Find A Grave - Newark

Abrams, Ike Quebec b. August 17, 1918 d. January 16, 1963
Jazz Musician. He was a well known artist, primarily for his work on the tenor saxophone with a big tone and a firm vigorous style. Trained as an orchestral musician as well as a featured soloist, he was a pianist and dancer as well. He found his calling on the tenor sax in 1940 with a group known as the Barons of Rhythm. His accomplishments included work with popular 1940's recording artists Ella Fitzgerald, Frankie Newton, Roy Eldridge, Hot Lips Page, Trummy Young, Sunset Royals, Benny Carter...[Read More] (Bio by: RJD)
Woodland Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer b. December 11, 1893 d. March 27, 1982
Author. The daughter of American publisher and author Edward Stratemeyer, she was the author of several books for young children and teens. Writing for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the book publishing firm founded by her father, she contributed stories in the "Nancy Drew" series under the firm's blanket pseudonym 'Carolyn Keene'. She also contributed stories in the "Hardy Boys" and "Bobbsey Twins" adventure and mysterious...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Badami, Stefano b. 1888 d. March 31, 1955
Organized Crime Figure. He was the first boss of what is now called the Decavalcante Organized Crime Family based in New Jersey. He ran the family until the 1930s, and was stabbed to death in a restaurant at 372 15th Avenue in Newark, New Jersey in 1955.
Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Ballantine, Peter H. b. December 18, 1831 d. September 16, 1882
Businessman. He founded the Ballantine Beer Breweries.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section R, Lot 55
Bellard, Alfred b. March 7, 1843 d. September 20, 1891
Civil War Union Army Solider, Historian. He enlisted as a Private in Company C, 5th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on August 19, 1861, and served with his regiment in the Battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks during the Peninsular Campaign, the Seven Days Battles, and the Battles of Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. At Chancellorsville he was severely wounded in the right leg, which necessitated first a long convalescence, then his transfer to the 12th Veterans Reserve...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Soldiers Plot 4, Row 2, Grave 24
Boyden, Seth b. November 17, 1788 d. March 31, 1870
Inventor. Born into one of New England's oldest families in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Boyden's prolific and versatile ingenuity belied his lack of formal education. He had patented his first invention, a nail-making machine, by age 21. Six years later he established a leather business in Newark, New Jersey, where in 1818 he discovered the process of making patent leather. On July 4, 1826, he celebrated the nation's 50th birthday by introducing one of his most significant inventions: malleable...[Read More] (Bio by: Nikita Barlow)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Bradley, Joseph P. b. March 14, 1813 d. January 22, 1892
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section N, Lot 77
Bronner, Augustus Frederick b. 1835 d. October 10, 1893
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the Civil War as a Private in Company C, 1st New York Light Artillery. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battle of White Oak Swamp, Virginia, on June 30, 1862, and at the Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia, on July 1, 1862. His citation reads simply "Continued to fight after being severely wounded". (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Soldiers' Plot 4, Row 5, Grave 12
Buck, Samuel L. b. June 8, 1820 d. February 5, 1892
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served as an officer in the pre-War New Jersey Militia, a position that helped him secure a commission of Major, 2nd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on May 22, 1861. He helped over see his regiments training, and was present with them during the 1st Bull Run Campaign, where the 2nd New Jesey and its division were held in reserve. In January 1862, he was advanced to Lieutenant Colonel, replacing Isaac Tucker, who had been promoted to Colonel of the regiment. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 93
Burnet, William b. December 2, 1730 d. October 7, 1791
Continental Congressman. Elected to represent New Jersey in the Continental Congress, he served in 1780. Also served as a State Court Judge in 1776. (Bio by: K)
First Presbyterian Churchyard Memorial Garden, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Mass grave
Cavicchia, Peter Angelo b. May 22, 1879 d. September 11, 1968
US Congressman. He was elected as a Republican to represent first New Jersey's 9th, then 11th Congressional Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1931 to 1937.
Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Condit, Silas b. August 18, 1778 d. November 29, 1861
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Jersey as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1831 to 1833. (Bio by: K)
First Presbyterian Churchyard Memorial Garden, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Mass grave
Cumming, Gilbert William b. March 12, 1817 d. March 7, 1877
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 51st Illinois Volunteer Infantry, being mustered in on October 15, 1861, and resigning his commission on September 30, 1862. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services during the operations before and the capture of the enemy's forces at Island No. 10, in the Mississippi River". (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section M, Lot 43
DeCastro, Joseph H. b. November 14, 1844 d. May 8, 1892
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as a Corporal in Company I, 19th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery during his regiment's attack and repulse of elements of Pickett's Charge on the Third Day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (July 3, 1863). His citation reads "Capture of flag of 19th Virginia regiment (C.S.A.)". His Medal was issued on December 1, 1864. He was one of seven 19th Massachusetts Infantry...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section 2, Lot 300, Grave 2
Dryden, John Fairfield b. August 7, 1839 d. November 24, 1911
Businessman, US Senator. He founded the Prudential Life Insurance Company in Newark, New Jersey in 1875, and helped build it into a mulit-million dollar company. He was elected as a Senator from New Jersey to the United States Senate to fill the vacany caused by the death of Senator William J. Sewell, and served from 1902 to 1907. It was alleged he used his money and power to influence votes to make him Senator. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Dunn, John Thomas b. June 4, 1838 d. February 22, 1907
US Congressman. Elected to represent New Jersey's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1893 to 1895. Also a member of New Jersey State Legislature in 1879. (Bio by: K)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Edison, Mary b. September 9, 1855 d. August 9, 1884
American Folk Figure. The first wife of inventor Thomas Alva Edison and mother of his first three children. She died of "congestion of the brain" one month shy of her 29th birthday.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
English, Thomas Dunn b. June 28, 1819 d. April 1, 1902
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent New Jersey's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1891 to 1895. He was a medical doctor, and wrote numerous poems, ballads and folk songs, including the song "Ben Bolt" in 1843.
Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Feigenspan, Christian William b. December 7, 1876 d. February 7, 1939
Businessman. He took over Newark, New Jersey's Feigenspan Brewery Company, founded by his father in 1868, when his father died in 1899. He then transformed the company into one of the best known breweries up until and after prohibition. Today it's labels are the among the most sought after by collectors.
Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Fiedler, William Henry Frederick b. July 25, 1847 d. January 1, 1919
US Congressman. He served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1880 to 1882. He was then elected as a Republican to represent New Jersey's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1883 to 1885.
Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

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