Old Spring Valley Burial Ground

The historic cemetery directly in the rear of the Behnke farm contains the graves of descendants of early settlers in this area including a least two local farmer-militiamen of the American Revolution, Jacobus Brouwer and Henry Banta, as well as the grave of Cornelius Demarest, who served in the 22nd regiment of the Union Army during the Civil War.

Sponsored by

The Paramus Rotary Club

May 30, 1964

Marker is at the intersection of Spring Valley Road and Viola Way, on the left when traveling south on Spring Valley Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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