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Founded in 1854, Fairmount Cemetery is a Victorian cemetery with many distinctive and beautiful monuments erected by families who have chosen Fairmount as their final resting place. Two beautifully designed mausoleums and countless acres offer families a wide range of choices.
As a not-for-profit cemetery, Fairmount is dedicated to serving all faiths and directing all funds to the care and welfare of the grounds and mausoleums. As you continue through these pages you will find the many notable burials and historic features Fairmount Cemetery has to offer.
Steeped in history, Fairmount Cemetery offers genealogy research services and guided tours of the mausoleums and grounds.
This cemetery is located on 620 Central Avenue, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.
Fairmount Cemetery is a 150-acre rural cemetery in the West Ward of Newark, New Jersey, in the neighborhood of Fairmount. It opened in 1855, shortly after the Newark City Council banned burials in the central city due to fears that bodies spread yellow fever. The first burial in Fairmount Cemetery was a 24-year-old man named Lewis J. Pierson. Fairmount is still accepting interments.
Along with Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Fairmount has the graves of Newark's most eminent turn of the century citizens, including Clara Maass, who gave her life in the investigation of yellow fever. A high proportion of the graves belong to German families. Fairmount Cemetery includes large trees, rolling hills, and intricately carved monuments. Featured near the old South Orange Avenue entrance is the recently restored zinc Settlers' Monument, commemorating the founders of Newark. There is also a Civil War memorial. The modern entrance to Fairmount Cemetery is on Central Avenue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairmount_Cemetery_(Newark,_New_Jersey)
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