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Fairmoimt Cemetery Association
| Name | Fairmoimt Cemetery Association |
| Ortssitz | Newark (New Jersey) |
| Straße | Market Street 183 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Friedhof |
| Anmerkungen | Friedhof |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 723] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| Herbst 1854 |
Gründung |
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Bem. |
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Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Bestattungen |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
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| ZEIT | 1882 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The want of a new cemetery in the city of Newark, which should be sufficiently large for mary coming fenerations and be commensurate with the growing importance of the city and the adjacent villages, was met by the organization, in the autumn of 1854, of the Fairmount Cemetery Association, which was duly chartered in 1855. The Board of Managers was composed of the instigators and promoters of the enterijrise, Joseph A. Halsey, Joseph N. Tuttle. Roswell Van Buskerk, Samuel H. Pennington, M. D., James G. Barnet, Aaron Carter, Jr., George F. Tutde, Theodire Macknet, Gabriel Grant, M. D., Charles Nichols, Alfr;d L. Dennis, William M. Lewis, and James A. Banister. The cemetery is beautifully situated, about one mile from the Courthouse, on South Orange Avenue, and is some eighty acres in extent, fifty acres of which aie now in lots. A large amount of money has been expended in beautifying it; the avenues laid out in classic design and taste and stoned and graveled; the ground raised in many p'.aces ; trees removed, to open up avenues; shrubbery planted, a residence built near the entrance gate for the keeper, the budding of a receiving vavlt, fencing, posts, etc., until now the Fairmount Cemcterv is one of the handsomest burialplaces in the country. Lots are now sold at from 100 to 300 each, and 1,800 of them have been sold. The total number of interments to November 1st, 1882, was 13,000, while the present annual average is 800. The officers at present are as follows: President, William Ward; secretary, John J. Henry; treasurer, Horace T. Brumley; Manageis, William Ward, John J. Henry, Horace T. Brumley, Charles Nichols, James A. Banister, Frederick C. Tichenor, Herman Lehlabach, Julius Stapff, George F. Tuttle. The general superintendent is Mr. Charles Nichols, who has occupied that important position almost from the organization down to the present. He is a pleasant, courteous gentleman, and a woithy and efficient officer, always to be found at his office, No. 183 Market Street, during office houis. The dedicatory services which occurred on the 5th of September, 1855, were of a most fitting character, and were witnessed by a vast concourse of people. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 723] |
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