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Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey)
Fairview Cemetery, also known as Fairview Memorial Park and Mausoleum, is a burial ground in Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey in the United States, located on the western slopes of the Hudson Palisades. It is bordered by North Bergen, New Jersey, North Bergen, U.S. Route 1/9#Bergen County, Broad Avenue, and Fairview Avenue, across from which is Mount Moriah Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey), Mount Moriah Cemetery. The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad right-of-way (transportation), right-of-way at western portal of the Edgewater Tunnel passes through the cemetery. Notable interments There are several graves of Spanish–American War veterans in the cemetery. Among others interred are: * August Chandron (1866–1947), United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient * Alexander Esau (1957–1977), Murder victim of serial killer David Berkowitz, aka ''Son of Sam'' * Willie Garoni (1877–1914), Professional baseball player * Ray Gillen (1959–1993), American rock singer * Gilb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey
Fairview is a borough located in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. According to the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 15,025, an increase of 1,190 (+8.6%) from the 2010 census count of 13,835, which in turn reflected an increase of 580 (+4.4%) from the 13,255 counted in the 2000 census. Fairview was formed on December 19, 1894, from portions of Ridgefield Township, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 78. Accessed June 1, 2012. The borough was formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. The borough is named for its view of the Hackensack River valley. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 0.85 square miles (2.19 km2), including 0.84 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Garoni
William Garoni (July 28, 1877 – September 9, 1914) was a professional baseball player. He played for the New York Giants of the National League in September 1899. He is buried at Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey) Fairview Cemetery, also known as Fairview Memorial Park and Mausoleum, is a burial ground in Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey in the United States, located on the western slopes of the Hudson Palisades. It is bordered by North Bergen, New Jerse .... References 1877 births 1914 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers New York Giants (baseball) players 19th-century baseball players 19th-century American sportsmen Bridgeport Orators players Sportspeople from Fort Lee, New Jersey Baseball players from Bergen County, New Jersey Burials at Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey) {{US-baseball-pitcher-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cemeteries In Hudson County, New Jersey
List of the cemeteries in Hudson County, New Jersey Hudson County is home to many churches and cemeteries, some of which provide significant open areas in otherwise congested residential areas.Adams, p. 64. History There are some shared characteristics of cemeteries in North Bergen. In the ''Annual report of the National Board of Health'' in 1879 four cemeteries, historically Grove Church, Hoboken, Machpelah, and Weehawken, all lie on the western side of the Hudson Palisades which gives them similar soil deposits and somewhat uniquely, the presence of trap rock on the grounds. Their locations allow for good water drainage into the nearby New Jersey Meadowlands, Secaucus marshes with minimal contamination due to the steep grade of the hills. They were created in roughly the same time period. Two of the four cemeteries were split up, and now make a total of six unique cemeteries in the area; these cemeteries are all contained within a roughly one mile stretch of parallel roads Tonn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of New Jersey Cemeteries
The following list of New Jersey cemeteries lists cemeteries in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The cemeteries are grouped by county. Atlantic County *Atlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville *Atlantic County Veterans Cemetery, Estell Manor *Holy Cross Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum, Mays Landing *Lincoln Memorial Park, Mays Landing *Laurel Memorial Park and Crematory, Pomona *Head Of The River Cemetery, 600 NJ Route-49, Estell Manor Bergen County *Americus Cemetery, Saddle Brook *B'Nai Israel Cemetery, Saddle Brook *Brookside Cemetery, Englewood * Cedar Park and Beth El Cemetery, Emerson *Cemetery of the Madonna, Leonia *Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes * Edgewater Cemetery (also known as Vreeland Cemetery), Edgewater * Fairview Cemetery, Fairview *French Burial Ground, Hackensack *First Reformed Dutch Church, Hackensack *George Washington Memorial Park (Paramus, New Jersey) * Gethsemane Cemetery, Little Ferry * Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack *Hillside Cemetery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Van Winkle
Marshall Van Winkle (September 28, 1869 – May 10, 1957) was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey, grandnephew of Peter G. Van Winkle. Biography Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Van Winkle attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1890 and commenced practice in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was appointed counsel to the county tax board in 1895, holding this position until his resignation to accept an appointment as the assistant prosecutor of the pleas of Hudson County, New Jersey. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress. He served as assistant prosecutor of pleas from 1902 to 1905, when he resigned to become a candidate for Congress. Van Winkle was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. He resumed the practice of law in Jersey City, New Jersey. Advisory master in chancery, matrimonial division from 1933 to 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Patterson Springer
John W. Springer (July 16, 1859 – January 10, 1945) was an attorney and banker in the states of Illinois, Texas, and Colorado. Earlier he was a clerk during the 50th United States Congress (1887–1889) and represented his district in the state legislature of the Illinois General Assembly, General Assembly of Illinois at the state capital of Springfield, Illinois, Springfield. He later was active in business, politics, and society in Denver, Colorado. Springer had a 10,000 acre ranch and farm, which included the Highlands Ranch Mansion. The ranch became the suburb of Highlands Ranch, Colorado. His second wife, Isabel Patterson Springer, was the center of a scandal that resulted in the murder of two men at the famous Brown Palace Hotel (Denver), Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. Early life and education John Wallace Springer, born in Jacksonville, Illinois, on July 16, 1859, was the son of Sarah Henderson and John Thomas Springer (1831-1909), who was a banker and an attorney. His f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie August Schneider
Eddie August Henry Schneider (October 20, 1911 – December 23, 1940) was an American aviator who set three transcontinental airspeed records for pilots under the age of twenty-one in 1930. His plane was a Cessna Model AW with a Warner-Scarab engine, one of only 48 built, that he called "The Kangaroo". He set the east-to-west, then the west-to-east, and the combined round trip record. He was the youngest certificated pilot in the United States, and the youngest certified airplane mechanic. He was a pilot in the Spanish Civil War in the Yankee Squadron. He died in an airplane crash in 1940, while training another pilot, when a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 belonging to the United States Navy Reserve overtook him and clipped his plane's tail at Floyd Bennett Field. Birth and family Schneider was born on October 20, 1911, at 2nd Avenue and 17th Street in Manhattan in New York. His father was Emil August Schneider (1886–1955) who was born in Bielefeld, Germany. His mother was I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard Marshall
Willard Warren Marshall (February 8, 1921 – November 5, 2000) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1942 through 1955, Marshall played for the New York Giants (1942, 1946–1949), Boston Braves (1952), Cincinnati Reds (1952-1953) and Chicago White Sox (1954–1955). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Career In an 11-season career, Marshall posted a .274 batting average with 130 home runs and 604 RBI in 1246 games played. In 1947 he tied a NL record at the time by hitting three home runs in one game. In 1951 he became the second outfielder in the history of baseball to play an entire season without an error. He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. Best season *: .291 BA, 36 HR, 107 RBI, 102 runs, .528 slugging % Personal life Marshall lived in Fort Lee, New Jersey and later in Rockleigh, New Jersey.Heyde, Jack''Pop Flies and Line Drives: Visits with Players from Baseball's Golden Era'' p. 48. Trafford Publishing, 2004. . Access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Marin
John Marin (December 23, 1870 – October 2, 1953) was an early American modernist visual artist. He is known for his abstract landscape paintings and watercolors. Early life and education Marin was born on December 23, 1870, in Rutherford, New Jersey. His mother died nine days after his birth, and he was raised by two aunts in Weehawken, New Jersey.. He attended the Stevens Institute of Technology for a year, and tried unsuccessfully to become an architect. From 1899 to 1901, Marin attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In Philadelphia he studied with Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Hugh Henry Breckenridge and William Merritt Chase. He also studied at the Art Students League of New York.. Career In 1905, Marin went to Europe, initially traveling to Paris. He exhibited his work in the Salon, where he also got his first exposure to modern art. He traveled through Europe for six years, and painted in the Netherlands, Belgium, England, and Italy. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Jonas Madison
Commander James Jonas Madison, USNRF (May 20, 1889 – December 25, 1922) was an officer in the United States Naval Reserve and a World War I recipient of the Medal of Honor. Biography James Jonas Madison was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Jonas and Christine ''Thomson'' Madison. Prior to World War I, Madison served as master of a Luckenbach Line ship. He received an appointment as lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve Force on May 8, 1917. On December 27, 1917, he was promoted to lieutenant commander and given command of the cargo steamship . Under Madison’s command, ''Ticonderoga'' carried cargoes to France three times through the summer of 1918. After loading at Norfolk from September 5–19, 1918, for what would be her fourth voyage, ''Ticonderoga'' steamed to New York where she joined a convoy bound for Europe. During the night of 29–30 September, the ship developed engine trouble and dropped behind the convoy. On the morning of September 30, 1918, the sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Hatfield
Gilbert Hatfield (January 27, 1855 – May 27, 1921), nicknamed "Colonel", was an American professional baseball player who played third base and shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1885 to 1895. He was interred at Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey). He was the brother of fellow major leaguer John Hatfield. External links * Gil Hatfieldat SABR Sabr () (literally 'endurance' or more accurately 'perseverance' and 'persistence'"Ṣabr", ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'') is one of the two parts of Iman (concept), faith (the other being ''shukr'') in Islam. It teaches to remain Spirituality, sp ... Bio Project 1855 births 1921 deaths Major League Baseball second basemen Major League Baseball shortstops 19th-century baseball players 19th-century American sportsmen Washington Statesmen players New York Giants (baseball) players Buffalo Bisons (NL) players Louisville Colonels players Brooklyn Grooms players New York Giants (PL) players Baseball players from Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Gillen
Raymond Arthur Gillen (May 12, 1959 – December 1, 1993) was an American rock singer. He is best known for his work with Badlands, in addition to his stint with Black Sabbath in the mid-1980s and recording most of the vocals on Phenomena's ''Dream Runner'' album. Early life Gillen was born on May 12, 1959, in New York, but was raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey. He was an only child and started singing while in high school. He played the New Jersey club circuit with various bands, including club bands Quest (1978–80), the punk rock influenced F-66 (1980–81), Savage, and, most notably, Vendetta and Harlette. In 1985, he joined Bobby Rondinelli's band, Rondinelli. Career In 1986, Black Sabbath started touring for the ''Seventh Star'' album when after only a few shows, singer Glenn Hughes got into a fist-fight and lost his voice due to the related sinus and throat injuries. Gillen was offered the job to replace Hughes. After finishing the '' Seventh Star'' tour, Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
