Princeton Cemetery is located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It is owned by the Nassau Presbyterian Church. In his 1878 history of Princeton, New Jersey, John F. Hageman refers to the cemetery as "The Westminster Abbey of the United States."

Notable burials

Archibald Alexander (1772–1851), Presbyterian theologian
James Waddel Alexander (1804–1859), Presbyterian theologian and eldest son of Archibald Alexander
Joseph Addison Alexander (1809–1860), Presbyterian biblical scholar and third son of Archibald Alexander
William Cowper Alexander (1806–1874), politician, businessman and second son of Archibald Alexander
Frank Anscombe (1918–2001), statistician, known for Anscombe's quartet
John N. Bahcall (1934–2005), astrophysicist
George Wildman Ball (1909–1994), diplomat
George Dashiell Bayard (1835–1862), Civil War general
Sylvia Beach (1887–1962), bookshop owner
Harold H. Bender (1882–1951), philologist
John Berrien (1711–1772), New Jersey Supreme Court Justice and owner of Rockingham, Washington's headquarters
William G. Bowen, (1933–2016), president of Princeton University
Aaron Burr (1756–1836), controversial Revolutionary War hero and politician, third vice president of the United States, killer of Alexander Hamilton, adventurer who was eventually tried and acquitted of treason
Aaron Burr Sr. (1716–1757), Presbyterian minister, second president of Princeton University and father of Aaron Burr
Brendan Byrne (1924–2018), 47th governor of New Jersey
Alonzo Church (1903–1995), mathematician
Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th president of the United States
Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864–1947), wife of Grover Cleveland and First Lady of the United States
Ruth Cleveland (1891–1904), first child of Grover and Frances Cleveland and supposed name sake of the Baby Ruth candy bar
Edward Samuel Corwin (1878–1963), author and professor of law
Samuel Davies (1723–1761), president of Princeton University
Erling Dorf (1905–1984), Renowned paleobotanist, professor of Geology at Princeton University
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), president of Princeton University and Calvinist theologian
Richard Stockton Field (1803–1870), US senator and New Jersey Attorney General
John Huston Finley (1863–1940), author, president of Knox College and University of the State of New York
Donald B. Fullerton (1892–1985), missionary and founder of the Princeton Christian Fellowship
Harold Furth (1930–2002), physicist
George Horace Gallup (1901–1984), pollster
William Francis Gibbs (1886–1967), naval architect
Kurt Gödel (1906–1978), mathematician
Michael Graves (1934–2015), architect and product designer
Peter Charles Harris (1865–1951), adjutant general of the U.S. Army
Charles Hodge (1797–1878), Calvinist theologian
David Hunter (1802–1886), Civil War General
Louis "Lajos" Jambor (1884–1954), Hungarian-born American painter, illustrator and muralist.
William Hallock Johnson (1865–1963), president of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania
Joseph Kargé (1823–1892), Civil War General and Princeton University professor
George Frost Kennan (1904–2005), diplomat
Alan Krueger (1960–2019), economist
Frank Lewin (1925–2008), composer
David Kellogg Lewis (1941–2001), philosopher
Edward Parke Custis Lewis (1837–1892), diplomat
John Maclean Jr. (1800–1886), president of Princeton University
Robert McNutt McElroy (1872–1959), historian and professor of history at Princeton University, Oxford University, and Cambridge University
José Menéndez (1944–1989) and Mary Louise (Kitty) Menéndez (1941–1989), murder victims of their sons, Lyle and Erik Menéndez
John O'Hara (1905–1970), author of Appointment in Samarra, BUtterfield 8, and many short stories
Moses Taylor Pyne (1855–1921), financier, philanthropist and owner of Drumthwacket Estate
Roger Atkinson Pryor (1828–1919), Special US Minister to Greece, US congressman from Virginia, Confederate congressman and general, journalist, New York Supreme Court justice
William Drew Robeson (1844–1918), father of singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson
Henry Norris Russell (1877–1957), astronomer
William Milligan Sloane (1850–1928), first US Olympic Committee president
Howard Alexander Smith (1880–1966), US senator from New Jersey
John P. Stockton (1826–1900), New Jersey attorney general and U.S. senator
Richard Stockton (1764–1828), U.S. senator from New Jersey
Robert Field Stockton (1795–1866), naval officer
Lyman Spitzer (1914–1997), astronomer
John Renshaw Thomson (1800–1862), U.S. senator from New Jersey
William G. Thompson (1840–1904), mayor of Detroit
Augustus Trowbridge (1870–1934), professor and dean at Princeton University
John W. Tukey (1915–2000), statistician
Paul Tulane (1801–1887), Tulane University benefactor
John von Neumann (1903–1957), mathematician
Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851–1921), Presbyterian theologian
Canvass White (1790–1834), engineer and inventor
Eugene Paul Wigner (1902–1995), Nobel Prize-winning physicist
John Witherspoon (1723–1794), signer of the Declaration of Independence
William Willet (1867–1921), portraitist and stained glass designer

Gallery

References

External links 

Nassau Presbyterian Church: Princeton Cemetery
Princeton Online: Princeton Cemetery
A photographic tour through Princeton Cemetery

Cemeteries in Mercer County, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey
Protestant Reformed cemeteries
1757 establishments in New Jersey
Historic district contributing properties in Mercer County, New Jersey
Tombs of presidents of the United States