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• De Hart, John   b. 1728  d. June 1, 1795
  US Continental Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1770, practiced law and was one of the signers of the New Jersey Articles of Association in 1774. That year he was elected to the First Continental Congress and served until 1776. He was elected Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court in 1776, and was Mayor of Elizabethtown from 1789 until his death. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Saint John's Episcopal Church, Elizabeth, 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
   
• Donohue, Mark    b. March 18, 1937  d. August 19, 1975
  Autor Race Car Driver. The winner of the 1972 Indianapolis 500 and the Can Am in l973. He had actually retired from racing but came back when car owner Roger Penske wanted to go into Formula 1 racing. He was testing a car in Austria when he lost control of the car and crashed through a steel barrier and a advertising sign. He sustained a fatal head injury from the crash. (Bio by: Laurie)
  Saint Teresa Cemetery, Summit, Union County, New Jersey, USA
   
• 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
   
• Dyson, Ronnie   b. June 5, 1950  d. November 10, 1990
  Ronnie Dyson enjoyed both stage and R&B success. He was the lead actor in the Broadway production of the musical "Hair," and his initial hit was a song from the off-Broadway musical "Salvation." "(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You" was both Top 10 R&B and pop in 1970, and "I Don't Wanna Cry" was also Top 10 R&B that same year. Dyson kept recording for Columbia until 1978, scoring one more hit in 1976 with a very different type of song, "The More You Do It (The More I...[Read More] (Bio by: W. Arnold Holmes)
  Rosedale and Rosehill Cemetery, Linden, Union County, New Jersey, USA
   
• Eaton, Charles Aubrey    b. March 28, 1868  d. January 23, 1953
  US Congressman. He was e;ected to represent two New Jersey Districts in the House of Representatives during his 28 years in office (1925 to 1953). He first represented the 4th District from 1925 to 1933, then the 5th District from 1933 to 1953. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey, USA
   
• Fowler, Charles Newell   b. November 2, 1852  d. May 27, 1932
  US Congressman. He was elected to represent two New Jersey Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1911. First represented the 8th District from 1895 to 1903, then the 5th District from 1903 to 1911. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, Union County, New Jersey, USA
  Plot: Ward F, Lot 409
   
• Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins    b. October 31, 1852  d. March 13, 1930
  Author. She is best know for writing short stories about everyday, small-town people.
  Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey, USA
  Plot: Section D, Division 3, Row 8, Lot 2
   
• Gordon, Rosco    b. April 10, 1928  d. July 11, 2002
  Blues Musician. Gordon created a style of piano playing known as "The Rosco Rhythm." Many Jamaican musicians say that they developed the "Ska" sound after hearing his music. Most of his early records were made at Sam Phillips' Sun Studio. Phillips produced many of his recordings. As an artist on Chess and RPM Records, he had several hits. His song "Bootin'" went to Number One on the R&B charts in 1952. He appeared in the 1957 movie "Rock Baby: Rock It." Gordon continued to record until his...[Read More] (Bio by: Evening Blues)
  Rosedale and Rosehill Cemetery, Linden, Union County, New Jersey, USA
   
• Hazel, Eddie   b. April 10, 1950  d. December 23, 1992
  Guitarist. He was a charter member of the influential and iconoclastic 1997 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame band "Parliament/Funkadelic". He was voted as Number 43 in Rolling Stone's "Most Influential Guitar Players Of All Time!" with his signature song, the 10-plus minute psychedelic funk-rock opus, 1971's "Maggot Brain" voted as Number 60 in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame's "Top 100 Greatest Rock Songs Of All Time". He was born in Brooklyn, New York, but as a small child his mother relocated the...[Read More] (Bio by: Darius Diamante)
  Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey, USA
   
• Heller, Helen West   b. 1872  d. November 19, 1955
  Artist. Known for her oil painting, egg tempera, mosaic and especially her wood engraving. (Bio by: Laurie)
  Rosedale and Rosehill Cemetery, Linden, Union County, New Jersey, USA
   
• 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
   
• Houston, Whitney Elizabeth   b. August 9, 1963  d. February 11, 2012
  Recording Artist, Actress, Entertainer. Regarded as one of the finest female vocalists of her generation, she began her musical career singing as a member of the New Hope Baptist Church junior gospel choir. She is credited with inspiring the successful musical careers of Mariah Carey, Beyoncé and Jennifer Hudson among others. She was discovered at a local New York City nightclub by former Arista Records president Clive Davis, where she performed as a backup vocalist for her mother Cissy Houston...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
  Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, 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
   
• Klinghoffer, Leon    b. September 24, 1916  d. October 8, 1985
  Murder Victim. Confined to a wheelchair, he was shot by Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) terrorists and his body thrown off the Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro. The hijacking was masterminded by Mohammed Abul Abbas, who had planned to have the four men perform a suicide attack, seizing Israelis as hostages for exchange of Palestinians in Israeli prisons when the ship docked in Ashdod, Israel. Leon was an appliance manufacturer, born in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and spent...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Beth-David Cemetery, Kenilworth, Union County, New Jersey, USA
   
• List, Frederick M.    b. August 26, 1958  d. November 9, 1971
  Killed by his father, John Emil List.
  Cause of death: Murdered
  Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, Union County, New Jersey, USA
   
• List, Helen    b. January 1, 1925  d. November 9, 1971
  Murder Victim. She was killed, along with her Mother-in-law and her children by her husband, John Emil List, who then disappeared for 18 years before being captured and sentenced to life in prison. The murders of the List family were detailed in the work "Righteous Carnage: The List Murders" by Timothy B. Benford and James P. Johnson.
  Cause of death: Murdered
  Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, Union County, New Jersey, USA
   

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