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Bomford, James Vote b. October 5, 1811 d. January 6, 1892
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1832, placing 34th out of 45. He then fought in the Mexican War (earning two brevet promotions for gallantry) and on the Frontier against the Plains Indians. When the Civil War started, he was serving in Texas as Major of the 6th United States Regular Infantry, and was captured by Confederate Forces in May 1861 when General David Twiggs surrendered all of the United States Army forces...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section G, Lot 67
Brant Jr., William b. 1842 d. March 2, 1898
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He enlisted in the Union Army on May 16, 1861, serving as a Corporal in Company A, 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. Promoted to Sergeant of Company A on February 4, 1862, he fought at this rank at the Battles of Five Forks, Glendale and Second Bull Run. He was then advanced to 1st Sergeant on September 1, 1862, serving in this capacity in the Battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Mine Run...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section A, Lot 136
Brisbin, John b. July 13, 1818 d. February 3, 1880
US Congressman. He was a prominent Wyoming County, Pennsylvania lawyer when Pennsylvania's 11th District Congressman Chester Butler died in office in October 1850. Congressman Henry Mills Fuller was elected to the seat in November 1850, but his term would not begin until March 1851. Brisbin was the successful Democratic candidate in the December 31, 1850. special election to fill the unexpired portion of Butler's term. He served from January 13, 1851 to March 3, 1851, making his Congressional...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section Q, Lot 8
Chetwood, William b. June 17, 1771 d. December 17, 1857
US Congressman. Served in the Whiskey Rebellion as an Aide-de-Camp to General Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee (father of Robert E. Lee). Elected to represent New Jersey as an At-Large Delegate to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1836 to 1837. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Clark, Adoniram Judson b. 1838 d. July 24, 1913
Civil War Union Army Officer. He commanded Battery B, 1st New Jersey Light Artillery during many of the Army of the Potomac's engagements, often leading his Corps artillery command itself. He participated in the Battle of Gettysburg, and was commended for his efforts in helping defend Union positions in the Wheatfield and Peach orchard. Today a monument to his Battery, which bears his name, stands on the position his unit occupied in the Gettysburg National Battlefield. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section P, Lot 26
Clark, Amos b. November 8, 1828 d. October 31, 1912
US Congressman. He was elected to represent New Jersey's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1873 to 1875. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section G, Lot 63
Crane, Stephen b. November 1, 1871 d. June 5, 1900
Novelist, Short-Story Writer, Poet. He is often called the first modern American author. Although he died at the age of 28, he produced a body of work that has won him an enduring place in his country's literature. Crane was initially hailed as a realist in fiction, but there are elements of impressionism, naturalism, and symbolism in his style, woven together with a powerful sense of irony. Many of his characters vainly try to impose their emotional will upon indifferent natural...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section C, Lot 168
Currie, Barton Wood b. March 8, 1877 d. May 7, 1962
Author. Sent by New York World to Labrador in 1909 to meet Peary on his return from his last polar expediction, and wrote story presenting Peary's side in the Cook-Peary controversy. Contributed about 100 short stories and articles to magazines. Author of the book "Booth Tarkington, a Bibliography." (Bio by: Laurie)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Dodge, Mary Mapes b. January 26, 1831 d. August 21, 1905
Author. Born in New York City, she married lawyer William Dodge at the age of twenty. Widowed seven years later, she began writing children's stories to support herself and her two sons. "Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates," her most famous book, was published in 1865. She became an associate editor of "Hearth and Home" in 1868 and in 1873 became the editor of "St. Nicholas," a new illustrated children's magazine to which she also contributed stories. Many of those stories were later published...[Read More] (Bio by: O'side Native)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section C
Drake, James Madison b. March 25, 1837 d. November 28, 1913
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was awarded the CMOH for his heroism while commanding a skirmish line on May 6, 1864 at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia while serving as a 1st Lieutenant in the 9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. Later awarded the brevet rank of Brigadier General in the New Jersey State Militia for his heroism. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section G, Lot 81
Houston, George b. January 11, 1896 d. November 12, 1944
Actor. Having success on the Broadway stage, he was enticed to Hollywood for some singing work in musicals in the mid 1930s. Hired by Grand National Studios, he appeared in the leading roll for the tuneful seafaring yarn "Captain Calamity," 1936 and as Wild Bill Hickcock in "Frontier Scout," 1938. With the success of singing cowboys in motion pictures, he was signed at MGM staring in "The Great Waltz" and for Warner Brothers in "Blockade," both 1938. From 1939 to 1940, he starred in an eight...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Johnson, Adolphus J. b. March 26, 1815 d. May 29, 1893
Civil War Union Army Officer. A pre-war militia officer, he was mustered in as Colonel and commander of the 1st New Jersey Militia on April 27, 1861 The unit, one of the first to be formed to defend the Union, then 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. Soon after Adolphus Johnson rejoined the Union war effort, being commissioned as Colonel of the 8th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section O, Lot 8
Jones, Phineas b. April 18, 1819 d. April 19, 1884
US Congressman. He was elected to represent New Jersey�s 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1881 to 1883. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Kean, John b. December 4, 1852 d. November 4, 1914
US Congressman, USSenator. He was elected twice to represent New Jersey�s 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1883 to 1885, then from 1887 to 1889. After unsuccessfully running for Governor in 1892, he was elected as a Senator from New Jersey to the United States Senate, serving from 1889 to 1911. He was the Great-grandson of South Carolina Continental Congressman John Kean (1756 to 1795), the brother of United States Senator Hamilton Fish Kean, the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Lot 2, Lawn Plot 2, Map 5
King, Rufus b. March 21, 1838 d. March 18, 1900
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Civil War as a 1st Lieutenant in the 4th United States Regular Artillery. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at White Oak Swamp Bridge, Virginia on June 30, 1862. His citation reads �This officer, when his captain was wounded, succeeded to the command of two batteries while engaged against a superior force of the enemy and fought his guns most gallantly until compelled to retire�. His artillery, consisting of 8 guns...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: 42-Lawn Plot, Map 5
Martin, Luther b. October 16, 1827 d. July 2, 1863
Civil War Union Army Officer. Served as Captain of Company D, 11th New Jersey Infantry. On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, he was in command of his company when the 11th New Jersey was positioned to resist the unrelenting assault of Barksdale's Brigade of Mississippians on the Peach Orchard. As the unit came under fire, its leaders were injured and carried off the field. Captain Martin was informed that he now commanded the regiment. He had time to give a single order to his men...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section A, Lot 149
Plain, Belva b. October 9, 1915 d. October 12, 2010
Author. She published more than 20 successful Jewish-themed novels, releasing the first at age 59. Raised in New York City, she graduated from Barnard College in 1939 with a degree in history, then began writing short stories for "Cosmopolitan" and other magazines before temporarily retiring in order to raise her three children. In 1978 she saw her debut novel "Evergreen", which centered-on a Polish immigrant girl in early 20th. century New York, spend over a year on the "New York Times" best-...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
BNai Jeshuron Cemetery, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Stratemeyer, Edward b. October 4, 1862 d. May 10, 1930
Author of 'The Bobbsey Twins' and 'The Rover Boys.'
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section E, Lot 5122
Sulzer, Charles August b. February 24, 1879 d. April 28, 1919
US Congressman. Born in Roselle, New Jersey, the younger brother of New York Governor William A, Sulzer, he was attending the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York when he dropped out to explore Alaska and developing mining there. He became a mining magnate there, and parlayed that prominence into an election first to the Alaska Territorial Senate in 1914, then as as a Delegate from Alaska Territory to the United States House of Representatives. He served one full term from...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section A, Lot 128
Sulzer, William b. March 18, 1863 d. November 6, 1941
US Congressman, 42nd New York Governor. He was elected to represent 3 different New York Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1912 (the 11th from 1895 to 1903, the 10th from 1903 to 1909, the 16th from 1909 to 1911, and 10th again from 1911 to 1912). In 1912 he resigned his House Seat, having been elected as Governor of New York. He served as Governor from January 1, 1913 to October 18, 1913, when he was removed from office by impeachment due to charges...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Evergreen Cemetery and Crematory, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section A, Lot 128

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