Belleville Notables - Old Belleville N.J.

Major General, US Army
(Arlington National Cemetery)
Born on April 28, 1812 at Belleville, New Jersey. As a young man, he moved to Grosse Ile, Michigan, a village near Detroit, and it was from Michigan that he was commissioned directly into the Army as a Second Lieutenant of Dragoons on October 13, 1837.

RUCKER, Daniel Henry US Civil War Generals
Born April 28 1812, Belleville NJ
Died January 6 1910, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession Commissioned as 2nd Lt. in 1st Dragoons in 1837, Mexican war, quartermaster duty. War Service August 1861 Major in Quartermasters Department, retained in a staff duties in Quartermaster's Department throughout the war, May 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers. Brevet

Promotions Maj. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865, Maj. Gen. U.S.A. March 13 1865.
Post War Career Army service in the Quartermaster's Dept., retired 1882 after forty-five years of duty.

Philip Van Courtlandt

d. November 5, 1831
American General, Revolutionary War. A hero of the Battle of Saratoga, Van Courtlandt served in Poor's Brigade as Colonel of the 2nd and Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th New York Regiments. He was promoted to Brigadier General in 1783. The son of Pierre Van Courtlandt of Courtlandt Manor in New York, and the husband of Catherine Ogden, whom he wed in 1762, the long-lived officer's name was inadvertently omitted from the church plaque honoring the Revolutionary War veterans interred in Belleville's Dutch Reformed Church Yard.

(Bio by: Nikita Barlow)
Plot: Van Courtlandt Crypt
Philip Van Courtlandt
Birth: unknown
Death: Nov. 5, 1831

American General, Revolutionary War. A hero of the Battle of Saratoga, Van Courtlandt served in Poor's Brigade as Colonel of the 2nd and Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th New York Regiments. He was promoted to Brigadier General in 1783. The son of Pierre Van Courtlandt of Courtlandt Manor in New York, and the husband of Catherine Ogden, whom he wed in 1762, the long-lived officer's name was inadvertently omitted from the church plaque honoring the Revolutionary War veterans interred in Belleville's Dutch Reformed Churchyard because he did not serve in a local regiment. (bio by: Nikita Barlow)

Burial:
Belleville Dutch Reformed Churchyard
Belleville
Essex County
New Jersey, USA
Plot: Van Courtlandt Crypt

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Stephen V.C. Van Renssalaer
Birth: unknown Death: May. 20, 1885
Civil War Union Army Officer. Commissioned Captain and commander of Company A, 13th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on August 22, 1861, and fought with his unit at the Battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. On December 28, 1863 he was transferred to the 3rd New Jersey Volunteer cavalry, and was promoted to Major. Served with the cavalry until his resignation from the service on October 18, 1864.
Burial: Christ Church Cemetery

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Warren Kimble - contemporary folk artist

(Belleville's answer to Nutley's Martha Stewart)

Warren Kimble grew up in Belleville, New Jersey, often spending time on his grandparents' farm in the rural countryside. He received his degree in fine arts from Syracuse University in 1957. After pursuing a career in advertising, he moved to Vermont and taught art at Castleton State College. Kimble began painting full time in 1983. His work found its way into art galleries in Woodstock, Vermont and, within a relatively short time, he has become the country's most successful folk artist.

Source: PR Newswire
June 20, 2000

PATROLMAN MARTIN HANLEY
BELLEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
End of Watch: July 24, 1927

PATROLMAN JAMES SMITH
BELLEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
End of Watch: May 21, 1950

Lenore's Canine Clippery

Lonnie G. Bunch

Rev. Claudio Burgaleta, S.J. Ph.D.
Executive Director of EPNE
Nueva Evangelizaci�n or Pastoral Studies for the New Evangelization (E.P.N.E.),
Father Claudio grew up in Belleville and Nutley, N.J., attending Belleville Public Schools and Essex Catholic High School, then in Newark, N.J., run by the Irish Christian Brothers.

Phil Lempert - The Supermarket Guru

A resident of California, Lempert's roots are in the Belleville, New Jersey dairy farm started by his grandfather.

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