Cornelius Van Vorst (March 7, 1822 – November 19, 1906) was the twelfth
Mayor of Jersey City
The Mayor of the City of Jersey City is the head of the executive branch of the government of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. The mayor has the duty to enforce the municipal charter and ordinances; prepare the annual budget; appoint depu ...
, serving from 1860 to 1862.
Biography
The kitchen step of his mansion was known to be the slab of marble that was originally the base of the statue of
King George III
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...
at the
Bowling Green
A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.
Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding of Thrupp, near Stroud, UK, invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep ...
in New York. After the statue had been torn down, the slab had been reused as the gravestone of a Major John Smith of the Royal Highlands Regiment. In 1874, Van Vorst donated the stone to the New York Historical Society.
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Political Graveyard
Mayors of Jersey City, New Jersey
1822 births
1906 deaths
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