Notable People
Notable current and former residents of South Bound Brook include:
- Heidi Bohay (born 1959), actress and television host. Her father still runs Hi-Tams, an ice cream parlor in the town.
- Tunis Craven (1813–64), commanding officer of the USS Tecumseh, an iron-hulled, single-turret monitor, commissioned in 1864 and sunk in the Battle of Mobile Bay. After being hit by a torpedo (actually moored mines) the Tecumseh began to heel rapidly; and men scrambled to abandon ship. Comdr. Craven arrived at the foot of the ladder leading to the main deck simultaneously with the pilot, John Collins. Craven stepped back, saying "After you, pilot," thus permitting Collins to escape. His gallantry cost Craven his life, for the ship sank in a frightfully fast 25 seconds. Resident of South Bound Brook from approximately 1844-1864.
- Harry Kels Swan New Jersey Historian; Curator, National Museum of the American Revolution,President and founder of the Swan Historical Foundation
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