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Newton Cemetery is a cemetery in Newton, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1860, the cemetery is in current use and is owned and operated by the Newton Cemetery Company.〔Town of Newton (New Jersey), Office of the Tax Assessor, "Tax Records for Block 18.01, Lot 1". Confirmed through (Assessment Records Search ) and Harold E. Pellow & Associates, Inc., (Newton Tax Map ) (Revised February 2012), Sheet 18. Retrieved 9 January 2015.〕 It is the "new" cemetery in town—opening after the Old Newton Burial Ground (founded 1762) was filled.〔''The Sussex Register'', 20 June 1872.〕 The Newton Cemetery Company was incorporated on 22 March 1860 by an act of the New Jersey state legislature.〔James P. Snell (compiler), ''History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers'' (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881), 276.〕 It named seven men as "corporators", including Michael B. Titman, Moses W. Northrup, attorney Daniel S. Anderson, Samuel Cassady, the Reverend Nathaniel Pettit (of Christ Church, Newton), Thomas N. McCarter, and Whitfield S. Johnson. By 1866, the corporators had raised funds—approximately $16,000—to purchase a tract of land from the heirs of Aaron Peck and open for burials. According to James P. Snell, the first interment was for Joseph A. Linn, who was buried in August 1867.〔 Five years later, in 1872, a local newspaper reported that "the number of interments is about 340--a large majority of which were re-interments from other places".〔 Burial options at Newton Cemetery include interment in the cemetery's Mausoleum Chapel, erected in 1991.〔Newton Cemetery Company. (Newton Cemetery: About Us ). Retrieved 3 May 2013.〕 ==Notable burials== * Jacob L. Bunnell (1855-1932), newspaperman, owner of ''Blairstown Press'', ''New Jersey Herald'', ''Sussex Independent''. * Thomas G. Bunnell (1834-189?), editor and later owner of the ''New Jersey Herald'' * George Sullivan Dodge (1838-1881) Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the James, Battle of Fort Fisher, Bvt. Brigadier General, American Civil War * Benjamin Edsall, poet, orator, editor of the ''Sussex Register'' * Bartholomew Gill (Mark C. McGarrity) (1943-2002), American crime fiction-mystery novelist, newspaper feature writer. * John Kays (1739-1829), Revolutionary War military officer, aide to George Washington. * Henry C. Kelsey, New Jersey Secretary of State, leader of the Kelsey Ring * Lewis J. Martin (1844-1913), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in 1913.〔(Lewis J. Martin ), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 18, 2007.〕 * Henry W. Merriam (1828-1900), industrialist and philanthropist * Robert Hamilton (1809-1878), represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district from 1873 to 1877.〔(Robert Hamilton ), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 18, 2007.〕 * Andrew J. Rogers, Copperhead congressman during Civil War * Francis J. Swayze, Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. 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「Newton Cemetery (Newton, New Jersey)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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