Friends Burying Ground, Trenton
Friends Burying Ground is a cemetery in Trenton in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The cemetery is located on the west side of North Montgomery Street north of East Hanover Street, adjacent to the Trenton Friends Meeting House.
Graves in front of the Trenton Friends Meeting House
Notable burials
- Lambert Cadwalader (1742–1823), represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress (1784–87) and the United States House of Representatives (1789–91 and 1793–95.[1]
- George Clymer (1739–1813), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.[2]
- Mary Willing Clymer, (1770–1852), Daughter of Thomas Willing and daughter-in-law to George Clymer
- Philemon Dickinson (1739–1809), represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1790 to 1793.[3]
- Richard Howell (1754–1802), 3rd Governor of New Jersey, from 1793 to 1801.[4]
References
- Lambert Cadwalader, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 20, 2007.
- George Clymer, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 20, 2007.
- Philemon Dickinson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 20, 2007.
- New Jersey Governor Richard Howell Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, National Governors Association. Accessed August 20, 2007.
External links
- Friends Burying Ground, etc. at The Political Graveyard
- Friends Burying Ground at Find A Grave
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