Editing Readington Township, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Readington Township, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Readington Township include:
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* [[Emma Bell]] (born 1986), actress<ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110310180324/http://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/index.ssf/personalities/built-jersey-tough.html "Built Jersey Tough"], ''[[Inside Jersey]]'', February 2011, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 10, 2011. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Bell, 24, hails from Stanton, a tiny community that neighbors the much larger and more business-oriented Flemington.... In 2002, she left Hunterdon Central High School midway through her sophomore year to enroll at Talent Unlimited, a performing arts school on Manhattan's Upper East Side."</ref>
* [[William Cheswick]] (born {{circa|1952}}), computer security and networking researcher, co-author of ''[[Firewalls and Internet Security]]'' and started the [[Internet Mapping Project]]{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
* [[Jack Cust]] (born 1979), a professional baseball player who played for the [[Oakland Athletics]]<ref>Resnick, Marin. [https://www.newjerseyhills.com/hunterdon_review/news/hundreds-attend-cust-s-revised-presentation-for-union-hotel-downtown/article_529d654c-3476-51b9-928c-b4b0b1cc74c7.html "Hundreds attend Cust's revised presentation for Union Hotel, downtown Flemington"], ''Hunterdon Review'', August 28, 2016. Accessed November 20, 2019. "Cust, a Whitehouse Station resident and founder of Diamond Nation baseball complex in Raritan Township, presented the renderings by Minno Wask Architects and Planners and Bohler Engineering."</ref>
* [[Bergen Davis]] (1869–1958), physicist<ref>Webb, Harold W. [http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/davis-bergen.pdf "Bergen Davis 1869-1958"], [[National Academy of Sciences]]. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Bergen Davis was born on March 31, 1869, on a 125-acre farm near Whitehouse, New Jersey, the fourth son of John Davis and Catherine Dilts Davis."</ref>
* [[John De Mott]] (1790–1870), US Congressman from New York State from 1845 to 1847<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000223 De Mott, John, (1790 - 1870)], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed October 23, 2014. "De Mott, John, a Representative from New York; born in Readington, Hunterdon County, N.J., October 7, 1790"</ref>
* [[Isaac G. Farlee]] (1787–1855), member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District]] from 1843 to 1845<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000017 "Farlee, Isaac Gray, (1787 - 1855)"], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed January 4, 2015. "born at White House, Hunterdon County, N.J., May 18, 1787"</ref>
* [[Taissa Farmiga]] (born 1994), actress<ref>[http://www.sonyclassics.com/higherground/cast.html Taissa Farmiga], Higher Ground Directed by Vera Farmiga. Accessed January 4, 2015. "Farmiga resides in Whitehouse Station, NJ."</ref>
* [[J. C. Furnas]] (1906–2001), freelance writer and social historian<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/12/arts/j-c-furnas-wry-historian-of-american-life-dies-at-95.html "J. C. Furnas, Wry Historian Of American Life, Dies at 95"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 12, 2001. Accessed June 9, 2016. "J. C. Furnas, a writer and social historian, died on June 3 at his home in Stanton, N.J."</ref>
* [[Robert Greifeld]] (born 1957), CEO [[NASDAQ]] OMX Group<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greifield Robert & Julia |url=https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/new-jersey/whitehouse-station/home-centers/11849687-greifeld-robert-julia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210326191439/https://www.chamberofcommerce.com/united-states/new-jersey/whitehouse-station/home-centers/11849687-greifeld-robert-julia |archive-date=March 26, 2021 |access-date=2021-03-26 |website=Chambers of Commerce }}</ref>
* [[John Knowles Herr]] (1878–1955), Major General and career American soldier who served for 40 years in the United States Cavalry<ref>Seals, Bob. [http://www.lrgaf.org/military/john-herr.htm "In Defense Of The Horse: Major General John K. Herr, Chief Of Cavalry"], The Long Riders Guild Academic Foundation, May 7, 2009. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Born in 1878 in White House, New Jersey to Judge Henry Burdette Herr and Virginia Buford Large Herr, his family was what was commonly described in the 19th century as to be one of 'means'."</ref>
* [[Jonathan Jennings]] (1784–1834), first [[Governor of Indiana]], serving from 1816 to 1822<ref>Rule, Lucien V. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SiwXAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Jonathan+Jennings%22+Readington ''Forerunners of Lincoln in the Ohio Valley: With Historic Summaries''], p. 110. Press of Brandt & Fowler, 1927. Accessed June 16, 2020. "He was a student of medicine and practiced his profession in a little village near Elizabethtown, in Jersey State. He was a gifted and highly cultivated man and met with such success that he established himself for a number of years at Readington, Hunterdon county, in the same State. Here his son Jonathan was born in the year 1784."</ref>
* [[Robyn Kenney]] (born 1979), field hockey player<ref>[http://www.usfieldhockey.com/teams/women/u20/kenney.htm Robyn Kenney], [[USA Field Hockey]]. Accessed December 20, 2007.</ref>
* [[George H. Large]] (1850–1939), President of the [[New Jersey Senate]] who was the last survivor of the first collegiate football game, played in 1869<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1939/08/16/archives/gh-large-88-dies-football-pioneer-rutgers-player-of-1869-last.html "G.H. Large, 88, Dies; Football Pioneer; Rutgers Player of 1869 Last Survivor of First Game With Princeton Injured As His Team Won New Jersey Lawyer Had Been Head of State Senate and Acting Governor"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 16, 1939. Accessed November 20, 2019. "Mr. Large was born in Whitehouse, N. J., on Dec. 1, 1850, the son of John K. and Eliza Hall Large".</ref>
* [[Howard Lindsay]] (1889–1968), theatrical producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor<ref name=BoumanStickney/>
* [[Tom Malloy]] (born 1974), actor and filmmaker<ref>[http://talkerofthetown.com/2017/04/22/tom-malloy-a-prominent-figure-in-the-indie-film-scene/ "Tom Malloy; A Prominent Figure in the Indie Film Scene"], Talker of the Town, April 22, 2017. Accessed July 2, 2018. "I was born in Red Bank, NJ, and grew up in farm country NJ, in Hunterdon county in a little town called Whitehouse Station."</ref>
* [[William Marchant (playwright)|William Marchant]] (1923–1995), [[playwright]] and [[screenwriter]], best known for writing the play that served as the basis for the 1957 [[Walter Lang]] movie, ''[[Desk Set|The Desk Set]]''<ref>[[Mel Gussow|Gussow, Mel]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/20/arts/william-marchant-72-desk-set-playwright.html "William Marchant, 72, ''Desk Set'' Playwright"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 20, 1995. Accessed November 15, 2012. "Mr. Marchant had been a resident of the Actors Fund of America Nursing and Retirement Home in Englewood, N.J., before moving to the hospital last year. Before that, he lived in Stanton, N.J., in a house owned by the actress Dorothy Stickney, said Kenneth Stadnik, a neighbor."</ref>
* [[Ed Martin (Missouri politician)|Ed Martin]], politician who served as Chair of the [[Missouri Republican Party]]<ref>Wagman, Jake. [https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/article_2e04eb72-ef9d-11e0-b214-0019bb30f31a.html?mode=story "Chris Christie hears it — from Ed Martin's mom"], ''[[St. Louis Post Dispatch]]'', October 6, 2011. Accessed July 9, 2018. "She questioned why Christie would support Wagner when 'Ed is a native born New Jerseyan,' the product of Readington Township Public Schools and St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City."</ref>
* [[Timothy Piazza]] (1997–2017), [[Pennsylvania State University]] student who was killed as a result of [[hazing]] taken place at [[Beta Theta Pi]] [[fraternity]]<ref>Capitani, Cindy. [http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2017/08/pouring_rain_doesnt_stop_golfers_at_tim_piazza_fou.html "Hundreds turn out in rain to support Tim Piazza Foundation"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], August 16, 2017. Accessed November 4, 2017. "Piazza, a 19-year-old engineering student at Penn State University who grew up in Readington Township in Hunterdon County, died on Feb. 4 after falling face-first down a set of basement stairs on Feb. 2 at the fraternity house where he was pledging."</ref>
* [[James N. Pidcock]] (1836–1899), politician who represented [[New Jersey's 4th congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1885 to 1889<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000331 "Pidcock, James Nelson, (1836-1899)"], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed January 4, 2015. "born in Whitehouse, Hunterdon County, N.J., February 8, 1836"</ref>
* [[Martha M. Place]] (1849–1899), first woman to die in the electric chair<ref>Taylor, Troy. [http://troytaylorbooks.blogspot.com/2014/03/women-who-sat-in-old-sparky.html "Women Who Sat In 'Old Sparky'"], American Hauntings, March 20, 2014. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Born Martha 'Mattie' Garretson on September 18, 1849 in Readington Township, New Jersey, her early life was uneventful."</ref>
* [[Donna Simon]] (born 1960), politician who has served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] since 2012, representing the [[New Jersey's 16th legislative district|16th Legislative District]]<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/hunterdon-county/express-times/index.ssf/2012/01/donna_simon_sworn_in_to_assemb.html "Donna Simon sworn in to New Jersey Assembly seat"], ''[[The Express-Times]]'', January 30, 2012. Accessed January 4, 2015. "Donna Simon, of Readington Township, was sworn in today as the newest member of the state Assembly."</ref>
* [[Dorothy Stickney]] (1896–1998), Broadway actress<ref name=BoumanStickney>[http://www.readingtontwp.org/ReadingtonMuseums/Bouman-Stickney.html Bouman-Stickney House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623140739/http://www.readingtontwp.org/ReadingtonMuseums/Bouman-Stickney.html |date=2016-06-23 }}, Readington Township. Accessed June 9, 2016. "In 1935, Broadway playwright and producer Howard Lindsay purchased the house and surrounding property as a gift for his wife, Broadway and movie actress Dorothy Stickney. Ms. Stickney and Mr. Lindsay used the house as a weekend and vacation retreat until Mr. Lindsay's death in 1968."</ref>
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