Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark
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in Newark's Broadway
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neighborhood, opposite Kearny
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. It occupies approximately 40 acres (162,000 m²) and is widely used as a park. The cemetery is listed on both the New Jersey Register
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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(ID #1284, since 1987) and the National Register of Historic Places
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(Reference #87000836, since 1988).
The graves of some of Newark's most eminent citizens are within Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The cemetery is dominated by the marble mausoleum of John Fairfield Dryden, the founder of Prudential Financial
Prudential Financial
The Prudential Insurance Company of America , also known as Prudential Financial, Inc., is a Fortune Global 500 and Fortune 500 company whose subsidiaries provide insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services to both retail and institutional customers throughout the...
. Other notable interees include Marcus Lawrence Ward
Marcus Lawrence Ward
Marcus Lawrence Ward was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 21st Governor of New Jersey from 1866–1869, and represented the state in Congress for one term, from 1873-1875....
, Governor of New Jersey
Governor of New Jersey
The Office of the Governor of New Jersey is the executive branch for the U.S. state of New Jersey. The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be...
; Seth Boyden
Seth Boyden
Seth Boyden was an American inventor. He was the brother of Uriah A. Boyden.A New England native , he was a watchmaker who moved to Newark, New Jersey. Boyden perfected the process for making patent leather, created malleable iron, invented a nail-making machine, and built his own steamboat...
, inventor of patent leather
Patent leather
Patent leather is a type of japanned leather that has been given a high gloss, shiny finish. The process was brought to the United States and improved by Newark-based inventor Seth Boyden in 1818, with commercial manufacture beginning September 20, 1819. Boyden's process, which he never patented,...
; and Mary Stillman, first wife of Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial...
. Mount Pleasant also contains graves of members of the Kinney, Ballantine
Peter Ballantine
Peter Ballantine was founder of Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company in 1840 in Newark, New Jersey.-Biography:...
, and Frelinghuysen
Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen
Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen was a German-American Dutch-Reformed minister, theologian and the progenitor of the Frelinghuysen family in the United States of America. Frelinghuysen is most remembered for his religious contributions in the Raritan Valley during the beginnings of the First...
families.
The cemetery itself was opened and incorporated in 1844, but there are graves that date back to the mid-17th century, which were moved from older graveyards that were crowded out due to development.
Notable burials
- Peter BallantinePeter BallantinePeter Ballantine was founder of Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company in 1840 in Newark, New Jersey.-Biography:...
(1791–1883) - Seth BoydenSeth BoydenSeth Boyden was an American inventor. He was the brother of Uriah A. Boyden.A New England native , he was a watchmaker who moved to Newark, New Jersey. Boyden perfected the process for making patent leather, created malleable iron, invented a nail-making machine, and built his own steamboat...
(1788–1870), inventor of patent leatherPatent leatherPatent leather is a type of japanned leather that has been given a high gloss, shiny finish. The process was brought to the United States and improved by Newark-based inventor Seth Boyden in 1818, with commercial manufacture beginning September 20, 1819. Boyden's process, which he never patented,...
. - Joseph Philo BradleyJoseph Philo BradleyJoseph Philo Bradley was an American jurist best known for his service on the United States Supreme Court, and on the Electoral Commission that decided the disputed 1876 presidential election.-Early life:...
(1813]]–1892), Associate JusticeAssociate JusticeAssociate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the United States Supreme Court and some state supreme courts, and for some other courts in Commonwealth...
of the Supreme Court of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United StatesThe Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
, served on the Electoral CommissionElectoral Commission (United States)The Electoral Commission was a temporary body created by Congress to resolve the disputed United States presidential election of 1876. It consisted of 15 members. The election was contested by the Democratic ticket, Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks, and the Republican ticket, Rutherford B....
that decided the disputed 1876 presidential election. - Charles Cummings (historian), Newark historian
- John F. DrydenJohn F. DrydenJohn Fairfield Dryden was president of the Prudential Insurance Company and a United States Senator from New Jersey. He was known as the "father of industrial insurance".-Biography:...
(1839–1911), United States SenatorUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
and founder of Prudential FinancialPrudential FinancialThe Prudential Insurance Company of America , also known as Prudential Financial, Inc., is a Fortune Global 500 and Fortune 500 company whose subsidiaries provide insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services to both retail and institutional customers throughout the...
. - Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885) member of the United States SenateUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
representing New JerseyNew JerseyNew 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...
and a United States Secretary of StateUnited States Secretary of StateThe United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence... - Edward W. GrayEdward W. GrayEdward Winthrop Gray was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1915 to 1919.-Biography:Gray was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on August 18, 1870, where he attended the public schools...
(1870–1942), represented New Jersey's 8th congressional districtNew Jersey's 8th congressional districtNew Jersey's Eighth Congressional District is currently represented by Democrat Bill Pascrell.-Counties and municipalities in the district:For the 108th and successive Congresses , the district contains all, or portions of 2 counties and 21 municipalities.Essex County:Passaic County:2010...
from 1915 to 1919. - George A. HalseyGeorge A. HalseyGeorge Armstrong Halsey was an American Republican Party politician and leather manufacturer from New Jersey, who served two non-consecutive terms representing ....
(1827–1894), represented New Jersey's 7th congressional districtNew Jersey's 7th congressional districtNew Jersey's Seventh Congressional District is currently represented by Republican Leonard Lance.In the 2008 election, Mike Ferguson did not seek another term. Linda Stender won the Democratic nomination unopposed, while Republican primary voters chose State Senator Leonard Lance in a field of...
from 1867 to 1869, and again from 1871 to 1873. - Augustus A. Hardenbergh (1830–1889), represented New Jersey's 7th congressional districtNew Jersey's 7th congressional districtNew Jersey's Seventh Congressional District is currently represented by Republican Leonard Lance.In the 2008 election, Mike Ferguson did not seek another term. Linda Stender won the Democratic nomination unopposed, while Republican primary voters chose State Senator Leonard Lance in a field of...
from 1875 to 1879, and again from 1881 to 1883. - Franklin MurphyFranklin Murphy (governor)Franklin Murphy was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 31st Governor of New Jersey, from 1902-1905. He was the founder of the Murphy Varnish Company in Newark, New Jersey.-Civil War Service:...
(1846–1920) 31st Governor of New JerseyGovernor of New JerseyThe Office of the Governor of New Jersey is the executive branch for the U.S. state of New Jersey. The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be... - Thomas Baldwin PeddieThomas Baldwin Peddie-External links:* at The Political Graveyard...
(1808–1889), Mayor of Newark, New JerseyNewark, New JerseyNewark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
. - Alexander C.M. PenningtonAlexander C.M. PenningtonAlexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Sr. was an American Whig Party / Opposition Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1853-1857....
(1810–1867), represented 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 1853-1857. - William PenningtonWilliam PenningtonWilliam Pennington was an American politician and lawyer, the Governor of New Jersey, and Speaker of the House during his one term in Congress....
(May 4, 1796 – February 16, 1862) 13th Governor of New JerseyGovernor of New JerseyThe Office of the Governor of New Jersey is the executive branch for the U.S. state of New Jersey. The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be...
and Speaker of the House during his single term in Congress - Nehemiah PerryNehemiah Perry (congressman)Nehemiah Perry was an American clerk, cloth manufacturer and Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1865....
(March 30, 1816 – November 1, 1881) member of 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 New JerseyNew JerseyNew 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...
, Mayor of Newark - Theodore RunyonTheodore RunyonTheodore Runyon was a United States politician, diplomat, and Civil War brigadier general in the Union army.-Biography:...
(1822–1896), Civil War general, Newark mayor, and U.S. ambassador to Germany - Mary Stilwell, first wife of Thomas EdisonThomas EdisonThomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial...
- Marcus Lawrence WardMarcus Lawrence WardMarcus Lawrence Ward was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 21st Governor of New Jersey from 1866–1869, and represented the state in Congress for one term, from 1873-1875....
, 21st GovernorGovernor of New JerseyThe Office of the Governor of New Jersey is the executive branch for the U.S. state of New Jersey. The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be...
of New JerseyNew JerseyNew 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...
and represented the state in Congress for one term
See also
- Fairmount Cemetery, NewarkFairmount Cemetery, Newarkthumb|190px|The Krueger Mausoleumthumb|190px|The Setters' MonumentFairmount Cemetery is a Victorian cemetery in the West Ward of Newark, New Jersey, in the neighborhood of Fairmount. It opened in 1855, shortly after the Newark City Council banned burials in the central city due to fears that...
- List of cemeteries in New Jersey
- List of United States cemeteries
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey