Cedar Lawn Cemetery

Cedar Lawn is located on a multi-acre plot bordered by Lakeview Avenue (CR 624), Crooks Avenue, I-80, and NJ-20; the plot is also home to the adjacent Calvary Cemetery, a Roman Catholic burial ground. Over 85,000 people are interned at Cedar Lawn.

During the Revolutionary War, the cemetery was farmland, owned by Annatje Von Riper, her son Henry Doremus, and Hessel Peterse. The British army plundered the three households on its march through New Jersey in November 1776.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historypaterson01shrigoog|title=History of Paterson and Its Environs (the Silk City): Historical – Genealogical – Biographical|last1=Nelson|first1=William|last2=Shriner|first2=Charles Anthony|date=1920|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historypaterson01shrigoog/page/n245 215]–216|language=en}}

• John Bancker Aycrigg (1798–1856), represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives (1837–1839 and 1841–1843).
• William Warren Barbour (1888–1943), U.S. Senator from New Jersey and amateur Heavyweight boxing champion.
• Charles Dyer Beckwith (1838–1921), American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district (1889–1891).
• Nicholas M. Butler (1862–1947), co-winner with Jane Addams of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. President of Columbia University (1902–1945) and of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1925–1945). Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States under President William Howard Taft in 1912, when the nominated vice presidential candidate James S. Sherman died in office a few days before the election.
• Cornelius A. Cadmus (1844–1902), represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district (1891–1895).
• Philemon Dickerson (1788–1862), United States congressman and 12th Governor of New Jersey (1836–1837).
• Dow H. Drukker (1872–1963), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district (1914–19).[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000505 Dow Henry Drukker profile], United States Congress. Accessed July 16, 2007.
• John W. Griggs (1849–1927), 29th Governor of New Jersey (1896–1898). U.S. Attorney General (1898–1901).
• Abraham Godwin (1763–1835), Fife Major American Revolution
• Abraham Godwin Jr (1792–1849), first Lieutenant of the expedition to Canada in 1812 led by Generals Brown and Izard
• Garret Hobart (1844–1899), 24th Vice President of the United States.
• Jennie Tuttle Hobart (1849–1941), wife of the former U.S. vice president.Burstyn, Joan N. [https://books.google.com/books?id=h-6WCBQPZdoC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153 "Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women"], p. 153. Syracuse University Press, 1997. {{ISBN|0-8156-0418-1}}. Accessed May 1, 2011. "She maintained a close relationship with her son and inlater years, when her health was failing, lived with his family at Ailsa Farms in Haledon. She died there of bronchial pneumonia, at age 91, on January 8, 1941, and was buried at the Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Paterson."
• Samuel Holt (1811–1887), a British weaver, inventor and industrialist who emigrated to Paterson.
• Ted Horn (1910–1948), American race car driver who won the AAA National Championship in 1946, 1947, 1948.
• William Hughes (1872–1918), politician who represented New Jersey in both houses of the United States Congress.
• Charles Joughin (1878–1956), Chief baker aboard the ill-fated ocean liner RMS Titanic. Known as the last survivor to leave the sinking ship and surviving for nearly two hours in the freezing waters.{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/general-information-17.html|title = Charles John Joughin, Titanic's chief baker|date = 29 June 2004}}
• Eugene W. Leake (1876–1959), represented New Jersey's 9th congressional district (1907–09).[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000175 Eugene Walter Leake], United States Congress. Accessed August 9, 2007.
• Amos H. Radcliffe (1870–1950), Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey (1916–1919), and represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district (1919–1923).[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000005 Amos Henry Radcliffe], Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed July 23, 2007.
• Julian Rix (1850–1903), American landscape artist.
• John Ryle (1817–1887), Industrialist and prominent silk manufacturer who pioneered the textile and is frequently referred to as the "Father of the U.S. Silk Industry", who also served as Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey (1869–1870). Ryle was also the Founder and First President of the Passaic Water Company, later the Passaic Valley Water Commission.
• Mary Danforth Ryle (1833–1904), Philanthropist who donated millions to Paterson and other New Jersey historical and cultural institutions.
• William Ryle (1834–1881), Industrialist who was reputed to be the world's largest importer of European silk in the United States in the late 19th century. William Ryle married Mary Danforth, who later donated millions to various Paterson and New Jersey institutions and charities. William Ryle was the nephew of John Ryle, widely regarded as the "Father of the U.S. Silk Industry."
• James F. Stewart (1851–1904), represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives (1895–1903).[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000911 James Fleming Stewart], Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 9, 2007.
• There is one Commonwealth war grave of a Royal Canadian Air Force airman of World War II.[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2719898/GUELICH,%20ALLISON%20SHEIR] CWGC casualty record.

• List of burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States

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• [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA.html#R9T0XKC6J Political Graveyard: Cedar Lawn Cemetery]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060513183833/http://www.thecemeteryproject.com/Cemeteries/cemetery-cedar_lawn-paterson.htm The Cemetery Project: Cedar Lawn Cemetery]
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