Notable Burials
- Oscar Louis Auf der Heide (1874-1945), mayor of West New York, New Jersey
- Allan Langdon McDermott, 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.
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