Brigham, Lewis Alexander b. January 2, 1831 d. February 19, 1885 US Congressman. Born in New York Mills, New York, he attended the Whitestown Seminary in Whitesboro and graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton in 1849. Following independent law study he was admitted to the bar in 1855 and opened a legal practice in New York City, which he would maintain for the rest of his life while making his home in Bergen, New Jersey. He served as superintendent of public schools in Bergen (1866 to 1870), on the Jersey City board of police commissioners (1874 to...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Old Bergen Churchyard, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Tuers, Jane d. 1834 Heroine and Patriot during the American Revolutionary War, she is recognized in history for the assistance she provided to prevent a British plan to take over West Point. During the time the British occupied New York the American prisoners suffered from stravation from which Mrs. Jane Tuers carried to them sacks of heavy provisions every week from which she had injured her shoulder and arm so seriously that she was without the use of them for the rest of her life. It was Jane Van Reypen Tuers...[Read More] (Bio by: Gregory Speciale) Old Bergen Churchyard, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA Plot: Lot 136
d. 1834