About Fair Mount Cemetery
Fair Mount Cemetery is a cemetery near Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey. It lies about 0.9 mi north of Chatham. The grounds sit at about 348 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including John Wesley Hyatt, Robert F. Sargent and Edwin S. Votey. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2052781. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Teresa Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wm. A. Bradley & Son Funeral Home in Chatham, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 61 cemeteries we list in Morris County, and 75 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 5 of the 61 listings in Morris County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chatham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fair Mount Cemetery
Among them: 3 writers, 2 business leaders, 2 inventors and engineers, 1 artist, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 scientist.
- John Wesley Hyatt1837-1920American inventor of plastic
- Robert F. Sargent1918-1969U.S. Coast Guard combat photographer in World War II
- Edwin S. Votey1856-1931American entrepreneur
- Michael Heilprin1823-1888American biblical scholar
- Richard Kendall Munkittrick1853-1911American writer
- Walker Gwynne1845-1931Irish-American clergyman
- Anthony P. Infante, Jr.1954-2001American police officer (PAPD), first responder and victim of the September 11 attacks
- Samuel Bradford Jones1826-1908American officer
- Thomas Alonzo Lenci1869-1935
- Leon Curtis McBride1942-2005Ph.D. North Carolina State University 1969
- Marian Manley Winser1892-1977American librarian
- Theodore Stanwood Kenyon1890-1978American patent lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fair Mount Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Fair Mount Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Saint Teresa CemeterySummit, NJCemetery0.5 mi
- Saint Vincent CemeteryMadison, NJCemetery1.4 mi
- Hillside CemeteryMadison, NJCemetery2.1 mi
- White Oak Ridge CemeteryShort Hills, NJCemetery3.1 mi
- Willcocks & Badgley Families CemeteryNew Providence, NJCemetery3.3 mi
- Saint Rose of Lima CemeteryMillburn, NJCemetery3.8 mi
- Saint Stephens CemeteryMillburn, NJCemetery3.9 mi
- Presbyterian CemeterySpringfield, NJPresbyterian cemetery4.3 mi
- Holy Family CemeteryMadison, NJFamily cemetery4.4 mi
- Springfield Emanuel United Methodist Church CemeterySpringfield, NJMethodist cemetery4.4 mi
Funeral homes near Fair Mount Cemetery
- Wm. A. Bradley & Son Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Chatham · (973) 635-2428
- Simple Cremation Of Nj0.9 miCremation provider · Chatham · (973) 833-3537
- Bradley, Brough & Dangler Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Summit · (908) 273-2323
- Madison Memorial Home2.1 miFuneral home · Madison · (973) 377-2735
- Burroughs Kohr & Dangler Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Madison · (973) 377-3232
- Bradley, Smith & Smith Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Springfield · (973) 376-7777
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