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Elmwood Cemetery (New Jersey)
Cemetery in North Brunswick, New Jersey, US From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Elmwood Cemetery is located at 425 Georges Road in North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. It borders New Brunswick, New Jersey. The cemetery was established in 1868.[1]
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Notable burials
- John Baillie McIntosh (1829–1888), Union Army brigadier general in the American Civil War[2]
- Charles H. Bell (1798–1875), Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, served during the War of 1812, the Second Barbary War, and the American Civil War
- James Bishop (1816–1895), Opposition Party politician, represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1855–1857
- Henry de la Bruyere Carpender (1882–1934), of the Hall–Mills murder case
- Rev. David D. Demarest, D.D., LL.D. (1819–1898), Reformed clergyman, professor at New Brunswick Theological Seminary (1865–1898)[3]
- William Henry Steele Demarest (1863–1956), eleventh President of Rutgers College (now Rutgers University)
- Robert Wood Johnson II (1893–1968), president of Johnson & Johnson[4]
- Frederick Barnett Kilmer (1851–1934), director of Scientific Laboratories for Johnson & Johnson, developed their baby powder, father of Joyce Kilmer
- Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918), who was buried in France, is honored by a cenotaph erected in his family's plot in the cemetery.[5][6]
- George C. Ludlow (1830–1900), 25th Governor of New Jersey, from 1881–1884[7]
- John Baillie McIntosh (1829–1888), Union Army brigadier general in the American Civil War
- Miles Ross (1827–1903), Mayor of New Brunswick, represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1875–1883[8]
- Rev. Samuel Merrill Woodbridge, D.D., LL.D. (1819–1905), Reformed clergyman, professor at Rutgers College (1857–1864) and New Brunswick Theological Seminary (1857–1901), led the seminary (1883–1901)[9]
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Gallery
- Year established at the Georges Road entrance
- Queen Anne style gatehouse at the Paul Robeson Boulevard entrance
- Gravestone of James Bishop (1816–1895) and his wife Mary
- Gravestones of the Frederick Barnett Kilmer family and the cenotaph for his son, Joyce Kilmer
- Gravestones of David D. Demarest, his wife, Catharine Louisa Nevius, and children, William Henry Steele Demarest and Mary A. Demarest
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