Bill, George Maxwell Robeson born March 16, 1829 in Oxford Furnace, NJ. Died September 27, 1897 age 68 in Trenton, N.J. Census 1890 Veterans Schedule he was living in Trenton, NJ. Civil War he was appointed a Brigadier General by the Governor of New Jersey. Served as Attorney General of N.J. 1867 – 1869 Buried Belvidere Cemetery in Belvidere, N.J.   Presidential Cabinet Secretary, US Congressman, Civil War Militia General. Served as a Brigadier General in the New Jersey Militia during the Civil War, and facilitated the raising and training of troops for the Union Army. Commanded the Camp Stockton training camp in Woodbury, New Jersey. Appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant to the cabinet post of Secretary of the Navy, serving from June 26, 1869 to March 4, 1877. He was elected to represent New Jersey's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 to 1883. Nephew of US Congressman John P. B. Maxwell.   He practiced law in Newark and then in Camden; appointed prosecuting attorney for Camden County in 1858.   Sources Biographical Directory of the United States Congress The Political Graveyard Find A Grave Alice LaRue NYSV107th@aol.com wrote: > Can anyone look up something for me in Stryker about  Brig Gen George  M > Robeson. Was he from Camden NJ and was he Commander of the Beverly NJ  rendezvous? >  Page unknown. >                               thanks  Bill