About Pleasant Plains Cemetery
Pleasant Plains Cemetery is a cemetery near Franklin Park, Somerset County, New Jersey. It lies about 1.4 mi east of Franklin Park. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Ferdinand Schureman Schenck, Eliza Ann Beekman and Ferdinand S. Schenck. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hill Cemetery, about 2.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gleason Funeral Home in Somerset, about 4.1 mi away. It is one of 59 cemeteries we list in Somerset County, and 76 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Franklin Park. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Pleasant Plains Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Ferdinand Schureman Schenck1790-1860American politician
- Eliza Ann Beekman1805-1896
- Ferdinand S. Schenck1845-19251845-1925 , minister and professor
- John Moore Baker1796-1882Husband of Eliza Ann Beekman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Pleasant Plains 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 Pleasant Plains 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
- Hill CemeteryHillsborough, NJCemetery2.1 mi
- Elmwood CemeterySixmile Run, NJCemetery2.3 mi
- South Middlebush CemeteryMiddlebush, NJCemetery2.7 mi
- Franklin Memorial ParkSixmile Run, NJMemorial park3.2 mi
- Ten Mile Run CemeteryTen Mile Run, NJCemetery3.2 mi
- Garden of MemoriesSixmile Run, NJCemetery3.2 mi
- Cedar Hill CemeteryWeston, NJCemetery3.8 mi
- Beekman CemeteryTen Mile Run, NJCemetery3.9 mi
- Hillsborough Reformed Church CemeteryWeston, NJChristian cemetery4.0 mi
- Cedar Grove CemeteryMiddlebush, NJCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Pleasant Plains Cemetery
- Gleason Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Somerset · (732) 545-0700
- Ruby Memorial Funeral & Cremation Services4.1 miCremation provider · North Brunswick · (732) 658-3289
- Star of David Memorial Chapel of South Brunswick4.7 miFuneral chapel · South Brunswick · (732) 329-0990
- M.J. Murphy Funeral Home4.7 miFuneral home · Monmouth Junction · (732) 329-2000
- Hillsborough Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Hillsborough · (908) 874-5600
- Selover Funeral Home is now Gleason Funeral Home of North Brunswick5.9 miFuneral home · North Brunswick · (732) 828-2500
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