MT. BETHEL CEMETERY, SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY Copyright (c) 2000 by Barb Brown Hootman (b.hootman@worldnet.att.net). ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submittor has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ August 10, 2000 MT BETHEL CEMTARY AT THE INTERSECTION OF KING GEORGE ROAD AND CROWN DRIVE MT BETHEL, WARREN TOWNSHIP SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ DIRECTIONS: Rt 22 E (Bridgewater) take the Martinsville exit; this will take you via overpass to Chimney Rock Road (Rte 525N). Rte 525 will do a left jog at Washington Valley Rd; and continue (to the right) as Rte 525 N.Continue north to the town of Mt Horeb, and turn right at the intersection of Martinsville Road and Mt Horeb Road. This leg is still Mt Horeb Rd.(going east). Continue east on Mt Horeb Rd until it dead ends into Mt Bethel Rd. Turn left on Mt Bethel Rd (Rte 651) This places you going north and north west. Continue on until Mt Horeb town. Once Mt Horeb Rd becomes King George Rd, you will see the cemetary is on the left. It is at the intersection s of King George Rd ,Mountain View, and Crown Drive. The demarcation between King George Rd and Mt Horeb Rd is this 3 street intersection. I believe that this is a Quaker cemetary. At the corner of King George Rd and Mountain View, on the cemetary property, is a very old colonial house with the inscription: Mt Bethel Meeting Room. The building appears to be abandoned/and/or/not in use. But the cemetary is being maintained. The entrance road into the cemetary appears to divide the old/original cemetary from the newer portion. The left side, which is closest to the meeting house, contains graves going back to the very early 1800's; The right side of the cemetary contains the resting places of people who have been interred in the early to middle 20th century. _____________________________________________________________________________________ RIGHT SIDE OF ACCESS ROAD ROW 1 (Abuts King George Rd) 1. MOUNT Wadsworth Walton 1907 - 1985 2. Philip J Freehauf PFC US Army World War 1 1896 - 1986 (Government in-ground stone) ROW 2 1. Catherine Bogel 1865 - 1929 George Bogel 1865 - 1938 2. Cooper Edward E Cooper His Julia Ann Bowers Mar 17, 1865 Wife Sept 8, 1867 Octo 10, 1942 Sept 12, 1940 (This stone is a large upright with engraved flowers - there is a medallian with the inscription: JR AM NO 248 of NJ) 3. HARDWICK Bernice J June 25, 1927 July 13, 1987 Beloved Mother and Grandmother (there is a simple cross surrounded by engraved flowers both before and after the surname) 4. WITTMAN George Ida May 1889 - 1966 1892 - 1981 5. CHRISTIANSEN Einar T Eva A 1917 - 1996 1917 - 1993 6. FREEHAUF Philip James "P.J.) Arline Ralph June 2, 1896 March 8, 1900 March 19, 1986 Jan 7, 1992 Jesus Saves (American Flag, and original funeral marker, in addition to the headstone