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==Notable people== {{Category see also|People from Stillwater Township, New Jersey}} People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Stillwater Township include: * [[Elbert Nevius Condit|Rev. Elbert Nevius Condit]] (1846–1900), son of Rev. T.B. Condit (1804–1888), Presbyterian minister, third president of Occidental College<ref>Williams, Jesse Lynch; Norris Edwin Mark (editors). "Obituary: Elbert Nevius Condit '73" in Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 1 (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1900), 239.</ref> * [[Louis Finkelstein (artist)|Louis Finkelstein]] (1923–2000), painter, art critic and Queens College professor<ref>Staff. [http://www.haverford.edu/news/story.php?id=28691&u=11 "Louis Finkelstein—Paintings 1971-1999"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724135432/http://www.haverford.edu/news/story.php?id=28691&u=11 |date=2014-07-24 }}, [[Haverford College]] press release dated February 25, 2000. Accessed March 12, 2013. "A New York native currently living in Stillwater, New Jersey, Finkelstein studied painting at Cooper Union, The Art Students' League and Brooklyn Museum Art School."</ref><ref name="FinkelsteinDeeds">Sussex County Clerk's Office (Newton, NJ) Deed between Louis Finkelstein and Jane Culp Finklestein (grantor) to Sherry Jenkins (grantee). (12 June/24 July 2000). Deed Book 2475, page 305&c.; Deed between Marjorie V. Hendershot and Richard C. Hendershot (grantors) and Louis Finkelstein and Gretna Campbell Finkelstein (grantees) (6 October 1978), Deed Book 1015, page 355&c.; Deed between Frederick Fuchs and Jacqueline Fuchs (grantors) and Louis Finkelstein and Gretna Campbell Finkelstein (grantees) (13/15 May 1980), Deed Book 1051, page 737&c. Sussex County Clerk's Office deed records are available online searchable by name, record number, or lot number, [http://www.sussexcountyclerk.com/recording%20pages/real_estate-property_records.html http://www.sussexcountyclerk.com/recording%20pages/real_estate-property_records.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207161638/http://www.sussexcountyclerk.com/recording%20pages/real_estate-property_records.html |date=2013-02-07 }}. Stillwater Township Tax Assessor's office, Stillwater Township, New Jersey, property records for Block 3202, Lot 4B, 4C now renumbered as Block 3202 Lot 4, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03.</ref><ref>Haverford College. [http://www.haverford.edu/news/print/story.php?id=28691&u=11 Louis Finkelstein: Paintings, 1971-1999] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419230736/http://www.haverford.edu/news/print/story.php?id=28691&u=11 |date=2013-04-19 }} stating "New York native currently living in Stillwater, New Jersey". Accessed March 12, 2013. This travelling exhibit (2000-2002) was shown at Yale University, New York Studio School, and Knox College.</ref><ref>[[Martica Sawin|Sawin, Martica]]. [http://www.loribooksteinfineart.com/page.php?pt=3&xid=45 "Louis Finkelstein: The Late Pastels in the Context of His Artistic Thinking"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031193417/http://www.loribooksteinfineart.com/page.php?pt=3&xid=45 |date=2006-10-31 }} (essay) at Lori Bookstein Fine Art. Accessed March 12, 2013.</ref> * [[Gretna Campbell|Gretna Campbell Finkelstein]] (1922–1987), artist affiliated with the [[New York School (art)|New York School]], wife of Louis Finkelstein<ref name="FinkelsteinDeeds" /><ref>[http://gretnacampbell.com/#/Biography/ Gretna Campbell: Biography] stating "1978-1979: Acquires house in Stillwater, NJ, where she paints winters and springs through 1986." Accessed March 12, 2013.</ref> * [[Aaron Hankinson]] (1735–1806), Revolutionary War brigadier general (''Sussex County Militia''), New Jersey state assemblyman<ref name="CSchaefferMemoirs" /> * [[Aline Murray Kilmer]] (1888–1941), poet and author, widow of [[Joyce Kilmer]] (1886–1918)<ref name="AlineKilmerCite#1" /><ref name="AlineKilmerCite#2" /> * [[Casper Shafer]] ({{circa|1711}}–1784), first settler, colonial politician<ref name="CSchaefferMemoirs" /><ref>Snell, James P. (complied). ''History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers.'' (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881), 32, 380.</ref> * [[Matt Valenti]] (born 1984), two-time NCAA Division I national champion wrestler from the [[University of Pennsylvania]]<ref>Spaulding, Anthiny via ''[[New Jersey Herald]]'', [http://www.kwwl.com/story/23129984/2013/08/13/stillwater-native-matt-valenti-trying-to-keep-wrestling-in-olympics "Stillwater native Matt Valenti trying to keep wrestling in Olympics"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200352/http://www.kwwl.com/story/23129984/2013/08/13/stillwater-native-matt-valenti-trying-to-keep-wrestling-in-olympics |date=2016-03-04 }}, [[KWWL (TV)]], August 13, 2013, updated March 19, 2014. Accessed October 9, 2015. "Matt Valenti's days of trying to become an Olympic wrestler are over. However, the 29-year-old Stillwater native and former Kittatinny High School standout is trying to do the next best thing: keep that dream alive for others."</ref>
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