People from Watchung - Past & Present - Famous and Beloved

Artists

Dorothy (Dot) Kenny Art teacher

Mrs. Dorothy Kenney, Art teacher for our local schools, took 2nd prize for this painting called "Fullfillment'.
It was one of over 450 interest. Dot is holding “Charlie”

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Henry Long, WW II hero

Mack Ness, philanthropist

Adella (Tibby) Wotherspoon, the youngest (then 6 months old) survivor of the General Slocum Disaster of 1904

Adella (Tibby) Wotherspoon, the youngest (then 6 months old) survivor of the General Slocum Disaster of 1904 where 1,021 of the 1,331 passengers died in New York City’s East River. This disaster was the most tragic event in New York City’s history until the terrorist attacks in 2001 on the World Trade Center. Tibby lived most of her life in Watchung and was an active volunteer with the Watchung Historical Committee and Garden Club.

Bobby Thompson, Baseball World Series Hero

Past Residents

Charles A. Eaton, Statesman

Charles Aubrey Eaton, clergyman, journalist, U.S. congressman from NJ and a signatory to original United Nations Charter

Adella (Tibby) Wotherspoon, the youngest (then 6 months old) survivor of the General Slocum Disaster of 1904

Adella (Tibby) Wotherspoon, the youngest (then 6 months old) survivor of the General Slocum Disaster of 1904 where 1,021 of the 1,331 passengers died in New York City’s East River. This disaster was the most tragic event in New York City’s history until the terrorist attacks in 2001 on the World Trade Center. Tibby lived most of her life in Watchung and was an active volunteer with the Watchung Historical Committee and Garden Club.

Carolyn Jones, Artist youthful Historian

Wilbur Viebrock

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Past Residents

  • Charles A. Eaton, Statesman

    Charles Aubrey Eaton, clergyman, journalist, U.S. congressman from NJ and a signatory to original United Nations Charter

    Charles A. Eaton
  • Adella (Tibby) Wotherspoon, the youngest (then 6 months old) survivor of the General Slocum Disaster of 1904

    Adella (Tibby) Wotherspoon, the youngest (then 6 months old) survivor of the General Slocum Disaster of 1904 where 1,021 of the 1,331 passengers died in New York City’s East River. This disaster was the most tragic event in New York City’s history until the terrorist attacks in 2001 on the World Trade Center. Tibby lived most of her life in Watchung and was an active volunteer with the Watchung Historical Committee and Garden Club.

  • Bobby Thompson, Baseball World Series Hero

  • Henry Long, WW II hero

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