Joseph Coerten Hornblower

1848–1908 (age 60)

Jurist

Biography

Joseph Coerten Hornblower was born in 1848 and carried forward a family tradition of honoring the law, serving with fairness and clear judgment as a jurist. His colleagues respected the compassion he brought to the bench and his efforts to ensure that every person who stood before him felt heard.

Throughout his career he remained devoted to the idea that justice must be tempered with humanity, and after his death in 1908 he found rest at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, where the memory of his integrity endures.

Also buried at Cedar Lawn Cemetery

Childe Hassam
1859–1935 (age 76)
Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Childe Hassam (1859–1935) was a Dorchester-born American Impressionist painter interred at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
Dora Goodbody
1889–1975 (age 86)
Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Dora Goodbody lived from 1889 to 1975.
George Martin Duncan
1857–1928 (age 71)
Cedar Lawn Cemetery
George Martin Duncan (1857-1928) was a Haledon resident.
De Vere Watson
1893–1982 (age 89)
Cedar Lawn Cemetery
De Vere Watson lived from 1893 to 1982 and was buried at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
Kimball C. Atwood
1853–1934 (age 81)
Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Kimball C. Atwood was a 19th-century American whose specific biographical details are not widely documented.
Henry Randolph Sutphen
1875–1950 (age 75)
Cedar Lawn Cemetery

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