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Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, New Jersey

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  • Mary Jane Edison (1855 - 1884)
    From the 1880 federal census, Mary Edison lived in East New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, with her husband and children. The family at the time consisted of:* Head Thomas A. Edison 32 * Wife...
  • Anna Conger Dart (1837 - 1923)
  • Peter Ballantine (1791 - 1883)
    . He founded the Ballantine Brewing Company in 1840 in Newark, New Jersey. Born in Scotland, he emigrated to the United States in 1820, and learned the beer brewing craft in New York City, New York. He...
  • Samuel A. Ward (1847 - 1903)
    Augustus Ward (December 28, 1847 – September 28, 1903) was an American organist and composer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Ward studied music in New York and became an organist at Grace Episcopal Church...
  • John F. Dryden, U.S. Senator (1839 - 1911)
    Fairfield Dryden (August 7, 1839 — November 24, 1911) was the founder and president of the Prudential Insurance Company and a United States Senator from New Jersey. He was known as the "father of indus...

This project is for those interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.

The 40 acre cemetery is Newark's oldest cemetery, established in 1844 by the legislature of New Jersey. It is located on 375 Broadway.

Notable Interments

Links

Official Website

Find a Grave

Cemetery History

Street to the Left (blog)

You Don't Know Jersey (blog)

Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Mausoleums