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Miller and Grain Dealer Politicians in New Jersey

Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828-1890) — also known asClinton B. Fisk — of Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.; New Jersey.Born in York,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,December8, 1828.Merchant;miller;banker;insurancebusiness; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofNew Jersey, 1886; Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1888.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 9,1890 (age61 years, 213days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
Grant Decker (1814-1890) — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Born in Deckertown (now Sussex),SussexCounty, N.J.,February4, 1814.Merchant;miller;lumberbusiness;mayor ofFlint, Mich., 1855-56.Episcopalian.Died in Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.,July 30,1890 (age76 years, 176days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Flint, Mich.John Bater Drayton (1826-1875) — also known asJohn B. Drayton — of Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in New Jersey,1826.Flour andfeedbusiness;rolling milloverseer; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1864.Englishancestry.Died in1875(ageabout49 years).Burial location unknown.
 
 
 Relatives: Sonof Henry Drayton and Mary (Rood) Drayton; married,December2, 1852, to Adelaide Dennison Wiswall.
 
 Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Bigford e Fisk and Lydia (Aldrich) Fisk; married1850 toJeannette Crippen.
 FiskUniversity,Nashville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim.  — Clinton B. FiskAvenue,inWesterleigh,Staten Island, New York, isnamed forhim.
 See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial
 James Ford (1783-1859) — of Lawrenceville,TiogaCounty, Pa.Born in Perth Amboy,MiddlesexCounty, N.J.,May 4,1783.Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1824-25;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1829-33;sawmill andgrist mill owner.Died in Lawrenceville,TiogaCounty, Pa.,August18, 1859 (age76 years, 106days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Steuben County, N.Y.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
 Alfred Tilghman Holley (b. 1872) — also known asAlfred T. Holley — of Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in Hackensack,BergenCounty, N.J.,February15, 1872.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;president, Holly & Smith, Inc.,coal,hay,andgrain merchants; candidate forU.S.Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1924.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Elks;Freemasons.Burial location unknown.
 Relatives: Sonof Rev. Dr. William Welles Holley and Katherine Summer (Wyse) Holley;married,April22, 1914, to Alice Beatrice Herbert.
 Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson (1855-1932) — also known asElijah C. Hutchinson — of Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Windsor,MercerCounty, N.J.,August7, 1855.Republican.Merchant miller; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1896-97;member ofNewJersey state senate from Mercer County, 1899-1904; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1912;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1915-23; defeated,1922.Died in Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.,June 25,1932 (age76 years, 323days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Trenton, N.J.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
 Mark Thomson (1739-1803) — ofSussexCounty, N.J.Born in Norriton Township,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,1739.Miller; justice of the peace; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1779; memberofNewJersey State Council from Sussex County, 1786-88;U.S.Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1795-99.Died in Marksboro, Sussex County (nowWarrenCounty), N.J.,December14, 1803 (ageabout 64years).Interment atMarksboroPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Blairstown, N.J.
 See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial
 Richard Van Horne (1770-1823) — ofMontgomeryCounty, N.Y.Born inSussexCounty, N.J.,November15, 1770.Merchant;miller; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Montgomery County, 1808-10, 1812-13, 1815-16;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821.Died in Van Hornesville,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,March12, 1823 (age52 years, 117days).Burial location unknown.
 Relatives: Sonof Abraham Van Horne.
 Joseph W. Ward (b. 1891) — of Caledonia,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.Born in Nutley,EssexCounty, N.J.,June 28,1891.Republican.Engineer;miller; director of First NationalBank ofCaledonia; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Livingston County, 1942-56.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Burial location unknown.
 Relatives:Married1917 toGertrude Hamilton.

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