Elmer, Jonathan
physician, jurist, congressman, was born Nov. 29, 1745, in Fairfield, N. J. He was a member of the continental congress; and a senator in congress under the federal constitution from New Jersey from 1789 to 1791. During the war of the revolution he was a sheriff, a surrogate, and a judge; and was a member of the Philosophical Society of America. He died Sept. 3, 1807, in Burlington, N. J. ELMER, LUCIUS QUINTIUS CINCIN- NATUS, lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, was born Feb. 3, 1793, in Bridgeton, N. J. For many years he was prosecutor for the state; and was in the assembly from 1820 to 1823, the last year being speaker of that body. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1843 to 1845. In 1852 he was appointed one of the justices of the supreme court of his state, which office he continued to hold until 1859. He was the author of A Digest of the Laws of New Jersey, commonly styled Nixon's Digest; Genealogy of the Elmer Family; History of Cumberland County; and History of New Jersey. He died March 11, 1883, in Bridgeton, Conn.