Editing Mantua Township, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Mantua Township, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Mantua Township include:
* [[Thomas Carpenter (glassmaker)|Thomas Carpenter]] (1752–1847), early American glassmaker<ref>Kephart, Bill; and Kephart, Mary. [https://www.nj.com/gloucester/voices/2011/09/the_kepharts_thomas_carpenter.html "The Kepharts: Thomas Carpenter in the Revolutionary War"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 11, 2011, updated January 18, 2019. Accessed December 21, 2021. "Carpenter purchased 50 acres on Mantua Creek. Here he also lived, maintained a store and shipped glass up Mantua Creek to Philadelphia. The area became known as Carpenter's Bridge, later as Carpenter's Landing and now Mantua. Thomas Carpenter died on July 7, 1847 at almost 95 years old.... The Carpenter home is still standing in Mantua."</ref>
* [[Mario Cerrito]] (born 1984), filmmaker, writer and producer known in the horror/thriller genre<ref>Berjery, Sheri. [https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2019/10/26/ghost-nation-travel-channel-reveals-reasons-mario-cerrito-home-haunted/2461303001/ "''Ghost Nation'' team determines source of paranormal activity at South Jersey home"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', October 26, 2019. Accessed December 21, 2021. "Hawes and fellow investigators Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango — all of whom starred on the SyFy channel's ''Ghost Hunters'' — responded to help the Cerrito family in Mantua. The episode was called 'The Novelist's Nightmare,' a nod to Mario Cerrito III's profession as a horror writer and filmmaker."</ref><ref>Lawrence, Ryan. [https://thesunpapers.com/2020/09/25/movie-magic-mantua-filmmaker-gets-horror-movie-vet-to-direct-his-script/ "Movie Magic: Mantua filmmaker gets horror movie vet to direct his script"], ''Mantua News'', September 25, 2020. Accessed January 26, 2022. "Born and bred in South Jersey, Cerrito grew up in Audubon and went to high school in Woodstown before settling in Mantua five years ago with his wife, Charmaine, and their now 4-year-old son, Mario Cerrito IV, and his 11-year-old stepdaughter, Summer Schaefer."</ref>
* [[Lucinda Florio]] (1947–2022), teacher and advocate for education and literacy, who, as the wife of former New Jersey Governor [[James Florio]], served as the First Lady of New Jersey<ref>Turner, Elizabeth. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-lucina-florio-profile/128796849/ "Meet Lucinda Florio"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', April 22, 1990. Accessed July 24, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Florio's concentration was fully focused on motherhood and homemaking. But when their son neared school age, the couple settled down and bought a house in Barnesboro, Mantua Township, and Mrs. Florio redirected her energy."</ref>
* [[George W. F. Gaunt]] (1865–1918), politician who served as President of the [[New Jersey Senate]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cNgDAAAAYAAJ|title=Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens|publisher=J. J. Scannell|year=1917|editor-last=Sackett|editor-first=William E.|volume=I|location=Paterson, N.J.|pages=203–204|language=en|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* [[John E. Wallace Jr.]] (born 1942), Associate Justice of the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]]<ref>[http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/supreme/jwallace.htm Justice John E. Wallace Jr.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220085034/http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/supreme/jwallace.htm |date=2008-02-20 }}, [[New Jersey Supreme Court]]. Accessed July 15, 2008.</ref>