The Willow Grove Cemetery in New Brunswick, New Jersey is located behind the

New Brunswick Free Public Library The New Brunswick Free Public Library is the public library of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The main library, built 1903, is located at 60 Livingston Avenue and is one of New Jersey's Carnegie libraries. The Henry Guest House was moved to librar ...

and the

Henry Guest House The Henry Guest House is in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, at Livingston Avenue and Morris Street. It was originally located on New Street (previously known as Carroll Place) between Livingston Avenue and George Street. The Georgia ...

. The cemetery runs along Morris Street, from Livingston Avenue to George Street. It is a contributing site of the

Livingston Avenue Historic District The Livingston Avenue Historic District is a historic district located along Livingston Avenue between Hale and Morris Streets in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places ...

. The cemetery was originally a graveyard for Baptist and Presbyterian churches in the early 19th century. It is the burial place of several of the first Japanese exchange students to come to the United States, including Taro Kusakabe, a young samurai of

Fukui is a Japanese name meaning "fortunate" or sometimes "one who is from the Fukui prefecture". It may refer to: Places * Fukui Domain, a part of the Japanese han system during the Edo period * Fukui Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in ...

and student of William Elliot Griffis, who studied at Rutgers University in the late 19th century and died there of tuberculosis. Recently identified, New Brunswick Police Officer William I. Van Arsdale, died in the line of duty on December 7, 1856 at the age of 49 in a drowning in the Delaware Raritan Canal at the end of his shift. Officer Van Arsdale is the first known officer to die in the line of duty for the New Brunswick Police Department, New Jersey. Henry Guest House, New Brunswick, NJ - view from Willow Grove

Henry Guest House, New Brunswick, NJ - view from Willow Grove

Notable burials

Taro Kusakabe Taro () (''Colocasia esculenta)'' is a root vegetable. It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family Araceae that are used as vegetables for their corms, leaves, and petioles. Taro corms are a food staple in Africa ...

(1845–1870), samurai, Rutgers student *

John Munroe John Munroe (1796 – 26 April 1861) was a United States soldier who was military governor of New Mexico between 1849 and 1851. Early career John Munroe was born in Scotland about 1796. He graduated from West Point in 1814, and was assigned to ...

(1796–1861), military Governor of New Mexico

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