Hillside Cemetery (Scotch Plains, New Jersey)

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Hillside Cemetery
Hillside Cemetery (Scotch Plains, New Jersey)
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Established1886
Location
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 40°36′18″N74°23′31″W / 40.605°N 74.392°W / 40.605; -74.392
Website Hillside Cemetery Association
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Hillside Cemetery is a cemetery located in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Hillside Cemetery was established as a non-sectarian, non-profit organization in 1886 under the state laws of New Jersey, which carefully guard the rights of lot owners and ensure the safety, permanence and prudent governance of the cemetery.

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Notable burials

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman grave Grave of Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman.jpg
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman grave

Several historical gravesites are located at Hillside Cemetery: [1]

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References

  1. "Hillside Cemetery: Historical People & Points of Interest" . Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  2. "W. L. Saunders Dies In Canary Islands. Chairman of the Ingersoll-Rand Company. Inventor. Wrote on politics. Served on War Boards. A friend of President Wilson. Descendant of pioneers". New York Times . June 26, 1931. Retrieved 2015-03-18. William Lawrence Saunders of Plainfield, N.J., chairman of the board of directors of the Ingersoll-Rand Company, died yesterday morning in Tenerife, Canary Islands, according to word received here yesterday afternoon. ...