Harleigh Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in both Collingswood and Camden, New Jersey. Harleigh Cemetery and Crematorium is one of the oldest cemeteries in New Jersey. Named Camden County Veterans Cemetery in 2007, the current President is Louis Cicalese. Harleigh cemetery is over 130 acres (0.53Â km2) of lush mature grounds situated on the Cooper River a short drive from Philadelphia. The cemetery has been listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places since 1995 (as ID #2829).
Notable burials
- David Baird (1839â€"1927), United States Senator from New Jersey from 1918-1919.
- David Baird, Jr. (1881â€"1955), United States Senator from New Jersey from 1929-1930.
- Ella Reeve Bloor (1862â€"1951), radical labor organizer.
- William J. Browning (1850â€"1920), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1911-1920.
- George C. Burling (1834â€"1885), Union Army officer during the American Civil War, serving mostly as Colonel and commander of the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry.
- Carl McIntire (1906â€"2002), founder of and minister in the Bible Presbyterian Church.
- William Joyce Sewell (1835â€"1901), United States Senator from New Jersey from 1881-1887 and 1895-1901.
- John F. Starr (1818â€"1904), United States Senator from New Jersey from 1863-1867.
- Nick Virgilio, haiku poet.
- Walt Whitman (1819â€"1892), Essayist and Poet.
- Charles A. Wolverton (1880â€"1969), represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1927-1959.
References
External links
- Harleigh Cemetery
- Harleigh Cemetery at Interment.net
- Harleigh Cemetery at The Political Graveyard
- Harleigh Cemetery at Find A Grave