Axtell, Samuel Beach b. October 14, 1819 d. August 6, 1891 US Congressman. Elected to represent California's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1867 to 1871. He also served as Governor of Utah Territory in 1875, Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1875 to 1878, and as Justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court from 1882 to 1885. (Bio by: K) First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown (Morris County), Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Doughty, John b. 1754 d. September 16, 1826 Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer. He enlisted on January 13, 1776 and served throughout the Revolutionary War. He was an adjutant under Colonel James Ford, Jr. in the Eastern Battalion of the Morris County (New Jersey) Militia in 1776; and also served as a Captain of artillery. He took part in the First and Second Battles of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton. In 1777 he was promoted to Captain of the Second Regiment of the Continental Corps of Artillery, where he served...[Read More] First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Ford Jr., Jacob b. February 19, 1738 d. January 10, 1777 American Revolutionary Militia Officer. Second son and sixth child of eight born to Jacob and Hannah Ford of Morristown, New Jersey. In 1762, he married Theodosia Johnes, the daughter of the local Presbyterian minister. They would have five children. Ford's father gifted the couple a 200 acre tract in Morristown upon which they built what was at the time the largest house in town. He also owned two iron forges at Long Meadow and Middle Forge, as well as grist and hemp mills, and an iron furnace...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown (Morris County), Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Ford, Theodosia b. September 1, 1741 d. August 31, 1824 Born in Connecticut, the daughter of the Reverend Timothy Johnes and Elizabeth Sayre Johnes, she was less than a year old when her father was assigned as pastor to the Morristown, New Jersey First Presbyterian Church. On January 27, 1762 she married the younger Jacob Ford of Morristown. A land, mill, and mine owner, he eventually built her a large Georgian mansion house on two hundred acres, the largest private home in town at that time. She would have five children with him. After 1776, her...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown (Morris County), Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Logan, Dorastus B. [cenotaph] d. July 2, 1863 Civil War Union Army Officer. Served in the Civil War as Captain and commander of Company H, 11th New Jersey Infantry. On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, command of the regiment fell to him when superior officers Colonel Robert McAllister and Major Philip Kearny were wounded, and senior Captain Luther Martin was killed. Captain Logan had just been informed that he was now in command of the 11th New Jersey when he was shot and killed. His remains were first buried on the battlefield...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Mann, Jacob b. 1775 d. December 17, 1843 Co-founder, with astronomer David Young, of "The Farmers' Almanac," one of America's oldest publications. He began printing annual editions of the reference book in Morristown, New Jersey in 1818. He was 68 years old at the time of his death. (Bio by: Nikita Barlow) First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown (Morris County), Morris County, New Jersey, USA Plot: Mann Family Plot
Phoenix, Jonas b. January 14, 1788 d. May 4, 1859 US Congressman. He was a successful merchant in New York City when appointed a commissioner of the Croton Aqueduct Works in 1842. In 1843 he was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress, served one term and declined to be a candidate for re-nomination in 1844. From 1846 to 1847 he was chairman of the Whig General Committee and a member of the State assembly in 1848. In 1849 he was elected to the Thirty-first Congress serving until 1851, when he again declined to be a candidate for re-...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown (Morris County), Morris County, New Jersey, USA
b. October 14, 1819 d. August 6, 1891