Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is located in

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and Newark,

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. The

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runs through the two halves of the cemetery (exit 144 and exit 145, respectively). The cemetery was established in 1859 and is maintained by the

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. In the 1950s, the newly constructed Garden State Parkway cut directly through the cemetery. Hundreds of graves had to be moved prior to construction. Both sides of the cemetery are visible to drivers on the Parkway today.

Notable burials

* Thomas J. Callan (1853–1908), Indian Wars

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recipient * Jack Farrell (1857–1914),

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player for 11 seasons, from 1879 to 1889 * Edward F. McDonald (1844–1892), represented

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from 1895 to 1899 * Cornelius Augustine McGlennon (1878–1931), represented from 1919 to 1921 * Frank Joseph McNulty (1872–1926), Representative from New Jersey 8th District from 1923 to 1925 * Paul John Moore (1868–1938), represented

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from 1927 to 1929Paul John Moore biography

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. Accessed July 11, 2007. * Edward L. O'Neill (1903–1948), represented New Jersey's 11th congressional district from 1937 to 1939 * Albert Oss (1818–1898), Civil War

recipient *

James Smith, Jr. James Smith Jr. (June 12, 1851April 1, 1927) was a newspaper publisher and U.S. Senator from New Jersey. A leader of the Irish Catholic community, he was the Democratic party boss who sponsored Woodrow Wilson to the governorship in 1910. Bio ...

(1851–1927), U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1893 to 1899 * Thomas Sullivan (1859–1940), Indian Wars

recipient

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Old Newark Cemeteries: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

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