Princeton Cemetery is located in

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, 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

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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 nam ...

theologian * James Waddel Alexander (1804–1859), Presbyterian theologian and eldest son of Archibald Alexander * Joseph Addison Alexander (1809–1860), Presbyterian biblical scholar and third son of Archibald Alexander * William Cowper Alexander (1806–1874), politician, businessman and second son of Archibald Alexander * Frank Anscombe (1918-2001), statistician, known for Anscombe's quartet * John N. Bahcall (1934–2005), astrophysicist * George Wildman Ball (1909–1994), diplomat * George Dashiell Bayard (1835–1862), Civil War general * Sylvia Beach (1887–1962), bookshop owner * Harold H. Bender (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 ...

* 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 priva ...

(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 scien ...

(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

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Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston Frances Clara Cleveland Preston (née Folsom born as Frank Clara; July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947) was an American socialite, education activist, and the first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889, and again from 1893 to 1897 as t ...

(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 offi ...

(1891–1904), first child of Grover and Frances Cleveland and supposed name sake of the

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candy bar * Edward Samuel Corwin (1878–1963), author and professor of law * Samuel Davies (1723–1761), president of

Erling Dorf Erling Dorf was an American geologist. He was born July 19, 1905 and died in April 1984. He was hired in 1928 as a professor of Geology at Princeton University. He retired from Princeton in 1974. He was a renowned paleobotanist working on the flora ...

(1905-1984), Renowned

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, professor of Geology at

* Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), president of Princeton University and

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theologian * Richard Stockton Field (1803–1870),

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and

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

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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

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* Harold Furth (1930–2002), physicist *

George Horace Gallup George Horace Gallup (November 18, 1901 – July 26, 1984) was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion. Life and career ...

(1901–1984), pollster * William Francis Gibbs (1886–1967), naval architect * Kurt Gödel (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 (1865–1951), adjutant general of the U.S. Army * Charles Hodge (1797–1878), Calvinist theologian *

David Hunter David Hunter (July 21, 1802 – February 2, 1886) was an American military officer. He served as a Union general during the American Civil War. He achieved notability for his unauthorized 1862 order (immediately rescinded) emancipating slaves ...

(1802–1886),

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General * Louis "Lajos" Jambor (1884–1954), Hungarian-born American painter, illustrator and muralist. *

Joseph Kargé Joseph Kargé (July 4, 1823 in Poznan, Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia – December 27, 1892 in New York City) was a military officer and educator. He was involved in the unsuccessful 1848 revolutions in Poland and was sentenced to de ...

(1823–1892), Civil War General and Princeton University professor * George Frost Kennan (1904–2005), diplomat *

Alan Krueger Alan Bennett Krueger (September 17, 1960 – March 16, 2019) was an American economist who was the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He served ...

(1960–2019), economist * Frank Lewin (1925–2008), composer *

David Kellogg Lewis David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

(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'', ''

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'', and many short stories *

Moses Taylor Pyne Moses Taylor Pyne (December 21, 1855 – April 22, 1921), was an American financier and philanthropist, and one of Princeton University's greatest benefactors and its most influential trustee. Biography The son of Percy Rivington Pyne (182 ...

(1855–1921), financier, philanthropist and owner of

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Estate *

Roger Atkinson Pryor Roger Atkinson Pryor (July 19, 1828 – March 14, 1919) was a Virginian newspaper editor and politician who became known for his fiery oratory in favor of secession; he was elected both to national and Confederate office, and served as a gen ...

(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 American football, football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplish ...

Henry Norris Russell Henry Norris Russell ForMemRS HFRSE FRAS (October 25, 1877 – February 18, 1957) was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (1910). In 1923, working with Frederick Saunders, he d ...

(1877–1957), astronomer *

William Milligan Sloane William Milligan Sloane (November 12, 1850 – September 11, 1928) was an American educator and historian. Career William Milligan Sloane was born in Richmond, Ohio on November 12, 1850. He graduated from Columbia College of Columbia Universit ...

(1850–1928), first

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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 telesco ...

(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 John Wilder Tukey (; June 16, 1915 – July 26, 2000) was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and box plot. The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribut ...

(1915–2000), statistician *

Paul Tulane Paul Tulane (May 10, 1801 – March 27, 1887) was an American philanthropist and donor. Born in Sherry Valley, near Princeton, New Jersey to a prominent French merchant family, Tulane made his fortune from a retail and dry goods company. Lat ...

(1801–1887),

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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 Eugene Paul "E. P." Wigner ( hu, Wigner Jenő Pál, ; November 17, 1902 – January 1, 1995) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who also contributed to mathematical physics. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 "for his con ...

(1902–1995),

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-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 William Willet (November 1, 1869 – March 29, 1921) was an American portrait painter, muralist, stained glass designer, studio owner and writer. An early proponent of the Gothic Revival and active in the "Early School" of American stained ...

(1867–1921), portraitist and stained glass designer

Gallery

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

(center), his wife

(right), and daughter

(left)

References

External links

Nassau Presbyterian Church: Princeton CemeteryPrinceton Online: Princeton CemeteryFindagrave: Princeton Cemetery
{{Authority control Cemeteries in Mercer County, New Jersey Princeton, New Jersey Protestant Reformed cemeteries 1757 establishments in New Jersey Historic district contributing properties in Mercer County, New Jersey Tombs of presidents of the United States