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Dale Cemetery 
Grave marker of Benjamin and Virginia Brandreth at the Dale Cemetery in Ossining, NY as it appeared in November, 2008Details Year established 1851 Country United States Location Ossining, NY 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 [1] The Dale Cemetery located in Ossining, New York is a town-owned cemetery encompassing 47 acres (190,000 m2) and has been operational since October 1851.
Description
The Dale Cemetery located in Ossining, New York is a town-owned cemetery encompassing 47 acres (190,000 m2).[1] The cemetery was originally owned by the Dale Cemetery Association which was incorporated on 16 January, 1851 and was dedicated in October 1851. Its first President was Aaron Ward, retired congressman.[2] The cemetery was acquired by the Town of Ossining in 2004.[3]
Notable burials
- 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"
References
- ^ French, John Homer; Place, Frank. Gazetteer of the State of New York. New York: R. Pearsall Smith. p. 704. http://books.google.com/books?id=0kkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA704&dq=%22dale+cemetery%22+sing&lr=&as_brr=1.
- ^ Ward, George Kemp (1910). Andrew Warde and His Descendants, 1597-1910. New York, NY: A.T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing. pp. 245. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZG9ZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA245&dq=%22dale+cemetery%22+ossining&lr=&as_brr=3. Retrieved 9 June, 2009.
- ^ "About Historic Dale Cemetery". http://www.dalecemetery.com/about.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
Categories:- Cemeteries in Westchester County, New York
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