Colestown Cemetery, Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey
- Colestown Cemetery, Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey
Colestown Cemetery is in Cherry Hill Township in Camden County, New Jersey. Portions of the cemetery are listed on both the New Jersey Register (ID #943) and the National Register of Historic Places (Reference #75001128) since 1975. [ [http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/camden.pdf New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Camden County] , New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Historic Preservation Office, last updated August 6, 2007. Accessed August 26, 2007.]
Notable burials
*Alexander G. Cattell (1816-1894), Represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1867-1871. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000254 Alexander Gilmore Cattell] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Accessed September 2, 2007.]
*George Robert Cholister (1898-1924), Medal of Honor recipient for his actions on the USS "Trenton" (CL-11). After powder bags in her forward turret exploded during a gunnery drill setting a fire, Cholister was killed from injuries resulting from a failed attempt to dump powder charges into the immersion tank before they detonated.
*Andrew K. Hay (1809-1881), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1849-1851. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000381 Andrew Kessler Hay] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Accessed August 25, 2007.]
*Alfred Hunt (1817-1888), first president of Bethlehem Iron Company, precursor of Bethlehem Steel. ["Alfred Hunt, the well known president of the Bethlehem Iron Company dead.", "Bethlehem Globe-Times", March 28, 1888.] [ [http://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?360,473948 Alfred Hunt's obituary] ]
*Francis F. Patterson, Jr. (1867-1935), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1920 to 1927. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000114 Francis Ford Patterson, Jr.] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Accessed August 26, 2007.]
References
External links
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA.html#RB9105O81 Political Graveyard - Colestown Cemetery]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSvcid=794&CRid=99936&pt=Colestown%20Cemetery& Find-A-Grave for Colestown Cemetery]
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