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Princeton Cemetery
Presidents row, showing grave of Vice-President Aaron Burr Jr. in front of those of his father, Aaron Burr Sr., and grandfather, Jonathan Edwards, both presidents of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University
Details
Established	1757; 268 years ago (1757)
Location	Princeton, New Jersey
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°21′18″N 74°39′36″W / 40.35500°N 74.66000°W / 40.35500; -74.66000
Owned by	Nassau Presbyterian Church
No. of graves	9,000+
Website	Princeton Cemetery
Find a Grave	Princeton Cemetery
Princeton Cemetery
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Part of	Princeton Historic District (ID75001143)
Added to NRHP	27 June 1975

Princeton Cemetery is located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It is owned by the Nassau Presbyterian Church. In his 1878 history of Princeton, New Jersey, John F. Hageman refers to the cemetery as "The Westminster Abbey of the United States."

Notable burials

• Archibald Alexander (1772–1851), Presbyterian theologian
• James Waddel Alexander (1804–1859), Presbyterian theologian and eldest son of Archibald Alexander
• Joseph Addison Alexander (1809–1860), Presbyterian biblical scholar and third son of Archibald Alexander
• William Cowper Alexander (1806–1874), politician, businessman and second son of Archibald Alexander
• Frank Anscombe (1918–2001), statistician, known for Anscombe's quartet
• John N. Bahcall (1934–2005), astrophysicist
• George Wildman Ball (1909–1994), diplomat
• George Dashiell Bayard (1835–1862), Civil War general
• Sylvia Beach (1887–1962), bookshop owner
• Harold H. Bender (1882–1951), philologist
• John Berrien (1711–1772), New Jersey Supreme Court Justice and owner of Rockingham, Washington's headquarters
• William G. Bowen, (1933–2016), president of Princeton University
• Aaron Burr (1756–1836), controversial Revolutionary War hero and politician, third vice president of the United States, killer of Alexander Hamilton, adventurer who was eventually tried and acquitted of treason
• Aaron Burr Sr. (1716–1757), Presbyterian minister, second president of Princeton University and father of Aaron Burr
• Brendan Byrne (1924–2018), 47th governor of New Jersey
• Alonzo Church (1903–1995), mathematician
• Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th president of the United States
• Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864–1947), wife of Grover Cleveland and First Lady of the United States
• Ruth Cleveland (1891–1904), first child of Grover and Frances Cleveland and supposed name sake of the Baby Ruth candy bar
• Edward Samuel Corwin (1878–1963), author and professor of law
• Samuel Davies (1723–1761), president of Princeton University
• Erling Dorf (1905–1984), Renowned paleobotanist, professor of Geology at Princeton University
• Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), president of Princeton University and Calvinist theologian
• Richard Stockton Field (1803–1870), US senator and New Jersey Attorney General
• John Huston Finley (1863–1940), author, president of Knox College and University of the State of New York
• Donald B. Fullerton (1892–1985), missionary and founder of the Princeton Christian Fellowship
• Harold Furth (1930–2002), physicist
• George Horace Gallup (1901–1984), pollster
• William Francis Gibbs (1886–1967), naval architect
• Kurt Gödel (1906–1978), mathematician
• Michael Graves (1934–2015), architect and product designer
• Peter Charles Harris (1865–1951), adjutant general of the U.S. Army
• Charles Hodge (1797–1878), Calvinist theologian
• David Hunter (1802–1886), Civil War General
• Louis "Lajos" Jambor (1884–1954), Hungarian-born American painter, illustrator and muralist.
• William Hallock Johnson (1865–1963), president of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania
• Joseph Kargé (1823–1892), Civil War General and Princeton University professor
• George Frost Kennan (1904–2005), diplomat
• Alan Krueger (1960–2019), economist
• Frank Lewin (1925–2008), composer
• David Kellogg Lewis (1941–2001), philosopher
• Edward Parke Custis Lewis (1837–1892), diplomat
• John Maclean Jr. (1800–1886), president of Princeton University
• Robert McNutt McElroy (1872–1959), historian and professor of history at Princeton University, Oxford University, and Cambridge University
• José Menendez (1944–1989) and Mary Louise (Kitty) Menendez (1941–1989), murder victims of their sons, Lyle and Erik Menendez
• John O'Hara (1905–1970), author of Appointment in Samarra, BUtterfield 8, and many short stories
• Moses Taylor Pyne (1855–1921), financier, philanthropist and owner of Drumthwacket Estate
• Roger Atkinson Pryor (1828–1919), Special US Minister to Greece, US congressman from Virginia, Confederate congressman and general, journalist, New York Supreme Court justice
• William Drew Robeson (1844–1918), father of singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson
• Henry Norris Russell (1877–1957), astronomer
• William Milligan Sloane (1850–1928), first US Olympic Committee president
• Howard Alexander Smith (1880–1966), US senator from New Jersey
• John P. Stockton (1826–1900), New Jersey attorney general and U.S. senator
• Richard Stockton (1764–1828), U.S. senator from New Jersey
• Robert Field Stockton (1795–1866), naval officer
• Lyman Spitzer (1914–1997), astronomer
• John Renshaw Thomson (1800–1862), U.S. senator from New Jersey
• William G. Thompson (1840–1904), mayor of Detroit
• Augustus Trowbridge (1870–1934), professor and dean at Princeton University
• John W. Tukey (1915–2000), statistician
• Paul Tulane (1801–1887), Tulane University benefactor
• John von Neumann (1903–1957), mathematician
• Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851–1921), Presbyterian theologian
• Canvass White (1790–1834), engineer and inventor
• Eugene Paul Wigner (1902–1995), Nobel Prize-winning physicist
• John Witherspoon (1723–1794), signer of the Declaration of Independence
• William Willet (1867–1921), portraitist and stained glass designer

Gallery

• Graves of Grover Cleveland (center), his wife Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (right), and daughter Ruth Cleveland (left)
• Grave of New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne

See also

• List of burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States

References

1. ^ "The Princeton Cemetery". Princeton Online. Archived from the original on 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
2. "Princeton Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
3. Sarapin, Janice Kohl (2002). Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0813521114. Archived from the original on 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
4. ^ Strauss, Robert (March 28, 2004). "Sometimes the Grave Is a Fine and Public Place". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
5. "Louis Jambor, 69, Versatile Artist; Portraitist and Mural Painter Who Also, Did Book, Film Work Succumbs Here". The New York Times. 1954-06-12. Archived from the original on 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
6. Richard Stockton (1764–1828) Archived 2008-05-24 at the Wayback Machine, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 20, 2007.
7. Karl T. Compton (1937). Biographical Memoir of Augustus Trowbridge 1870–1934 (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-07-15. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

External links

• Nassau Presbyterian Church: Princeton Cemetery
• Princeton Online: Princeton Cemetery
• A photographic tour through Princeton Cemetery

v t e Princeton, New Jersey
Historic districts	Princeton Historic District Stony Brook Village Jugtown King's Highway Kingston Mill Mountain Avenue
Former municipalities	Borough of Princeton Princeton Township
Public schools	Princeton Public Schools Princeton High School Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children (defunct) Princeton Charter School
Independent schools	Hun School Lewis School Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart Princeton Day Princeton Friends Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science St. Paul's Stuart Country Day
Colleges and universities	Princeton University (people) Princeton Theological Seminary Westminster Choir College Evelyn College for Women (defunct)
Other education	Institute for Advanced Study Princeton Community Japanese Language School Princeton Public Library Princeton University Art Museum Witherspoon Institute
Places of worship	Miller Chapel Nassau Christian Center Nassau Presbyterian Princeton United Methodist Princeton University Chapel Stone Hill Church Stony Brook Meeting House Trinity Episcopal
Parks and recreation	Delaware and Raritan Canal Herrontown Woods Arboretum Jasna Polana Lake Carnegie Marquand Park Mountain Lakes Preserve Princeton Battlefield
Economy	Nassau Street Palmer Square Elements Hoagie Haven Nassau Club Nassau Inn Peacock Inn Princeton Record Exchange Triumph Brewing Princeton Shopping Center Tiger Transit
Performing arts	Alexander Hall Garden Theatre McCarter Theatre Princeton Symphony Orchestra Williamson Voices
Media	I Grew Up in Princeton Comedy Minus One Princeton Community Television Princeton Packet Town Topics
Other landmarks	Albert Einstein House Drumthwacket Joseph Henry House Donald Grant Herring Estate Maclean House Maybury Hill Mercer Oak Morven Nassau Hall Princeton Battle Monument Princeton Cemetery Princeton Railroad Station Prospect House Tusculum Cottage Club Washington Oak Westland Mansion
Princeton addressed landmarks outside the municipality	American Boychoir School (defunct) Chapin School Educational Testing Service Forrestal Village MarketFair Mall Princeton Airport Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (formerly located on Witherspoon Street, now in neighboring Plainsboro) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Robert Wood Johnson Foundation St. Joseph's Seminary (in Plainsboro; defunct) Sarnoff Corporation Terhune Orchards Washington Road Elm Allée Wilberforce School
See also: Princeton University and National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey

• Cemeteries in Mercer County, New Jersey
• Princeton, New Jersey
• Presbyterian cemeteries in New Jersey
• 1757 establishments in New Jersey
• Historic district contributing properties in Mercer County, New Jersey
• Tombs of presidents of the United States