As to Rutgers' woes over the decades, we have to face facts, dating back to when Rutgers facts started. Just running it by the exalted posters of the free board, but when push comes to shove, Henry wasn't treated so well, posthumously speaking. But now that I've uncovered the problem, we aren't helpless. Au contraire, we can now address the problem, somehow, some way. He was lost, but he was found. We've been lost, but we too, can be found.
Henry Rutgers died in New York City, at the age of 84. Rutgers was originally buried at the Old Middle Church Cemetery on the corner of Nassau Street and Cedar Street in Manhattan. However, as cemeteries in Manhattan were redeveloped during the 1830s and '40s, the Colonel's body was re-interred several times. For many years, no one knew where his body was finally laid to rest, although it was long believed that he was buried in a Dutch Reformed churchyard in Belleville, New Jersey. One road running alongside this graveyard is now called Rutgers Street (signed as, but not technically part of, Route 7).
Misplaced by history for over 140 years, Henry Rutgers' final "final resting place" is thought to have been rediscovered in October 2007 by Civil War research volunteers sifting through burial records of the historical Brooklyn.
The Green-Wood Historic Fund and members of the Rutgers Community honored the Colonel's memory on Douglass College in her honor), the former women's college associated with Rutgers University.
Henry Rutgers died in New York City, at the age of 84. Rutgers was originally buried at the Old Middle Church Cemetery on the corner of Nassau Street and Cedar Street in Manhattan. However, as cemeteries in Manhattan were redeveloped during the 1830s and '40s, the Colonel's body was re-interred several times. For many years, no one knew where his body was finally laid to rest, although it was long believed that he was buried in a Dutch Reformed churchyard in Belleville, New Jersey. One road running alongside this graveyard is now called Rutgers Street (signed as, but not technically part of, Route 7).
Misplaced by history for over 140 years, Henry Rutgers' final "final resting place" is thought to have been rediscovered in October 2007 by Civil War research volunteers sifting through burial records of the historical Brooklyn.
The Green-Wood Historic Fund and members of the Rutgers Community honored the Colonel's memory on Douglass College in her honor), the former women's college associated with Rutgers University.
