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Harleigh Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in both Collingswood and Camden, New Jersey. Harleigh Cemetery and Crematorium is one of the oldest cemeteries in New Jersey. Named Camden County Veterans Cemetery in 2007, the current President is Louis Cicalese. Harleigh cemetery is over of lush mature grounds situated on the Cooper River a short drive from Philadelphia. The cemetery has been listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places since 1995 (as ID #2829).〔(New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Camden County ), New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Historic Preservation Office, last updated August 6, 2007. Accessed August 26, 2007.〕 ==Notable burials== *David Baird (1839–1927), United States Senator from New Jersey from 1918-1919.〔(David Baird ), ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed August 16, 2007.〕 *David Baird, Jr. (1881–1955), United States Senator from New Jersey from 1929-1930.〔(David Baird, Jr. ), ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed August 16, 2007.〕 *Ella Reeve Bloor (1862–1951), radical labor organizer.〔"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 J. Browning (1850–1920), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1911-1920.〔(William John Browning ), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 16, 2007.〕 *George C. Burling (1834–1885), Union Army officer during the American Civil War, serving mostly as Colonel and commander of the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. *Carl McIntire (1906–2002), founder of and minister in the Bible Presbyterian Church. *William Joyce Sewell (1835–1901), United States Senator from New Jersey from 1881-1887 and 1895-1901.〔(William Joyce Sewell ), ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed August 16, 2007.〕 *John F. Starr (1818–1904), United States Senator from New Jersey from 1863-1867.〔(John Farson Starr ), ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed August 16, 2007.〕 *Nick Virgilio, haiku poet.〔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. "Haiku, the poetry Nick Virgilio wrote, is filled with imagery. Yesterday at Camden's Harleigh Cemetery where, under heavy skies, a Virgilio memorial was dedicated by 100 friends, the images abounded."〕 *Walt Whitman (1819–1892), Essayist and Poet.〔(Walt Whitman House ), Visit South Jersey. Accessed August 16, 2007. "Not far from the poet's house is the historic Harleigh Cemetery, his final resting place."〕 *Charles A. Wolverton (1880–1969), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1927-1959.〔(Charles Anderson Wolverton ), ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed August 16, 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harleigh Cemetery, Camden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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