Princeton Cemetery is located in

Princeton, New Jersey Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of whi ...

, United States. It is owned by the Nassau Presbyterian Church. John F. Hageman in his 1878 history of Princeton, New Jersey refers to the cemetery as "The

Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United ...

of the United States."

Notable burials

* Archibald Alexander (1772–1851),

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their na ...

theologian * James Waddel Alexander (1804–1859), Presbyterian theologian and eldest son of Archibald Alexander *

Joseph Addison Alexander Joseph Addison Alexander (April 24, 1809 – January 28, 1860) was an American clergyman and biblical scholar. Early life He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 24, 1809, the third son of Archibald Alexander and Janetta Waddel Al ...

(1809–1860), Presbyterian biblical scholar and third son of Archibald Alexander *

William Cowper Alexander William Cowper Alexander (May 20, 1806 – August 23, 1874) was an American lawyer, politician, and insurance executive. He served as President of the New Jersey State Senate and as President of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Early l ...

(1806–1874), politician, businessman and second son of Archibald Alexander *

Frank Anscombe Francis John Anscombe (13 May 1918 – 17 October 2001) was an English statistician. Born in Hove in England, Anscombe was educated at Trinity College at Cambridge University. After serving in the Second World War, he joined Rothamsted Ex ...

(1918-2001), statistician, known for

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* John N. Bahcall (1934–2005), astrophysicist *

George Wildman Ball George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909 – May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat and banker. He served in the management of the US State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered most as the only major dissenter against the escalation of ...

(1909–1994), diplomat *

George Dashiell Bayard George Dashiell Bayard (December 18, 1835 – December 14, 1862) was a career soldier in the United States Army and a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He was wounded in the Battle of Fredericksburg and died the next day. Early ...

(1835–1862), Civil War general * Sylvia Beach (1887–1962), bookshop owner *

Harold H. Bender Harold Herman Bender (April 20, 1882 – August 16, 1951) was an American philologist who taught for more than forty years at Princeton University, where he served as chair of the Department of Oriental Languages and Literature. He was the chief et ...

(1882–1951), philologist * John Berrien (1711–1772),

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Justice and owner of Rockingham, Washington's headquarters * William G. Bowen, (1933-2016), president of

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

* Aaron Burr (1756–1836), controversial Revolutionary War hero and politician, third

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, killer of Alexander Hamilton, adventurer who was eventually tried and acquitted of treason * Aaron Burr Sr. (1716–1757), Presbyterian minister, second president of

and father of Aaron Burr *

Brendan Byrne Brendan Thomas Byrne (April 1, 1924 – January 4, 2018) was an American politician, statesman, and prosecutor, serving as the 47th governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrne started his career as a privat ...

(1924-2018), 47th governor of New Jersey *

Alonzo Church Alonzo Church (June 14, 1903 – August 11, 1995) was an American mathematician, computer scientist, logician, philosopher, professor and editor who made major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer scie ...

(1903–1995), mathematician *

Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American ...

(1837–1908), 22nd and 24th

president of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal gove ...

* Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864–1947), wife of Grover Cleveland and First Lady of the United States *

Ruth Cleveland Ruth Cleveland (October 3, 1891 – January 7, 1904), popularly known as Baby Ruth, was the eldest of five children born to United States President Grover Cleveland and First Lady Frances Cleveland. Her birth between Cleveland's two terms of of ...

(1891–1904), first child of Grover and Frances Cleveland and supposed name sake of the Baby Ruth candy bar * Edward Samuel Corwin (1878–1963), author and professor of law * Samuel Davies (1723–1761), president of

* Erling Dorf (1905-1984), Renowned paleobotanist, professor of Geology at

Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards may refer to: Musicians *Jonathan and Darlene Edwards, pseudonym of bandleader Paul Weston and his wife, singer Jo Stafford *Jonathan Edwards (musician) (born 1946), American musician ** ''Jonathan Edwards'' (album), debut album ...

(1703–1758), president of Princeton University and

Calvinist Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...

theologian * Richard Stockton Field (1803–1870),

US senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and po ...

and

New Jersey Attorney General The attorney general of New Jersey is a member of the executive cabinet of the state and oversees the Department of Law and Public Safety. The office is appointed by the governor of New Jersey, confirmed by the New Jersey Senate, and term limited ...

* John Huston Finley (1863–1940), author, president of Knox College and

University of the State of New York The University of the State of New York (USNY, ) is the state of New York's governmental umbrella organization for both public and private institutions in New York State. The "university" is not an educational institution: it is, in fact, a li ...

Donald B. Fullerton Donald B. Fullerton (July 6, 1892 – April 9, 1985) was a Christian missionary and teacher who founded the Princeton Christian Fellowship, called the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship until 2017, and served with it from 1931 until 1980. ...

(1892-1985), missionary and founder of the

Princeton Christian Fellowship The Princeton Christian Fellowship (PCF), formerly the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship (PEF), is a nondenominational Christian ministry at Princeton University whose purpose is "to help undergraduate and graduate students ... grow as believers an ...

Harold Furth Harold Paul Furth (January 13, 1930 – February 21, 2002) was an Austrian-American physicist who was a pioneer in leading the American efforts to harness thermonuclear fusion for the generation of electricity. He died of a heart ailment on 21 ...

(1930–2002), physicist * George Horace Gallup (1901–1984), pollster *

William Francis Gibbs William Francis Gibbs (August 24, 1886 – September 6, 1967) was an American naval architect of the mid twentieth century. Though he began his career as an attorney, after World War I, he became recognized as a skilled project manager in th ...

(1886–1967), naval architect *

Kurt Gödel Kurt Friedrich Gödel ( , ; April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Considered along with Aristotle and Gottlob Frege to be one of the most significant logicians in history, Gödel had an imm ...

(1906–1978), mathematician *

Michael Graves Michael Graves (July 9, 1934 – March 12, 2015) was an American architect, designer, and educator, as well as principal of Michael Graves and Associates and Michael Graves Design Group. He was a member of The New York Five and the Memphis Gr ...

(1934–2015), architect and product designer *

Peter Charles Harris Major General Peter Charles Harris (November 10, 1865 – March 18, 1951) was an officer in the United States Army who served as Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1918 to 1922. Early life and education Harris was born on November 10, ...

(1865–1951), adjutant general of the U.S. Army *

Charles Hodge Charles Hodge (December 27, 1797 – June 19, 1878) was a Reformed Presbyterian theologian and principal of Princeton Theological Seminary between 1851 and 1878. He was a leading exponent of the Princeton Theology, an orthodox Calvinist theol ...

(1797–1878), Calvinist theologian * David Hunter (1802–1886),

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polic ...

General * Louis "Lajos" Jambor (1884–1954), Hungarian-born American painter, illustrator and muralist. * Joseph Kargé (1823–1892), Civil War General and Princeton University professor * George Frost Kennan (1904–2005), diplomat * Alan Krueger (1960–2019), economist * Frank Lewin (1925–2008), composer * David Kellogg Lewis (1941–2001), philosopher * Edward Parke Custis Lewis (1837–1892), diplomat * John Maclean Jr. (1800–1886), president of Princeton University *Jose Menendez (1944–1989) and Mary Louise (Kitty) Menendez (1941–1989), murder victims of their sons,

Lyle and Erik Menendez Joseph Lyle Menendez (born January 10, 1968) and Erik Galen Menendez (born November 27, 1970) are American brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise ("Kitty") Menéndez. During the trial, the Me ...

* John O'Hara (1905-1970), author of '' Appointment in Samarra'', '' BUtterfield 8'', and many short stories * Moses Taylor Pyne (1855–1921), financier, philanthropist and owner of Drumthwacket Estate * Roger Atkinson Pryor (1828–1919), Special US Minister to Greece, US congressman from Virginia, Confederate congressman and general, journalist, New York Supreme Court justice * William Drew Robeson (1844–1918), father of singer, actor and activist

Paul Robeson Paul Leroy Robeson ( ; April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, stage and film actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his ...

* Henry Norris Russell (1877–1957), astronomer * William Milligan Sloane (1850–1928), first US Olympic Committee president * Howard Alexander Smith (1880–1966), US senator from New Jersey * John P. Stockton (1826–1900), New Jersey attorney general and U.S. senator * Richard Stockton (1764–1828), U.S. senator from New Jersey * Robert Field Stockton (1795–1866), naval officer *

Lyman Spitzer Lyman Spitzer Jr. (June 26, 1914 – March 31, 1997) was an American theoretical physicist, astronomer and mountaineer. As a scientist, he carried out research into star formation, plasma physics, and in 1946, conceived the idea of telescop ...

(1914–1997), astronomer * John Renshaw Thomson (1800–1862), U.S. senator from New Jersey * William G. Thompson (1840–1904), mayor of

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* Augustus Trowbridge (1870–1934), professor and dean at

* John W. Tukey (1915–2000), statistician * Paul Tulane (1801–1887),

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pu ...

benefactor *

John von Neumann John von Neumann (; hu, Neumann János Lajos, ; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath. He was regarded as having perhaps the widest cove ...

(1903–1957), mathematician * Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851–1921), Presbyterian theologian * Canvass White (1790–1834), engineer and inventor * Eugene Paul Wigner (1902–1995),

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...

-winning physicist *

John Witherspoon John Witherspoon (February 5, 1723 – November 15, 1794) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, farmer, slaveholder, and a Founding Father of the United States. Witherspoon embraced the concepts of Scottish common sense real ...

(1723–1794), signer of the

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* William Willet (1867–1921), portraitist and stained glass designer

Gallery

File:Grover Cleveland family grave site, Princeton Cemetery.jpg, Graves of

(center), his wife Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (right), and daughter

(left)

References

External links

Nassau Presbyterian Church: Princeton CemeteryPrinceton Online: Princeton CemeteryFindagrave: Princeton Cemetery
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