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Jones, Robert Earl
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Frazier, Marion Leroy "Boo"
Dizzy Gillespie's cousin lived on Irene Court in Teaneck bordering Englewood's 3rd ward. -
Whitaker, Ozi William (1830-1911)
Ozi William Whitaker was a Reverend. He attended Middlebury College and the General Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1863. He served St. John's Church in Nevada before coming to Englewood and serving at St. Paul Episcopal Church. He returned to serve in Nevada afterward and became the Consecrate Missionary Bishop in 1869. He became the Bishop-Coadjutor of the Pennsylvania Diocese in 1886 and maintained the position by himself a year later. He married Julia Chester Sidell.Tags Religion -
Dismus, Janis Ellen Greene (1938?-1982)
Janis Ellen Greene Dismus was an educator.. She graduated from Miami University with a B.A. in business. She also earned an M.A. in educational administration and counseling. In 1969 she was a guidance counselor at Teaneck High School. In 1975 she joined the Englewood Board of Education. She was president of the board from 1978 to 1981. She was promoted to coordinator of educational services in 1981. She was also a member of Galilee Methodist Church. Janis E. Dismus Middle School was named after her. She married William Dismus. She had two daughters, Cynthia and Diana.Tags Education -
Samuel, William (1926-1989)
William Samuel was a Reverend and mason. He founded Mount Calvary Baptist Church in 1957. He owned Samuel Mason Contracting in Englewood for thirty years. He married Nannie B. Fisher. He had a daughter, Annie R. Thompson.Tags Religion -
Wilson, Joseph (1893?-1978)
Joseph M. Wilson was a Reverend and carpenter. He built the Community Baptist Church in the 1940s. He was also a member of the North Jersey District Baptist Association and the American Legion. He married Maggie M. Thompson. He had a daughter, Dora Allen.Tags Religion -
McQueen, Frank D. (?-?)
Frank D. McQueen was a Reverand. He founded Galilee Methodist Church in Englewood.Tags Religion -
Pearson, Edward Lawrence, Sr. (1888-1982)
Edward Lawrence Pearson Sr. was a Reverend. He founded the Galilee United Methodist Church in Englewood. he was also a minister at the A.M.E. Zion church in Orange, New Jersey, for seventy years. He retired in 1972. He married Estelle. He had three children, Edward Lawrence Jr., Etheal, and Neva. -
Abrams, Jack (1893-1964)
Jack Abrams was a police officer and police chief in Englewood. He started his career in 1911 as an auxiliary officer and joined the department in 1916. He served in World War I. In 1922 he became a sergeant and in 1924 he rose to captain. In 1937 he was one of the founders of the Traffic Bureau. He became the acting Police Chief in 1949 and was appointed permanently in 1950. He served as a police officer for forty-two years. He married Diane. He had two stepdaughters, Honey and Dorothy.Tags Police -
Swift, Issac Louis (1910-1991)
Issac Louis Swift was a Rabbi. He was ordained in Israel. In the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, he rescued Jewish children who had been hiding in non-Jewish religious places of worship. He moved to the United States and subsequently to Englewood in 1960. He became the leader of the Congregation Ahavath Torah until 1984. He married Ruth Etlinger. He had two daughters, Valerie Sharfman and Batya Yasgur.