John Rutherfurd

1760 1961

In honor of

John Rutherfurd

1760 – 1840

U.S. Senator from N.J.

1791 – 1798

American patriot and statesman

for whom this borough was named.

Part of his estate, Edgerston Manor,

so named after the family seat in

Scotland, lay within the present

Borough of Rutherford.

Erected by

the people of ...