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 is listed on both the New Jersey Register (ID #1284, since 1987) and the National Register of Historic Places (Reference #87000836, since 1988).[1]
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.[2]
- 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.[3]
- Charles Cummings, Newark historian
- John F. Dryden (August 7, 1839 – November 24, 1911), United States Senator and founder of Prudential Financial.[4]
- 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
- Edward W. Gray (1870-1942), represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1915 to 1919.[5]
- George A. Halsey (1827-1894), represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1867 to 1869, and again from 1871 to 1873.[6]
- Augustus A. Hardenbergh (1830-1889), represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1875 to 1879, and again from 1881 to 1883.[7]
- Franklin Murphy (1846-1920) 31st Governor of New Jersey
- Thomas Baldwin Peddie (1808-1889), Mayor of Newark, New Jersey.[8]
- Alexander C.M. Pennington (1810-1867), represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1853-1857.[9]
- William Pennington (May 4, 1796 – February 16, 1862) 13th Governor of New Jersey and Speaker of the House during his single term in Congress
- Nehemiah Perry (March 30, 1816 – November 1, 1881) member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, Mayor of Newark
- Theodore Runyon (1822–1896), Civil War general, Newark mayor, and U.S. ambassador to Germany
- 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
- ^ New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Cumberland County, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Historic Preservation Office, last updated August 6, 2007. Accessed August 26, 2007.
- ^ 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
- ^ Edward Winthrop Gray biography, United States Congress. Accessed July 28, 2007.
- ^ George Armstrong Halsey, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 26, 2007.
- ^ Augustus Albert Hardenbergh, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 13, 2007.
- ^ Thomas Baldwin Peddie, Find A Grave. Accessed September 24, 2007.
- ^ Alexander C.M. Pennington, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
[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
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark is at coordinates Coordinates:
