Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, New Jersey

Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, New Jersey

Infobox_cemetery
name = Rosedale Cemetery



imagesize = 300px
caption =
established = 1840
country = USA
location = Orange, New Jersey
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type = Non denominational
owner =
size = 92 acres
graves=
website = http://www.rosedalecemetery.org

Rosedale Cemetery is a cemetery located in Orange, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Cyrus Baldwin drew up the original plan for the cemetery in 1840. [cite book |last=Urquhart |first=Frank John |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A History of the City of Newark, New Jersey |year=1913 |publisher= |quote= | url= |isbn= ] [cite web |url=http://www.rosedalecemetery.org/ |title=Rosedale Cemetery |accessdate=2007-08-26 |quote=As a non-profit, non-sectarian Cemetery, Rosedale has respectfully served the local New Jersey community with care, compassion and dignity. Founded in 1840 and located in Montclair, Orange, and West Orange, Rosedale Cemetery remains dedicated to maintaining the same character that its original founders had envisioned over a century and a half ago. In fact, years of careful planning and expert maintenance have not only preserved the beauty and serenity of Rosedale’s 92 acres but have, moreover, enhanced it. ... |publisher=Rosedale Cemetery ]

Noted interments

*John L. Blake (1831-1899), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district from 1879 to 1881. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000532 John Lauris Blake] , Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 13, 2007.]
*Charles Edison (1890-1969), son of Thomas Edison and the 42nd Governor of New Jersey.
*Althea Gibson (1927-2003) the first African American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=161&GScid=100196&GRid=7919058& Find-A-Grave: Althea Gibson] , accessed June 25, 2006]
*George Huntington Hartford (1833-1917), founder of The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
*William H. Wiley (1842-1925), represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1909 to 1911. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000470 William Halsted Wiley] , Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 13, 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=100196 Find-A-Grave information for Rosedale Cemetery]


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