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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Q9_john-briest_Trenton-NJ.html
Born Nov. 11, 1836, in Trenton.He started in the printing business at an early age and became foreman of the Trenton True American print shop. He started the penny daily newspaper The Emporium, which remained in operation from 1867 to 1897. In 190…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Q8_william-borrow_Trenton-NJ.html
Born Jan. 8, 1821, in England, he emigrated to America at an early age.Borrow drew the plans for the Cooper-Hewitt rolling mill, the first three-high beam rolling mill of its kind in the world, located on the Delaware River in Trenton. Later he be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2G2_mercer-cemetery-at-trenton_Trenton-NJ.html
(On the Left Side)Organized 1842Restored 1992
(On the Right Side)Within these walls rest statesmen, polticians, soldiers and plain citizens of 19th century Trenton. Mercer Cemetery itself is a monument to their contributions to the life of this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2G1_william-potts-sherman_Trenton-NJ.html
Born 1807, in Trenton.He was the editor of the New Jersey State Gazette early in his career. Later a member and president of the Common Council, he served the short term as mayor of Trenton - April 6 to 9, 1855 - filling the vacated seat of Willia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E9_william-young_Trenton-NJ.html
Born Dec. 5, 1801, in Longnor, Staffordshire, England.He emigrated to the United States in 1842, but remained only for a short time before returning to his native England, where he started a pottery. When it failed to produce a profit by 1848, he …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E8_ira-wells-wood_Trenton-NJ.html
Born June 19, 1856, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.He graduated third in the class of 1877 at Princeton University.He served on the Trenton Board of Education (1894-1896); Trenton Common Council (1896-1900); Trenton Board of Trade (1896-1900); New Jersey Sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E7_capt-james-olden-paxson_Trenton-NJ.html
Born 1835 in Trenton.He was the son of Stacy A. Paxson, a former New Jersey state treasurer. At the outbreak of the Civil War he joined Company D, 48th New York Infantry Volunteers (Die-No-Mores), which was made up of men from Trenton, and was com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E4_dr-john-manners_Trenton-NJ.html
Born April 8, 1786, in Hunterdon County, N.J.A graduate of the College of New Jersey (Princeton University), he studied at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department (1812) under Dr. Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E3_charles-hewitt_Trenton-NJ.html
Born Dec. 18, 1824, in New York City.Early in life he was principal and teacher of mathematics at the grammar school of Columbia College. He left Columbia in 1845 to join the Cooper Iron Works in Trenton. Responsible for various inventions that be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E2_john-o-raum_Trenton-NJ.html
Born 1824, in Mill Hill, now a part of Trenton.In 1854, he was the first, with Jesse M. Clark and Randolph H. Moore, to publish a city directory that included all the names, addresses and occupations of the people of Trenton.He was elected to serv…