Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground facts for kids
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Upper Springfield Meetinghouse
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 Location in Burlington County, New Jersey
Location in New Jersey
Location in the United States
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| Nearest city | Wrightstown, New Jersey |
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| Built | 1727 |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001479 |
| Added to NRHP | August 24, 1979 |
Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground is a cemetery located in Springfield Township and Wrightstown, in Burlington County, New Jersey.
The cemetery and the accompanying meeting house were placed on both the New Jersey (state ID # 875) and the National Register of Historic Places (Reference # 79001479) in 1979.
Notable burials
- Thomas Newbold (1760-1823), represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1807 to 1813.
- George Sykes (1806-1880), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845, and was reelected in 1845 to fill a vacancy, serving until 1847.
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