Van Liew Cemetery
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| Location | 585 Georges Road North Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40°28′13″N 74°27′05″W / 40.47028°N 74.45139°W |
| Find a Grave | Van Liew Cemetery |
The Van Liew Cemetery is located at 585 Georges Road in North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. It also has an entrance from Pine Street.[1] The cemetery is one of the oldest in the township.[2]
Around 1966, Alfred Yorston removed 520 bodies from the First Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick's cemetery to Van Liew Cemetery to make way for new construction at that church.[3]
Notable burials[edit]
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain (1815–1878) US Congressman
- J. Edward Crabiel (d. 1992) of Milltown, New Jersey, a Democrat. Alternate delegate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention from New Jersey; member of New Jersey General Assembly, 1953–65; member of New Jersey Senate, 1966–77; Secretary of State of New Jersey, 1974–77.
- Arthur Gottlieb (1918–1965) Pro football player
- Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797–1859), represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855, and was mayor of New Brunswick in 1841 and 1842.[4]
- James E. Mills (1878–1965) Husband of Eleanor Mills of Hall-Mills Murder
- Charlotte E. Mills (1906–1952), daughter of James and Eleanor
- John Neilson (1745–1833) of New Jersey. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1778; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1790; member of New Jersey state legislature, 1800–01.
- Charles Van Liew Booream of Milltown, New Jersey, a Democrat. Delegate to 1932 Democratic National Convention from New Jersey.
- Eleanor Reinhardt Mills (1888–1922), of Hall-Mills Murder
- William Paterson (1745–1806), Signer of the US Constitution (cenotaph)
- Micah Williams (1782–1837), painter[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Sarapin, Janice Kohl (1994). Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. pp. 130–132. ISBN 0813521114.
- ^ Clayton, W. Woodford, ed. (1882). "North Brunswick: Burial Places, The Van Liew Cemetery". History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. pp. 753–754.
- ^ "The Changing Landscape of North Brunswick". Rutgers University. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
Yorston is best remembered for his work in removing the 520 bodies from the New Brunswick Presbyterian Church's cemetery to Van Liew Cemetery to make way for new construction, for his around-the-clock service during the 1918 deadly influenza epidemic, and for his service in connection with the autopsy involving the infamous Hall-Mills murder in neighboring Franklin Township.
- ^ Littleton Kirkpatrick, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 1, 2007.
- ^ Ilene Dube (April 8, 2014). "For Artist Williams, Every Ruffle and Dollar Mattered". Retrieved August 29, 2021.
