Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark
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Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a large Victorian-era cemetery in Newark's North Ward. It is located on the west bank of the Passaic River in Newark's Broadway neighborhood, opposite Kearny. It occupies approximately 40 acres (162,000 m²) and is widely used as a park.
The cemetery houses the graves of some of Newark's most eminent citizens. The cemetery is dominated by the marble mausoleum of John Fairfield Dryden, the founder of Prudential Financial. Other notable interees include Marcus Lawrence Ward, Governor of New Jersey; Seth Boyden, inventor of patent leather; and Mary Stillman, first wife of Thomas Edison. Mount Pleasant also contains graves of members of the Kinney, Ballantine, and Frelinghuysen families.
The cemetery itself was opened and incorporated in 1844, but there are graves that date back to the mid-1600s, which were moved from older graveyards that were crowded out due to development.
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[edit] Notable burials
- Seth Boyden (November 17, 1788–March 31, 1870), inventor of patent leather.[1]
- Joseph Philo Bradley (March 14, 1813–January 22, 1892), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, served on the Electoral Commission that decided the disputed 1876 presidential election.[2]
- Charles Cummings, Newark historian
- John F. Dryden (August 7, 1839 – November 24, 1911), United States Senator and founder of Prudential Financial.[3]
- Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (August 4, 1817–May 20, 1885) member of the United States Senate representing New Jersey and a United States Secretary of State
- Franklin Murphy (1846-1920) 31st Governor of New Jersey
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie (1808-1889), Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
- William Pennington (May 4, 1796—February 16, 1862) 13th Governor of New Jersey and Speaker of the House during his single term in Congress
- Mary Stilwell, first wife of Thomas Edison
- Marcus Lawrence Ward, 21st Governor of New Jersey and represented the state in Congress for one term
[edit] See also
- Fairmount Cemetery, Newark
- List of New Jersey cemeteries
- List of United States cemeteries
- List of famous cemeteries
[edit] References
- ^ About Rutgers-Newark, accessed December 4, 2006
- ^ Joseph P. Bradley at Find A Grave, accessed December 3, 2006
- ^ Congressional biography of John Fairfield Dryden, accessed December 3, 2006
[edit] External links
- Political Graveyard interment information for Mount Pleasant Cemetery
- Find-A-Grave interment data for Mount Pleasant Cemetery
- A newarkhistory.com feature on mausoleums of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
[edit] Map
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- Topographic map from TopoZone
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