Find A Grave - Jersey City

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
Brown, Raymond A. b. 1915 d. October 9, 2009
Attorney. He was a veteran New Jersey defense attorney noted for his many controversial high-profile cases. In 1960s, he defended professional boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, poet Amiri Baraka and Soviet spy John W. Butenko. He gained a reputation as civil rights lawyer in 1968, when he defended black students which included his son, were arrested for taking over a building at Columbia University, New York. He defended Black Liberation Army member Joanne Chesimard in 1973 and physician Mario E...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Daly, William Davis b. June 4, 1851 d. July 31, 1900
US Congressman. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he left school at 14 for employment as an iron worker and studied law in his spare time. He was admitted to the bar in 1874 and set up practice in Hudson County. Daly served as a member of the State House of Assembly (1889 to 1891), a judge of the district court of Hoboken (1891 to 1892), and in the State Senate (1892 to 1898), while becoming a powerful voice in the New Jersey Democratic Party. He was a delegate to the 1896 Democratic...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Drake, Janice d. September 26, 1959
Murder Victim. A dancer and the wife of comedian Allan Drake, she competed as Miss New Jersey in the 1944 Miss America Pageant. She was in the car that mobster Anthony (Little Augie Pisano) Carfano was driving when they were both shot to death by two men of the Genovese Crime Family. Vito Genovese ordered Carfano's murder because Carfano refused to meet with him after he took control of the Family in 1957. The only reason Janice Drake was murdered was because she was in the car and the killers...[Read More]
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Edwards, Edward Irving b. December 1, 1863 d. January 26, 1931
37th & 39th New Jersey Governor, US Senator. Born in the Lafayette section of Jersey City, New Jersey in 1863, in 1888, he married Blanche Smith and went on to study law. He then engaged in banking and business, becoming the president of the First National Bank of Jersey City. With the support of his friend, Mayor of Jersey City Frank "Boss" Hague, he won a seat in the New Jersey State Senate. In 1919, he ran for a seat in the New Jersey Legislature. A Democrat, he campaigned as an opponent to...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank McGady)
Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Lot 103
Fagan Sr., Mark M. b. September 29, 1869 d. July 16, 1955
22nd Jersey City Mayor. A native of Jersey City, he had little formal education, and as a youth, he worked for his uncle as an undertaker. A Republican, he entered politics while still in his twenties becoming a county freeholder though he was not re-elected. A few years later in 1901, Republican Party boss, Colonel Samuel D. Dickinson, asked him to run for mayor, which Fagan did and won. At age 32, he was the youngest mayor ever elected in Jersey City. Re-elected for three consecutive two-year...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank McGady)
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Block A - Plot 288
Fielder, George Bragg b. July 24, 1842 d. August 14, 1906
US Congressman. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he engaged in banking and with his father built the New Jersey Southern and New York, New Hampshire and Willimantic Railroads. After the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Union Army, and was mustered in as the Sergeant Major of the 21st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on September 15, 1862. He served through the December 1862 Fredericksburg Campaign, and the May 1863 Chancellorsville Campaign, and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank McGady)
Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Fields, John Joseph "Jocko" b. October 20, 1864 d. October 14, 1950
Major League Baseball Player. Utility player with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the National League from 1887-1889. The next year, he played with the Pittsburgh Burghers of the Players League. He returned to Pittsburgh in '91 and also played with the Phillies. He finished baseball in 1892 with the New York Giants. Over his six season career, he batted .271 with 358 hits and 12 homers. (Bio by: Robert)
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Freel (Freile Alexander), Aleta b. June 14, 1907 d. December 7, 1935
Actress. A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, she gained prominence as a Broadway theater actress prior to her marriage to Warner Brothers Studio actor Ross Alexander, who had begun his acting career in New York City. After they both moved to Hollywood, California to further their careers, she was unable to find film work. In December 1935 he was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in the garden of their home at 7357 Woodrow Wilson Drive in the Hollywood Hills. The Los Angeles coroner...[Read More] (Bio by: Gregory Navarro)
Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section J South, Lot 49
Hague, Frank b. January 17, 1876 d. January 1, 1956
Frank Hague came from a squalid Irish-immigrant slum area of Jersey City called the Horseshoe. A prizefighter in his youth, Hague turned to politics at the age of 21. Hague was elected Mayor of JerseyÊCity in 1917, a position he would hold for 30 years. During that time, he became the most powerful politician in New Jersey. By organizing his political machine, he quickly took control of Hudson County politics. By 1919, Hague started to control state politics. Jersey City's A. Harry Moore servedÊ...[Read More]
Cause of death: From complications of bronchitis and asthma.
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: The tomb is on an island in the north-central part of the cemetery.
Hamill, James Alphonsus b. March 30, 1877 d. December 15, 1941
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Jersey's 10th and 12th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1907 to 1921. Also served as a Member of the New Jersey State House of Assembly from 1902 to 1907. (Bio by: K)
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Hicks, Nathaniel Woodhull b. April 19, 1845 d. April 21, 1907
Major League Baseball Player. Catcher for the 1872-1873, 1875-1876 New York Mutuals of the National Assocation. The following year he went to the Philadelphia Whites. Finished his career with the 1877 Cincinnati Reds of the National League. Over six seasons, he had 301 hits, one homer and a .263 batting average. (Bio by: Robert)
Saint Peter's Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Hughes, Michael J. "Mickey" b. October 25, 1866 d. April 10, 1931
Major League Baseball Player. Pitched for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms from 1888-1890. He won 25 of his 39 career wins in '88. He also played with the Philadelphia Athletics in his last season. In 1889, he won a game in the "exhibition" against the New York Giants for the championship that the Giants won. (Bio by: Robert)
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Johnsen, Hans b. January 3, 1865 d. June 17, 1920
Spanish-American War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Sandnes, Norway, he served in the United States Navy during the War with Spain as a Chief Machinist on board the torpedo boat "USS Winslow". He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Cardenas, Cuba, on May 11, 1898. His citation reads "Showing great presence of mind, Johnsen turned off the steam from the engine which had been wrecked by a shell bursting in the cylinder." His Medal was awarded to him on September 3, 1898. (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Edgewood Section, Lot 468
Keele, Joseph b. August 1, 1840 d. October 16, 1906
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a Captain in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Sergeant Major in the 182d New York Infantry for action on May 23, 1864 at North Anna River, Virginia. His citation reads "Voluntarily and at the risk of his life carried orders to the brigade commander, which resulted in saving the works his regiment was defending." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Morningstar Section, Lot 426
McNamara, Michael b. 1841 d. April 25, 1907
Korean Campaign 1871 Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was born in Clure, Ireland. He entered the US Marine Corps at New York. He served as a Private. His citation reads "On board the USS Benicia during the capture of the Korean forts, 11 June 1871. Advancing to the parapet, McNamara wrenched the matchlock from the hands of an enemy and killed him". (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Block I, Section G, Grave 29-30
Moore, A. Harry b. July 3, 1879 d. November 18, 1952
39th New Jersey Governor, US Senator. Arthur Harry Moore was born in the Lafayette section of Jersey City. In 1911, Moore married Jennie Hastings Stevens. A Democrat, he entered politics in 1913. Supported by Mayor of Jersey City, Frank "Boss" Hague and his political machine, Moore was elected the 39th Governor of New Jersey in 1925, and served from 1926-28. Running on an anti-prohibition platform, he carried only three counties, but won by such a wide margin in Hudson County, he was able to...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank McGady)
Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Nordica, Lillian b. December 12, 1857 d. May 10, 1914
Opera Singer. One of the first American-born operatic stars, she was a leading soprano of the late 19th. century. Born Lillian Allen Norton she was raised initially in Maine and later in Boston; after study at the New England Conservatory of Music she made her professional debut with Boston's Handel and Haydn Society. Lillian traveled to Milan for further training and in 1879 made her operatic bow at the Northern Italian city of Brescia; around the time of her debut a conductor gave her the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Cremated remains in family plot
Norton, Mary Teresa b. March 7, 1875 d. August 2, 1959
US Congresswoman. The first surviving daughter of Irish immigrants, she lived a lifetime of firsts. She was the first female member of Congress from New Jersey, the first female Democrat elected from the eastern shore, the first female to chair the state's democratic committee, and the first female chairman of a major congressional committee. Although she did not attend high school, she graduated from Packard Business College in 1896 and worked as a secretary until her marriage. Following the...[Read More] (Bio by: Beth Painter)
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
O'Brien, Charles Francis Xavier b. March 7, 1879 d. November 14, 1940
US Congressman. Charles Francis Xavier O'Brien was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. After graduating from Fordham University and the New York Law School, O'Brien became a lawyer in Jersey City. He became a judge and than the Public Safety Director of Jersey City. A Democrat, O'Brien was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1920. He served in the 67th Congress. O'Brien earned the nickname, "The Golden Voiced Orator". He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1920. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank McGady)
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA

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