Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, New Jersey

Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, New Jersey

Cedar Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery located in Paterson, New Jersey. Cedar Lawn was founded in 1867, and is considered one of the finest Victorian cemeteries in the United States. As of 2008, over 83,000 interments have been recorded at the cemetery.

Noted interments

*William Warren Barbour (1888-1943) - U.S. Senator from New Jersey and amateur Heavyweight boxing champion.
*Charles R. Bowers (1889-1946), cartoonist and slapstick comedian during the silent film and early "talkie" era. [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9903487 Charles R Bowers] , Find A Grave. Accessed August 9, 2007.]
*Nicholas M. Butler (April 2, 1862 – December 7, 1947) - co-winner with Jane Addams of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. President of Columbia University from 1902 to 1945 and of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from 1925 to 1945. Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States under President William Howard Taft in 1912, when the nominated vice presidential candidate James S. Sherman died in office a few days before the election.
*Cornelius A. Cadmus (1844-1902), represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district from 1891-1895.
*Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862) - United States congressman and 12th Governor of New Jersey, from 1836 to 1837.
*Dow H. Drukker (1872-1963), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district from 1914-1919. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000505 Dow Henry Drukker profile] , United States Congress. Accessed July 16, 2007.]
*John W. Griggs (1849-1927) - 29th Governor of New Jersey, from 1896 to 1898.
*Garret Hobart (1844-1899) - 24th Vice President of the United States.
*William Hughes (April 3, 1872 - January 30, 1918) - politician who represented New Jersey in both houses of the United States Congress.
*Eugene W. Leake (1876-1959), represented New Jersey's 9th congressional district from 1907 to 1909. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000175 Eugene Walter Leake] , United States Congress. Accessed August 9, 2007.]
*Amos H. Radcliffe (1870-1950), Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey from 1916 - 1919, and represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1919 to 1923. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000005 Amos Henry Radcliffe biography] , United States Congress. Accessed July 23, 2007.]
*John Ryle (1817-1887), Industrialist and prominent silk manufacturer who pioneered the textile and is frequently referred to as the "Father of the U.S. Silk Industry", who also served as Mayor of Paterson from 1869-1870.
*James F. Stewart (1851-1904), represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from to 1895 to 1903. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000911 James Fleming Stewart biography] , United States Congress. Accessed August 9, 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA.html#R9T0XKC6J Political Graveyard: Cedar Lawn Cemetery]
* [http://www.thecemeteryproject.com/Cemeteries/cemetery-cedar_lawn-paterson.htm The Cemetery Project: Cedar Lawn Cemetery]


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