Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground is a
cemetery located in
Springfield Township and
Wrightstown, in
Burlington County
Burlington County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The county is the largest by area in New Jersey. Its county seat is Mount Holly. , New Jersey.
The cemetery and the accompanying
meeting house
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Terminology
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* church, which is a body of people who believe in Chr ...
were placed on both the
New Jersey (state ID # 875) and the
National Register of Historic Places (Reference # 79001479) in 1979.
Notable burials
*
Thomas Newbold (1760-1823), represented New Jersey in the
United States House of Representatives from 1807 to 1813.
*
George Sykes (1806-1880), represented
New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the
United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845, and was reelected in 1845 to fill a vacancy, serving until 1847.
George Sykes
''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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''. Accessed August 26, 2007.
See also
*
References
External links
Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground / Upper Springfield Cemetery
at The Political Graveyard
Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground
at Find A Grave
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{{National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Cemeteries in Burlington County, New Jersey
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Burlington County, New Jersey
Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey
Wrightstown, New Jersey
1727 establishments in New Jersey
Pre-statehood history of New Jersey