Colestown Cemetery is in Cherry Hill Township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, and is located at the intersection of Church Road and Kings Highway. The Gatehouse to the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]
The area now known as Cherry Hill was originally settled by the Lenni-Lenape Native Americans who coexisted peacefully with the first settlers from England, namely Quaker followers of William Penn who arrived in the late 17th century. [2] The first settlement was a small cluster of homes named Colestown, in the perimeters of what is now the Colestown Cemetery.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in the North Ward of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It is located on the west bank of the Passaic River in Newark's Broadway neighborhood, opposite Kearny. It occupies approximately 40 acres and was designed by Horace Baldwin.
The Elmwood Cemetery is located at 425 Georges Road in North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. It borders New Brunswick, New Jersey. The cemetery was established in 1868.
LaFayette Lee Patterson was a United States representative from Alabama. He served three terms in the U. S. Congress, from 1928 to 1933.
Alexander Gilmore Cattell was a United States senator from New Jersey.
Alfred Iverson Sr. was a United States representative and Senator from Georgia.
Cedar Lawn Cemetery is a rural cemetery in Paterson, New Jersey. Cedar Lawn Cemetery officially opened in September 1867, and recorded its first burial on September 27, 1867.
Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery located in Morristown, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
Belvidere Cemetery is a cemetery located in Belvidere, in Warren County, New Jersey that was founded in 1834. It includes many graves of people who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
Maplewood Cemetery is a cemetery in Freehold Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was established in the late 1800s.
George Robert Cholister was a United States Navy sailor awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions on October 20, 1924. His medal was awarded by a special act of the United States Congress. Ensign Henry Clay Drexler was awarded a Medal of Honor and Navy Cross for the same heroism. Boatswain's Mate Cholister is buried in Cherry Hill, New Jersey at Colestown Cemetery.
Alfred Hunt was the first president of Bethlehem Iron Company, precursor of Bethlehem Steel.
John Hill was an American clerk, bookkeeper, merchant and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district from 1867 to 1873, and New Jersey's 5th congressional district from 1881 to 1883.
Francis Ford Patterson Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1920 to 1927.
Archibald Ernest Olpp was an American physician and politician who served a single term in the U.S. representative from New Jersey. He was the first Republican to be elected to Congress from the New Jersey's 11th congressional district since it was created in 1913.
Forest Hill Cemetery is a rural cemetery in Utica, New York founded in 1850. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. Forest Hills Cemetery is located at 2201 Oneida Street, in Utica, New York. It is a non-sectarian cemetery, which means anyone of any religion can be buried there. Over the years some nationally and locally recognized people have been buried here. Because of its many monuments, grave sites of famous people, along with other historical structures, the cemetery is sometimes referred to as "Utica's outdoor museum".
Mount Holly Cemetery is a cemetery located in Mount Holly Township in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
John Taylor Bird was an American politician and businessman who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district for two terms from 1869 to 1873.
Brookside Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey.
Andrew Kessler Hay was an American Whig and Republican politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1849 to 1851.
Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is a historic church on Broad and Lawrence Streets in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1792 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The church and cemetery are also listed on both the New Jersey Register