This imposing obelisk is eye-catching at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey.
The stone is inscribed with information and dates for three generations of the Pope family: Jeremiah Pope and Mary Van Emburgh; their son, Samuel Pope and his wife, Elizabeth Edwards; and their son, Samuel Pope and his wife, Eliza Rose.
A SOLDIER IN THE REVOLUTION
ALSO IN THE WAR OF 1812
BORN AT BASKING RIDGE
SOMMERSET CO, NJ
OCTOBER 17, 1749
DIED IN 1814
ALSO HIS WIFE
DAUGHTER OF
DR VAN EMBURGH
OF HACKENSACK NJ
BORN SEPT 10, 1762
DIED DEC 1846
A SOLDIER IN THE WAR OF 1812
BORN AT HACKENSACK NJ
JAN 23, 1790
DIED IN 1814
ALSO HIS WIFE
BORN AT DANBURY CONN
MAY 5, 1790
DIED IN 1830
BORN
BETWEEN SENECA AND CYUGA LAKES
IN THE STATE OF NY
OCTOBER 11, 1811
DIED MARCH 21, 1889
ALSO HIS WIFE
DAUGHTER OF MARTIN AND MARY ROSE
OF NORTH HAVERSTRAW, NY
BORN JUNE 4, 1811
DIED JUNE 23, 1910
Jeremiah was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Samuel also served in the War of 1812. The cemetery did not exist at that time, so they were buried elsewhere.
In 1839, Jeremiah's wife, Mary filed for a widow's pension for his service in the Revolutionary War. In the transcript of the family bible, Jeremiah's death was January 11, 1813. The year 1814 is inscribed on the gravestone.
These pension documents are available at Fold3.com (pay site).
A book from 1882 has a few paragraphs about this family. The History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men is available on Google Books.
Pictures of the stone and transcripts of the inscriptions are provided here to aide anyone researching this family or these conflicts.
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