Siloam Cemetery is the oldest

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in the city of

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in Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was listed on the

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on April 3, 2020, for its significance in architecture and landscape architecture. With accompanying 49 photos. The cemetery, located at 550 North Valley Avenue, was established in 1864 on a plot of land donated by Charles K. Landis, the founder of Vineland. A chapel was constructed in 1918 and features

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. It is located in the center of one of the original sections of the cemetery. Many local residents, some of whom were nationally prominent, are buried there. SILOAM CEMETERY VINELAND

Notable interments

Henry Herbert Goddard Henry Herbert Goddard (August 14, 1866 – June 18, 1957) was a prominent American psychologist, eugenicist, and segregationist during the early 20th century. He is known especially for his 1912 work '' The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Here ...

(1866–1957), researcher at Vineland Training School * Charles K. Landis (1833–1900), founder of Vineland, an attorney, author, and real estate developer *

Jeanette DuBois Meech Jeanette DuBois Meech ( Dubois; August 10, 1835 – February 6, 1911) was an American evangelist and industrial educator. She was well known as an evangelist, who married a Baptist clergyman. For many years, Meech taught school in Philadelphia ...

(1835–1911), evangelist and industrial educator *

Mary Treat Mary Adelia Davis Treat (7 September 1830 in Trumansburg, New York – 11 April 1923 in Pembroke, New York) was a naturalist and correspondent with Charles Darwin. Treat's contributions to both botany and entomology were extensive—six speci ...

(1831?–1923), a naturalist who corresponded with Charles Darwin * Thomas Bramwell Welch (1825–1903), developer of

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grape juice

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Notable interments

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