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<h2 id="notable-burials">Notable burials</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Burials at Princeton Cemetery</p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Archibald_Alexander/b5TWD2LW">Archibald Alexander</a> (1772–1851), <a href="/facts/Presbyterianism/LdbUk62a">Presbyterian</a> theologian</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Waddel_Alexander/7e1mYpKY">James Waddel Alexander</a> (1804–1859), Presbyterian theologian and eldest son of Archibald Alexander</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Addison_Alexander/F7qwst45">Joseph Addison Alexander</a> (1809–1860), Presbyterian biblical scholar and third son of Archibald Alexander</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Cowper_Alexander/yY3KsxAJ">William Cowper Alexander</a> (1806–1874), politician, businessman and second son of Archibald Alexander</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frank_Anscombe/GbSrNQRU">Frank Anscombe</a> (1918–2001), statistician, known for <a href="/facts/Anscombe%2527s_quartet/LTUDeqkd">Anscombe's quartet</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_N._Bahcall/YRJTdXSS">John N. Bahcall</a> (1934–2005), astrophysicist</li> <li><a href="/facts/George_Wildman_Ball/7ofoGDIB">George Wildman Ball</a> (1909–1994), diplomat</li> <li><a href="/facts/George_Dashiell_Bayard/kRfpnL6R">George Dashiell Bayard</a> (1835–1862), Civil War general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sylvia_Beach/fQjUYKVn">Sylvia Beach</a> (1887–1962), bookshop owner</li> <li><a href="/facts/Harold_H._Bender/mrAJoPaR">Harold H. Bender</a> (1882–1951), philologist</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Berrien/FpmzJkYt">John Berrien</a> (1711–1772), <a href="/facts/Province_of_New_Jersey/onUFWIxK">New Jersey Supreme Court</a> Justice and owner of <a href="/facts/Rockingham_(house)/hTNthYh8">Rockingham</a>, Washington's headquarters</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_G._Bowen/9Svw7rQW">William G. Bowen</a>, (1933–2016), president of <a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">Princeton University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Aaron_Burr/Reegmzx2">Aaron Burr</a> (1756–1836), controversial <a href="/facts/American_Revolutionary_War/8MxJNtcU">Revolutionary War</a> hero and politician, third <a href="/facts/Vice_president_of_the_United_States/tYWUGv0A">vice president of the United States</a>, killer of <a href="/facts/Alexander_Hamilton/XcKMy8Ke">Alexander Hamilton</a>, adventurer who was eventually tried and acquitted of treason</li> <li><a href="/facts/Aaron_Burr_Sr./mgTxp9fc">Aaron Burr Sr.</a> (1716–1757), Presbyterian minister, second president of <a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">Princeton University</a> and father of Aaron Burr</li> <li><a href="/facts/Brendan_Byrne/VGxUEaNU">Brendan Byrne</a> (1924–2018), 47th governor of New Jersey</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alonzo_Church/b7D52Itv">Alonzo Church</a> (1903–1995), mathematician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grover_Cleveland/4TPPTvRN">Grover Cleveland</a> (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th <a href="/facts/President_of_the_United_States/oMsfmLb1">president of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Frances_Folsom_Cleveland_Preston/F3PSANx0">Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston</a> (1864–1947), wife of Grover Cleveland and First Lady of the United States</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ruth_Cleveland/ArUjm2Mu">Ruth Cleveland</a> (1891–1904), first child of Grover and Frances Cleveland and supposed name sake of the <a href="/facts/Baby_Ruth/m7rLPeCx">Baby Ruth</a> candy bar</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edward_Samuel_Corwin/zjvdx1ow">Edward Samuel Corwin</a> (1878–1963), author and professor of law</li> <li><a href="/facts/Samuel_Davies_(Presbyterian_educator)/f9PJk0sb">Samuel Davies</a> (1723–1761), president of <a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">Princeton University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Erling_Dorf/2BdGchN2">Erling Dorf</a> (1905–1984), Renowned <a href="/facts/Paleobotanist/zWsaRMUe">paleobotanist</a>, professor of Geology at <a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">Princeton University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jonathan_Edwards_(theologian)/RMtJ7gCE">Jonathan Edwards</a> (1703–1758), president of Princeton University and <a href="/facts/Calvinism/l95AzJtn">Calvinist</a> theologian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Stockton_Field/dE5LwP2w">Richard Stockton Field</a> (1803–1870), <a href="/facts/US_senator/VyzXHE01">US senator</a> and <a href="/facts/New_Jersey_Attorney_General/yqR2gCdw">New Jersey Attorney General</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Huston_Finley/vYm0YwQv">John Huston Finley</a> (1863–1940), author, president of <a href="/facts/Knox_College_(Illinois)/t0qDkomr">Knox College</a> and <a href="/facts/University_of_the_State_of_New_York/huHLfYch">University of the State of New York</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Donald_B._Fullerton/lwJUISaa">Donald B. Fullerton</a> (1892–1985), missionary and founder of the <a href="/facts/Princeton_Christian_Fellowship/NQ6jBWSv">Princeton Christian Fellowship</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Harold_Furth/zqlRPwyv">Harold Furth</a> (1930–2002), physicist</li> <li><a href="/facts/George_Horace_Gallup/YjysaVqn">George Horace Gallup</a> (1901–1984), pollster</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Francis_Gibbs/E1wb0vtN">William Francis Gibbs</a> (1886–1967), naval architect</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kurt_G%25C3%25B6del/P14DqKqK">Kurt Gödel</a> (1906–1978), mathematician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_Graves/2CdAL8vH">Michael Graves</a> (1934–2015), architect and product designer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Charles_Harris/UlwCS8WD">Peter Charles Harris</a> (1865–1951), <a href="/facts/List_of_Adjutant_Generals_of_the_U.S._Army/gPh6M1sG">adjutant general of the U.S. Army</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_Hodge/Mr9Idp3p">Charles Hodge</a> (1797–1878), Calvinist theologian</li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Hunter/hSaARcAj">David Hunter</a> (1802–1886), <a href="/facts/American_Civil_War/A9FT3ksD">Civil War</a> General</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lajos_Jambor/C48XaKAk">Louis "Lajos" Jambor</a> (1884–1954), Hungarian-born American painter, illustrator and muralist.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Hallock_Johnson/jmak66S0">William Hallock Johnson</a> (1865–1963), president of <a href="/facts/Lincoln_University_(Pennsylvania)/JQJJ26NB">Lincoln University</a> in Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Karg%25C3%25A9/k2vg9VF9">Joseph Kargé</a> (1823–1892), Civil War General and Princeton University professor</li> <li><a href="/facts/George_Frost_Kennan/YCuVTdq3">George Frost Kennan</a> (1904–2005), diplomat</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alan_Krueger/nh95cU9c">Alan Krueger</a> (1960–2019), economist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frank_Lewin/Rgf4bP4r">Frank Lewin</a> (1925–2008), composer</li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Kellogg_Lewis/8aG4Ex6V">David Kellogg Lewis</a> (1941–2001), philosopher</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edward_Parke_Custis_Lewis/5bPqp1ax">Edward Parke Custis Lewis</a> (1837–1892), diplomat</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Maclean_Jr./o771WlHR">John Maclean Jr.</a> (1800–1886), president of Princeton University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_McNutt_McElroy/GwMsvs5q">Robert McNutt McElroy</a> (1872–1959), historian and professor of history at Princeton University, <a href="/facts/Oxford_University/ExVVQL6V">Oxford University</a>, and <a href="/facts/Cambridge_University/0la7aX9o">Cambridge University</a></li> <li>José Menendez (1944–1989) and Mary Louise (Kitty) Menendez (1941–1989), murder victims of their sons, <a href="/facts/Lyle_and_Erik_Menendez/msjQc3eP">Lyle and Erik Menendez</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_O%2527Hara/AMluG67X">John O'Hara</a> (1905–1970), author of <i><a href="/facts/Appointment_in_Samarra/0wbqzp34">Appointment in Samarra</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/BUtterfield_8_(novel)/hwA1XbEB">BUtterfield 8</a></i>, and many short stories</li> <li><a href="/facts/Moses_Taylor_Pyne/Vvy34cDl">Moses Taylor Pyne</a> (1855–1921), financier, philanthropist and owner of <a href="/facts/Drumthwacket/ehf7Bd5k">Drumthwacket</a> Estate</li> <li><a href="/facts/Roger_Atkinson_Pryor/Dm4lTIJu">Roger Atkinson Pryor</a> (1828–1919), Special US Minister to Greece, <a href="/facts/United_States_House_of_Representatives/cdBPb9pY">US congressman</a> from Virginia, <a href="/facts/Confederate_States_of_America/jMSDM4q3">Confederate</a> congressman and general, journalist, New York Supreme Court justice</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Drew_Robeson_I/pHKfjzoR">William Drew Robeson</a> (1844–1918), father of singer, actor and activist <a href="/facts/Paul_Robeson/sKxMhyyI">Paul Robeson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Henry_Norris_Russell/wWtTfeGG">Henry Norris Russell</a> (1877–1957), astronomer</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Milligan_Sloane/K3h6Weo7">William Milligan Sloane</a> (1850–1928), first <a href="/facts/United_States_Olympic_Committee/3gIdQWyM">US Olympic Committee</a> president</li> <li><a href="/facts/Howard_Alexander_Smith/Q0AebzxU">Howard Alexander Smith</a> (1880–1966), US senator from New Jersey</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_P._Stockton/x1E9sK4h">John P. Stockton</a> (1826–1900), New Jersey attorney general and U.S. senator</li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Stockton_(U.S._senator)/b6kzRltV">Richard Stockton</a> (1764–1828), U.S. senator from New Jersey<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Field_Stockton/TaBPrhb0">Robert Field Stockton</a> (1795–1866), naval officer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lyman_Spitzer/0pd1ge9R">Lyman Spitzer</a> (1914–1997), astronomer</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Renshaw_Thomson/gch1htlK">John Renshaw Thomson</a> (1800–1862), U.S. senator from New Jersey</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_G._Thompson/TLDJtTxY">William G. Thompson</a> (1840–1904), mayor of <a href="/facts/Detroit/S84s4PGo">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Augustus_Trowbridge/BJfmr6YW">Augustus Trowbridge</a> (1870–1934), professor and dean at <a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">Princeton University</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_W._Tukey/2a5FbPWb">John W. Tukey</a> (1915–2000), statistician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_Tulane/rElgxSF9">Paul Tulane</a> (1801–1887), <a href="/facts/Tulane_University/4xYsuVrd">Tulane University</a> benefactor<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_von_Neumann/aUk6urof">John von Neumann</a> (1903–1957), mathematician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Benjamin_Breckinridge_Warfield/4A5tEt0T">Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield</a> (1851–1921), Presbyterian theologian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Canvass_White/UVuQobRa">Canvass White</a> (1790–1834), engineer and inventor</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eugene_Paul_Wigner/HvWgw4KX">Eugene Paul Wigner</a> (1902–1995), <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics/o6w1nCbr">Nobel Prize</a>-winning physicist</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Witherspoon/hqpvLvVP">John Witherspoon</a> (1723–1794), signer of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence/UyTgzfpx">Declaration of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Willet/PXtkMzwJ">William Willet</a> (1867–1921), portraitist and stained glass designer</li></ul> <h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_burial_places_of_presidents_and_vice_presidents_of_the_United_States/Y6LAbyn7">List of burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Princeton Cemetery. <ul><li><a href="http://nassauchurch.org/about/princetoncemetery/">Nassau Presbyterian Church: Princeton Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.princetonol.com/groups/cemetery">Princeton Online: Princeton Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.richardsibbes.com/Princeton.Cemetery.htm">A photographic tour through Princeton Cemetery</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"The Princeton Cemetery". Princeton Online. Archived from the original on 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2007-08-26. <a href="http://www.princetonol.com/groups/cemetery/" target="_blank">http://www.princetonol.com/groups/cemetery/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Sarapin, Janice Kohl (2002). Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0813521114. Archived from the original on 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2020-10-18. <a href="0813521114" target="_blank">0813521114</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"The Princeton Cemetery". Princeton Online. Archived from the original on 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2007-08-26. <a href="http://www.princetonol.com/groups/cemetery/" target="_blank">http://www.princetonol.com/groups/cemetery/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Strauss, Robert (March 28, 2004). "Sometimes the Grave Is a Fine and Public Place". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2013-09-06. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/28/nyregion/sometimes-the-grave-is-a-fine-and-public-place.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/28/nyregion/sometimes-the-grave-is-a-fine-and-public-place.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Louis Jambor, 69, Versatile Artist; Portraitist and Mural Painter Who Also, Did Book, Film Work Succumbs Here". The New York Times. 1954-06-12. Archived from the original on 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2020-02-22. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/06/12/92827963.html?pageNumber=15" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/06/12/92827963.html?pageNumber=15</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Richard Stockton (1764–1828) Archived 2008-05-24 at the Wayback Machine, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 20, 2007. <a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000941" target="_blank">http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000941</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Karl T. Compton (1937). Biographical Memoir of Augustus Trowbridge 1870–1934 (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-07-15. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help) <a href="/wiki/Karl_Taylor_Compton" target="_blank">/wiki/Karl_Taylor_Compton</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Strauss, Robert (March 28, 2004). "Sometimes the Grave Is a Fine and Public Place". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2013-09-06. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/28/nyregion/sometimes-the-grave-is-a-fine-and-public-place.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/28/nyregion/sometimes-the-grave-is-a-fine-and-public-place.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>