Editing Commercial Township, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Commercial Township, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Commercial Township include:

* [[Helen Gandy]] (1897–1988), secretary to [[J. Edgar Hoover]], [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]], for 54 years<ref>[[Curt Gentry|Gentry, Curt]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=cVzNFWV_rvEC&pg=PA74 ''J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets''], pp. 73-74. [[W. W. Norton & Company]], 2001. {{ISBN|9780393343502}}. Accessed July 23, 2014. "His choice, who was already working in the department as a file clerk, was a twenty-one-year-old woman from Port Norris, New Jersey. Helen Gandy would remain Hoover's secretary until his death fifty-four years later."</ref>
* [[Elden H. Johnson]] (1921–1944), [[United States Army]] soldier who was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for his actions in [[World War II]]<ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/south/index.ssf/2009/07/help_solve_a_cumberland_county.html "Help solve a Cumberland County history mystery: Where is Civil War Medal of Honor recipient John Davis buried?"], ''[[The News of Cumberland County]]'', July 7, 2009. Accessed July 23, 2014. "Elden H. Johnson, born in Bivalve, has been recognized by Commercial Township for his service in World War II."</ref>
* [[Henry C. Loudenslager]] (1852–1911), represented [[New Jersey's 1st congressional district]] from 1893 to 1911<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000450 Henry Clay Loudenslager biography], [[United States Congress]]. Accessed August 11, 2007.</ref>
* [[Larry Milbourne]] (born 1951), second baseman who played for 11 seasons in [[Major League Baseball]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150102201945/http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=119047&c_id=nyy#gameType=%27R%27 Larry Milbourne], [[New York Yankees]]. Accessed July 23, 2014.</ref>
* [[Dallas Lore Sharp]] (1870–1929), author and university professor<ref>Sharp, Dallas Lore; and Millard, Columbus Norman. [https://books.google.com/books?id=qw09AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR8 ''A Watcher in the Woods''], p. viii. [[Century Company]], 1911. Accessed July 23, 2014. "Dallas Lore Sharp was born on a farm in Haleyville, New Jersey, where the pine barrens, the marshes of Maurice River, and the great river swamps stretched out around him."</ref>