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Chapman, Frank Michler b. June 12, 1864 d. November 15, 1945
Scientist. Prominent Ornithologist. Curator of Ornithology for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City from 1908 to 1942. Photographed and collected data on North American birds for over 50 years, and did much to popularize bird watching in the 20th Century. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: East Side, Lot 110
Demarest, Abraham Garrison b. November 18, 1830 d. October 12, 1900
Civil War Union Army Officer. Commissioned as Major of the 22nd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on September 9, 1862, he served as second in command of the unit through the December 1862 Fredericksburg Campaign, due to the fact that the unit's originally appointed Colonel, Cornelius Fornet, was objected to by the men and citizens of Bergen County that Fornet decided to ignore the appointment, and did not serve. Internal regimental factional strife, and faction conflict from the regiment's home...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: East Side, Lot 118
Duncan, Samuel Augustus b. June 19, 1836 d. October 18, 1895
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. Served in the Civil War first as Major of the 14th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, then as Colonel and commander of the 4th United States Colored Troops. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on October 28, 1864 for "gallant and meritorious services in the attack upon the enemy's works at Spring Hill, Va.". On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted Major General, US Volunteers for "gallant and meritorious services during the war". After the end of...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: East Side, Lot 19
Force, David b. July 27, 1849 d. June 21, 1918
Major League Baseball Player. Known as "Wee Davy" or "Tom Thumb", he stood only 5' 4" tall, and played fifteen seasons with 10 different teams in two leagues during his career. One of basebll's first. "little men" he started off his pro career with the Washington Olympics of the National Association in 1871. During his days in the NA, he "jumped" from team to team several times, as was the pracice of the day, plaing for 7 teams in 5 years during his stay in the NA (3 different teams alone in...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section PG, Plot 24X, Grave 1
Goodman, Dody b. October 28, 1914 d. June 22, 2008
Actress and Comedian. Best remembered for her role as the mother on the 1976-77 sitcom "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman." She began her career as a dancer in the 1930s and appeared in several stage musicals in the 1940s and 50s including "My Darlin' Aida" and "Wonderful Town." She came to national attention in the 1950s after being discovered by Jack Paar, later becoming a regular performer on his "Tonight Show." She was known as a natural comedian, appearing on several shows including "The Merv...[Read More] (Bio by: David)
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Morrow, Dwight Whitney b. January 11, 1873 d. October 5, 1931
US Senator, US Diplomat. Served as United States Ambassador to Mexico from 1927 to 1930. Elected as a Senator from New Jersey to the United States Senate, serving from 1930 to 1931. He was a partner in J.P. Morgan and Company. His daughter, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, married famed aviator Charles Lindbergh. His wife, Elizabeth Cutter Morrow, was the first woman President and Chairman of the Board of Smith College.
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
O'Neal, Patrice Malcolm b. December 7, 1969 d. November 29, 2011
Comedian/Entertainer. He was known for his often confrontational crowd work during which he played couples against one another. He began his comedy career in Boston in 1992. In the late 1990s he became a regular at the Comedy Cellar in New York. Unwilling to yield to the demands of American club owners that he change his confrontational act, he relocated to the United Kingdom. In 2002 he returned to the New York area and received an offer to do his first half-hour special for Showtime. Since...[Read More] (Bio by: Babe)
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Olpp, Archibald Ernest b. May 12, 1882 d. July 26, 1949
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Jersey's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1923. He was defeated in 1922 as a Republican. (Bio by: K)
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Osmers, Frank Charles b. December 30, 1907 d. May 21, 1977
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during World War II. Elected to represent New Jersey's 9th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1939 to 1943 and 1951 to 1965. Served as a member of the New Jersey State Assembly from 1935 to 1937.
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Sawtelle, Cullen b. 1805 d. 1887
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1845 to 1847 and 1849 to 1851. Also served as a Member of Maine State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Swarthout, Gladys b. December 25, 1900 d. July 7, 1969
Opera Singer. A mezzo soprano, she sang a wide variety of roles on the stage, as well as appearing in a number of Hollywood motion pictures. Raised initially in Oklahoma, she moved with her family to Kansas City, Missouri in her early teens and by 13 was the lead soloist in her church choir. After graduating from high school, she made her major recital debut with the Detroit Symphony, then entered Chicago, Illinois' Bush Conservatory. While a student, she made her debut with the Chicago Civic...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Tree, Dorothy b. May 21, 1906 d. February 13, 1992
American Actress, Voice Teacher and Writer Born the eldest of three she attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Her parents had immigrated to the United States from Austria their native tongue was Yiddish. In 1926 she took the name Dorothy Tree and began her stage career and went on to appear in six plays on Broadway. She was very diverse in her acting skills from playing the wife of Bela Lugosi's Dracula (1931) to playing the sister-in-law to Raymond Massey's Abe Lincoln in Illinois (...[Read More] (Bio by: Cemetery Cop)
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Whiting, Margaret b. July 22, 1924 d. January 10, 2011
Singer. She was a respected Big Band, jazz, night club, and recording artist for over 60 years. The child of noted songwriter Richard A. Whiting, she was raised in New York and later Los Angeles within the entertainment milieu; at six she sang for songwriter Johnny Mercer, who became her mentor and "substitute father" following Whiting's 1938 death. She had a hit with the Johnny Mercer-Harold Arlen song "That Old Black Magic" in 1942, and followed with Mercer's "Moonlight in Vermont" in 1943...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Wickersham, George Woodward b. September 19, 1858 d. January 26, 1936
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He was appointed as United States Attorney General in the William Howard Taft administration, serving from 1909 to 1913. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
Wolff, Dr. William b. October 24, 1916 d. August 20, 2011
Medical Pioneer. A surgeon, his development of colonoscopy has saved countless lives. Raised in the Bronx from age two, he received his undergraduate degree from New York University, earned his M.D. at the University of Maryland, and completed his internship and surgical residency at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Wolff was to gain much experience during his World War II Army service in Europe then following the conflict was to work for a time at V.A. hospitals in the Bronx and in Butler...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA

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