Gethsemane Cemetery
Encyclopedia
The Gethsemane Cemetery, is located in Little Ferry
, New Jersey
on an acre on a sandy hill just off U.S. Route 46
and Liberty Street. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places
on April 20, 1994.
(Greek ΓεΘσημανἰ, Gethsēmani Hebrew:גת שמנים, Aramaic:גת שמני, Gath-Šmânê, Assyrian ܓܕܣܡܢ, Gat Šmānê, lit. "oil press") is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives
in Jerusalem, most famous as the place where Jesus and his disciples prayed the night before Jesus' crucifixion.
Little Ferry, New Jersey
Little Ferry is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 10,626.-Geography:Little Ferry is located at ....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
on an acre on a sandy hill just off U.S. Route 46
U.S. Route 46
U.S. Route 46 is an east–west U.S. Highway, running for , completely within the state of New Jersey. The west end is at an interchange with Interstate 80 and Route 94 in Columbia, Warren County on the Delaware River...
and Liberty Street. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on April 20, 1994.
Name
GethsemaneGethsemane
Gethsemane is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem most famous as the place where, according to Biblical texts, Jesus and his disciples are said to have prayed the night before Jesus' crucifixion.- Etymology :...
(Greek ΓεΘσημανἰ, Gethsēmani Hebrew:גת שמנים, Aramaic:גת שמני, Gath-Šmânê, Assyrian ܓܕܣܡܢ, Gat Šmānê, lit. "oil press") is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives
Mount of Olives
The Mount of Olives is a mountain ridge in East Jerusalem with three peaks running from north to south. The highest, at-Tur, rises to 818 meters . It is named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes...
in Jerusalem, most famous as the place where Jesus and his disciples prayed the night before Jesus' crucifixion.
History
The cemetery was opened in 1860 as a burial ground for nearby African American residents. In 1901 the cemetery was turned over to seven African American trustees and incorporated as Gethsemane Cemetery. Over 500 people were buried in less than an acre of land. The last burial occurred in 1924. Bergen County took over the maintain of the cemetery in 1985 and dedicated it as a County Historic Site. Fewer than 50 gravestones remain intact.Notable burials
- Elizabeth Sutliff Dulfer, (d.1880) - former slave, owned second largest clay company at the time.
- Peter Billings - Civil War veteran
- Silas M. Carpenter - Civil War veteran
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey
- Bergen County Cemeteries
External links
- http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=370+Liberty+Street,+Little+Ferry,+Bergen,+New+Jersey+07070&sll=40.825063,-74.099715&sspn=0.007502,0.013797&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=370+Liberty+St,+Little+Ferry,+Bergen,+New+Jersey+07643&ll=40.856572,-74.04165&spn=0.007433,0.013797&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.855358,-74.042117&panoid=vFGr3x_OCupqEbsG4iJluw&cbp=12,92.6,,0,4.76Google Street View of Gethsemane Cemetery]