Rosedale Cemetery (Orange, New Jersey)

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Established 1840 Country United States Size 92 acres (370,000 m) Phone +1 973-673-0127		Location Orange, New Jersey Type Non denominational Founded 1840

Website http://www.rosedalecemetery.org Address 408 Orange Rd, Montclair, NJ 07042, USA Hours Closed now Wednesday8AM–4PMThursday8AM–4PMFriday8AM–4PMSaturday8AM–3PMSunday10AM–2PMMonday8AM–4PMTuesday8AM–4PMSuggest an edit Burials Michelle Thomas, Charles Edison, Althea Gibson Similar Rosedale Cemetery, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Woody Home For Services I, Perry's Funeral Home, Glendale Cemetery Association

Rosedale Cemetery is a cemetery located in Orange, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Cyrus Baldwin drew up the original plan for the cemetery in 1840.

Noted interments

Platt Adams (1885–1961), American Olympic athlete and member of the New Jersey State Assembly from Essex County

John L. Blake (1831–1899), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district from 1879–1881

Samuel Colgate (1822-1897), founder of Colgate-Palmolive

Charles Edison (1890–1969), son of Thomas Edison and the 42nd Governor of New Jersey

Althea Gibson (1927–2003), the first African American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour

George Huntington Hartford (1833–1917), Mayor of Orange, New Jersey from 1878–1890 and owned the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, the country's largest food retailer at the time of his death

Frances Cox Henderson (1820–1897), wife of Governor James Pinckney Henderson of Texas, retired in East Orange, established Good Shepherd home for aged women

Michelle Thomas (1968–1998), American actress best known for roles in Family Matters and The Cosby Show

William A. Wachenfeld (1889 – 1969) was a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1946 to 1959.

William H. Wiley (1842–1925), represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1909–1911

Three British Commonwealth war servicemen – a Royal Air Force officer and Canadian Army Sergeant of World War I and a Canadian airman of World War II

References

Rosedale Cemetery (Orange, New Jersey) Wikipedia

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