William Miller Sperry
William Miller Sperry (1858–1927) is the namesake of the
Fairview Cemetery (Westfield, New Jersey),[2] Sperry was the donor behind Sperry Park bordering the Rahway River in Cranford. The site is also part of the Rahway River Parkway, a greenway of the Union County Department of Parks and Recreation[3] Sperry's great-granddaughter, Frances Beinecke, is an environmentalist and the former president of Natural Resources Defense Council, and his grandson is William Sperry Beinecke
.
References
- ^ Cranford Citizen and Chronicle, February 20, 1964, p. 1 et seq. http://www.digifind-it.com/cranford/DATA/chronicle/1964/1964-02-20.pdf
- ^ Tombstone picture. https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2013/311/120021610_138396553786.jpg
- ^ Friends of Rahway River Parkway website. http://www.rahwayriverparkway.org/rahway-river-parkway.html
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