{"id":36,"date":"2026-04-28T19:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-05-11T00:22:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T00:22:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/?page_id=36","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#000000c7\"><strong>Established in 1890<\/strong>, Cliffside Cemetery is a historic burial ground serving as the final resting place for early local settlers and features a mix of traditional burials and an urn wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cliffside-Cemetery-Clean-up-day2-e1777409114476-1024x745.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cliffside-Cemetery-Clean-up-day2-e1777409114476-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cliffside-Cemetery-Clean-up-day2-e1777409114476-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cliffside-Cemetery-Clean-up-day2-e1777409114476-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cliffside-Cemetery-Clean-up-day2-e1777409114476-1536x1117.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cliffside-Cemetery-Clean-up-day2-e1777409114476-2048x1489.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cleanup and creation of Cliffside Cemetery, 1890. Scanned at the Sandy Historical Society<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#000000c7\">The cemetery houses approximately 1,450 memorial records. Prominent family names and historical figures found in its records include:<br><br>John Henry Revenue: June 27th 1856, 1st pioneer child born in the Sandy District.<br><br>Richard A. Ten Eyck: (1861\u20131946), whose name is shared with the road where the cemetery is located.<br><br>The Aschoff Family: Including Adolf Aschoff (1849\u20131930) and other family members.<br><br>The Helms Family: Hans Hy. Helms (1850\u20131923) and several others.<br><br>The Meinig Family: Several members of this early Sandy family, including Mary Sophia Meinig (1873\u20131914).<br><br>Veterans: The grounds contain burials for veterans from various conflicts, including World War I and World War II.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established in 1890, Cliffside Cemetery is a historic burial ground serving as the final resting place for early local settlers and features a mix of traditional burials and an urn wall. The cemetery houses approximately 1,450 memorial records. Prominent family names and historical figures found in its records include: John Henry Revenue: June 27th 1856, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cliffsidecemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}