Mount Holly Cemetery, Mount Holly, New Jersey
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Mount Holly Cemetery is a cemetery
located in Mount Holly Township
in the U.S. state
of New Jersey
.
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
located in Mount Holly Township
Mount Holly Township, New Jersey
Mount Holly Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States as well as an eastern suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2000 United States Census, the township population was 10,728. It is the county seat of Burlington County....
in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
.
Notable interments
- Samuel A. DobbinsSamuel A. DobbinsSamuel Atkinson Dobbins was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1873-1877....
(1814-1905), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional districtNew Jersey's 2nd congressional districtNew Jersey's Second Congressional District is currently represented by Republican Frank LoBiondo.-Counties and municipalities in the district:...
in the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from 1873-1877. - Samuel C. ForkerSamuel C. ForkerSamuel Carr Forker was a Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1871-1873.Forker was born in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey on March 16, 1821...
(1821-1900), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional districtNew Jersey's 2nd congressional districtNew Jersey's Second Congressional District is currently represented by Republican Frank LoBiondo.-Counties and municipalities in the district:...
in the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from 1871-1873. - William Norton ShinnWilliam Norton ShinnWilliam Norton Shinn was a United States Representative from New Jersey.Shinn was a farmer and sheriff of Burlington County...
(1782-1871) represented New Jersey in Congress at-large from 1833-1837.
External links
- Mount Holly Cemetery at The Political GraveyardThe Political GraveyardThe Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 224,000 American political figures and political families, along with other information.-History:...
- Mount Holly Cemetery at Find A GraveFind A GraveFind a Grave is a commercial website providing free access and input to an online database of cemetery records. It was founded in 1998 as a DBA and incorporated in 2000.-History:...