Rosedale Cemetery (Orange, New Jersey)
Cemetery in Orange, West Orange, and Montclair, New Jersey, US
Rosedale Cemetery is a cemetery located at the tripoint of Orange , West Orange and Montclair in Essex County, New Jersey , United States. Cyrus Baldwin drew up the original plan for the cemetery in 1840.[ 1] [ 2]
Notable interments
Platt Adams (1885–1961), American Olympic athlete and member of the New Jersey State Assembly from Essex CountyJim Barnes (1886–1966), golferJohn L. Blake (1831–1899), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district from 1879 to 1881[ 3] Dudley Buck (1839–1909), organist, composer, and writerSamuel Colgate (1822–1897), founder of Colgate-Palmolive Lee Crystal (1956-2013), drummer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame MemberMary Fenn Robinson Davis (1824–1886), a spiritualist and feminist who was a poet, author, editor, and lecturer[ 4] Sarah Jane Corson Downs (1822-1891), president, New Jersey Woman's Christian Temperance Union Charles Edison (1890–1969), son of Thomas Edison and the 42nd Governor of New Jersey Frank Emil Fesq (1840–1920), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipientWilfred J. Funk (1883–1965), lexicographer (Funk & Wagnalls )Althea Gibson (1927–2003), the first African American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour[ 5] Henry Judd Gray (1892–1928), murderer of Albert Snyder
George Huntington Hartford (1833–1917), Mayor of Orange, New Jersey , from 1878 to 1890 and owner of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company , the country's largest food retailer at the time of his death[ 6] Frances Cox Henderson (1820–1897), wife of Governor James Pinckney Henderson of Texas, retired in East Orange, established Good Shepherd home for aged womenJames Curtis Hepburn (1815–1911), physician, philologist, and missionaryGeorge Inness (1825–1894), painterGeorge Inness Jr. (1854–1926), painterFrank Louis Kramer (1880–1958), cyclistHazel May Kuser (?–1924), Radium Girl
Mary Artemisia Lathbury (1841–1913), poet and hymnwriterAmelia Maggia (?–1922), Radium Girl
Lowell Mason (1792–1872), hymn composer and music educatorQuinta Maggia McDonald (?–1929), Radium Girl
Charles Follen McKim (1847–1909), architectGeorge W. Merck (1894–1957), pharmacist, president of Merck & Co. John Pingry (1818–1894), minister, founder of the Pingry School
Ruth A. Saxer (?–1942), Radium Girl
George J. Seabury (1844–1909), chemist and pharmacistMichelle Thomas (1968–1998), American actress best known for roles in Family Matters The Cosby Show George C. Tichenor (1838–1902), member and president of the Board of General Appraisers Aaron B. Tompkins (1844–1931), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipientWilliam A. Wachenfeld (1889 – 1969), Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1946 to 1959George James Webb (1803–1887), composerWilliam H. Wiley (1842–1925), represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1909 to 1911[ 7] Earl Williams (1948–2013), professional baseball playerThree British Commonwealth war servicemen – a Royal Air Force officer and Canadian Army Sergeant of World War I and a Canadian airman of World War II [ 8]
References
^ Urquhart, Frank John (1913). A History of the City of Newark, New Jersey ^ "Rosedale Cemetery" . Rosedale Cemetery. Retrieved 2007-08-26 .^ John Lauris Blake , Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed August 13, 2007.^ James, Edward T.; James, Janet Wilson; Boyer, Paul S.; Radcliffe College (1974). Notable American women, 1607-1950 : a biographical dictionary 441– 442. ISBN 978-0-674-62734-5 ^ American Sports ^ Levinson, Marc (2011). The Great A&P and the struggle for small business in America . Hill and Wang. ISBN 978-0809095438 ^ William Halsted Wiley , Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed August 13, 2007.^ [1] CWGC Cemetery Report, detail obtained from casualty record.
External links
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