John James Scannell was a publisher of biographies that was established in 1917 from Paterson, New Jersey, United States. He died May 9, 1935, in Newfoundland, New Jersey. [1]
North Branch is an unincorporated community and hamlet located mostly within Branchburg Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. A portion of North Branch is located in Bridgewater Township. The hamlet of North Branch, located on both sides of the North Branch of the Raritan River, brings the ambiance of a small village and charm to the area.
Garret Dorset Wall was a military officer and Senator from New Jersey. He was elected as governor of New Jersey, but refused to assume office.
Frederick William Donnelly was an American Democratic politician who served as Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey from 1911 until 1932.
Henry Meade Doremus was the Republican Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, from January 1, 1903, to January 1, 1907.
John Dyneley Prince was an American linguist, diplomat, and politician. He was a professor at New York University and Columbia University, minister to Denmark and Yugoslavia, and leader of both houses of the New Jersey Legislature.
Benjamin Augustus Vail was an American jurist and Republican Party politician who served as President of the New Jersey Senate.
John Wesley Wescott was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of New Jersey from 1914 to 1919. He had the distinction of making the nominating speech for Woodrow Wilson at the Democratic National Convention in both 1912 and 1916.
George Hall Large was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who served as President of the New Jersey Senate. He was also the longest surviving participant in the first-ever college football game played in 1869.
Arthur Newton Pierson was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate.
Samuel Kirkbride Robbins was a Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate.
David Fairchild Weeks was an American football player, coach, and doctor. He was the first head football coach at Massachusetts Agricultural College—now the University of Massachusetts Amherst, holding the position for one season, in 1898, and compiling a record of 1–4–1. Weeks graduated in 1897 from the University of Pennsylvania and played quarterback for the Penn Quakers football team.
Edward Everett Grosscup was chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee from 1911 to 1919 and Treasurer of the State of New Jersey from 1913 to 1915. In 1916 he became the New Jersey state purchasing agent.
Charles O'Connor Hennessy was a New Jersey state senator. In 1916 he ran unsuccessfully for Governor of New Jersey. He played a major role in the growth of Haworth, New Jersey, where he founded the Haworth Country Club. He was chairman of the Franklin Society for Building and Savings. He was a dedicated advocate of Georgism.
Rev. John Preston Searle, D.D. was a U.S. minister and educator in the Reformed Church in America. Searle was the James Suydam Professor of Systematic Theology at New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, New Jersey (1893-1922), as well as President of the Faculty (1902–22). He was born in Schuylerville, New York and died in Cragsmoor, New York.
Alfred Ford Skinner was a politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey.
William Wadsworth Evans was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1919 to 1924.
Bennet Van Syckel was an associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1869 to 1904.
John Beam Vreeland was an attorney and Republican Party politician from Morristown, New Jersey. He served in the New Jersey Senate and as the United States Attorney for the district of New Jersey.
Collins Bassett Allen was an American politician from New Jersey.
William Thackara Read was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey.