cemetery located western slope string green open space new_jersey united_states owns cemetery oldest religious bodies area operating cemetery history prominent families buried american_civil_war veterans reports vandalism property 19th century cemetery grounds occupied homeless location located 46th street new_jersey cemetery fronts kennedy boulevard 19th century known road road overlooking starts extends middle western face hudson grove burial sites western slope blocks away grounds constitute string green open spaces entrance street east avenue station new_jersey history located new durham known years methodist church area operational april religious bodies established pastor reverend acted succeeded graduate later acted pastor nearby congregation taylor succeeded land cemetery burial purposes oldest burial grounds typical grave depths approximately feet grounds bare dry soils yellowish earth loose drift gravel pockets sand occurrences trap rock turn 20th century premises brick stone overall grounds roughly acres natural descent location western ground water flows surrounding marshes contamination wells springs water courses surrounding area low having relatively large congregation church members wealth owned plots cemetery year descendant colonel superintendent grounds particular wealthy family large granite built visibly pedestrians road reported grave broken vault found opened required smash locks break iron believed achieved use stolen marble yard metallic coffin found opened removed shelf sat investigation led left involved unsure perpetrators broken apparent objective reason concluded simply resting place dead young held position superintendent pursuit real estate owned maintained active kept offices located cemetery grounds american civil war veteran graves use homeless called cemetery living reported homeless people investigation brought sexual assault woman near avenue station hudson bergen light rail knife point brought cemetery assaulted searching grounds police found remnants living activity blankets garbage lawn small built perimeter dismay neighbors complained noise feeling unsafe police remove people premises law public places victim claimed bronze stolen relative tomb reverend pastor reported woman visiting grave necklace ripped stolen men addition supporting homeless providing meals rights devotion charity turn away seeking help times course years removed homeless manage relocate homeless majority south central american males said came area respective countries promise work particular individual interviewed said work told short term approached relocation nearby homeless shelters express leave grounds fearful lose freedom public property measures taken remove clean cemetery believed entered shelters likely reside general area moved wooded eastern hills seen supporting homeless notable english painter specialized maritime art american_civil_war major transferred cemetery
Grove Church Cemetery