Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, which at the 2020 United States census had a population of 29,308. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from por ...
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History
It was started in May 1876, by a group of Englewood residents who purchased of land for a cemetery. The property sits on the East side of Engle Street adjacent to
Tenafly, New Jersey
Tenafly () is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census the borough had a population of 15,409,
. The cemetery was named for the brook running beside its eastern boundary. A chapel built with the local pink
sandstone
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Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
was erected on East Palisades Avenue and dedicated in March 1860. It was the first
Presbyterian Church
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in Englewood and the first in
Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.seating capacity
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of 200, and was expanded to accommodate 800 people in 1880. In 1887, the chapel was donated to the cemetery, and moved, stone by stone, to its present site near the entrance gate to the east side of the cemetery. When the chapel was moved, and reconstructed, the building was rotated and the entrance moved from the west side of the building to the east side. Mayor, and historian, Austin Nicholas Volk calls it: "One of the most beautiful cemeteries in
Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Schuyler Warmflash refers to is as an "outdoor museum" and he wrote " hechange of attitude — which made sites devoted to the dead reassuringly pleasant to the living — is clearly manifest in Brookside Cemetery".
Elbert Adrain Brinckerhoff
Elbert Adrain Brinckerhoff, Sr. (November 29, 1838 – March 23, 1913) was the Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey and the founder of Brinckerhoff, Turner and Company. He was president of Merchants' National Bank and president of Columbia Presbyteri ...
(1838–1913),
Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood, New Jersey was incorporated on March 17, 1899. Beginning in 1980, Englewood switched from a Mayor-Council form of government to a modified Council-Manager plan of government in accordance with a Special Charter granted by the New Je ...
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Philip Bosco
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ornithologist
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Davy Force
David W. "Davy" Force (July 27, 1849 – June 21, 1918) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball. From 1871 through 1886, he played in the National Association with the Washington Olympics (1871), Troy Haymakers (1872), Baltimore Canaries (18 ...
(1849–1918), baseball pioneer.
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Dody Goodman
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(1914-2008), actress
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Dwight Morrow
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(1873–1931), represented New Jersey in the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
from 1930 to 1931.
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Archibald E. Olpp
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(1882–1949), represented
New Jersey's 11th congressional district
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from 1921 to 1923.
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Nance O'Neil
Gertrude Lamson (October 8, 1874 – February 7, 1965), known professionally as Nance O'Neil or Nancy O'Neil, was an American stage and film actress who performed in plays in various theaters around the world but worked predominantly in the Unite ...
(1874–1965), American stage and silent movie actress.
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Frank C. Osmers Jr.
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(1907–1977), represented
New Jersey's 9th congressional district
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in the
United States House of Representatives
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from 1939–1943 and again from 1951-1965.
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Cullen Sawtelle
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Biography
Sawtelle was born in Norr ...
(1805–1887), represented
Maine's 5th congressional district
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Thompson Henry Murch (March 28, ...
from 1845 to 1847 and from 1849 to 1851.
* Robert E. Speer (1867-1947), Religious leader.
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Thomas D. Thacher
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(1881–1950), one-time
Solicitor General of the United States
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The United States solicitor general represent ...
.
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Edmund W. Wakelee
Edmund Waring Wakelee (November 21, 1869 – April 26, 1945) was an American lawyer, politician, and utility executive from New Jersey.
Life
Wakelee was born on November 21, 1869, in Kingston, New York, the son of Nicholas Wakelee and Eliza Chr ...
(1869–1945), President of the
New Jersey Senate
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and the
Public Service Corporation
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George W. Wickersham
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(1858–1936),
United States Attorney General
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The Political Graveyard
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. Accessed August 22, 2007.
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Downing Vaux
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Career
Born to Calvert Vaux, a noted architect ( ...
(1856-1926),
landscape architect
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Royal Canadian Air Force
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Sergeant of
World War II
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The Political Graveyard
The Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 277,000 American political figures and political families, along with other information. The name comes from the website's inclusion of burial locations of ...