The Van Liew Cemetery is located at 585 Georges Road in

North Brunswick North Brunswick is a Township (New Jersey), township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It is centrally located in the Raritan River, Raritan Valley region within the New York Metropolitan area. At the ...

, Middlesex County, New Jersey. It also has an entrance from Pine Street. The cemetery is one of the oldest in the township. Around 1966, Alfred Yorston removed 520 bodies from the First Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick's cemetery to Van Liew Cemetery to make way for new construction at that church.

Notable burials

* Garnett Bowditch Adrain (1815–1878) US Congressman *

J. Edward Crabiel Joseph Edward Crabiel (June 20, 1916 – June 19, 1992) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey Legislature and as New Jersey Secretary of State until a scandal ended his politica ...

(d. 1992) of

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, a Democrat. Alternate delegate to the

1948 Democratic National Convention The 1948 Democratic National Convention was held at Philadelphia Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 12 to July 14, 1948, and resulted in the nominations of President Harry S. Truman for a full term and Senator Alben W ...

from New Jersey; member of

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, 1953–65; member of New Jersey Senate, 1966–77;

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, 1974–77. * Arthur Gottlieb (1918–1965) Pro football player *

Littleton Kirkpatrick Littleton Kirkpatrick (October 19, 1797 – August 15, 1859) was an American Whig Party politician, who represented in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1853 to 1855. He was the son of Andrew Kirkpatrick and the ...

(1797–1859), represented in the

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from 1853 to 1855, and was mayor of New Brunswick in 1841 and 1842. * James E. Mills (1878–1965) Husband of Eleanor Mills of Hall-Mills Murder * Charlotte E. Mills (1906–1952), daughter of James and Eleanor * John Neilson (1745–1833) of New Jersey. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1778; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1790; member of New Jersey state legislature, 1800–01. * Charles Van Liew Booream of

, a Democrat. Delegate to

1932 Democratic National Convention The 1932 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois June 27 – July 2, 1932. The convention resulted in the nomination of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York for president and Speaker of the House John N. Garner from Te ...

from New Jersey. * Eleanor Reinhardt Mills (1888–1922), of Hall-Mills Murder * William Paterson (1745–1806), Signer of the US Constitution (

cenotaph A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although the vast majority of cenot ...

) * Micah Williams (1782–1837), painter

References

External links

* {{Official website
Political Graveyard: Van Liew Cemetery
Cemeteries in Middlesex County, New Jersey North Brunswick, New Jersey