Belvidere Cemetery

Belvidere Cemetery
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Established	1834 [1]
Location	Belvidere, New Jersey
Country	United States

Belvidere Cemetery is a cemetery located in Belvidere, in Warren County, New Jersey that was founded in 1834.[1] It includes many graves of people who fought in the American Revolutionary War.[2]

Notable interments

• Charlie Berry (1902–1972), Major League Baseball catcher from 1925 to 1938; MLB umpire; NFL linesman.
• Henry S. Harris (1850–1902), U.S. Representative from New Jersey's 4th congressional district, 1881–83.[3]
• John Patterson Bryan Maxwell (1804–1845), U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1837–39, 1841–43.[4]
• George M. Robeson (1829–1897), Union general during the Civil War, Secretary of the Navy during the Ulysses S. Grant presidency.[5]
• Onion John Local hermit and Character of a book of the same name.^[citation needed]

References

1. "Historic Cemetery". Archived from the original on 19 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
2. Di Ionno, Mark (2000). A Guide to New Jersey's Revolutionary War Trail: For Families and History Buffs. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0813527708.
3. Henry Schenck Harris, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 14, 2007.
4. John Patterson Bryan Maxwell, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 14, 2007.
5. Sobel, Robert. Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch, 1774–1989. ISBN 0313265933.

External links

• Belvidere Cemetery: famous names at Find a Grave
• Political Graveyard: Belvidere Cemetery

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