There are so many amazing cemeteries in this township, and I decided to do a short webpage with pictures of each and some pictures of former Rue house owners, who rest eternally nearby. Most were born, lived and buried near here, and after all, wouldn't you?

Rues...Rues... everywhere, as well as Cox's, Wrights, Debows!


Allentown United Methodist Cemetery


Lots of graves here and is still being used.  Cemetery is in excellent condition.

Of note we found a grave of the son of Sam and May Rue, Charles P. Rue, who was quoted in the New York Times article about vagrants who burned down the barn.





East Branch Cemetery Imlaystown

Right down the road the Friends Burying Ground where Mary and Sam Rue are buried.


Overview of the Cemetery, which lies peacefully beside Merino Hill and has buried generations of the Wright family.



I have placed some flowers on the graves of our Samuel and Mary Rue, who the house is named after.  Their final resting place is nearly in view of their house. They both lived to be in their early nineties.  Good water, good earth, good genes!



A very well preserved grave of Sarah Ashton Potts, Mary Rue's mother, who lived with them til her death in 1845. Sarah also lived to be ninety!



Samuel Gardiner Wright, once an owner of our house and also a U.S. Congressman elected in 1845, unfortunately he was only elected for a few months before he succumbed to apoplexy. He was surely a very good friend of Samuel Rue.



Cream Ridge Cemetery Burlington Path




A whole line of Rue's!  No wonder they wanted to rename Cream Ridge "Ruesville"!




Rue Obelisk Stone in the Cream Ridge Cemetery, very nice.




OLD YELLOW MEETING HOUSE




This perfect little country meetinghouse has been a Baptist Church since the 18th century, and is the third oldest church in the state.  The builder of our house, William Cox, a nephew of General James Cox, is buried here. He built the house for his sister, Mary Cox Jones, who sold it to Mary Potts Rue before her marriage to Samuel Rue.






UPPER FREEHOLD FRIENDS BURYING GROUND(ARNEYSTOWN)

Just past the Historic Arneystown Tavern, and mostly hidden in an overgrown patch of grass around a sharp curve in the road in the very tiny hamlet of Arneystown, lies a typical 19th century Quaker cemetery. No one is buried here related to our house but there is at least one Revolutionary War Veteran in this tiny overlooked graveyard between two houses.



Ye Olde Robbins Burying Ground
(Covell Hill)

About 1.5 miles from the Rue house on a sharp curve and overlooking one of the very pretty rural chain of hills and fields lies the Ye Old Robbins Burying Ground. This overgrown and very old graveyard holds one famous person, although at three years old, she didn't know she would be famous. Had she lived, she would have had the distinction of being Abraham Lincoln's great-great aunt, and her family, the Lincolns and the Salters,  lived in Upper Freehold for much of the 18th century with a mill named after them in Imlaystown (still standing) and a black smith shop still standing that was owned by that family.

Read the Weird NJ article on Lincoln's NJ Roots here...

Emley's Hill United Methodist Church

No Rue relatives here, but this church and graveyard are still active and also overlook hills in a beautiful and breezy section of Cream Ridge.

Allentown Presbyterian Church

Another very old church which commands a hill overlooking the millpond. The church is visible from most parts of the town.  The graveyard is large and is still in use.  Many important people of this town are buried here.


William DeBow, who once owned our property, and probably built our neighbor's house in 1804.  I think building the house did him in, he died the same year.



One quite old headstone in excellent condition.






Below: The Hamilton Street Cemetery in Allentown.  This cemetery does not have a name, so I am not sure of the religious affiliation but I think it is for the A.M.E. Church? It has not been used for years and is not really well maintained.





too creepy?  Come back home to the Samuel Rue website!