Find A Grave - Mercer County

Cleveland, Frances Folsom b. July 21, 1864 d. October 29, 1947
Presidential First Lady. President Grover Cleveland was a bachelor during the first fifteen months of his first term in office. His sister Rose was the official White House Hostess. Grover took a bride, Twenty one year old Frances Folsom, extremely beautiful, and twenty seven years younger then the President. They were married in the White House and she became the youngest First Lady in American history plus the only presidential couple to marry at a White House ceremony. Frances 'Frank'...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Cleveland, Grover (Stephen) b. March 18, 1837 d. June 24, 1908
22nd and 24th United States President, New York Governor. A Democrat, he was first elected President in 1884, defeated in 1888, and reelected in 1892, becoming the only United States President to serve two non-consecutive terms. One of nine children of a Presbyterian minister, he was raised in upstate New York, becoming a lawyer in Buffalo. At age 44, he was elected Mayor of Buffalo in 1881, and later became Governor of New York. In 1885, he ran for President, and won with the support of...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Cleveland, Ruth b. October 3, 1891 d. January 7, 1904
American Folk Figure. The daughter and first child of President Grover Cleveland and First Lady Frances Cleveland, she died at the age of 12 from a bout of diphtheria. A myth arose that the candy bar "Baby Ruth" was named after her (partially perpetuated by the creators, the Curtis Candy Company). However, that myth has subsequently been debunked.
Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Clymer, George b. March 16, 1739 d. January 23, 1813
Declaration of Independence Signer, United States Constitution Signer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his mother died when he was a year old. His father, a sea captain, died when he was seven, and young George was raised by his aunt and uncle. His uncle, a wealthy merchant and judge, kept a large private library, and young George learned to love reading while growing up. Under his uncle's tutelage, he soon became a merchant in his own right. An early patriot, he headed the committee...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Friends Burying Ground, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Davies, Samuel b. November 3, 1723 d. February 4, 1761
A Presbyterian minister, Samuel Davies was one of the key leaders of the so-called Great Awakening that stirred immense religious impetus in the American colonies in the mid-1700s. He also raised funds for the creation of what became known as Princeton University.
Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Dayton, William Lewis b. February 17, 1807 d. December 1, 1864
US Senator. He was elected as a Senator from New Jersey to the United States Senate, serving from 1842 to 1851. In 1856 he ran as Republican John C. Fremont's Vice Presidential candidate, thus become the very first Republican to run for that office. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section D, Lot 19-20
DeCavalcante, Simone b. 1912 d. February 7, 1997
Organized Crime Figure. Known as "Sam the Plumber," he was the boss of the Mafia's New Jersey based DeCavalcante Family (which is named after him) from the 1960s until the mid 1970s. In 1961, the FBI planted a listening device in the office of his plumbing company, and recorded him discussing criminal activities with other Mafia members and with politicians until they removed the device in 1965. In 1969, Two-thousand pages of the "DeCavalcante Tapes" were made public but were never used against...[Read More]
Greenwood Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Near the front gate
Dennett, Tyler b. June 13, 1883 d. December 29, 1949
Historian, Educator. He is best known for his book "John Hay" (1933), for which he won the 1934 Pulitzer Prize for biography. Dennett taught American history at Johns Hopkins University (1923 to 1924) and at Columbia University (1927 to 1928), and international relations at Princeton (1931 to 1934). He served as president of Williams College from 1934 to 1937. (Bio by: Fred Rousseau)
Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Dickinson, Philemon b. April 5, 1739 d. February 4, 1809
Polititian. A multiple state patriot, along with his brother John, during the forming of our nation. After moving to Trenton, New Jersey in 1767 he was appointed as a Delegate to the New Jersey Provincial Congress in 1776. That same year he was commissioned a brigadier general of the New Jersey State Militia. Later promoted to Major General and served throughout the Revolutionary War in that capacity. He was appointed by his brother John, then the 5th Governor of Delaware, in 1782 to represent...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Pickett)
Friends Burying Ground, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Edwards, Jonathan b. October 5, 1703 d. March 22, 1758
Religious Leader. A Calvinist theologian, he led the religious revival that initiated "The Great Awakening". He served as President of Princeton University, and died in office after a smallpox inoculation. He preached famous sermon at Enfield, Connecticut "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Field, Richard Stockton b. December 31, 1803 d. May 25, 1870
Civil War US Senator. He served as a New Jersey state Representative from 1833 to 1834, a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1837, and New Jersey Attorney General from 1838-1841, and United States Senator from New Jersey from 1862 to 1863. He was a professor at the Princeton Law School from 1847 to 1855. He was the grandson of Declaration of Independence Signer Richard Stockton.
Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Gallup, George Horace b. November 18, 1901 d. July 26, 1984
Journalist. A statistician famous for his Gallup Poll, he pioneered work in public opinion and market research.
Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Godel, Kurt b. April 28, 1906 d. January 14, 1978
Mathematician, Logician. Born in Brno, Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic), he studied in Vienna. He is best known for his two incompleteness theorems, published in 1931, which had an enormous impact on mathematical thought. At the beginning of World War II he moved to the United States and became a US citizen in 1948. As a professor at Princeton he was friends with Albert Einstein. Godel had an obsessive fear of being poisoned and he died of self-inflicted malnutrition. The...[Read More] (Bio by: Duke)
Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Green, Fred Allen b. September 14, 1933 d. December 22, 1996
Major League Baseball Player. Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1959-1961. Pitched in three games of the 1960 World Series against the New York Yankees in relief. He was put him on waivers near the end of the 1961 season. He pitched for the Washington Senators the next season in five games recording one loss. Returned to the Pirates for his last season in 1964 pitching in eight games. (Bio by: Robert)
Harbourton Cemetery, Harbourton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Halsted, William b. June 4, 1794 d. March 4, 1878
US Congressman, Civil War Union Army Officer. He was elected to represent New Jersey as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1837 to 1839, and 1841 to 1843. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he raised a regiment of cavalry that was initially rejected by the state of New Jersey, which was mistrustful of volunteer cavalry and artillery units raised without specific authorization. Designated "Halsted's Horse" by the Federal Government (which was persuaded to accept...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section D, Lot 306
Hammell, John Sweeney b. March, 1842 d. January 31, 1873
A Lt. Col. in the 66th New York Infantry during the American Civil War, John Sweeney Hammell was breveted a brigadier general for distinguished gallantry in command of his regiment, and a brigade, from the Rapidan to Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864. He served as a U.S. Post Trader at Camp Baker in Montana Territory at the end of the Civil War and died there in 1873. (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Mercer Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Hart, John b. 1711 d. May 11, 1780
Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey. Born in Stonington, Connecticut, he moved to the area near Hopewell, New Jersey, where he spent the majority of his life. In 1739, he bought a farm there and married his neighbor, Deborah Scudder. They would have 13 children, and with hard work, the family became well to do. He was called �Honest John� by his neighbors because of his integrity and fairness, and he served as a judge for several years. Hart served in the New Jersey...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
First Baptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Howell, Richard b. October 22, 1754 d. April 28, 1802
New Jersey Governor. He served as the Governor of New Jersey from 1793 to 1801. He was the grandfather of Varina Howell Davis, wife of Confederate States President Jefferson F. Davis.
Friends Burying Ground, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Hughes, Richard Joseph b. August 10, 1909 d. December 7, 1992
New Jersey Governor. He served as Governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970. He served as Chief Justice of the New Jersey State Supreme Court, where he presided over the historic case that allowed Karen Ann Quinlan's parents to turn off her life-support system.
Saint Mary's Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Hunter, David b. July 21, 1802 d. February 2, 1886
Civil War Union Major General. He graduated from West Point an officer in the infantry in 1822 and served the Dragoons. In 1842, he was appointed the post of Paymaster of the Army and after the election of Abraham Lincoln to President, he was in charge of the escort of Lincoln to Washington D.C. At the start of the Civil War, he was Colonel in command of the 3rd US Cavalry when promoted Brigadier General of the Department of Washington. In August, 1862, he was promoted Major General commander...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA

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