Rosedale Cemetery is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...

located at the tripoint of Orange, West Orange and Montclair in

Essex County, New Jersey Essex County is located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey, and is one of the centrally located counties in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's second-most populous county,< ...

, United States. Cyrus Baldwin drew up the original plan for the cemetery in 1840.

Notable interments

Platt Adams Platt Adams (March 23, 1885 – February 27, 1961) was an American athlete. He competed in various events at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in jumping events in 1912.Jim Barnes (1886–1966), golfer * John L. Blake (1831–1899), represented

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from 1879 to 1881 * Dudley Buck (1839–1909), organist, composer, and writer * Samuel Colgate (1822–1897), founder of

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* Lee Crystal (1956-2013), drummer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Member * Mary Fenn Robinson Davis (1824–1886), a spiritualist and feminist who was a poet, author, editor, and lecturer * Sarah Jane Corson Downs (1822-1891), president, New Jersey

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* Charles Edison (1890–1969), son of

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and the 42nd

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* Frank Emil Fesq (1840–1920), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient * Wilfred J. Funk (1883–1965), lexicographer (

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) * Althea Gibson (1927–2003), the first

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woman to be a competitor on the world

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tour * Henry Judd Gray (1892–1928), murderer of

Albert Snyder May Ruth Snyder (née Brown; March 27, 1895 – January 12, 1928) was an American murderer. Her execution in the electric chair at New York (state), New York's Sing Sing Prison in 1928 for the murder of her husband, Albert Snyder, was recorded in ...

George Huntington Hartford George Huntington Hartford (September 5, 1833 – August 29, 1917) headed the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) from 1878 to 1917. During this period, A&P created the concept of the chain grocery store and expanded into the country's ...

(1833–1917),

Mayor of Orange, New Jersey Orange, New Jersey is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council), Mayor-Council form of municipal government, with a directly elected mayor and a City Council consi ...

, from 1878 to 1890 and owner of

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, the country's largest food retailer at the time of his death * Frances Cox Henderson (1820–1897), wife of Governor James Pinckney Henderson of Texas, retired in East Orange, established Good Shepherd home for aged women *

James Curtis Hepburn James Curtis Hepburn (; March 13, 1815 – September 21, 1911) was an American physician, educator, translator and lay Christian missionary. He is known for the Hepburn romanization system for transliteration of the Japanese language into the L ...

(1815–1911), physician, philologist, and missionary *

George Inness George Inness (May 1, 1825 – August 3, 1894) was an American landscape painting, landscape painter. Now recognized as one of the most influential American artists of the nineteenth century, Inness was influenced by the Hudson River Schoo ...

(1825–1894), painter * George Inness Jr. (1854–1926), painter * Frank Louis Kramer (1880–1958), cyclist * Hazel May Kuser (?–1924),

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Mary Artemisia Lathbury Mary Artemisia Lathbury (August 10, 1841 - October 20, 1913) was an American poet and hymnwriter. Early life Lathbury was born on August 10, 1841, in Manchester, New York. Her father and her two brothers were Methodist ministers. As a child, she ...

(1841–1913), poet and hymnwriter * Amelia Maggia (?–1922),

Lowell Mason Lowell Mason (January 8, 1792 – August 11, 1872) was an American music director and banker who was a leading figure in 19th-century American church music. Lowell composed over 1,600 hymn tunes, many of which are often sung today. His best-know ...

(1792–1872), hymn composer and music educator * Quinta Maggia McDonald (?–1929),

Charles Follen McKim Charles Follen McKim (August 24, 1847 – September 14, 1909) was an American Beaux-Arts architect of the late 19th century. Along with William Rutherford Mead and Stanford White, he provided the architectural expertise as a member of the par ...

(1847–1909), architect * George W. Merck (1894–1957), pharmacist, president of Merck & Co. * John Pingry (1818–1894), minister, founder of the

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* Ruth A. Saxer (?–1942),

* George J. Seabury (1844–1909), chemist and pharmacist * Michelle Thomas (1968–1998), American actress best known for roles in ''

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'' and ''

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'' * George C. Tichenor (1838–1902), member and president of the

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* Aaron B. Tompkins (1844–1931), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient * William A. Wachenfeld (1889 – 1969), Justice of the

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from 1946 to 1959 *

George James Webb George James Webb (June 24, 1803 - October 7, 1887) was an English-born American composer, conductor, music educator, and organist. He was known for writing " Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus". Webb composed the hymn-tune known as "Webb" whilst sail ...

(1803–1887), composer * William H. Wiley (1842–1925), represented

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from 1909 to 1911William Halsted Wiley

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. Accessed August 13, 2007. * Earl Williams (1948–2013), professional baseball player * Three British Commonwealth war servicemen – a

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officer and

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Sergeant of

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and a Canadian airman of

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CWGC Cemetery Report, detail obtained from casualty record.

References

External links

Rosedale Cemetery (Official)

Rosedale Cemetery Walking Guide of Notable Interments

Rosedale Cemetery
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