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• Baird Jr., David    b. October 10, 1881  d. February 28, 1955
  US Senator. The son of Senator David Baird Sr., he pursued the family business of banking and lumber started by his father. In November 1929 he was appointed as a Senator from New Jersey to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Walter E. Edge, who has been appointed United States Ambassador to France...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
  Plot: Baird Mausoleum
   
• Baird Sr., David    b. April 7, 1839  d. February 25, 1927
  US Senator. Born in Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in 1856. He rose to prominence through banking and the lumber business, and served a time as Camden County sheriff. In 1910 he had an unsuccessful run for the United States Senate, losing to Senator James E. Martine. However, he was appointed as a Senator from New Jersey to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
  Plot: Baird Mausoleum
   
• Bloor, Ella Reeve    b. July 8, 1862  d. August 10, 1951
  Social Reformer. Born near Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York, Ella Reeve grew up in Bridgeton, New Jersey. After her marriage in 1882, she became involved in a number of reform movements, notably the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the women's rights movement. In 1897 she joined the Social Democratic Party. In 1908 she became the first woman to run for state office when she filed for secretary of state of Connecticut. In 1910 she joined in forming the National Women's Committee of...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
  Plot: Highland Section
   
• Browning, William    b. April 11, 1850  d. March 24, 1920
  US Congressman. Served as Chief Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1911. He was elected to represent New Jersey’s 1st District in the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Henry C. Loudenslager, and served from 1911 to his death in office in 1920. His death took place in the United States Capitol Building. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
  Plot: Lakeview Section, Lot 72
   
• Burling, George Childs    b. February 17, 1834  d. December 24, 1885
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A prominent Burlington, New Jersey coal merchant prior to the Civil War, he was commissioned Captain and commander of Company F, 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on September 9, 1861. He was promoted to Major of the regiment in March 1862 when John P. Van Leer was advanced to Lieutenant Colonel. He participated in the May 1862 Battle of Williamsburg, where the 6th New Jersey took heavy casualties. Lieutenant Colonel Van Leer was killed in the battle...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
  Plot: Trinity Section, Lot 118
   
• Hufty, Samuel    b. January 1, 1834  d. June 7, 1913
  Civil War Union Army Officer. He entered the Union Army during the Civil war with a commission of 1st Lieutenant in Company I, 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in November 1861, and participated in the unit's February 1862 engagement at Roanoke, North Carolina. When Captain Henry Chew of Company I resigned due to ill health in March 1862, Samuel Hufty was promoted to Captain to fill the spot. He then led his company in the regiment's various battles in North Carolina and Southern Virginia from...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
   
• Moore, Timothy Cummings    b. July 10, 1824  d. November 14, 1913
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He was mustered in as an Ensign (2nd Lieutenant) in Company F, 4th New Jersey Militia on April 27, 1861, and served in the defenses of Washington, DC and in reserve during the July 1861 First Bull Run Campaign before being mustered out on July 31, 1861. Commissioned then as a Captain in the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, he was mustered in as commander of Company C on September 9, 1861, and served leading the unit until he resigned due to disability...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
  Plot: Hillside Section, Lot 624
   
• Sewell, William Joyce    b. December 6, 1835  d. December 27, 1901
  Civil War Union Brevet Major General, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, US Senator. Born in Ireland, he was orphaned at a young age, and emigrated to the United States in 1851. When the Civil War started, he raised a company of Volunteers, and was commissioned Captain and commander of Company C, 5th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He fought with his regiment in the Peninsular Campaign and at the Second Battle of Bull Run, and had been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in July 1862. When the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
  Plot: Spring Grove Section, Lot 75
   
• Starr, John Farson    b. March 25, 1818  d. August 9, 1904
  US Congressman. An influential banker in Camden, he helped raise troops and provide for soldiers in the Union Army. He was elected to represent New Jersey's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1863 to 1867. He served as President of the Bank of Camden from 1974 until his death in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1904. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
  Plot: Spring Grove Section, Lot 27
   
• Virgilio, Nicholas    b. June 28, 1928  d. January 3, 1989
  Poet. He is considered by many to have been America's finest "haiku" writer.
  Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
   
• Whitman, George W.    b. November 28, 1829  d. December 20, 1901
  Civil War Union Army Officer. Ten years younger than his famous poet brother, he was born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1834 he moved with his parents Walter and Louisa and his siblings to Long Island, New york. In "My Boys and Girls" Walt Whitman remembers happy boyhood times when he carried his brother on his shoulders, "his legs dangling down upon my breast, while I trotted for sport down a lane or over the fields" George received his basic fundamental education from his lauded older sibling...[Read More] (Bio by: R. Digati)
  Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
   
• Whitman, Walt    b. May 31, 1819  d. March 26, 1892
  Poet. Considered one of America's foremost men of letters, Whitman was born on Long Island, NY. His mother was barely literate, and his father was a friend of Thomas Paine. Whitman was taken out of school at the age of 11 to help support the large family. He learned the printer's trade, which began a life-long love affair with reading and the written word. He was mostly self-taught, but knew the Bible thoroughly, and was fond of Shakespeare, Homer and Dante. He became a teacher in 1836 at the...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
  Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
   
• Wolverton, Charles Anderson    b. October 24, 1880  d. May 16, 1969
  US Congressman. A 1900 University of Pennsylvania law graduate, he rose steadily in the Camden County, New Jersey law community, serving as assistant prosecutor of the county, then as assistant attorney general of New Jersey. He was elected to the New Jersey legislature, where he served as Speaker of the House in 1918. He was elected to represent New Jersey’s 1st District in the United States House of Representatives in a contest that unseated incumbent Congressman [Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
  Plot: Marble Section, Lot 286
   

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