Cedar Grove Cemetery (Franklin, Somerset County, New Jersey) Explained

Cedar Grove Cemetery
Country:	United States
Location:	Middlebush, New Jersey
Coordinates:	40.5019°N -74.5339°W
Type:	Public
Findagraveid:	99911

Cedar Grove Cemetery is in Middlebush, Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.

History

In the 1940s the township of Franklin purchased and maintained 100 cemetery plots. The purpose was to create a Potter's Field. By 1975 the township only used 6 of the burial plots: they decided to sell the others.^[1]

Burials

• Colonel Routh Goshen
• Welsh Family, said to have donated the land for this cemetery. The family lived on Welshs Lane in East Millstone, NJ.

Notes and References

1. News: Township Seeking to unload Cemetery Plots . 10 October 2021 . Franklin News Record . 18 December 1975.