Waterloo Methodist Cemetery - Waterloo Village, New Jersey - Churchyard Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

This cemetery is located on the east side of the United Methodist Church in Waterloo Village, New Jersey.

According to History on church's website,"Peter Smith, a wealthy man who owned the General Store in Waterloo offered $500, seed money and land for a church and cemetery in 1855 as church services were being held in the school house at that time. There was little interest shown by the town's people so the idea was dropped until February 10, 1859 when complaints started around the village about the poorly heated school and it's inconvenience being way at the end of the village. Peter Smith renewed his offer to some friends while they were visiting his store. As they chatted $950 was immediately raised by these friends to get the church project started. The corner stone of the church was laid August 9, 1859 and by September 1st, funds had been raised to cover all costs of the building. The total cost of the church building was $2,993.22, including the 800 lb bell.

Although the church was not dedicated until February 9, 1860, it was opened and the bell first rung for the funeral of General John Smith. He was the first person to be buried in the church cemetery after his passing on December 22, 1859".

The largest headstone in the cemetery has following inscription:

S.Frank A. Smith
Born June 13,1878
Died March 28,1974
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A.Elizabeth Smith
Peter D. Smith
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Seymour R. Smith
his wife
Charlotte E. Snower

According to Wikipedia, "Waterloo Village is a restored 19th-century canal town in Byram Township, Sussex County (west of Stanhope) in northwestern New Jersey, United States. The community was approximately the half-way point in the roughly 102-mile (165 km) trip along the Morris Canal, which ran from Jersey City (across the Hudson River from Manhattan, New York) to Phillipsburg, New Jersey, (across the Delaware River from Easton, Pennsylvania). Waterloo possessed all the accommodations necessary to service the needs of a canal operation, including an inn, a general store, a church, a blacksmith shop (to service the mules on the canal), and a watermill. For canal workers, Waterloo's geographic location would have been conducive to being an overnight stopover point on the two-day trip between Phillipsburg and Jersey City.

It is currently an open-air museum in Allamuchy Mountain State Park. As part of the State Park, it is open to the public from sunrise to sunset. The village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places".

Source: Wikipedia

Address: Waterloo Rd, Stanhope, NJ 07874, USA

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Name of church or churchyard: Waterloo Methodist Cemetery Approximate Size: Large (100+)

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