Rosedale Cemetery is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

located at the tripoint of

Orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum * ...

, West Orange and Montclair in

Essex County, New Jersey Essex County is located in the northeastern part of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 863,728, making it the state's second-most populous county, behind Bergen and Middlesex Counties.

, United States. Cyrus Baldwin drew up the original plan for the cemetery in 1840.

Notable interments

Platt Adams Platt Adams (March 23, 1885 – February 27, 1961) was an American athlete. He competed in various events at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in jumping events in 1912.Jim Barnes James Martin Barnes (April 8, 1886 – May 24, 1966) was an English golfer and a leading figure in the early years of professional golf in the United States. He is one of three native Britons (with Tommy Armour and Rory McIlroy) to win three di ...

(1886 - 1966), golfer *

John L. Blake John Lauris Blake (March 25, 1831, in Boston, Massachusetts – October 10, 1899, in West Orange, New Jersey) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of ...

(1831–1899), represented

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from 1879–1881 * Dudley Buck (1839-1909), organist, composer, writer *

Samuel Colgate Samuel Colgate (March 22, 1822 – April 23, 1897), son of William Colgate, was an American manufacturer and philanthropist, born in New York City. When William Colgate died in 1857, Samuel took over the business (he did not want to continue the ...

(1822-1897), founder of Colgate-Palmolive *

Charles Edison Charles Edison (August 3, 1890 – July 31, 1969) was an American politician, businessman, inventor and animal behaviorist. He was the Assistant and then United States Secretary of the Navy, and served as the 42nd governor of New Jersey. Commonly ...

(1890–1969), son of

Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventio ...

and the 42nd

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Frank Emil Fesq Private Frank Emil Fesq (April 4, 1840 – May 6, 1920) was a German soldier who fought in the American Civil War. He received the United States' highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Third Battle ...

(1840-1920), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient. * Wilfred J. Funk (1883-1965), lexicographer ( Funk & Wagnalls) *

Althea Gibson Althea Neale Gibson (August 25, 1927September 28, 2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first African American ...

(1927–2003), the first

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woman to be a competitor on the world

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tour * Henry Judd Gray (1892 - 1928), murderer of

Albert Snyder Ruth Brown Snyder (March 27, 1895 – January 12, 1928) was an American murderer. Her execution in the electric chair at New York's Sing Sing Prison in 1928 for the murder of her husband, Albert Snyder, was recorded in a highly publicized photogr ...

George Huntington Hartford George Huntington Hartford (September 5, 1833 – August 29, 1917) headed the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) from 1878 to 1917. During this period, A&P created the concept of the chain grocery store and expanded into the country's ...

(1833–1917),

Mayor of Orange, New Jersey Orange, New Jersey is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Mayor-Council form of municipal government, with a directly elected mayor and a City Council consisting of four ward representa ...

from 1878–1890 and owned the

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, the country's largest food retailer at the time of his death *

Frances Cox Henderson Frances Cox Henderson (July 21, 1820 – January 25, 1897) was the First Lady of Texas and the wife of the first Governor of Texas, James Pinckney Henderson. She was well-educated and multi-lingual, translating books in Europe. Throughout her l ...

(1820–1897), wife of Governor James Pinckney Henderson of Texas, retired in East Orange, established Good Shepherd home for aged women *

James Curtis Hepburn James Curtis Hepburn (; March 13, 1815 – September 21, 1911) was an American physician, translator, educator, and lay Christian missionary. He is known for the Hepburn romanization system for transliteration of the Japanese language into ...

(1815-1911), physician, philologist, missionary. *

George Inness George Inness (May 1, 1825 – August 3, 1894) was a prominent American landscape painter. Now recognized as one of the most influential American artists of the nineteenth century, Inness was influenced by the Hudson River School at the s ...

(1825-1894), painter *

George Inness Jr. George Inness Jr. (January 5, 1854 – July 27, 1926), was one of America's foremost figure and landscape artists and the son of George Inness, an important American landscape painter. Biography He studied with his father and Léon Bonnat i ...

(1854-1926), painter *

Frank Louis Kramer Frank Louis Kramer (1880-1958) was an American gold medal cyclist. He won 16 consecutive national championships from 1901 to 1916. He was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1988. Biography He was born on September 15, 1880 ...

(1880-1958), cyclist * Hazel May Kuser (?-1924),

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* Mary Artemisia Lathbury (1841-1913), poet and hymnwriter * Amelia Maggia (?-1922),

Lowell Mason Lowell Mason (January 8, 1792 – August 11, 1872) was an American music director and banker who was a leading figure in 19th-century American church music. Lowell composed over 1600 hymn tunes, many of which are often sung today. His best-known ...

(1792-1872), hymn composer and music educator * Quinta Maggia McDonald (?-1929),

Charles Follen McKim Charles Follen McKim (August 24, 1847 – September 14, 1909) was an American Beaux-Arts architect of the late 19th century. Along with William Rutherford Mead and Stanford White, he provided the architectural expertise as a member of the part ...

(1847-1909), architect *

George W. Merck George Wilhelm Herman Emanuel Merck (March 29, 1894 – November 9, 1957) was the president of Merck & Co. from 1925 to 1950 and a member of the Merck family. Early life George W. Merck was born in New York City, to George Friedrich and Fri ...

(1894-1957), pharmacist, president of Merck & Co. * John Pingry (1818-1894), minister, founder of the Pingry School * Ruth A. Saxer (?-1942),

* George J. Seabury (1844-1909), chemist and pharmacist *

Michelle Thomas Michelle Doris Thomas (September 23, 1968 – December 23, 1998) was an American actress. She was known for her roles as Justine Phillips on the NBC sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' (1988–90), as Myra Monkhouse on the ABC/ CBS sitcom ''Family Matt ...

(1968–1998), American actress best known for roles in ''

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'' and ''

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'' *

Aaron B. Tompkins Aaron Blake Tompkins (February 2, 1844–November 27, 1931) was a cavalry soldier who received the Medal of Honor while serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Military career Blake joined the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Cavalr ...

(1844-1931), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient. * William A. Wachenfeld (1889 – 1969) was a Justice of the

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from 1946 to 1959. *

George James Webb George James Webb, born on June 24, 1803 near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England, died on October 7, 1887 in Orange, New Jersey was an English-American English Americans (historically known as Anglo-Americans) are Americans whose ancestry ori ...

(1803-1887), composer *

William H. Wiley William Halsted Wiley (July 10, 1842 in New York City – May 2, 1925 in Orange, New Jersey), was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1903 to 1907 and from 1909 to 1911, an ...

(1842–1925), represented

New Jersey's 8th congressional district New Jersey's 8th congressional district is currently represented by Democrat Rob Menendez, who has served in Congress since January 2023. The district is majority Hispanic and includes some of the most urban areas of New Jersey, including par ...

from 1909–1911William Halsted Wiley

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. Accessed August 13, 2007. * Earl Williams (1948-2013), professional baseball player * Three British Commonwealth war servicemen – a

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officer and

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Sergeant of

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and a Canadian airman of

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CWGC Cemetery Report, detail obtained from casualty record.

References

External links

Rosedale Cemetery (Official)

Rosedale Cemetery Walking Guide of Notable Interments

Rosedale Cemetery
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