Harleigh Cemetery
| Harleigh Cemetery | |
|---|---|
Location of Harleigh Cemetery in Camden County, New Jersey | |
| Location | Camden, New Jersey and Collingswood, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 39°55′26″N 75°5′23″W / 39.92389°N 75.08972°W |
| Area | 130 acres (0.53 km2) |
| Built | 1885 |
Harleigh Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery[1] located in Camden, New Jersey, and established in 1885. The Camden County Veterans Cemetery was established in it in 2007. The cemetery covers over 130 acres (0.53 km2) of lush mature grounds on the Cooper River.[2] The cemetery was listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places on 1995 (as ID #2829).[3]
Notable burials
- David Baird Sr. (1839–1927), United States senator from New Jersey from 1918–1919.[4]
- David Baird Jr. (1881–1955), United States senator from New Jersey from 1929–1930.[5]
- Henry Charlton Beck (1902–1965), journalist, folklorist, author of New Jersey history books
- Ella Reeve Bloor (1862–1951), labor organizer[6]
- William J. Browning (1850–1920), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1911–1920.[7]
- Albert E. Burling (1891–1960), justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1947 to 1960.
- George C. Burling (1834–1885), Union Army officer during the American Civil War, serving as Colonel and commander of the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry.
- Ralph W. E. Donges (1875–1974), justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, 1930 t0 1948
- Carl McIntire (1906–2002), founder of and minister in the Bible Presbyterian Church
- Charlie Rice (1920–2018), jazz drummer[8]
- William Joyce Sewell (1835–1901), United States senator from New Jersey from 1881–1887 and 1895–1901.[9]
- John F. Starr (1818–1904), United States senator from New Jersey from 1863–1867.[10]
- Nick Virgilio (1928–1989), haiku poet[11]
- Joseph F. Wallworth (1876–1933), president of the New Jersey Senate[12]
- Walt Whitman (1819–1892), essayist and poet[13][14][15]
- Charles A. Wolverton (1880–1969), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1927–1959[16]
References
- ^ Linden, Blanche M.G. (2007). Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-55849-571-5. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Exploring the Architecture and Rituals of Nineteenth-Century Mourning". Historic Camden County. October 28, 2002. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Camden County Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Historic Preservation Office, last updated August 6, 2007. Accessed August 26, 2007.
- ^ David Baird, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 16, 2007.
- ^ David Baird, Jr., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 16, 2007.
- ^ "Rites For Mother Bloor; Funeral of Communist Leader Held in St. Nicholas Arena", The New York Times, August 15, 1951, p. 24. "Her body will be taken today to the Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, NJ ..."
- ^ William John Browning, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 16, 2007.
- ^ Charles R. Rice
- ^ William Joyce Sewell, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 16, 2007.
- ^ John Farson Starr, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 16, 2007.
- ^ Campbell, Douglas A. "Memorial Dedicated To Camden Poet Friends Of Nick Virgilio Raised Money For The Monument. Yesterday They Read Haiku At His Grave.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24, 1991, p. B01. Accessed September 24, 2007.
- ^ "Leaders in Tribute to J. F. Wallworth". The Morning Post. Vol. 58, no. 176. Camden, N.J. 23 August 1933. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Walt Whitman House Archived 2007-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, Visit South Jersey. Accessed August 16, 2007.
- ^ "Sometimes the Grave Is a Fine and Public Place". New York Times. March 28, 2004.
- ^ "I Hear America Raking. My Strange Visit to Spiff Up Walt Whitman's Camden, N.J., Tomb". The Washington Post. September 7, 1997. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
- ^ Charles Anderson Wolverton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 16, 2007.