Riverview Cemetery, Trenton

Riverview Cemetery is a cemetery located in Trenton, New Jersey on 870 Centre Street. It was founded in 1858, being incorporated in that year by an act passed by the New Jersey Legislature. [cite book |last=Sarapin |first=Janice Kohl |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey |year=2002 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |quote= | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uDfIJt5RFWgC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=auks4TKY6W&sig=SZl5W1s0xzASDS2kY9a9srYICb0&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fq%3DOld%2BBurial%2BGrounds%2Bof%2BNew%2BJersey%26sourceid%3Dnavclient-ff%26ie%3DUTF-8%26rls%3DGGGL,GGGL:2006-11,GGGL:en&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title |isbn=0813521114 ] [cite web |url=http://www.vanzandtsociety.com/riverview.htm |title= Riverview Cemetery |accessdate=2007-08-26 |quote=Riverview Cemetery is perched above the Delaware River off Lamberton and Lalor Streets in Trenton, New Jersey. Originally established in 1699, it is a designated historical landmark. Incorporated in 1858, it continues to be an active cemetery with lots still available for purchase. Riverview was a popular final resting place for residents of Trenton and its surrounding suburbs, including Bucks County, just across the Delaware River. |publisher= ]

Riverview Cemetery dates back to a Quaker cemetery built in the 1670s overlooking the Delaware River. [cite book |last=Walker |first=Edwin Robert |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A History of Trenton, 1679-1929: Two Hundred and Fifty Years of a Notable |year=1929 |publisher= |quote=Riverview Cemetery, or rather a small portion of it included in the present grounds, was originally a burying plat belonging to the ... | url= |isbn= ] It still serves the community today as an active cemetery, with an office and full time staff. It was expanded and formally landscaped in the 19th century, becoming the burial site of many prominent Trentonians of the era. [cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/4sustain/postconf2004.htm |title=New Jersey: The Early Years - 2004 Annual Conference |accessdate=2007-08-26 |quote=Riverview Cemetery has its origins in a Quaker cemetery laid on the bluff above the Delaware in the late 1670's. Long before that, it was a prime settlement location for Native Americans. In the 19th century it was landscaped and greatly expanded and now contains the memorials of many prominent Trentonians and of George McClellan, Civil War general and Governor of New Jersey. The exciting and innovative historical interpretive program at the adjacent Route 29 Deck Park takes visitors through the history of Trenton using a variety of media. |publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ]

The cemetery contains a number of notable people interred there, the most famous being American Civil War Union Army Major General and New Jersey Governor George B. McClellan, whose grave is marked by the tallest monument in the cemetery. His wife, Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan, is interred with him.

Notable interments

Other notables interred in Riverview are:

*George Antheil (1900-1959), American Composer
*William Archinal (1840-1919), Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient
*John T. Bird (1829-1911), represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 1869 to 1873. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000810 John Taylor Bird] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Accessed August 27, 2007.]
*J. Hart Brewer (1844-1900), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1885. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000478 John Hart Brewer] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Accessed August 17, 2007.]
*Frank O. Briggs (1851-1913), United States Senator from New Jersey
*William L. Dayton (1807-1864), United States Senator from New Jersey and Republican Party Vice Presidential Candidate.
*William Halstead (1794-1878), United States Congressman from New Jersey and Civil War Army officer (founder and first Colonel of the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry regiment)
*George Peter Ihrie (1827-1903), Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General.
*Randolph B. Marcy (1812-1887, Civil War Union Army Brigadier General, and father of Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan
*Gershom Mott (1822-1884), Civil War Union Army Major General
*Samuel D. Oliphant (1824-1904), Civil War Union Army Brevet Brigadier General
*D. Lane Powers (1896-1968), United States Congressman from New Jersey
*John Augustus Roebling (1800-1869), German-American Industrialist and Civil Engineer
*James F. Rusling (1834-1918), Civil War Union Army Brevet Brigadier General.
*John Taylor (1837-1909), served in the New Jersey Senate and was the creator of Taylor Ham.James, George. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501EEDB1131F933A15751C0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 "IN PERSON; He's Looked at Life From Both Sides Now"] , "The New York Times", February 20, 2000. Accessed December 29, 2007.]
*William S. Truex (1819-1889), Civil War Union Army Brevet Brigadier General.
*Evan M. Woodward (1838-1904), Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient

References

ee also

*List of United States cemeteries
*List of famous cemeteries

External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmercer/Peo/Riverview1820.htm Cemetery transcriptions]
* [http://www.trentonhistory.org/Cem/Riverview1820.htm Tombstone Inscriptions of Persons Born before 1820 And Buried in Riverview Cemetery Trenton, New Jersey] , Trenton Historical Society
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME.html#R9T0XKE63 Riverview Cemetery] at The Political Graveyard
* [http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=100189 Riverview Cemetery] at Find A Grave
* [http://www.interment.net/data/us/nj/mercer/riverview/riverview.htm Internment.net]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501EEDB1131F933A15751C0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 "IN PERSON; He's Looked at Life From Both Sides Now"] , "The New York Times", February 20, 2000.