17-660: The Weehawken Cemetery , like neighboring Hoboken Cemetery , is not located in its namesake town of Weehawken but rather on the western slope of the Hudson Palisades in North Bergen, New Jersey , with its main entrance on Bergen Turnpike . At its east side the cemetery is overlooked by the Bergen Crest Mausoleum and the Garden State Crematory . and nearby Flower Hill Cemetery . In December 2018 owner of
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51-533: A disturbing discovery: The remains of a complete stranger already occupied the earth directly above the casket of Garcia's husband. The deceased couple have ... ^ Van Winkle, Daniel (1923). History of the Municipalities of Hudson County, 1630–1923 . Higginson Book Company. ISBN 0832850675 . ^ "Discovery stalls move of 3,000 remains". The Philadelphia Inquirer . August 9, 2003. The journey of more than 3,000 displaced souls to
68-632: A final resting place has been delayed again after state officials discovered the North Jersey burial site they had chosen is already taken. In what has been called the largest single exhumation in the country's history, archaeologists have been digging up an old potter's field for the last five months to make way for an interchange off the New Jersey Turnpike to serve the new Secaucus transfer station. ^ "New burial spot needed for remains". Bergen Record . Exasperated turnpike officials say
85-1309: A short walk in any direction and you will find a different story. It is bordered by Flower Hill Cemetery . The Secaucus Junction was built on land that was partially the Hudson County Burial Grounds . The exhumed bodies were to be re-interred at the Hoboken Cemetery but that was cancelled when the cemetery was found to have been recycling older full graves that did not have tombstones, and selling them as virgin plots. The cemetery said it has no record of any bodies being buried in those plots. Notable burials [ edit ] Oscar Louis Auf der Heide (1874–1945), mayor of West New York, New Jersey . Allan Langdon McDermott (1854–1908), US Congressman. Henry Otto Wittpenn (1871–1931), mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey . Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright (1812–1871), represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district from 1865–1867. See also [ edit ] Machpelah Cemetery List of cemeteries in Hudson County, New Jersey References [ edit ] ^ "Hoboken Cemetery" . Retrieved 2007-08-26 . The Hoboken cemetery
102-617: A speech for James J. Murphy at a convention in Jersey City. Murphy lost the election, but Wittpenn's speech was remembered. He formally entered politics in 1904 as one of the Hudson County, New Jersey , supervisors. His run for mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey , was in 1907 against the Republican incumbent Mark Fagan . Whitpenn remained in office until 1912 when he lost to Frank Hague . While in office he appointed Cornelia Foster Bradford to
119-481: Is located off of Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey. ^ http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v18-10.pdf ^ "Painful Discovery". The Bergen Record . January 29, 2000. After Eloina Garcia died last July, she was to be buried in a prepaid plot in a North Bergen cemetery atop her husband, Heliodoro, who died 26 years ago. Instead, family members made
136-754: The Board of Education . While mayor he saw the completion of the Jersey City Medical Center begun under Mayor Mark Matthew Fagan . In 1916, Wittpenn, the comptroller of customs at the New York Customs House, was nominated by the Democratic Party for governor. Frank Hague is believed by many to have connived with Walter E. Edge , the Republican candidate, to help Edge win by a relatively slim 7,430 votes by not encouraging Democrats to vote for Wittpenn. President Woodrow Wilson named Wittpenn as
153-663: The Hoboken Cemetery in North Bergen violated its contract when it promised there weren't any prior burials in the 2,430-foot section reserved for the potter's field bodies. ^ "H. Otto Wittpenn, Banker, is Dead" . New York Times . July 26, 1931 . Retrieved 2007-08-21 . New Jersey Manufacturer and Leader in Politics. Victim of Blood Poisoning. Ex-mayor of Jersey City. Naval Officer of Port of New York Under Wilson. Democratic Candidate for Governor. Starts as Grocer's Clerk. Elected Supervisor. Carried Every Ward as Mayor. H. Otto Wittpenn, 58 [sic] years old, former naval officer of
170-709: The Kartographer extension Henry Otto Wittpenn Henry Otto Wittpenn (October 23, 1871 – July 25, 1931) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey , from January 1, 1908, to June 16, 1913. He was a member of the New Jersey State Highway Commission and was the president of both the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company and the First National Bank of Hoboken. He
187-816: The Port of New York under the Wilson Administration and several times Mayor of Jersey City, died last night at his home, Castle Point, Hoboken, New Jersey . ^ "H. Otto Wittpenn" . Political Graveyard . Retrieved 2015-05-19 . ... of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Democrat. Mayor of Jersey City, N.J., 1908-13. German ancestry. Interment at Hoboken Cemetery, North Bergen, N.J. ^ Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright biography , United States Congress . Accessed June 29, 2007. External links [ edit ] Hoboken Cemetery at Graveinfo Hoboken Cemetery by Rob Bender Hoboken Cemetery at The Political Graveyard Hoboken Cemetery at Find
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#1733092874140204-702: The cemetery were ordered to halt work with felling trees when it was established that erosion could cause damage to existing graves on the hillside. Unclaimed bodies found after the collapse of the first attempt at the construction of the Uptown Hudson Tubes in 1880, a project later abandoned until 1908, were buried at the cemetery. 40°46′46″N 74°01′49″W / 40.7795°N 74.0302°W / 40.7795; -74.0302 Hoboken Cemetery, North Bergen Coordinates : 40°47′17″N 74°01′31″W / 40.788157°N 74.025140°W / 40.788157; -74.025140 From Misplaced Pages,
221-506: The civilian overseer, of the Port of New York . Wittpenn ran for Governor again in 1916, but was not elected. Henry registered for the draft as "Henry Whitpenn" but did not serve. In March 1929 Wittpenn was appointed as a State Highway Commissioner by Governor Lawson. He married Caroline Bayard Stevens (1859–1932), the eldest daughter of Edwin Augustus Stevens on January 6, 1915. She
238-431: The 💕 (Redirected from Hoboken Cemetery, North Bergen ) Hoboken Cemetery [REDACTED] Details Location North Bergen, New Jersey Country United States Coordinates 40°47′17″N 74°01′31″W / 40.788157°N 74.025140°W / 40.788157; -74.025140 Find a Grave Hoboken Cemetery [REDACTED] Cemeteries on
255-565: The western slope of the Palisades in northern Hudson County . The Hoboken Cemetery is located at 5500 Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, New Jersey , United States. in the New Durham section . It was owned by the City of Hoboken . The Flower Hill Cemetery borders it on two sides. Although one may have the sense of a well groomed and cared for cemetery when first arriving at the Hoboken Cemetery, just
272-448: Was 11 years older than Wittpenn and the mother of Archibald Stevens Alexander , who had died in 1912. Caroline had previously been married to Archibald Alexander, but her husband had been missing since the divorce. She divorced and waited 20 years to remarry, reportedly to ensure that her first husband was no longer living when she remarried. Wittpenn died on July 25, 1931, at 9:30, at night, aged 59, from blood poisoning . He had been in
289-736: Was also a director of the First National Bank of Jersey City . Henry Otto Wittpenn was born on October 23, 1871, to Dora and Henry Wittpenn in Jersey City, New Jersey . His father was a fireman, and later owned and operated a grocery store at 320 Communipaw Avenue. He had a brother and two sisters. One of his sisters married Edwin M. Houghtaling and lived in Montclair, New Jersey , and his other sister married George Dinkel. Wittpenn worked for his father, and later for his uncle, at family-owned stores. Wittpenn became interested in politics when he gave
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