The Woodlawn Cemetery, located in Chatsworth, New Jersey, was originally deeded to local prominent residents on June 15, 1888. To our knowledge, it was never recognized by any type signage and was known to local residents as the Chatsworth Cemetery. Many residents were unaware of the historical significance of this burial ground.
The Woodland Township Historical Society initiated a cemetery beautification project which was completed in 2012. Our mission was to clean up the cemetery, document information of those individuals who are interred there, and construct a suitable entrance way, indicating its proper name. The primary source of funding was individual donations, many of which were made to the historical society in memory of long-time and/or former residents whose families recognized their ancestors’ contribution to Woodland Township and its history.
Phase I of our project included proper name recognition for the cemetery. A wrought iron archway was installed in 2010. The handcrafted Archway included the name of the cemetery, designed with a pine cone motif, most fitting for our location in the beautiful Pine Barrens.
Phase 2 was completed in 2011. Installation of the archway wings on either side of the entrance driveway again incorporated the pine cone design from the main archway. This made a beautiful entrance which provides the recognition we sought for this historical treasure in our township. The archway and wings ironwork was designed and constructed by Greg Matonick of Atlas Welding.
Our final phase, completed in 2012, included a matching fence across the front of the cemetery property. Again, this fencing helps to distinguish the cemetery while recognizing its historical value in our community.
We also include a site document listing the names of the deceased veterans who are buried here from as far back as the Civil War.
May 2017 Veterans Buried inWoodlawn Cemetery.
Robert Marshall Adams
Albert Ammon, Jr.
Andrew Anderson
George Anderson
Herbert Anderson
Wilbert Anderson
Willis Anderson
Charles F. Applegate
Everett Applegate
Frank M. Applegate
John Applegate
Charles R. Bates
Kenneth Benjamin
Gary F. Bodine
Gerald H. Bridges
Peter T. Brower, 1st
Peter T. Brower, 2nd
Clifford W. Brown
Edward M. Buffington
Reverend Raymond E. Carter
Gordon F. Clark, Sr.
Harry K. Dunfee
James Robert Dunfee
Russell L. Dunfee
Michael Peter DiDio
Paul D. Emmons
Wilfred H. Entwistle
Robert Franklin
Leroy Green
Joseph Griffee
Victor Orville Hewitt
Wilbur K. Higgenbotham
Charles Kahoun
Charles A. King
Robert H. King
Theodore King, Jr.
Edward Kozlowski
Harry J. Lemmon, Jr.
John Mason
Ernest E. Messler
Jesse James Messler
Albert C. Morison
George Franklin Parks
Isaac W. Parks
Joseph M. Pinto
Albert N. Prickett
Joseph Ranelli
Daniel Recchia
Herman “Jake” Ridgway
Alison Sooy
John Elliot Stanwood
Harold Stevenson Jr
John Stevenson
William H. Stevenson, Jr.
Richard Stewart
Willliam O.Topham,Jr.
Herbert Wickward
George E. Wills, Jr.
John A. Wills
Norman E. Wills