Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, New Jersey
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1840 |
| Location | Orange, New Jersey |
| Country | United States |
| Type | Non denominational |
| Size | 92 acres (370,000 m2) |
| Website | http://www.rosedalecemetery.org |
Rosedale Cemetery is a cemetery located in Orange, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Cyrus Baldwin drew up the original plan for the cemetery in 1840.[1][2]
Noted interments
- Platt Adams (1885–1961), American Olympic Athlete and member of the New Jersey State Assembly from Essex County.
- Samuel Colgate (1822-1897) Founder of Colgate-Palmolive.
- John L. Blake (1831–1899), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district from 1879 to 1881.[3]
- Charles Edison (1890–1969), son of Thomas Edison and the 42nd Governor of New Jersey.
- Althea Gibson (1927–2003) the first African American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour[4]
- Frances Cox Henderson (1820–1897) Wife of Governor James Pinckney Henderson of Texas, retired in East Orange, established Good Shepherd home for aged women.
- George Huntington Hartford (1833–1917) was Mayor of Orange, New Jersey from 1878 to 1890 and owned the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, the country's largest food retailer at the time of his death.[5]
- Michelle Thomas (1969–1998), American actress best known on Family Matters and The Cosby Show.
- William H. Wiley (1842–1925), represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1909 to 1911.[6]
- The cemetery contains three British Commonwealth war graves – a Royal Air Force officer and Canadian Army Sergeant of World War I and a Canadian airman of World War II.[7]
References
- ↑ Urquhart, Frank John (1913). A History of the City of Newark, New Jersey.
- ↑ "Rosedale Cemetery". Rosedale Cemetery. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
As a non-profit, non-sectarian Cemetery, Rosedale has respectfully served the local New Jersey community with care, compassion and dignity. Founded in 1840 and located in Montclair, Orange, and West Orange, Rosedale Cemetery remains dedicated to maintaining the same character that its original founders had envisioned over a century and a half ago. In fact, years of careful planning and expert maintenance have not only preserved the beauty and serenity of Rosedale’s 92 acres (370,000 m2) but have, moreover, enhanced it. ...
- ↑ John Lauris Blake, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 13, 2007.
- ↑ Althea Gibson at Find a Grave
- ↑ Levinson, Marc (2011). The Great A&P and the struggle for small business in America. Hill and Wang. ISBN 978-0-8090-9543-8.
- ↑ William Halsted Wiley, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 13, 2007.
- ↑ CWGC Cemetery Report, detail obtained from casualty record.
External links
Coordinates: 40°47′20″N 74°13′23″W / 40.789°N 74.223°W