St. Stephen Rural Cemetery

St. Stephen Rural Cemetery

Infobox_cemetery
name = St. Stephen Rural Cemetery


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established = 1856
country = Canada flagicon|Canada
location = St. Stephen, New Brunswick
coordinates = coord|45.120042|-67.180208
type = Public
owner = Municipality
size = 65 acres
graves= 12,000+
website =
findagrave = [http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=1909851 Findagrave]
political =

St. Stephen Rural Cemetery is a municipal cemetery established in April of 1856 at the town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada. The cemetery encompasses 65 acres of land with approximately 12,000 burials. There are over 20 kilometres of avenues and paths.

St. Stephen is a Canada/United States border town, separated by the St. Croix River. It is a place where crossing the bridge for employment, shopping, hospitalization, or just visiting friends, is an almost daily part of normal life. The two close-knit communities have shared services for more than two hundred years. Until nearly the second half of the 20th Century, a number of Americans were born in St. Stephen and vice versa.

Cross-border marriages have been common and there are several American Civil War veterans buried in the St. Stephen cemetery, including a Medal of Honor recipient as well as Brigadier-General John Curtis Caldwell who was one of the eight generals to accompany the body of assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on its journey from Washington D.C. to Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois. Many members of the of chocolate makers are interred here.

Notable burials:
*John Curtis Caldwell, Brigadier-General, Union Army
*Arthur D. Ganong, businessman, president of Ganong Bros.
*Gilbert W. Ganong, co-founder of Ganong Bros.
*Hardy N. Ganong (CBE), Major-General, Canadian Army
*J. Edwin Ganong, businessman, co-founder of Ganong Bros. and the St. Croix Soap Mfg. Co.
*Joan A. Ganong, WWII Air Force Flight Sergeant, author
*R. Whidden Ganong, businessman, president of Ganong Bros.
*Susan B. Ganong, educator, owner of Netherwood School
*William Francis Ganong, botanist, historian, cartographer
*James Mitchell, Premier of New Brunswick
*Horatio Young, Union Army, Medal of Honor recipient

* See also: List of famous cemeteries

References

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_reports.aspx?cemetery=2079948&mode=1 Commonwealth War Graves Commission report on St. Stephen Rural Cemetery]


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