Hillside Cemetery, Lyndhurst
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Hillside Cemetery is located in Lyndhurst, New Jersey
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Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Lyndhurst is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 20,554.Lyndhurst was originally formed as Union Township on February 19, 1852 from portions of Harrison Township...
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Notable Burials
- Alexander Russell WebbAlexander Russell Webbright|thumbnail|250px|Image of Alexander Russel Webb who was the U.S. ambassador to the [[Philippines]] and an early American convert to [[Islam]].right|thumbnail|150px|Gravestone of Alexander Russel Webb in Hillside Cemetery, Lyndhurst NJ...
(1846-1946), writer, publisher, early American convert to Islam and the United States Ambassador to the Philippines. - William Carlos WilliamsWilliam Carlos WilliamsWilliam Carlos Williams was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine, having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania...
(1883-1963), poet. - Maxwell BectonMaxwell BectonMaxwell W. Becton co-founded Becton Dickinson in 1897 with Fairleigh S. Dickinson.-Biography:Born in Kinston, North Carolina, Becton moved to Rutherford, New Jersey, where his company was based, and died there in his home in 1951.Becton is interred at Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst, New...
(1868-1951), co-founder of Becton-Dickinson. - Fairleigh S. DickinsonFairleigh S. DickinsonColonel Fairleigh S. Dickinson was the co-founder of the medical technology company Becton Dickinson and the named benefactor of Fairleigh Dickinson University.-Biography:...
(1866-1948), co-founder of Becton-Dickinson and benefactor of Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityFairleigh Dickinson UniversityFairleigh Dickinson University is a private university founded as a junior college in 1942. It now has several campuses located in New Jersey, Canada, and the United Kingdom.-Description:...
. - Joey RamoneJoey RamoneJoey Ramone was an American vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist in the punk rock band the Ramones. Joey Ramone's image, voice and tenure as frontman of the Ramones made him a countercultural icon.-Early life:Joey Ramone was born Jeffry Hyman to parents Noel and Charlotte Hyman...
(1951-2001), member of the RamonesRamonesThe Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...
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