About Willow Grove Cemetery
Willow Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The grounds sit at about 39 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 17 notable people buried here, including Abraham Coles, Amy O. Kershaw and Carrie O. Rappleyea. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 881859. The nearest other listed cemetery is First Methodist Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Quackenboss Funeral Home in New Brunswick, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 86 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 104 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1754. 7 of the 86 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Brunswick. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Willow Grove Cemetery
Among them: 3 physicians, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 writer.
- Abraham Coles1813-1891American physician and poet
- Amy O. Kershaw1847-1930(1847-1930) wife of Jerome Rappleyea
- Carrie O. Rappleyea1867-1901(1867-1901) husband of Louis Fowler Gallaudet
- Charles Holbert Voorhees1824-1900
- Jonathan Ackerman Coles1843-1926American physician
- Kusakabe Tarō1845-1870First Japanese student to graduate from Rutgers College, New Jersey
- Abraham Schuyler Neilson1792-186110 Sep 1792 New Brunswick, New Jersey - 30 June 1861
- Caroline Elizabeth Ackerman1817-1845
- Catharine Bayard Rutgers1826-1905
- Catharine Bleecker1809-1893Writer from New Brunswick, New Jersey
- David W. Vail1796-1842Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey
- James Neilson1784-1862American military officer and merchant from New Brunswick, New Jersey
Show all 17 notable burials
- James Neilson1844-1937Merchant from New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1844-1937
- Jonathan Coombs Ackerman1793-1852Businessman
- Peter N. Wyckoff1815-1861Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Theodore Grant Neilson1826-189012 Feb 1826 - 2 May 1890
- Warren Ackerman1827-1893Millionaire
People whose Wikidata entry gives Willow Grove 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 Willow Grove 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
- First Methodist CemeteryNew Brunswick, NJMethodist cemetery0.2 mi
- First Reformed Churchyard160 Neilson Street, New Brunswick, NJChristian cemetery0.3 mi
- Christ Church Graveyard5 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ · est. 1754Episcopal cemetery0.3 mi
- Saint Peters CemeteryNew Brunswick, NJCemetery1.0 mi
- Elmwood Cemetery425 Georges Road, North Brunswick Township, NJCemetery1.1 mi
- Poile Zeda CemeteryNew Brunswick, NJCemetery1.3 mi
- Van Liew Cemetery585 George's Road, North Brunswick Township, NJCemetery1.4 mi
- Mary Ellis Burial SiteHighland Park, NJCemetery1.5 mi
- Smally CemeteryEdison, NJCemetery2.3 mi
- Three Mile Run CemeteryVoorhees, NJChristian cemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Willow Grove Cemetery
- Quackenboss Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · New Brunswick · (732) 545-0008
- Anderson Funeral Services0.6 miFuneral home · New Brunswick · (732) 545-7312
- Gowen Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · New Brunswick · (732) 545-1344
- Crabiel Parkwest Funeral Chapel0.6 miFuneral chapel · New Brunswick · (732) 828-2332
- Boylan Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · New Brunswick
- Jaqui-Kuhn Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Highland Park · (732) 545-0606
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