Elmwood Cemetery (North Brunswick)
 Georges Road entrance | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1868 |
| Location | 425 Georges Road North Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40°28′30″N 74°27′04″W / 40.47500°N 74.45111°W |
| Type | Public |
| Find a Grave | Elmwood Cemetery |
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]
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
- William Henry Steele Demarest (1863–1956), eleventh President of Rutgers College (now Rutgers University)
- Robert Wood Johnson II (1893–1968), president of Johnson & Johnson[3]
- 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.[4][5]
- George C. Ludlow (1830–1900), 25th Governor of New Jersey, from 1881–1884[6]
- 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[7]
- 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)[8]
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
References[]
- ^ Clayton, W. Woodford, ed. (1882). "North Brunswick: Elmwood Cemetery". History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. p. 754.
- ^ Welsh, Jack D. (1998). Medical Histories of Union Generals. Kent State. ISBN 0-87338-853-4.
- ^ Johnson, Robert Wood, Jr., The Political Graveyard. Accessed August 16, 2007.
- ^ "Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918) - Author of Trees and Other Poems". Miriam A. Kilmer. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
Joyce Kilmer is buried in Oise-Aisne Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France. There is a picture of the Kilmer Family Cenotaph in Elmwood Cemetery, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. Please note that Joyce Kilmer was never buried in the United States.
- ^ Strauss, Robert (March 28, 2004). "Sometimes the Grave Is a Fine and Public Place". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
New Jersey is, indeed, a home of poets. Walt Whitman's tomb is nestled in a wooded grove in the Harleigh Cemetery in Camden. Joyce Kilmer is buried [sic] in Elmwood Cemetery in New Brunswick, not far from the New Jersey Turnpike rest stop named in his honor. Allen Ginsberg may not yet have a rest stop, but the Beat Generation author of Howl is resting at B'Nai Israel Cemetery in Newark.
. Note that Kilmer is not buried at Elmwood Cemetery (he is buried in France), but he does have a cenotaph at Elmwood. - ^ New Jersey Governor George Craig Ludlow Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, National Governors Association. Accessed August 16, 2007.
- ^ Miles Ross, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007.
- ^ Staff. Brief news item in New Brunswick Daily Times (27 June 1905), page 5, column 2.
External links[]
Categories:
- Cemeteries in Middlesex County, New Jersey
- North Brunswick, New Jersey