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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJosiah HORNBLOWER
(1729-1809)
HORNBLOWER, Josiah, a
Delegate from New Jersey; born in Staffordshire, England, February
23, 1729; completed preparatory studies and became a civil
engineer; immigrated to the United States in 1753 and settled in
Belleville, N.J.; captain of a company engaged in the defense of
New Jersey during the French and Indian wars; member of the State
general assembly in 1779 and 1780 and served as speaker in the
latter year; Member of the Continental Congress in 1785 and 1786;
judge of the Essex County court 1798-1809; died in Newark, N.J.,
January 21, 1809; interment in Dutch Reformed Churchyard,
Belleville, N.J.
Bibliography
Nelson, William. Josiah Hornblower, and the First Steam-engine
in America, With Some Notices of the Schuyler Copper Mines at
Second River, N.J., and a Genealogy of the Hornblower Family.
Newark, N.J.: Daily Advertiser Printing House, 1883.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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