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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Salem County, N.J.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Schalick (d. 1981) — of Centerton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NJ.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NJ.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NJ.html">1964</a> (alternate). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/04-22.html">April 22, 1981</a>. Interment at Chestnut Grove Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schaffer-scharmer.html#860.54.61">W. Orvyl Schalick</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07216">Alliance Cemetery</a> Norma, Salem County, New Jersey <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nathan L. Karp (1915-2000) — also known as Nat Karp — of Jamaica, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/04-25.html">April 25, 1915</a>. Socialist. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Clothing cutter</a>; Industrial Government candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a>, 1950; Industrial Government candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1952; Industrial Government candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html">mayor of New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1953; Industrial Government candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1954; Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Bergen County, 1961; Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 9th District, 1962. Died in California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/04-22.html">April 22, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at Alliance Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=19480">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gary Edward Greenblatt (1949-2010) — also known as Gary E. Greenblatt — of Vineland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/12-01.html">December 1, 1949</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate broker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> 1st District, 1975; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/NJ.html">1976</a>; director and vice-president, Covenant <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; board chairman, Landis <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Savings Bank</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Died in Vineland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-died.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2010/04-08.html">April 8, 2010</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 128 days</a>). Interment at Alliance Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Newton Greenblatt and Ruth (Rosenbaum) Greenblatt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/03-25.html">March 25, 1979</a>, to Barbara Cheryl Konell.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms09337">St. George's Episcopal Church Cemetery</a> Pennsville, Salem County, New Jersey <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Sinnickson (1755-1816) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Lower Penns Neck Township (now Pennsville), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1755/09-20.html">September 20, 1755</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Salem County, 1791-95, 1798. Died in Lower Penns Neck Township (now Pennsville), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-died.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/05-29.html">May 29, 1816</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 252 days</a>). Interment at St. George's Episcopal Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sarah (Gilljohnson) Sinnickson and Andrew Sinnickson; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#265.79.00">Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817)</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1777/">1777</a> to Susan Bilderback; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#076.14.50">Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#124.92.23">John Sinnickson (1789-1862)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#963.94.43">Clement Hall Sinnickson</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#027.72.44">Henry Sinnickson</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#521.40.62">William H. Chew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1889.html">Sinnickson-Chew family</a> of Salem, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28783260">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms06480">East View Cemetery</a> Salem, Salem County, New Jersey <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Collins Bassett Allen (1866-1953) — also known as Collins B. Allen — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Mannington Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/08-09.html">August 9, 1866</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-officials.html">Salem County Sheriff</a>, 1905-08; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Salem County, 1915-23; defeated, 1913. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/01-12.html">January 12, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 156 days</a>). Interment at East View Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/24322326">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Royal Hires (1873-1935) — also known as Charles R. Hires — of Mannington Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Quinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/02-01.html">February 1, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-parties.html">chair of Salem County Republican Party</a>, 1925. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/07-06.html">July 6, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at East View Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Hires and Susannah DuBois (Smith) Hires; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#537.53.18">Nathaniel Stretch Hires</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/03-04.html">March 4, 1896</a>, to Anna Frances Fogg; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#776.80.17">George Hires</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#290.78.20">Lucius E. Hires</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#375.54.25">Benjamin Franklin Hires</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#252.79.03">James Ezra Sayers</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#030.04.00">Mary Estelle Sayers</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fite-fitzgarrald.html#080.65.27">Reuben Fithian</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#701.83.35">Albert Harwood Sayers</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#589.45.51">Jane Sayers</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#531.82.93">Amos Fithian Garrison Sr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#570.77.87">Albert Allison Sayers</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#574.87.44">Charles Grant Garrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fite-fitzgarrald.html#498.10.72">Alexander Robeson Fithian</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#028.78.26">Lindley Miller Garrison</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1520.html">Hires family</a> of Salem, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22132486">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> W. Orvyl Schalick (d. 1993) — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NJ.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NJ.html">1948</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/08-15.html">August 15, 1993</a>. Interment at East View Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schaffer-scharmer.html#821.62.63">Arthur P. Schalick</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03914">First Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a> Salem, Salem County, New Jersey <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Hires (1835-1911) — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Elsinboro Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/01-26.html">January 26, 1835</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-officials.html">Salem County Sheriff</a>, 1867-69; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Salem County, 1882-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 1st District, 1885-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a>, 1894; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/NJ.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). Died in Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-died.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/02-16.html">February 16, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 21 days</a>). Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Hires (1802-1881) and Mary (Royal) Hires; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/01-06.html">January 6, 1858</a>, to Elizabeth Keasby Plummer; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#290.78.20">Lucius E. Hires</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#537.53.18">Nathaniel Stretch Hires</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#480.92.28">Charles Royal Hires</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#375.54.25">Benjamin Franklin Hires</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#252.79.03">James Ezra Sayers</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#030.04.00">Mary Estelle Sayers</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fite-fitzgarrald.html#080.65.27">Reuben Fithian</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#701.83.35">Albert Harwood Sayers</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#589.45.51">Jane Sayers</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#531.82.93">Amos Fithian Garrison Sr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#570.77.87">Albert Allison Sayers</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#574.87.44">Charles Grant Garrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fite-fitzgarrald.html#498.10.72">Alexander Robeson Fithian</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#028.78.26">Lindley Miller Garrison</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fite-fitzgarrald.html#641.87.37">James Hampton Fithian</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1520.html">Hires family</a> of Salem, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000642">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405497">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9791883">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John C. Belden — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Salem County, 1870-72. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Richard Chew (1800-1879) — also known as Joseph R. Chew — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/04-13.html">April 13, 1800</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Salem County, 1848. Died in New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/04-06.html">April 6, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 358 days</a>). Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jesse Chew and Keziah (Kinsey) Chew; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/10-03.html">October 3, 1822</a>, to Maria Sinnickson (niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#076.14.50">Thomas Sinnickson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#124.92.23">John Sinnickson</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#963.94.43">Clement Hall Sinnickson</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#521.40.62">William H. Chew</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#330.97.30">Jacob Ezekiel Chew</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#885.35.89">Benjamin Chew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1294.html">Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howard family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1889.html">Sinnickson-Chew family</a> of Salem, New Jersey (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27754055">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lucius E. Hires (1860-1937) — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Quinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/08-29.html">August 29, 1860</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/NJ.html">1900</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NJ.html">1916</a>. Died in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-died.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/10-14.html">October 14, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 46 days</a>). Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Elizabeth Keasby (Plummer) Hires and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#776.80.17">George Hires</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/11-15.html">November 15, 1883</a>, to Bessie R. McKinley; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#537.53.18">Nathaniel Stretch Hires</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#480.92.28">Charles Royal Hires</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#375.54.25">Benjamin Franklin Hires</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#252.79.03">James Ezra Sayers</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#030.04.00">Mary Estelle Sayers</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fite-fitzgarrald.html#080.65.27">Reuben Fithian</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#701.83.35">Albert Harwood Sayers</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#589.45.51">Jane Sayers</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#531.82.93">Amos Fithian Garrison Sr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#570.77.87">Albert Allison Sayers</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#574.87.44">Charles Grant Garrison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fite-fitzgarrald.html#498.10.72">Alexander Robeson Fithian</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#028.78.26">Lindley Miller Garrison</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1520.html">Hires family</a> of Salem, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00870">St. John's Episcopal Churchyard</a> Salem, Salem County, New Jersey Founded 1722 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1884368&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Dick (1740-1812) — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Nottingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-born.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1740/11-14.html">November 14, 1740</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Salem County, 1776; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey</a>, 1784-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a> from Salem County, 1787. Died in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-died.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/11-16.html">November 16, 1812</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 2 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000304">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403426">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jacob Hufty (d. 1814) — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in New Jersey. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">Blacksmith</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-officials.html">Salem County Sheriff</a>, 1801-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a>, 1809-14 (6th District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13, 3rd District 1813-14); died in office 1814. Died in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-died.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/05-20.html">May 20, 1814</a>. Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000914">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412053">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9692755">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Penns Neck, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1744/12-21.html">December 21, 1744</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Salem County, 1777, 1782, 1784-85, 1787-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> at-large, 1789-91, 1797-99. Died in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-died.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/05-15.html">May 15, 1817</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 145 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sarah (Gilljohnson) Sinnickson and Andrew Sinnickson; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#302.84.72">John Sinnickson (1755-1816)</a>; married to Sarah Copher; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#076.14.50">Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#124.92.23">John Sinnickson (1789-1862)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#963.94.43">Clement Hall Sinnickson</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#027.72.44">Henry Sinnickson</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#521.40.62">William H. Chew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1889.html">Sinnickson-Chew family</a> of Salem, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000448">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409941">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10488801">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Garrison (1782-1851) — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Lower Penns Neck Township (now Pennsville), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/04-03.html">April 3, 1782</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Salem County, 1806-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a>, 1823-27 (3rd District 1823-25, at-large 1825-27); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/bridgeton.html#4">U.S. Collector of Customs at Bridgetown, N.J., New Jersey</a>, 1834-38. Died in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-died.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/02-13.html">February 13, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 316 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Judith (Newcomb) Garrison and Daniel Garrison (1757-1782); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/04-06.html">April 6, 1802</a>, to Lurina Cripps; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/03-19.html">March 19, 1807</a>, to Mary Curry; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#492.46.42">Samuel L. Garrison</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#984.49.37">Charles Hamilton Garrison</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#531.82.93">Amos Fithian Garrison Sr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#922.81.54">Julius Levi Strong</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#984.56.83">Herschel Harrison Hatch</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hatch.html#444.86.31">Jethro Ayers Hatch</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#574.87.44">Charles Grant Garrison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garrettson-gartin.html#028.78.26">Lindley Miller Garrison</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#190.29.17">Lorin Andrews Lathrop</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#468.49.89">Lemuel Stetson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitney.html#254.13.39">James Scollay Whitney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2360.html">Garrison family</a> of New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000083">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404455">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Jones Yorke (1801-1882) — also known as Thomas J. Yorke — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Hancocks Bridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/03-25.html">March 25, 1801</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-officials.html">Salem County Collector</a>, 1830; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1833-34, 1845-54; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Salem County, 1835; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> at-large, 1837-39, 1841-43; president, West Jersey <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>, 1866-75; also president of the Cape May & Millville <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>. Died in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-died.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/04-04.html">April 4, 1882</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Y000023">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411957">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hedge Thompson (1780-1828) — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1780/01-28.html">January 28, 1780</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Salem County, 1805-06; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stcn.html">New Jersey State Council</a>, 1819; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> at-large, 1827-28; died in office 1828. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/liver.html">liver ailment</a>, in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-died.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/07-23.html">July 23, 1828</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 177 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000202">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410781">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7152854">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Kille (1790-1865) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born near Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-born.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/04-12.html">April 12, 1790</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Salem County, 1815-16, 1856; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> at-large, 1839-41. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/03-01.html">March 1, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 323 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000178">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406341">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Clement Hall Sinnickson (1834-1919) — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/09-16.html">September 16, 1834</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 1st District, 1875-79; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/NJ.html">1880</a>; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1896-1906. Died in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-died.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/07-24.html">July 24, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 311 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#124.92.23">John Sinnickson (1789-1862)</a> and Rebecca Kay (Hall) Sinnickson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/06-20.html">June 20, 1862</a>, to Sarah M. Smith; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#076.14.50">Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873)</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#265.79.00">Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#302.84.72">John Sinnickson (1755-1816)</a>; first cousin of Maria Sinnickson (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#318.94.75">Joseph Richard Chew</a>); first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#027.72.44">Henry Sinnickson</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#521.40.62">William H. Chew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1889.html">Sinnickson-Chew family</a> of Salem, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000447">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409940">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12715816">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873) — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/12-13.html">December 13, 1786</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Salem County, 1827; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> at-large, 1828-29; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1830. Died in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-died.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/02-17.html">February 17, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 66 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Andrew Sinnickson and Margaret (Johnson) Sinnickson; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#124.92.23">John Sinnickson (1789-1862)</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/10-18.html">October 18, 1801</a>, to Elizabeth Brinton Jacobs; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#265.79.00">Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#302.84.72">John Sinnickson (1755-1816)</a>; uncle of Maria Sinnickson (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#318.94.75">Joseph Richard Chew</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#963.94.43">Clement Hall Sinnickson</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#027.72.44">Henry Sinnickson</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#521.40.62">William H. Chew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1889.html">Sinnickson-Chew family</a> of Salem, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000449">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409942">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27790142">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Sinnickson (1824-1908) — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/02-25.html">February 25, 1824</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/salem.html">Mayor of Salem, N.J.</a>, 1861-63. Died in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-died.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/10-02.html">October 2, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John M. Sinnickson and Ann (Dallas) Sinnickson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/">1864</a> to Harriett A. Wells; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#076.14.50">Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#124.92.23">John Sinnickson (1789-1862)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#265.79.00">Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#302.84.72">John Sinnickson (1755-1816)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#963.94.43">Clement Hall Sinnickson</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#521.40.62">William H. Chew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1889.html">Sinnickson-Chew family</a> of Salem, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/92017879">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Sinnickson (1789-1862) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Lower Penns Neck Township (now Pennsville), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/07-09.html">July 9, 1789</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Salem County, 1822. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-died.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/03-27.html">March 27, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 261 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Andrew Sinnickson and Margaret (Johnson) Sinnickson; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#076.14.50">Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873)</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/">1814</a> to Mary Clarissa Howell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/09-23.html">September 23, 1826</a>, to Rebecca Kay Hall; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#963.94.43">Clement Hall Sinnickson</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#265.79.00">Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#302.84.72">John Sinnickson (1755-1816)</a>; uncle of Maria Sinnickson (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#318.94.75">Joseph Richard Chew</a>); granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#027.72.44">Henry Sinnickson</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#521.40.62">William H. Chew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1889.html">Sinnickson-Chew family</a> of Salem, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William H. Chew (1871-1962) — of Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-born.html">Camden County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/09-18.html">September 18, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NJ.html">1904</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NJ.html">1928</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NJ.html">1932</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/12-17.html">December 17, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 90 days</a>). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sinnickson S. Chew and Sallie (Miller) Chew; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/04-19.html">April 19, 1900</a>, to Isabel Grey; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#318.94.75">Joseph Richard Chew</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#076.14.50">Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#124.92.23">John Sinnickson (1789-1862)</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#265.79.00">Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#302.84.72">John Sinnickson (1755-1816)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#963.94.43">Clement Hall Sinnickson</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#027.72.44">Henry Sinnickson</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#330.97.30">Jacob Ezekiel Chew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1889.html">Sinnickson-Chew family</a> of Salem, New Jersey (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44941685">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03293">Woodstown Baptist Burial Ground</a> Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Isaiah Dunn Clawson (1822-1879) — also known as Isaiah D. Clawson — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Woodstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-born.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/03-30.html">March 30, 1822</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Salem County, 1854; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 1st District, 1855-59. Died in Woodstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-died.html">Salem County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/10-09.html">October 9, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 193 days</a>). Interment at Woodstown Baptist Burial Ground. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/12-30.html">December 30, 1850</a>, to Martha Wodnutt Shinn.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000477">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402615">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7152862">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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