History of Hamburg, (Sussex County) New Jersey United States of America

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Daniel Haines, governor of New Jersey, was born in New York city, Jan. 6, 1801; son of Elias Haines and grandson of Stephen Haines of Revolutionary fame, a prisoner of war confined in the "Old Sugar House," New York. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1820, A.M., 1823, and was a lawyer in Hamburg, N.J.. 1824-77. He was a member of the state council, 1837; governor of the state, 1843-44, 1847-51, and judge of the state supreme court, and court of errors and appeals, 1852-61. He was a member of state boundary commissions, 1870-76; a commissioner to the national prison reform association at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1870; a delegate to London, England, in 1872, to organize an international congress of prison discipline, and a trustee of the College of New Jersey, 1845-48, and 1853-77. He was the founder of the state normal school, 1843; defended the Goodyear patents in association with Daniel Webster; was presiding judge of the Newark circuit; a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church and a member of the committee on reunion of the north and south branches of that denomination; a prominent member of the American Bible society; a member of the committee to select a site for the state lunatic asylum at Trenton, N.J., 1845, and a member of the first board of managers; a manager of the Home for disabled soldiers; a trustee of the state reform school; and vice-president of the National prison reform association. His son, Capt. Thomas Ryerson, 1838-62, College of New Jersey, 1857 A.M., 1860; captain, U.S. volunteers, 1861-62, was killed in battle at Harrisonburg, Va.; another son, the Rev. Alanson Austin, born in 1830, was graduated from the College of New Jersey, A.M., 1857; from Princeton theological seminary, 1858; was chaplain 15th N.J. volunteers. 1861-65, being present at thirty-six battles and skirmishes; was engineer of the Palestine exploring expedition, 1873-74; and the author of "History of the 15th New Jersey volunteers" (1883). Governor Haines died in Hamburg, N.J., Jan. 26, 1877.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Robert Hamilton, representative, was born at Hamburg, N.J., Dec. 9, 1809; son of Benjamin and Sarah (Edsall) Hamilton; grandson of James and Sarah (Price) Hamilton, and of James and Mary (Simpson) Edsall, and descended from Samuel Edsall, who emigrated from England to America in 1650 and settled in New Amsterdam. Robert was educated in the public schools of New Jersey and was admitted to the bar in 1836. In the same year he was married to his cousin, Sarah A., daughter of Joseph E. Edsall of Hamburg, a representative in the 29th and 30th congresses, 1845-49. Mr. Hamilton became a prominent lawyer and was identified with politics, being a member of the New Jersey general assembly, a delegate to the Democratic national convention at Charleston and Baltimore in 1861, and holding other positions, civil and political. He was a representative in the 43d and 44th congresses, 1873-77. He died at Newton, N.J., March 14, 1878.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor