Find A Grave - Orange

Adams, Platt b. March 23, 1885 d. February 27, 1961
Olympic Athlete. Born in Belleville, New Jersey, he was an all around track and field athlete as a high jumper, javelin thrower, discus thrower and long jumper. As a member of the United States Track and Field team, he competed in the 1908 Summer Olympic Games London, England and finished 5th in two events. At the 1912 Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, He won the Gold Medal for the men's standing high jump and the Silver Medal for the men's standing long jump. In 1922 he was elected to...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Rose Garden, Section 6, Space 28
Barnes, James b. April 8, 1886 d. May 24, 1966
Professional Golfer. At 6-foot-4 inches, he was one of the tallest players of his era, and was one of the longest hitters, both of which led to his nickname of "Long Jim." He won the first two Professional Golf Association Championships ever played. The first was in 1916, but the second - because of World War I - wasn't played until 1919. In 1921, Barnes added a United States Open crown, and in 1925 the British Open, making him the first player to win all three of those championships. He was...[Read More] (Bio by: Gregory Speciale)
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section 43, Lot 24
Bell, John Hann b. 1839 d. April 20, 1875
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a Private in the 71st New York State Militia. When that unit was mustered out in the Summer of 1861, he enlisted in the 57th New York Volunteer Infantry, being commissioned it's Major on September 28, 1861. He served in this capacity throughout the Battles of 1862 and early 1863, seeing action during the Peninsular Campaign, the 7 Days Battles, the Battle of Antietam, and the Fredericksburg and...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Old Section, Lot 496 [unmarked]
Blake, John Lauris b. March 25, 1831 d. October 10, 1899
US Congressman. He was elected as a Republican to represent New Jersey's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 to 1881.
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Colgate, Samuel b. March 22, 1822 d. April 23, 1897
Businessman. He was the founder of Colgate-Palmolive, Peet Company. Colgate University in Hamilton, New York is named after him and his brother, who had endowed the school with large sums of money.
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section 41, Lot 2
Condit, John b. July 8, 1755 d. May 4, 1834
US Congressman, US Senator. Elected to represent New Jersey's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1799 to 1803, and 1819. Also served as a Member of the New Jersey State Legislature, and United States Senator from New Jersey from 1803 to 1809, and 1809 to 1817. (Bio by: K)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Dudley, Sumner F. d. March 13, 1897
Social Reformer. Active in the Young Men's Christian Association, in 1855 he founded the first children's summer day camp in the United States in West Port, New York. It still exist today as Camp Dudley, the oldest continuous day camp in America.
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section 40, Lot 7
Edison, Charles b. August 3, 1890 d. July 31, 1969
New Jersey Governor, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. The son of famed inventor Thomas Alva Edison, he was appointed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as United States Secretary of the Navy, and served in that office from 1939 to 1940. He was elected Governor of New Jersey in 1940, and served from 1941 until 1944.
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section 41, Lot 177
Eken, Andrew J. b. 1882 d. June 11, 1965
Architect. He was the builder of the Empire State Building in New York City, New York.
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Cremated, Niche 695
Fesq, Frank E. b. April 1, 1840 d. May 6, 1920
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Civil War as a Private in Company A, 40th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Petersburg, Virginia on April 2, 1865. His citation reads "Capture of flag of 18th North Carolina (C.S.A.) within the enemy's works". His Medal was awarded to him on May 10, 1865. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section S, Lot 78
Funk, Wilfred J. b. March 20, 1883 d. June 1, 1965
Lexicographer. He was the co-author of the "Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary"
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section 42, Lot 89/90
Galento, Tony (Domenick) 'Two-Ton' b. March 12, 1910 d. July 22, 1979
"Two-Ton" Tony Galento was a heavyweight boxer during the 1930s and early 1940s. On June 28,1939, Galento knocked down heavyweight champion Joe Louis in the second round of their title bout in Yankee Stadium. Louis went on to win the fight by knockout in the fourth round. Galento fought Max Baer in 1940. During his career Galento scored 59 knockouts in 112 fights.
Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Gibson, Althea b. August 25, 1927 d. September 28, 2003
Professional Tennis Player. A tennis player at the age of 15 she began playing professionally in the 1950s. She was the first African-American to win Wimbledon and United States national titles, and also was the first Africa-American to compete in the United States championships, in 1950, and at Wimbledon, in 1951. She went onto win major tournaments, including the Wimbledon and United States championships in 1957 and 1958, the French Open, and three doubles titles at Wimbledon from 1956 to...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Graham, Andrew J. b. 1830 d. May 21, 1894
Author. He developed the shorthand system known as "Graham's Shorthand". It was the standard shorthand system in the United States in the last half of the 19th century, until it was supplanted by the Gregg Shorthand system.
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Prospect Section, Lot 135/136
Gray, Henry Judd b. July 8, 1892 d. January 12, 1928
Criminal. He helped his lover, Ruth Brown Snyder, murder her husband in 1927, and was subsequently executed for the crime after a sensational criminal trial.
Cause of death: Executed in Sing Sing Prison
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Hartford, George Huntington b. September 5, 1833 d. August 29, 1917
Businessman. He founded "The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company" in 1859, which still operates today as the supermarket chain "A&P".
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section 42, Lot 8
Inness Jr., George b. January 5, 1854 d. July 27, 1926
Artist.
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section 20, Lot 46
Inness, George b. May 1, 1825 d. August 3, 1894
Artist. Born near Newburgh, New York, was the fifth of thirteen children, his father, a prosperous grocer, tried to make a grocer out of him, but the youth decided instead to become an artist. Around 1841, he received a month's instruction from John Jesse Barker, a painter living in Newark, New Jersey, where the Inness family had moved in 1829. From the age of sixteen, Inness served a two-year apprenticeship as an engraver with the New York mapmaking firm of Sherman and Smith. He took some...[Read More] (Bio by: MC)
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section 20, Lot 46
Kramer, Frank b. November 20, 1880 d. October 8, 1952
Professional Cyclist. Born in Evansville, New Jersey, he took up bicycle racing at age 15 and in his 22-year career, earned an estimated $500,000. From 1901 to 1916, he won sixteen consecutive US National Championships and two European Championships in 1905 and 1906. In 1912, he won the Gold Medal at the first World Cycling Championship in Newark. He died at age 71 in Orange, New Jersey. In 1988, he was posthumously inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Section 44, Lot 136
Mason, Lowell b. January 8, 1792 d. August 11, 1872
Religious Musical Composer. He was a leading figure and prolific writer of American church music, having composed the tunes to over 1,600 hymns, including the well-known hymns "Nearer My God to Thee," "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," "Joy to the World," "Blest Be the Tie That Binds," and "My Faith Looks Up to Thee." He was also credited with setting the music to the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb." He was born and raised in Medfield, Massachusetts, where both of his parents sang in...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Plot: Old Cemetery, Lot 871

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