Edward Everett Grosscup

He was born on August 2, 1860, in Bridgeton, New Jersey, to Charles Christopher Grosscup and Anna Dare Hires.^[2]

He married Sarah E. Finlaw (1858–1884) on October 19, 1881, in Camden, New Jersey, and had as their child, Walter Truman Grosscup (1883–1950).^[3]

After the death of his first wife he married Anna Josephine Swaney (1861–1907) on July 10, 1885, in Camden and had as their children: George Charles Grosscup (1887–1936), and Ethel Amanda Grosscup (1891–1949).

Grosscup had made an unsuccessful run in Cumberland County for sheriff in 1896, and lost a race for a seat in the New Jersey Senate in 1898 to Edward C. Stokes, a Republican who would later be elected as Governor. He moved to Gloucester County in 1899, settling in Wenonah, later making an unsuccessful run for Congress, opposing Henry Clay Loudenslager.^[4]

He was elected Treasurer of the State of New Jersey in 1913 replacing Daniel Spader Voorhees.^[1] He married for a third time, Florence Steele (born 1895) on June 17, 1914.^[5]

He became the state purchasing agent for New Jersey on March 21, 1916.^[2]

He died on December 16, 1933, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at age 73.