Dale Cemetery
| Dale Cemetery | |
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 Grave marker of Benjamin and Virginia Brandreth at the Dale Cemetery in Ossining, NY as it appeared in November, 2008 | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1851 |
| Location | Ossining, NY |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 41°10′16″N 73°51′22″W / 41.171039°N 73.856059°W |
| Owned by | Town of Ossining |
| Size | 47 acres (190,000 m2) |
| Website | dalecemetery |
The Dale Cemetery located in Ossining, New York is a town-owned cemetery encompassing 47 acres (19 ha) and has been operational since October 1851. In 2013 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Description
The Dale Cemetery located in Ossining, New York is a town-owned cemetery encompassing 47 acres (190,000 m2).[2] The cemetery was originally owned by the Dale Cemetery Association which was incorporated on 16 January 1851 and was dedicated in October 1851.[3] At its dedication Professor C. Mason said, that we build cemeteries "for the use, the pleasure, the instruction, the edification of the living."[4] Its first President was Aaron Ward, retired congressman.[5] The cemetery was acquired by the Town of Ossining in 2004.[6]
Notable interments
- Thomas Allcock (1815-1891), Civil War General for the Union Army
- Franz Boas (1858-1942), the "Father of American Anthropology"
- Benjamin Brandreth (1807-1880), proprietor of Brandreth's Pills, one of the earliest mass market consumer branded products in the United States, founder of Brandreth Park
- John Thompson Hoffman (1828-1888), governor of New York (1869-1872), Mayor of New York City (1866-1868)
- Edwin A. McAlpin (1848-1917), president of the D.H. McAlpin & Co tobacco company, builder of the Hotel McAlpin, the largest hotel in the world, and Adjutant General of the State of New York
- Sonny Sharrock (1940-1994), jazz guitarist
- Aaron Ward (1790-1867), American Congressman
- Samuel Youngs (1760-1839), first interment at Dale Cemetery, inspiration for the character Ichabod Crane in his friend Washington Irving's story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
- Chester Hoff (1891 - 1998), Oldest ex Major League Baseball player at time of death. Played for NY Highlanders (later NY Yankees) and St. Louis Browns.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places listings for July 26, 2013". U.S. National Park Service. July 26, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ^ French, John Homer; Place, Frank. Gazetteer of the State of New York. New York: R. Pearsall Smith. p. 704.
- ^ The Dale Cemetery, (at Claremont, Near Sing-Sing,) (1853)
- ^ Alfred L. Brophy, "These Great and Beautiful Republics of the Dead": Public Constitutionalism and the Antebellum Cemetery
- ^ Ward, George Kemp (1910). Andrew Warde and His Descendants, 1597-1910. New York, NY: A.T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing. p. 245. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "About Historic Dale Cemetery". Retrieved 2009-04-21.
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