May 29, 2004 - preparing for Memorial Day
Veterans buried in Colonial Cemetery, Mt. Royal NJ
Veterans buried in Mount Zion Methodist Cemetery in Clarksboro NJ
Veterans buried at Shady Lane Cemetery in Clarksboro NJ
LIST OF VETERANS - World War I and II

On May 29, 2004 I was honored to be invited to join George Popp, Howard Devault and Alvin Smith, all local members of Anthony T. Calista VFW Post 5579 of Gibbstown, NJ as they placed flags on graves of veterans in East Greenwich New Jersey.

From left to right, Howard Devault, Alvin Smith and George Popp, placing flags on graves in the Colonial Cemetery in Mt. Royal NJ

We started out in the Colonial [St. Peter's Cemetery] in Mt. Royal NJ where flags were placed on the graves of the following veterans:

VETERANS buried in COLONIAL CEMETERY in MT. ROYAL, owned by St. Peter's Episcopal Church (in Clarksboro NJ)
Abram/Abraham Jones - Revolutionary War [Lock monument]
Joseph Locke - Civil War
John Tonkin - Civil War
George Tonkin - Civil War
James Weatherby - Civil War
Reverend Francis E.R. Chubbuck - Civil War

I performed some research later and learned that Francis E.R. Chubbuck was a former pastor of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
Tombstone in Colonial Cemetery:
Rev. F.E.R. Chubbuck born March 19, 1836, Died Jan 2, 1872, a rector of St. Peter's
Church
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Name: Francis E. R. Chubbuck ,
Residence: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Occupation: Clergyman
Enlistment Date: 18 February 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Massachusetts
Unit Numbers: 935 935
Service Record: Enlisted as a Chaplain on 18 February 1862 at the age of 26
Commission in Company S, 31st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 18 February 1862.
Mustered out Company S, 31st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 26 November 1864
in New Orleans, LA
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Name: Francis E. Chubbuck
Unit: 31 Massachusetts Infantry.
Rank - Induction: Chaplain
Rank - Discharge: Chaplain
Allegiance: Union

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We continued on to Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery on King's Highway in Clarksboro, NJ.

Al Smith, George Devault and George Popp at Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery

VETERANS buried at ZION UNITED METHODIST CEMETERY, Clarksboro NJ include: Samuel Beatty, B.W. Hughes, Henry Hughes, Jacob Hughes, George Jennings, Capt. George Sigars, Charles Sweeten, John P. Bradway, Joseph Wood, Joseph Bocher, Unknown Soldier.

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Next we visited the Shady Lane Cemetery.

George Popp and Howard Devault searching for the veteran stones at the Shady Lane Cemetery

Alvin Smith placing a flag

Howard Devault finds a veterans marker at the Shady Lane Cemetery

VETERANS WHO are buried in SHADY LANE CEMETERY
#7 Tony Butch - Civil War
#9 George Eldridge - Civil War
#10 Julius Pheiffer - WW1
#16 John W. Traul - WW1
#21 George Wagner - Civil War
#26 John Woomer - WW1
#33 Harry Everly - WW1
#41 John Piel - Civil War
#46 William Fleming - Civil War
#39 Steve Klinkowski - WW1
#68 Perry Anderson - WW1
#86 Page Brown - WW1
#96 William Blackman - WW1
#160 Horace Albright - WW1
#179 Bernard Clark - WWII

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Next we visited Eglington Cemetery.

Burial location of Lt. Col. Robert Whitehead, one of the stops on our visit to Eglington Cemetery to honor veterans

View of Eglington Cemetery near the Mausoleum

We continued on to the Veteran's Memorial at the East Greenwich Township Municipal Building on Democrat Road.

Al Smith, Howard Devault and George Popp in front of the Veteran's Memorial at the East Greenwich Township Municipal Building on May 29, 2004