Flower Hill Cemetery is located in

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. It is cojoined with

Hoboken Cemetery The Hoboken Cemetery is located at 5500 Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, New Jersey, United States. in the New Durham, North Bergen, New Durham section. It was owned by the Hoboken, New Jersey, City of Hoboken. The Flower Hill Cemetery borders it ...

and Machpelah Cemetery.

History

In 1900, many who died in the fire of the and SS ''Bremen'' on the

North River (Hudson River) North River is an alternative name for the southernmost portion of the Hudson River in the vicinity of New York City and Gateway Region, northeastern New Jersey in the United States. The entire watercourse was known as the North River by the Du ...

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were interred at the cemetery. Some of the others who perished in the massive fire on the Hoboken piers in 1900 were buried at the adjacent cemeteries in gravesites purchased by the shipping company. Headstones of interest include those of

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soldiers Decatur Dorsey and Christian Woerner, and the side-by-side headstones of World War I Army privates Horace Shields and Freeman Norris, who died just over a month apart in June and July 1949. One headstone regarded as among the most interesting is the faux tree-trunk of Frank and Sally Bello, who died in 1956 and 1992, respectively, and which was dedicated by their children. Among those regarded as the most poignant are the Guidotti plot and the Adolph Lankering Family Vault. The former includes a four-foot-tall headstone with a right-hand side column with a curled leaves etching. At the top of the column is depicted a tree branch cross and roses, and chiseled oval spaces for the four children, two of which are filled as of 2013.Passantino, Joseph (November 3, 2013). "Seven cemeteries". ''

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''. pp. 4–12.

Notable burials

* Ed Alberian (1920–1997) children's television actor and entertainer * Frank J. Bart (1883–1961)

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Medal of Honor recipient *

Decatur Dorsey Decatur Dorsey (1836 – July 11, 1891) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of the Crater. Born into slavery, Dorsey enlist ...

(1836–1891) Civil War

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recipient * William Joseph Peter (1832–1918), brewer, painter, philanthropist *

Charles Schreyvogel Charles Schreyvogel (January 4, 1861 – January 27, 1912) was an American painter of Western subject matter in the days of the disappearing frontier. Schreyvogel was especially interested in military life. Life He was born in Hoboken, New Je ...

, (1861–1912), American painter known for Western scenes * One Commonwealth war grave of a

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Private of

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CWGC casualty record.

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New Jersey Civil War Gravestones
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