Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground
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Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground is a cemetery located in Springfield Township and Wrightstown, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
The cemetery and the accompanying meeting house were placed on both the New Jersey (state ID # 875) and the National Register of Historic Places (Reference # 79001479) in 1979.[1][2]
[edit] Notable burials
- Thomas Newbold (1760-1823), represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1807 to 1813.[3]
- George Sykes (1806-1880), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845, and was reelected in 1845 to fill a vacancy, serving until 1847.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office, updated August 6, 2007. Accessed August 25, 2007.
- ^ Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground, Find A Grave. Accessed August 25, 2007.
- ^ Thomas newbold, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 26, 2007.
- ^ George Sykes, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 26, 2007.
