] Christian charity organizationMarket Street Mission was established on 9 Market Street beside theMorristown Green in response to the large number of saloons on Market Street. Beginning on March 18, 1889, the Mission hosted nightly meetings to aid and convert those with alcoholism, opioid use, and homelessness.[70] As of 2022, the organization continues to operate a homeless shelter, meals, and emergency services, along with men'sdrug addiction recovery groups, community counseling, a chapel, and athrift store.[71][70]
Morris Township describes the influx of millionaires to the area:
By 1896, an estimated 54 millionaires lived in the Morristown area, with a total wealth of $289,000,000, which [circa 2009] would be worth billions of dollars. Six years later in 1902, there were at least 91 millionaires.[66]
In 1902, theNew York Herald described Morristown as "the Millionaire City of the Nation." TheHerald claimed it "contains the richest and least known colony of wealthy people in the world." It identified 45 millionaires (15 of whom were worth over $10 million) who had purchased country homes in Morristown to avoid "lavish display" and seek "freedom from notoriety." The newspaper named some of them including lawyerGeorge Griswold Frelinghuysen, carpet-making heirEugene Higgins, bankerOtto Hermann Kahn,Luther Kountze, andLouis A. Thebaud.[77]
Thorne Mansion, built in 1912, houses the Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship[78]
Even smaller estates without deer herds,polo fields or private gas plants necessitated "multiple indoor and outdoor employees" such as "butlers, housekeeprs, parlor-maids and upstairs maids; governesses, nannies, and tutors; cooks and kitchen maids, coachmen, grooms, and stable boys; managers, care-takers, watchmen; gardeners and assistants."[77]
The Gilded Age of Morristown ended in 1929, due to the "high cost of maintaining the estates, increasing income taxes, andthe stock market crash" that led to theGreat Depression. The Morris Township reports, "Many of the mansions were closed or sold, and some burned."[66]
Since 1929, more than 16,000guide dogs for the blind fromThe Seeing Eye, Inc., the oldest such school in the U.S., have been trained on the streets of Morristown.[79][80]
Macculloch Hall, built 1810 by George P. Macculloch
On January 5, 2009, five red lights were spotted in the Morristown area night skies, who gained significant press coverage and 9-1-1 calls.[81][82][83] On April 1, 2009, the perpetrators revealed their hoax by publicizing footage of its creation, which consisted of helium balloons and flares.[84][85] The event became nationally known as theMorristown UFO hoax.[86]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, Morristown town had a total area of 3.01 square miles (7.79 km2), including 2.91 square miles (7.53 km2) of land and 0.10 square miles (0.25 km2) of water (3.26%).[1][2]
Morristown is completely surrounded byMorris Township,[87][88][89] making it part of 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another.[90]
The downtown shopping and business district of Morristown is centered around a square park, known as the Morristown Green. It is a formermarket square from Morristown's colonial days.
The2020 United States census[98] counted 20,180 people, 8,391 households, and 4,199 families in Morristown. The population density was 6,934.7 per square mile (2,679.9/km2). There were 9,029 housing units at an average density of 3,102.7 per square mile (1,199.1/km2). The racial makeup was 49.29% (9,947)white, 10.05% (2,028)black or African-American, 1.71% (345)Native American orAlaska Native, 4.8% (968)Asian, 0.06% (12)Pacific Islander, 20.47% (4,130) fromother races, and 13.63% (2,750) from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race was 25.6% (4,882) of the population.
Of the 8,391 households, 19.1% had children under the age of 18; 36.2% were married couples living together; 29.0% had a female householder with no husband present. Of all households, 33.7% comprised individuals and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.2 and the average family size was 3.0.
13.3% of the population was under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 34.4% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.4 years. For every 100 females, the population had 97.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 99.6 males.
The 2016-2020 5-yearAmerican Community Survey[99] estimates show that the median household income was $111,130 (with a margin of error of +/- $13,384) and the median family income was $124,531 (+/- $26,526). Males had a median income of $61,823 (+/- $6,029) versus $55,479 (+/- $7,473) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $58,971 (+/- $3,850). Approximately, 7.5% of families and 8.8% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 16.5% of those under the age of 18 and 13.6% of those ages 65 or over.
Of the 7,417 households, 22.7% had children under the age of 18; 31.1% were married couples living together; 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 50.8% were non-families. Of all households, 38.8% were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.13.[25]
17.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 38.4% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.8 years. For every 100 females, the population had 104.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 106.1 males.[25]
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010American Community Survey showed that (in 2010inflation-adjusted dollars)median household income was $64,279 (with a margin of error of +/− $5,628) and the median family income was $66,070 (+/− $3,638). Males had a median income of $51,242 (+/− $6,106) versus $44,315 (+/− $5,443) for females. Theper capita income for the borough was $37,573 (+/− $2,286). About 10.2% of families and 9.5% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.[100]
As of the2000 United States census[17] there were 18,544 people, 7,252 households, and 3,698 families residing in the town. The population density was 6,303.9 inhabitants per square mile (2,433.9/km2). There were 7,615 housing units at an average density of 2,588.7 per square mile (999.5/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 67.63%White, 16.95%Black orblack, 0.22%Native American, 3.77%Asian, 0.06%Pacific Islander, 8.48% fromother races, and 3.36% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino people of any race were 27.15% of the population.[96][97]
9.8% of Morristown residents identified themselves as being ofColombian American ancestry in the 2000 Census, the eighth- highest percentage of the population of any municipality in the United States.[101] 4.5% of Morristown residents identified themselves as being ofHonduran American ancestry in the 2000 Census, the sixth-highest percentage of the population of any municipality in the United States.[102]
There were 7,252 households, out of which 22.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.4% weremarried couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.0% were non-families. 38.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.19.[96][97]
In the town, the population was spread out, with 18.4% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 40.4% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.7 males.[96][97]
The median income for a household in the town was $57,563, and the median income for a family was $66,419. Males had a median income of $42,363 versus $37,045 for females. Theper capita income for the town was $30,086. About 7.1% of families and 11.5% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 14.3% of those age 65 or over.[96][97]
Morristown Medical Center, with 5,500 employees, is Morristown's largest employer. In a ruling issued in June 2015, Tax Court Judge Vito Bianco ruled that the hospital would be required to pay property taxes on nearly all of its campus in the town.[105]
Morristown National Historical Park – Four historic sites around Morristown associated with the American Revolutionary War, includingJockey Hollow, a park that includes a visitor center, the Revolution-era Wick farm, encampment site ofGeorge Washington's Continental Army, and around 25 miles of hiking trails, and theWashington's Headquarters & Ford Mansion, a Revolution-era Georgian-style mansion used by George Washington as his headquarters during the Jockey Hollow encampment.
Speedwell Lake - Park with an old dam, other ruins, and more. Patriots Path, a footpath that runs through Northern New Jersey winds through this park.
Morristown Green – Park at the center of town which was the old town "common" or "green." It is the site of several Revolutionary War and Civil war monuments (including one with George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Marquis De Lafayette discussing the arrival of French aid to the colonies), and is surrounded by historic churches, the colonial county-courthouse, and a shopping and restaurant district.
Acorn Hall – 1853Victorian Italianate mansion and home to the Morris County Historical Society. Donated to the historical society in 1971 by Mary Crane Hone, the mansion retained much of its original furnishings and accouterments as it remained in the same family for over a century. It is currently operated as a museum and is the headquarters of the Morris County Historical Society.[106]
Morris Museum – formally incorporated in 1943. The museum's permanent displays include rocks, minerals, fossils, animal mounts, a model railroad, and Native American crafts, pottery, carving, basketry and textiles.[107]
Mayo Performing Arts Center – a former Walter Reade movie theater originally constructed in 1937 that has been converted into a 1,302-seat performing arts center.[108]
The Seeing Eye – the first school in North America for training and connectingguide dogs with blind and visually impaired students.
Morristown District – Roughly bounded by the cemetery, King Place, Madison and Colles Avenues., DeHart Street, and North Park Place (added 1973), Boundary Increase Irregularly bounded by Lackawanna, Franklin Place, James Street, Ogden Place, Doughty, Mt. Kemble, Western, and Speedwell Avenues (added 1986)[126]
Oak Dell – Franklin Street and Madison Avenue (added 1986)[132]
Joseph W. Revere House – Northwest of Morristown on Mendham Avenue (added 1973), Fosterfields Boundary Increase at junction of Mendham and Kahdena Roads, Morris Township (added 1991)[133]
TheUnited States Equestrian Team, the international equestrian team for the United States, was founded in 1950 at the Coates estate on Van Beuren Road in Morristown.[148]
Morristown has a cricketing club, the first in North America.[149]
The Morristown 1776 Association Football Club is asoccer club that competes in the North Jersey Soccer League and MCSSA.
Morristown is governed within theFaulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under a Plan FMayor-Council system of New Jersey municipal government, which went into effect on January 1, 1974.[7][150][151] The town is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.[152] The Morristown Town Council is composed of seven members, of which three members are electedat-large representing the entire town and one representative is chosen from each of the town's fourwards. Members are elected on a partisan basis to four-year terms of office on a staggered basis in odd-numbered years as part of the November general election, with the four ward seats up for vote together and the at-large and mayoral seats up for vote together two years later. As the legislative arm of the government, the council is responsible for making and setting policy for the town.
As of 2026[update], theMayor of Morristown isDemocrat Timothy Dougherty, whose term of office ends December 31, 2029.[3] Members of the Morristown Town Council are Council President Steven Pylypchuk (D, Ward III, 2027), Council Vice President Christopher Russo (D; Ward IV, 2027), Toshiba Foster (D; At Large, 2029), Robert Iannaccone (I, Ward I, 2027), Tina Lindsey (D, Ward II, 2027), David Silva (D; At Large, 2029) and Nathan Umbriac (D; At Large, 2029).[153][154][155][156][157][158]
Morris County is governed by aBoard of County Commissioners comprised of seven members who are electedat-large in partisan elections to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with either one or three seats up for election each year as part of the November general election.[168] Actual day-to-day operation of departments is supervised by County Administrator Deena Leary.[169]
As of June 2019, a total of 11,330 voters were registered in Morristown, of which 5,087 (44.9%) wereDemocrats, 2,208 (19.5%)Republicans, and 4,035 (35.6%) were registered asUnaffiliated.[190]
In the2016 presidential election, DemocratHillary Clinton received 67.4% of the vote (4,984 votes), ahead of RepublicanDonald Trump with 27.5% (2,033 votes), and other candidates with 5.1% (294 votes), among the 7,470 ballots cast by the town's 11,060 voters, for a turnout of 67.5%.[197] In the2012 presidential election, DemocratBarack Obama received 67.1% of the vote (4,485 cast), ahead of RepublicanMitt Romney with 31.7% (2,117 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (79 votes), among the 6,727 ballots cast by the town's 10,212 registered voters (46 ballots werespoiled), for a turnout of 65.9%.[198][199]
United States Gubernatorial election results for Morristown[200]
In the2021 gubernatorial election, DemocratPhil Murphy received 65.6% of the vote (3,126 votes), ahead of RepublicanJack Ciattarelli with 33.7% (1,611 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (46 votes), among the 4,854 ballots cast by the town's 12,836 voters, for a turnout of 37.8%.[201] In the2017 gubernatorial election, DemocratPhil Murphy received 68.44% of the vote (2,758 votes), ahead of RepublicanKim Guadagno with 29.6% (1,194 votes), and other candidates with 1.9% (78 votes), among the 4,164 ballots cast by the town's 10,901 voters, for a turnout of 38.2%.[202] In the2013 gubernatorial election, RepublicanChris Christie received 52.7% of the vote (1,871 cast), ahead of DemocratBarbara Buono with 45.2% (1,602 votes), and other candidates with 2.1% (75 votes), among the 3,780 ballots cast by the town's 10,124 registered voters (232 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 37.3%.[203][204]
United States Senate election results for Morristown1[200]
In addition to a public school system, Morristown has several private schools. Primary and elementary schools include The Red Oaks School, an independent private school founded in 1965 and serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, that offers bothMontessori andInternational Baccalaureate programs. Assumption Roman Catholic is a grade school (K–8) that operates under the auspices of theRoman Catholic Diocese of Paterson[222] and was one of 11 schools in the state recognized in 2014 by theUnited States Department of Education'sNational Blue Ribbon Schools Program.[223][224]The Peck School, a privateday school which serves approximately 300 students in kindergarten through grade eight, dates back to 1893 when it was originally established as Miss Sutphen's School.[225]Delbarton School is an all-boysRoman Catholic school with approximately 540 students in grades seven through twelve, that began serving resident students in 1939 after having previously served as a seminary.[226] TheMorristown-Beard School, a private co-ed school formed from the merger of two previously existing institutions, Morristown Preparatory School and Miss Beard's School, serves grades 6 through 12.[227] In addition,Villa Walsh Academy, a privateCatholiccollege preparatory school conducted by the Religious Teachers Filippini, is located in Morristown.[228]
TheRabbinical College of America, one of the largestChabad LubavitchChasidicyeshivas in the world is located in Morristown.[229] The Rabbinical College of America has aBaal Teshuva yeshiva for students of diverse Jewish backgrounds, named Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim.[230] The New Jersey Regional Headquarters for the worldwide Chabad Lubavitch movement is located on the campus.
As of May 2010[update], the town had a total of 39.98 miles (64.34 km) of roadways, of which 29.73 miles (47.85 km) were maintained by the municipality, 5.03 miles (8.10 km) by Morris County and 5.22 miles (8.40 km) by theNew Jersey Department of Transportation.[231]
Morristown has attempted to implementtransit-oriented development. Morristown was designated in 1999 as of one of New Jersey's first five "transit villages".[233] In 1999, Morristown changed its zoning code to designate the area around the train station as a "Transit Village Core" for mixed-use. The designation was at least partly responsible for development plans for several mixed-use condominium developments.[234]
NJ Transit local bus service is offered from the Morristown rail station, Morristown Medical Center and Headquarters Plaza on the871,872,873,874,875 and880 bus routes,[237][238] replacing service that had been offered on theMCM1,MCM2,MCM3,MCM4,MCM8 andMCM10 routes until 2010, when subsidies to the local provider were eliminated as part of budget cuts.[239][240]
Community Coach provides daily service between New York City and Morristown on bus route 77.[241]
The town's Department of Public Works operates "Colonial Coach", which provides free transportation within Morristown.[242]
Herbert Coddington (born 1959), murderer and suspected serial killer who murdered two elderly women following the kidnapping of two teenage models in 1987[269]
Sister Parish (1910–1994), interior decorator and socialite, most notably as the first interior designer brought in to decorate theKennedyWhite House[321]
Doug Payne (born 1981, class of 2000), American equestrian who was selected to compete for the United States in the delayed2020 Summer Games inTokyo[322]
^About Morristown, Town of Morristown. Accessed April 3, 2013. "Morristown became characterized as 'the military capital of the American Revolution' because of its strategic role in the war for independence from Great Britain."
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^abStaff."Morristown Timeline",Daily Record, March 23, 2000. Accessed September 5, 2025, viaNewspapers.com. "1715 - The Green is established as the center of the community of Morristown, then known as West Hanover, or New Hanover.... 1740 - Morris County separates from Hunterdon County and about half of the new county becomes the Township of Morris. As the most promising village in the county, West Hanover changes its name to Morristown, in honor of Lewis Morris, the first governor of the colony of New Jersey after it separated from New York."
^Gosier, Chris."Morris County's history man",Daily Record, January 26, 2003. Accessed September 5, 2025, viaNewspapers.com. "Its central location, at the convergence of all the local roads, were one reason Morristown was named the county seat when Morris County was created in 1739, the first courts were held at Jacob Ford's house, and in 1740 he was appointed collector of Morris township."
^Editorial."225th Anniversary",Daily Record, January 3, 2002. Accessed February 20, 2011. "He was in Basking Ridge and at Morristown's Mount Kemble with stepson John Parke Custis and patriot Lord Stirling in May of 1773 before the war."
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^Why Morristown?, National Park Service Museum Collection, American Revolutionary War, Morristown National Historic Park - map shows the important geographic features that led to the importance of the site and the Hobart Pass.
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^Washington, Lafayette and Hamilton Bronzes - Morristown Green - Morristown, NJ, Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area. Accessed August 20, 2011. "One of the main focal points on the central Green in Morristown, New Jersey is the life-sized sculptural grouping of General Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Marquis de Lafayette, known as "The Alliance." It commemorates Lafayette's arrival with news of French support for the American cause."
^A Brief History, Morris Canal Greenway. Accessed August 20, 2011. "George P. Macculloch, a Morristown businessman, must be given the credit for conceiving the idea for the Morris Canal and ultimately carrying it through to completion. In 1822 he brought a group of interested citizens together at Morristown including Governor Isaac Williamson to discuss his idea with them. His proposal was received favorably."
^Sansay House, The North Jersey History and Genealogy Center. Accessed July 17, 2011.
^Historic SpeedwellArchived November 26, 2010, at theWayback Machine,Morris County, New Jersey Parks Commission. Accessed August 20, 2011. "The most significant building at Historic Speedwell is the Factory, a National Historic Landmark where Stephen Vail's son, Alfred, worked with Samuel F. B. Morse to perfect the telegraph. It was here on January 11, 1838 where the electromagnetic telegraph was first publicly demonstrated - making Historic Speedwell the 'Birthplace of the Telegraph.'"
^Friedman, Alan."Church full of 'ordinary people'",Daily Record, October 18, 2006. Accessed December 17, 2012. "According to county records, in 1843 the Bethel Mite Society received a certificate of incorporation for the church, which was recorded under the name of 'The African Methodist Episcopal Church of Morristown."
^Foster, Caroline. "Oral History Caroline Morristown," November 9, 1967. Interview conducted by Clayton Smith. Available from the Morris County Park Commission archives at Historic Sites\FosterFields\Oral Histories.
^Schillaci, Sarah."2 reveal UFO hoax, but prosecutor for Morris not smiling"Archived March 4, 2016, at theWayback Machine,The Star-Ledger, April 3, 2009. Accessed August 20, 2011. "Between early January and late February, Russo and Rudy used Duct tape, fishing line, roadside flares and balloons to pull off a hoax that had many in North Jersey wondering whether UFOs were hovering over Morris County."
^DeMarco, Megan."Voters to decide whether to merge two Princetons into one",The Star-Ledger, November 3, 2011. Accessed January 8, 2017. "There are 22 sets of 'doughnut towns' in New Jersey, those where one town wraps around the other town". Note that following voter approval of the Princeton merger, 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" remain.
^Darragh, Tim."Morristown hospital loses property tax court case; judge says facility does not meet non-profit status", NJ Advance Media forNJ.com, June 26, 2015. Accessed July 25, 2016. "Morristown Medical Center should pay property taxes on virtually all of its 40-acre property in town, a tax court judge ruled Friday in a decision closely watched by other hospitals across New Jersey.... The hospital, which employs 5,500 people, is the largest employer in Morristown."
^History, Morris County Historical Society. Accessed January 4, 2018. "Mary Crane Hone presented the Society with Acorn Hall and five acres of surrounding property in 1971. Built in 1853, Acorn Hall was the home of several generations of the Crane-Hone family."
^Historic Speedwell, Morris County Tourism Bureau. Accessed April 1, 2019. "This eight-acre National Historic Landmark has established its place in world history several times over. It was here in 1838, at the start of the Industrial Revolution, that Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrated a perfected electromagnetic telegraph to the public."
^E2 Project Management LLC.Historic Structures Report: The Willows at Fosterfields: An update to the 1983 Historic Structures Report by Robert P. Guter, 2015. Accessible via the archives of the Morris County Park Commission.
^Virtual Walking Tour of Historic MorristownArchived September 14, 2008, at theWayback Machine, Morristown partnership. Accessed August 4, 2008. "Above the front entrance to the courthouse stands a wooden statue of Justice. She holds a scale to symbolize the balanced judicial system, and a sword to represent the protection of individual rights. Morristown's statue of Justice is unlike most others because she is not blindfolded."
^"Hockey",Daily Record, January 30, 2008. Accessed April 5, 2021, viaNewspapers.com. "Originally the Morristown Minutemen, they were renamed the New Jersey Minutemen in 2006 and just recently adopted the 'Stampede' nickname."
^Board of County Commissioners, Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 19, 2025. "Morris County is governed by a seven-member Board of County Commissioners, who serve three-year terms."
^"Morris County Appoints Deena Leary Acting Administrator", Morris County, New Jersey, August 1, 2022. Accessed January 19, 2025. "Assistant Morris County Administrator Deena Leary has been appointed Acting Administrator by the Morris County Board of County Commissioners, placing her at the helm of county operations and ready to assume the post when long-time Administrator John Bonanni officially retires at year’s end."
^Stephen H. Shaw, Morris County, New Jersey. Accessed January 3, 2026.
^John Krickus, Morris County, New Jersey. January 3, 2026.
^Morris Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Morris School District, adopted March 11, 2024. Accessed January 23, 2025. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Morris School District. Composition: The Morris School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Township of Morris and Morristown. The Morris School District operates as an all purpose regional Pre-Kindergarten through twelve district. The Morris School District accepts students from grades 9 - 12 from Morris Plains as part of the send-receive agreement."
^Westhoven, William."Morris schools mark 50 years of integration that followed landmark civil rights ruling",Daily Record, September 30, 2022. Accessed January 23, 2025. "The Morris School District now serves all students in Morristown and Morris Township, and high school students from Morris Plains. The district serves a student body of more than 5,700 with one preschool, three primary schools (grades K-2), three intermediate schools (3-5), one multiage magnet school (K-5), one middle school (6-8) and the high school."
^What is the Board of Education?, Morris School District. Accessed January 23, 2025. "The Morris School District Board of Education is an elected, unpaid group of 10 citizens (5 from Morris Township, 4 from Morristown, and one from Morris Plains) who serve as representatives of their community."
^Goldman, Jeff."Which N.J. schools were named to national 'Blue Ribbon' list?", NJ Advance Media forNJ.com, October 2, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2014. "Eleven New Jersey schools have been named to the annual National Blue Ribbon list, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday."
^System Map,Morristown & Erie Railway. Accessed August 7, 2015. "The Whippany Line is a 9-mile rail line, owned and operated continuously by the M&E since the railroad's inception in 1895. The line runs east from Morristown through Hanover Township and East Hanover to its end in Roseland."
^Staff."Frank D. Abell Sr., Morristown Leader",The New York Times, November 23, 1964. Accessed October 19, 2018. "Morristown, N. J., Nov. 22 — Former State Senator Frank D. Abell of 28 Rosemilt Place, who was active in civic, government and banking affairs here for many years, died today at All Souls Hospital. He was 88 years old. Mr. Abell was born in Morristown and attended local and private schools here."
^Staff."Park commission seeks historic Speedwell mansion",New Jersey Hills, June 5, 2003. Accessed November 5, 2018. "After George Vail's death in 1875, children's author Joseph Bushnell Ames bought the property and built a cottage that still exists to use as his studio."
^Kristina Apgar,TV.com. Accessed September 1, 2019. "Born 6/10/1985, Morristown, New Jersey, USA"
^Michael Ashkin,Columbia University. Accessed September 8, 2015. "Michael Ashkin was born in Morristown, NY in 1955 and came to New York City in 1994."
^"Blake Transferred To County Jail As He Awaits Murder Charges",WMAQ-TV, April 19, 2002. Accessed October 15, 2007. "The Morristown, N.J., native had a criminal record for a 1989 drug-related arrest in Tennessee, where she associated herself with singer Jerry Lee Lewis and his sister."
^Schneider, Dan."The Dan Schneider Interview 16: James Berardinelli", Cosmoetica.com, December 12, 2008. Accessed July 14, 2016. "I was born in New Brunswick, lived in Old Bridge for a year, then spent my childhood in Morristown and my teenage years in Cherry Hill. I went to college at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, then returned to New Jersey to live in Bridgewater, Hillsborough, and Mount Laurel, where I currently reside."
^"Here is Connie's Sister",The Gazette Times (Pittsburgh), March 27, 1921, sec. 6, p. 8. Accessed April 5, 2021, viaNewspapers.com. "Faire Binney, who plays a leading role inMadonnas and Men, is a sister of Constance Binney. She is a native of Morristown. N. J."
^Schoen, David."New Jersey's Scott Blumstein captures WSOP Main Event",Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 23, 2017. Accessed July 23, 2017. "Scott Blumstein wanted to play the World Series of Poker Main Event last year but couldn't afford the buy-in.... The 25-year-old professional poker player from Morristown, New Jersey, defeated Daniel Ott in a heads-up battle that lasted three hours to capture the $8.15 million first prize."
^Izzo, Michael."Cannabis Cocktails the focus of Morristown mixologist’s book",Daily Record, June 12, 2016. Accessed September 1, 2019. "Morristown 'Cocktail Whisperer' Warren Bobrow'sCannabis Cocktails, Mocktails, and Tonics: The Art of Spirited Drinks and Buzz-Worthy Libations debuted earlier this month, and is a guide to adding marijuana to mixed drinks."
^Fleischman, John."Where Did Max Miller Die? One man’s search for the place where the U.S. Air Mail Service lost a star",Air & Space/Smithsonian, September 2015. Accessed September 1, 2019. "But the ghost of Max Miller has brought me many hundreds of miles to a small hayfield near Morristown in leafy northwest New Jersey on an impossibly glorious Easter Saturday morning.... In the summer of 1966, two brothers from this town, Rinker and Kernahan Buck, 15 and 17, flew all the way across the country and back in a woefully underpowered and radio-less Piper Cub. Thirty-one years later, Rinker published a memoir of that summer:Flight of Passage."
^Rohan, Virginia."The Monster on the Doodle Pad -- Lincoln Child's 'The Relic' is the Product",The Record, January 28, 1997. Accessed December 5, 2007. "When Lincoln Child was just a lad, his mother handed him a big black notebook. First, he doodled in the front. Then, the Morristown novelist recalls, 'I turned to the back, and I drew something so frightening I could never look at it again.'"
^viaAssociated Press."Man convicted of raping models, killing chaperones",Camarillo Star, August 12, 1988. Accessed January 9, 2025, viaNewspapers.com. "Coddington, a recognized author of gambling tracts and considered a math whiz by his friends, was born in Morristown, N.J., attended high school in New York state and lived in Florida before moving to Las Vegas, where he lived for about five years before moving north in early 1986."
^Whitty, Steven."Joe Dante on 'Burying the Ex,' N.J. and other famous monsters",ArtiSyndicate, June 14, 2015. Accessed July 29, 2015. "'The disappointing thing is that, you really don't make movies to be seen on people's computers,' says the 68-year-old director, born in Morristown and raised in Livingston."
^Assembly, No. 3789 - 215th Legislature,New Jersey Legislature. Accessed September 1, 2019. "Whereas, The Honorable Alex DeCroce, born June 10, 1936 in Morristown, New Jersey, was a life-long New Jersey resident who grew up in Morris County and attended Boonton High School and Seton Hall University"
^Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore, Buffalo Architecture and History. Accessed November 23, 2008. "Caroline Carmichael was the daughter of Charles Carmichael and Temperance Blachley Carmichael. She was born in Morristown, New Jersey, 10/21/1813."
^Havsy, Jane."Morris swimmers dreaming of Olympic glory",Daily Record, June 26, 2016. Accessed August 9, 2016. "Nic Fink has been dreaming about swimming in the Olympics since he was a kid growing up in Morristown, watching races on television.... 'It'll be a good race with some good competition,' said Fink, who attended Pingry School and the University of Georgia."
^Kimmett, Evelyn."Fosterfields Living Historical Farm", Skylands Visitor. Accessed November 11, 2014. "To enter Fosterfields, a working farm since 1760 and New Jersey's first living, historical farm, is to magically step back into the 19th and early 20th centuries. Walking amidst the tall Norway Spruces, it is easy to imagine life in the days of Caroline Foster, who lived there for 98 years, until her death at the age of 102 in 1979.... Fosterfields Living Historical Farm is located at 73 Kahdena Road, Morristown, NJ, just off County Route 510 (formerly Route 24), 1-1/4 miles west of the Morristown Green."
^Herod, James."Peter Gelderloos Visits Boston A Review ofAnarchy Works",The Anarchist Library, June 2010. Accessed September 5, 2025. "Peter Gelderloos was born in Morristown, New Jersey, but grew up variously in Tokyo, Seoul, and a suburb of Washington, D.C., ending up in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley."
^Brooks, Gertrude Zeth."The First Ladies Of The Nation",Reading Eagle, September 9, 1960. Accessed September 4, 2011. "As the wife of a president of the United States and grandmother of a later one, Anna Symmes Harrison was the first First Lady from the state of New Jersey. She was born in Morristown, N.J., during the first year of the Revolutionary War and died during the Civil War."
^Kelly, Kevin."Linda Hunt; At Last, She Wins Fight For Recognition",Boston Globe, January 15, 1984. Accessed September 5, 2025, viaNewspapers.com. "She was born in Morristown, N.J., and the Hunts - father Raymond, a vice president of a small oil company; mother Elsie; sister Marcia, 4½ years older than Linda - moved to Connecticut when Linda was 2 months."
^Woman Suffrage and World War I, New Jersey Women's History. Accessed January 7, 2018. "Julia Hurlbut of Morristown went to France in 1918 under the auspices of the YMCA where she managed an officers' club at Chatillon-sur-Seine and neighboring hut canteens for the troops."
^Rae, John W. & John W. Rae Jr. (1980). Morristown's Forgotten Past "The Gilded Age." Morristown, NJ, John W. Rae.
^National Aeronautics, Volume 16, p. 10. Accessed March 16, 2015. "Roger Kahn has no co-pilot and flies his Lockheed Electra all over the country, usually alone. ... He was born in Morristown, New Jersey, October 19, 1907, and although his early years were spent in studying music, he was scarcely out of his teens before he learned to fly and was engaging in competitive and exhibition flying."
^Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1973, p. 415. Accessed June 13, 2022. "A resident of Morristown for 21 years, Mrs. Klein is a graduate of Barnard College in New York, and received her M.S. from the Columbia University School of Social Work."
^Samuel Krimm,University of Michigan Faculty Memoir Project. Accessed August 30, 2024. "Professor Krimm was born in Morristown, New Jersey on October 19, 1925 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York."
^Costello, Ann."A Family's Obsession With Photos Of Historic Americans of the 1800's",The New York Times, October 15, 1995. Accessed August 22, 2022. "During the library program, the Kunhardts are sure to mention that Philip Jr.'s mother, Dorothy Kunhardt, was author ofPat the Bunny, one of the largest selling children's books of all time.... Mrs. Kunhardt, who lived in Manhattan and Morristown, N.J., was also an avid Lincoln and Barnum scholar, collector, author and archivist of the mass of photographs, glass negatives and memorabilia that her father, Frederick Hill Meserve, started accumulating in 1897."
^viaAssociated press."Barklage, Lade re-sign for NY",Fox Sports, November 27, 2012. Accessed December 24, 2012. "A former St. John's University product, Lade started 22 of 26 matches and had three assists. The Morristown native also started the team's two playoff games this year."
^Garcia, Alfa."Amped-up band in a way remains unplugged",Herald News, March 11, 2010. Accessed January 10, 2023, viaNewspapers.com. "Wilson is now the second-oldest member of the band, after lineup changes threatened to stunt DEP's momentum in its early years, like the paralysis of the original bassist and the departure of original lead singer and Morristown native Dimitri Minakakis."
^Dave Moore profile,National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 24, 2007. "Hometown: Morristown, NJ...Attended Roxbury High School in Succasunna, New Jersey, lettering in football, basketball, baseball and track… High school All-America as a senior."
^Bainbridge, Albert IV."How to watch WWE showcase",Herald News, February 1, 2025. Accessed September 5, 2025, viaNewspapers.com. "On the women’s side, one of the most popular and successful WWE female superstars on the docket is Liv Morgan, who hails from New Jersey, where she was born in Morristown and raised in Elmwood Park."
^Mehrotra, Kriti."Walter Naegle: Bayard Rustin’s Partner is Now Honoring His Legacy", The Cinemaholic, November 17, 2023. Accessed September 5, 2025. "It was reportedly back in 1949 when Walter was born as one of seven siblings in Morristown, New Jersey, only to primarily be raised in a rather typical Roman Catholic household in Succasunna."
^Thomas Nast: America's Image MakerArchived July 10, 2007, at theWayback Machine, Macculloch Hall Museum. Accessed July 24, 2007. "Thomas Nast moved his family to Morristown, NJ in 1870, believing it to be a safe distance from his political enemy, William "Boss" Tweed of New York. Although his work for Harper's took him weekly to New York for overnight stays, Nast was a full-fledged resident of Morristown."
^viaAssociated Press."Notre Dame star runner John Panelli dead at 85",WNDU-TV, March 4, 2012. Accessed March 15, 2018. "Panelli was born in Morristown, N.J., and played fullback and linebacker for Notre Dame's 1946 and 1947 national championshipteams, averaging 7.5 yards a carry his senior year."
^Pace, Eric."Sister Parish, Grande Dame of American Interior Decorating, Is Dead at 84",The New York Times, September 10, 1994. Accessed July 17, 2011. "Mrs. Parish's own girlhood was, if not regal, at least baronial. She was born Dorothy May Kinnicutt in July 15, 1910, in Morristown, N.J., the daughter of G. Hermann Kinnicutt and the former May Appleton Tuckerman, who had homes in Manhattan, Maine and Paris, as well as New Jersey."
^Doug Payne,Team USA. Accessed July 21, 2021. "Birthplace: Morristown, N.J.... High School: Voorhees High School (Glen Gardener, N.J.) '00"
^Herbert, Susan. "Muralist Johanna Poethig,"San Francisco Independent, January 19, 1989, p. 13.
^Hall, Trish."Sharing a Life Of Chefs' Hours And Pancakes",The New York Times, May 8, 1991. Accessed November 29, 2017. "Cooking appeals to her, she said, because it is instantly rewarding: 'It's like being able to take photographs and have them developed immediately.' But as a child in Morristown, N.J., she said, it never occurred to her to go into cooking."
^2009 Football Coaching Staff: Rocky Rees,Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Raiders football team. Accessed August 19, 2012. "Rees played football at Bayley Ellard Regional High School in Madison, New Jersey where he twice named All-County and was selected as a team captain his senior season. Following graduation in 1967, the Morristown, New Jersey native attended West Chester University where he earned All-PSAC Eastern Division honors as a running back in 1968 and 1970."
^Stewart James B."The Real Heroes Are Dead; A love story.",The New Yorker, February 11, 2002. accessed October 19, 2018. "In October, they decided to live together. In a development in Morristown, they found a town house with large glass doors and windows opening out onto a tranquil pond.."
^Hirsch, Reyne."Jewish Rapper Moshe Reuven Changing the Hip Hop Norm",Medium, November 13, 2022. Accessed April 21, 2023. "Fast forward to 2022 when another Hip Hop newcomer caused a stirr. Moshe Reuven, a Hassidic Jew from Morristown NJ took to the mic and began his rap journey."
^Calzolari, Anne Marie."Spank your children and you'll end up in jail",Staten Island Advance, March 8, 2008. Accessed February 20, 2017. "Jordan Riak, the executive director of Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education, said the answer is simple: Any time you hit a child it constitutes some degree of abuse. Riak, a Morristown, N.J., native, now lives in California, where he helped draft and pass a 1985 bill that prohibits corporal punishment in school."
^Staff."Dr. William P. Richardson, Law School Dean, Is Dead",Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 30, 1945. Accessed April 2, 2019. "Morristown, N. J., Aug. 30 - Dr. William Payson Richardson, 80, dean of Brooklyn Law School, died at his home on Kahdena Drive here last night after an illness of several weeks."
^"FOX News CEO now calls Bernardsville home",The Bernardsville News, December 9, 2021. Accessed November 17, 2022. "Scott has local roots, having grown up in Morris Plains and lived in Morristown for many years before coming to Bernardsville with her husband, Preston, and daughter, Margaux."
^Gene Shalit,The Today Show, December 10, 2004. Accessed January 27, 2008. "In six years he fled to Morristown, New Jersey, where he was columnist for the high school paper and narrowly escaped expulsion."
^Weber, Bruce."Alexander Slobodyanik, Pianist, Is Dead at 65 ",The New York Times, August 12, 2008. Accessed August 4, 2013. "Alexander Slobodyanik, a Ukrainian-born pianist who earned stardom in the former Soviet Union with his virtuosity and emotional interpretations of Romantic composers and who has been a concert pianist and in-demand teacher since moving to the United States in 1989, died on Sunday in New Jersey. He was 65 and lived in Morristown, N.J."
^Varnell, Hannah; andLoevy, Robert D."A History Of Gender At Colorado College",Colorado College. Accessed February 15, 2018. "It appears that the first woman with a Ph.D. to teach at Colorado College was Leila Clement Spaulding, who taught Classics from 1911 to 1914.... Leila Spaulding was born in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1878."
^Bussel, Rachel Kramer.Best Sex Writing 2008, p. 189. ReadHowYouWant.com, 2010.ISBN9781458753403. Accessed August 13, 2013. "Before Lexington Steele was Lexington Steele, a king of West Coast porn production, he was a suburban East Coast kid, from Morristown, New Jersey, a middle-class, churchgoing kid who didn't have girlfriends but excelled at sports (and lettered in three) before graduating from high school and first matriculating at Morehouse College only to eventually transfer to Syracuse."
^"Bellcore scientists cited for their work",Daily Record, September 2, 1992. Accessed December 13, 2023, viaNewspapers.com. "W. Scott Stornetta of Morristown and Stuart Haber of New York received the 1992 Discover Awards for Technological Innovation, taking the top prize in the computer software category for their Digital Time-Stamp."
^Havsy, Jane."Morristown native to work Notre Dame sideline for NBC",Daily Record, September 4, 2015. Accessed January 4, 2018. "Tappen grew up participating in many Morristown rec leagues and watching the NFL on Sundays with her family. A distance runner and basketball player at Villa Walsh, Tappen set the Rutgers record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase."
^Alfred Vail, World of Invention. Accessed June 1, 2008. "Alfred Vail was born on September 25, 1807, in Morristown, New Jersey, where his father, Stephen, operated the Speedwell Iron Works."
^Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1912, p. 370. Accessed December 21, 2022. "John Beam Vreeland, Morristown... He was educated in the common schools, and after attending the Newark High School one year his family, in 1868, moved to Morristown, where he has since resided."
^Silas A. Wade. Michigan Legislative Biography. Accessed August 10, 2020. "Birth Date: 9/4/1797; City: Morristown, NJ"
^Nancy Zeltsman,University of Florida. Accessed July 17, 2011. "Nancy Zeltsman was born in 1958 in Morristown, New Jersey. She studied piano starting at age five and then took up percussion when she was thirteen. She studied intensely with Ian Finkel during high school, focusing on mallet sight-reading."
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