Hackensack Cemetery is a cemetery located in Hackensack,

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, Dutch Reformed, and Congregational benefactors in the 1890s, as a result of overcrowding in local churchyards and availability of open space. The same group of prominent Hackensack men organized the Johnson Free Public Library. It's the burial place of Edward D. Easton, & Ben E. King.

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* Simon Douglas (1843–1950), former slave who lived to become the last US Civil War soldier in the state of New Jersey *

Victor Hugo Green Victor Hugo Green (November 9, 1892 – October 16, 1960) was an American postal employee and travel writer from Harlem, New York City, best known for developing and writing what became known as ''The Green Book,'' a Guide book, travel guide for ...

(1892–1960), publisher of ''

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'' travel guides * Archibald C. Hart (1873–1935), represented

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from 1912–1913 and 1913–1917. * Stan Pitula, pitcher for the

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* John R. Ramsey (1862–1933), represented

from 1917 to 1921. *

Arshavir Shirakian Arshavir Shirakian (also Shiragian, ; January 1, 1902 or 1900 – April 12, 1973) was an Armenian writer and assassin who was noted for his assassination of Said Halim Pasha and Cemal Azmi as an act of vengeance for their roles in the Armenian ge ...

(1900–1973),

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* Charles H. Voorhis (1833–1896), represented

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from 1879 to 1881.Charles Henry Voorhis biography

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. Accessed July 28, 2007.

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