The Van Liew Cemetery is located at 585 Georges Road in North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. It also has an entrance from Pine Street.[1] The cemetery is one of the oldest in the township.[2]
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| Location | 585 Georges Road North Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40°28′13″N 74°27′05″W / 40.47028°N 74.45139°W |
| Find a Grave | Van Liew Cemetery |
Around 1966, Alfred Yorston removed 520 bodies from the First Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick's cemetery to Van Liew Cemetery to make way for new construction at that church.[3]
Notable burials
edit- Garnett Bowditch Adrain (1815–1878) US Congressman
- J. Edward Crabiel (d. 1992) of Milltown, New Jersey, a Democrat. Alternate delegate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention from New Jersey; member of New Jersey General Assembly, 1953–65; member of New Jersey Senate, 1966–77; Secretary of State of New Jersey, 1974–77.
- Arthur Gottlieb (1918–1965) Pro football player
- Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797–1859), represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855, and was mayor of New Brunswick in 1841 and 1842.[4]
- James E. Mills (1878–1965) Husband of Eleanor Mills of Hall-Mills Murder
- Charlotte E. Mills (1906–1952), daughter of James and Eleanor
- John Neilson (1745–1833) of New Jersey. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1778; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1790; member of New Jersey state legislature, 1800–01.
- Charles Van Liew Booream of Milltown, New Jersey, a Democrat. Delegate to 1932 Democratic National Convention from New Jersey.
- Eleanor Reinhardt Mills (1888–1922), of Hall-Mills Murder
- William Paterson (1745–1806), Signer of the US Constitution (cenotaph)
- Micah Williams (1782–1837), painter[5]
References
edit- ^ Sarapin, Janice Kohl (1994). Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. pp. 130–132. ISBN 0813521114.
- ^ Clayton, W. Woodford, ed. (1882). "North Brunswick: Burial Places, The Van Liew Cemetery". History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey. Everts & Peck. pp. 753–754.
- ^ "The Changing Landscape of North Brunswick". Rutgers University. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
- ^ Littleton Kirkpatrick, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 1, 2007.
- ^ Ilene Dube (April 8, 2014). "For Artist Williams, Every Ruffle and Dollar Mattered". Retrieved August 29, 2021.
