About Bloomfield Cemetery
Bloomfield Cemetery is a cemetery near Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey. The grounds sit at about 135 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Alexander Jackson Davis and Charles Warren Eaton. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 874818. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Olivet Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Van Tassel Funeral Home in Bloomfield, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 41 cemeteries we list in Essex County, and 104 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 41 listings in Essex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Glen Ridge. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Bloomfield Cemetery
Among them: 2 artists, 2 musicians, 2 writers, 1 architect, 1 governor, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 scientist, 1 US representative.
- Charles Tomlinson Griffes1884-1920American composer
- Alexander Jackson Davis1803-1892American architect
- Charles Warren Eaton1857-1937American painter
- William Batchelder Bradbury1816-1868American composer
- John Franklin Fort1852-1920American judge
- Franklin William Fort1880-1937American politician
- Robert Peele1858-1942American mining engineer
- Bruno Beghe1892-1973
- Mary Franklin Barrett1879-1972American botanist, botanical collector, teacher and writer
- Amasa Angell Redfield1837-19021837-1902 , lawyer and legal author
- Amzi Armstrong1771-1827(1771-1827) pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Mendham, New Jersey
- Amzi Dodd1823-1913American jurist
Show all 15 notable burials
- Edward B. Coe1842-1914American cleric
- Henry Leber Coit1854-1917American pediatrician
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
People whose Wikidata entry gives Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield 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
- Mount Olivet CemeteryBloomfield, NJCemetery0.6 mi
- Glendale CemeteryBloomfield, NJCemetery1.2 mi
- Rosedale CemeteryWest Orange, NJCemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryEast Orange, NJCemetery2.3 mi
- Vincent CemeteryNutley, NJCemetery2.4 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryOrange, NJCemetery2.4 mi
- Saint Peters Churchyard CemeteryBelleville, NJCatholic cemetery2.5 mi
- Edison GravesiteWest Orange, NJCemetery2.5 mi
- First Presbyterian Churchyard420 Main Street, Orange, NJPresbyterian cemetery2.7 mi
- Christ Church Cemetery & Coptic MausoleumBelleville, NJOrthodox cemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Bloomfield Cemetery
- Van Tassel Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Bloomfield · (973) 743-1761
- Izabela Funeral Service0.2 miFuneral home · Bloomfield · (201) 290-2173
- O'Boyle Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Bloomfield · (973) 748-1246
- Zuasola-Grillo Filipino Funeral Service0.7 miFuneral home · Bloomfield · (973) 743-8500
- Levandoski-Grillo Funeral Home and Cremation Service0.7 miFuneral home · Bloomfield · (973) 743-6969
- Caggiano Memorial Home1.0 miFuneral home · Montclair · (973) 744-6667
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