Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | | Daniel Garrison (1782-1851) — of Salem,SalemCounty, N.J.Born in Lower Penns Neck Township (now Pennsville),SalemCounty, N.J.,April 3,1782.Democrat. Member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1806-08;U.S.Representative from New Jersey, 1823-27 (3rd District 1823-25,at-large 1825-27);U.S.Collector of Customs at Bridgetown, N.J., New Jersey, 1834-38.Died in Salem,SalemCounty, N.J.,February13, 1851 (age68 years, 316days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Churchyard, Salem, N.J. | | Reuben Fithian (1800-1853) — ofCumberlandCounty, N.J.BornJanuary26, 1800.Member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1848-49;member ofNewJersey state senate from Cumberland County, 1851-53.DiedMarch12, 1853 (age53 years, 45days).Interment atGreenwich Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenwich, N.J. | | Amos Fithian Garrison Sr. (1809-1877) — also known asAmos F. Garrison, Sr. — of Fort Osage (now Sibley),JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in New Jersey,1809.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; major in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; U.S. Vice Consul inGuaymas, 1876-77, died in office 1877.Died in Hermosillo,Sonora,August5, 1877 (ageabout 68years).Burial location unknown. | | Samuel L. Garrison (1845-1927) — of Boonton,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born inCumberlandCounty, N.J.,1845.Member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Morris County, 1900-01.Died in1927(ageabout82 years).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Boonton, N.J. | | Charles Grant Garrison (1849-1924) — also known asCharles G. Garrison — of Merchantville,CamdenCounty, N.J.Born in Swedesboro,GloucesterCounty, N.J.,August3, 1849.Democrat.Physician;lawyer;associatejustice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1888-93, 1896-1900;resigned 1893.Episcopalian.DiedApril22, 1924 (age74 years, 263days).Interment atColestownCemetery, Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, N.J. | | Lindley Miller Garrison (1864-1932) — also known asLindley M. Garrison — Born in Camden,CamdenCounty, N.J.,November28, 1864.Democrat.Lawyer;vice-chancellorof New Jersey court of chancery, 1904-13;U.S.Secretary of War, 1913-16; resigned 1916.Episcopalian.Died in Sea Bright,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,October19, 1932 (age67 years, 326days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Rev. Joseph Fithian Garrison and Elizabeth Vanarsdale (Grant)Garrison; brother ofCharlesGrant Garrison; married,June 30,1900, to Margaret Hildeburn; grandnephew ofAmosFithian Garrison Sr.; first cousin thrice removed ofReubenFithian; second cousin thrice removed ofLuciusQuintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin once removed ofJamesEzra Sayers,AlexanderRobeson Fithian andMaryEstelle Sayers; third cousin twice removed ofDanielGarrison; third cousin thrice removed ofFloydJames Fithian; fourth cousin ofGeorgeHires,BenjaminFranklin Hires,AlbertHarwood Sayers,JamesHampton Fithian andJaneSayers; fourth cousin once removed ofLuciusE. Hires,NathanielStretch Hires,CharlesRoyal Hires andAlbertAllison Sayers. | | |  | Political family:Garrisonfamily of New Jersey (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | |  | The World War IILibertyshipSS Lindley M. Garrison (built 1942 atPortland,Oregon; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | |  | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
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