Mount Hebron Cemetery (Montclair, New Jersey)

Mount Hebron Cemetery is a cemetery in Montclair, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Founded in February 1863 by citizens of Cranetown and Speertown (now Montclair and Upper Montclair), the Mount Hebron Cemetery features 30 acres of well landscaped grounds. There are numerous entombment areas including a vintage receiving vault that is no longer in use. The Chime Tower near the main entrance can be used at any service to provide appropriate mood.

Notable interments

Shirley Booth (1898–1992), Academy Award-winning actress for the film Come Back, Little Sheba
Allen B. Du Mont (1901–1965), scientist and inventor best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube in 1931 for use in television receivers, manufacture of the first commercially successful electronic televisions and founder of the first licensed TV network, DuMont Television Network
Bayard Hilton Faulkner (1894–1983), mayor of Montclair, New Jersey
Albert W. Hawkes (1878–1971), United States Senator from New Jersey from 1943–1949
Herman Hupfeld (1894–1951), songwriter whose most notable composition was "As Time Goes By" in the film Casablanca
Charles Henry Ingersoll (1865-1948), Ingersoll Watch Company co-founder[1]

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gollark: I have no idea what a concupiscence is.

gollark: Given the economic benefits of having people able to go to work and whatever in relative safety, probably at least a few hundred $.

gollark: So they probably wouldn't just go "muahahaha, we will now dectuple the price".

gollark: I'm not sure there's much incentive to. The only buyers are governments, who want to pay arguably unreasonably low amounts and generally manage to.

References

"C. H. Ingersoll, 82, Watchmaker, Dies. Co-Founder of the Firm That Produced 70,000,000 Dollar Timepieces in 29 Years". New York Times. September 22, 1948. Retrieved 2015-04-18.

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[obit-1] "C. H. Ingersoll, 82, Watchmaker, Dies. Co-Founder of the Firm That Produced 70,000,000 Dollar Timepieces in 29 Years". New York Times. September 22, 1948. Retrieved 2015-04-18.