HOLY SEPULCHRE CEMETERY, EAST ORANGE

'Holy Sepulchre Cemetery' is located in East Orange and Newark, New Jersey. The Garden State Parkway runs through the two halves of the cemetery (Exit 144 and Exit 145, respectively). The office is located at 125 Central Avenue, East Orange, New Jersey 07108 (by taking Exit 145) and their main number is (973) 678-3757. If you inquire about someone who is buried in the cemetery for genealogy purposes, they do not keep birth dates on file or their relation to another person who is also buried. The cemetery is open seven days a week from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. This cemetery was established in 1859 and is maintained by the Archdiocese of Newark.
It has been a long-standing belief that cemetery plots were moved to make room when the Garden State Parkway was built, but it is not true. The Laurelton Road was in its place (before the Garden State Parkway was laid down) and no one was ever buried underneath the road. At one time, the cemetery only owned the land on one side of the road. After the Garden State Parkway was built, new land was purchased on the other side of the highway for more burial plots. This gave the appearance of the Garden State Parkway cutting through the cemetery and dividing it into two sections.

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Notable burials

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Notable burials

★ Thomas J. Callan (1853-1908) Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor recipient

★ James Smith, Jr. (1851-1927) of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., 1851. Democrat. U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1893-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1904.

★ Frank Joseph McNulty (1872-1926) Born in Derry, Ireland on August 10, 1872. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1923-25; defeated, 1924. Died in Newark, New Jersey on May 26, 1926

★ Cornelius Augustine McGlennon (1878-1931)

★ Paul John Moore (1868-1938), represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1927-1929.^[1]

★ Edward Leo O'Neill (1903-1948)

★ Edward F. McDonald (1844-1892), represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1895 to 1899.^[2]

★ Albert Oss (1818-1898) Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient

★ Clifford Thomson (1834-1912) Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient

★ Thomas Sullivan (1859-1940) Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor recipient

★ Jack Farrell (1957-1914) Major League Baseball player for 11 seasons, (1879-1889).

References

1. Paul John Moore biography, United States Congress. Accessed July 11, 2007.
2. Edward Francis McDonald biography, United States Congress. Accessed August 12, 2007.

External links

★ Old Newark Cemeteries: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

★ Political Graveyard: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

★ Find-A-Grave information for Holy Sepulchre Cemetery