Somerset County
New Jersey
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Somerset County
New Jersey
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Somerset County
Index to Locations Private or familygraveyard Somerset County, New Jersey
Basking RidgeCemetery Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey Basking RidgePresbyterian Church Cemetery 1 East Oak Street Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
|  John Annin (1764-1824) — ofSomersetCounty, N.J.Born in1764.Member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1804.Died in Basking Ridge,SomersetCounty, N.J.,April12, 1824 (ageabout 59years).Interment at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
St. Bernard'sCemetery Bernardsville, Somerset County, New Jersey
| Ogden Haggerty Hammond (1869-1956) — also known asOgden H. Hammond — of Bernardsville,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October13, 1869.Republican.Real estatebusiness; director, First NationalBank ofJersey City; president,railwayandrealestate development companies; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1915-16;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1916,1924(alternate),1932;U.S. Ambassador toSpain, 1925-29.Presbyterian.DiedOctober29, 1956 (age87 years, 16days).Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
| Robert Winthrop Kean (1893-1980) — also known asRobert W. Kean — of Livingston,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Elberon,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,September28, 1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served inthe U.S. Army during World War I;banker;elected (Wet)delegateto New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from EssexCounty 1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1936,1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1964;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1939-59; candidateforU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1958;chair ofEssex County Republican Party, 1961.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.DiedSeptember21, 1980 (age86 years, 359days).Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery. | Archibald Stevens Alexander (1906-1979) — also known asArchibald S. Alexander — of Bernardsville,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,October28, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1940(alternate),1948,1952,1956;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1948 (Democratic), 1952; assistantsecretary of the U.S. Army, 1949-50; undersecretary, 1950-52; memberofDemocraticNational Committee from New Jersey, 1952;New Jerseystate treasurer, 1954-55; candidate forNewJersey state house of assembly District 6-A, 1969; Democraticcandidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1972.Episcopalian.Died in Bernardsville,SomersetCounty, N.J.,September4, 1979 (age72 years, 311days).Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
| Millicent Hammond Fenwick (1910-1992) — also known asMillicent Fenwick — of Bernardsville,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,February25, 1910.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew Jersey,1960;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly District 8, 1970-72; resigned1972;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1975-83; member ofNew JerseyRepublican State Committee, 1976; candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1982.Female.Modelfor Lacey Davenport in theDoonesbury comic strip.Died in Bernardsville,SomersetCounty, N.J.,September16, 1992 (age82 years, 204days).Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
| John Dryden Kuser (1897-1964) — also known asDryden Kuser — of Bernardsville,SomersetCounty, N.J.; Reno,WashoeCounty, Nev.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,September24, 1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1926-29;member ofNewJersey state senate from Somerset County, 1930-35;insuranceagent;real estatebroker.Member,AmericanLegion;Elks;Eagles;Moose;Grange;AudubonSociety.Died, in Columbia-PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 3,1964 (age66 years, 161days).Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
| Gouverneur Morris Carnochan (1892-1943) — also known asGouverneur M. Carnochan — of New City,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Riverdale, Bronx,BronxCounty, N.Y.,June 28,1892.Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1916;served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;stockbroker;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.Member,Freemasons.While inwartimeservice, he was killed in aplanecrash, in South America or the Atlantic Ocean,October12, 1943 (age51 years, 106days).Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
| Kate Prentice Schley (1885-1970) — also known asKate deForest Prentice — of Far Hills,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April23, 1885.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1932;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New Jersey, 1944-49.Female.Episcopalian.DiedMay 22,1970 (age85 years, 29days).Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
Bound BrookCemetery Mountain Avenue Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey Founded 1864 See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
| George LaMonte (1834-1913) — Born in Charlotte Center,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,August5, 1834.Inventorofsafetypaper forbanking;Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1889.Died in Bound Brook,SomersetCounty, N.J.,October19, 1913 (age79 years, 75days).Interment at Bound Brook Cemetery.
| William Winsor Smalley (1850-1916) — also known asWilliam W. Smalley — of Bound Brook,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born inMiddlesexCounty, N.J.,December17, 1850.Republican.Lumberbusiness;banker;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1907-10;member ofNewJersey state senate from Somerset County, 1912-16; died in office1916.DiedDecember27, 1916 (age66 years, 10days).Interment at Bound Brook Cemetery.
PresbyterianCemetery Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
Weston BuryingGround (formerly Van Nest Cemetery) Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey LamingtonPresbyterian Church Cemetery Lamington, Somerset County, New Jersey
Liberty CornerPresbyterian Church Cemetery Liberty Corner, Somerset County, New Jersey Founded 1837 See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
| James Wilson Arrowsmith (1816-1901) — also known asJ. W. Arrowsmith — of Bernards Township,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in New Jersey,October6, 1816.Member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1860-61,1870.DiedNovember20, 1901 (age85 years, 45days).Interment at Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
PluckeminCemetery Pluckemin, Somerset County, New Jersey
North PlainfieldTownship Burying Ground Somerset, Somerset County, New Jersey
First ReformedDutch Church Cemetery Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey
Mountain TopCemetery Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey
New SomervilleCemetery South Bridge Street Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey Founded 1867 See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
| William Gaston Steele (1820-1892) — also known asWilliam G. Steele — of Somerville,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in New Jersey,February17, 1820.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1861-65.DiedApril22, 1892 (age72 years, 65days).Interment at New Somerville Cemetery.
| Alvah Augustus Clark (1840-1912) — also known asAlvah A. Clark — of Somerville,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in Lebanon,HunterdonCounty, N.J.,September13, 1840.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1877-81; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Jersey,1880,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); postmaster atSomerville,N.J., 1896-99.Died in Somerville,SomersetCounty, N.J.,December27, 1912 (age72 years, 105days).Interment at New Somerville Cemetery.
| Peter J. Biondi (1942-2011) — also known asPete Biondi — of Hillsborough,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,June 23,1942.Republican.Mayorof Hillsborough Township, N.J., 1986-93;SomersetCounty Freeholder, 1994-97; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly 16th District, 1998-2011; died inoffice 2011.Member,Rotary;Elks.Died, fromnon-Hodgkin'slymphoma,November10, 2011 (age69 years, 140days).Interment at New Somerville Cemetery.
| Culver Barcalow (1823-1896) — of Somerville,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in New Jersey,October23, 1823.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Somerville, New Jersey, 1879.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.DiedJune 1,1896 (age72 years, 222days).Interment at New Somerville Cemetery.
OldCemetery Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey
| Isaac Southard (1783-1850) — of Somerville,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in Basking Ridge,SomersetCounty, N.J.,August30, 1783.U.S.Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1831-33.Slaveowner. Died in Somerville,SomersetCounty, N.J.,September18, 1850 (age67 years, 19days).Interment at Old Cemetery.
| Eugene S. Doughty — ofSomersetCounty, N.J.Member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1851-52;member ofNewJersey state senate from Somerset County, 1882-84.Interment at Old Cemetery.St. AndrewUkrainian Orthodox Cemetery South Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
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