The Dale Cemetery located in
Ossining,
New York
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, is a town-owned
rural cemetery
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encompassing and has been operational since October 1851. In 2013 it was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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Description
The ''Dale Cemetery'' located in
Ossining,
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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, is a town-owned cemetery encompassing . The cemetery was originally owned by the Dale Cemetery Association which was incorporated on 16 January 1851 and was dedicated in October 1851. It was designed by Howard Daniels. At its dedication Professor C. Mason said, that we build cemeteries "for the use, the pleasure, the instruction, the edification of the living." Its first President was
Aaron Ward, retired congressman. The cemetery was acquired by the Town of Ossining in 2004.
Notable interments
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Thomas Allcock (1815–1891), Civil War General for the Union Army
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Franz Boas
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(1858–1942), the "Father of American Anthropology"
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Benjamin Brandreth
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(1807–1880), proprietor of Brandreth's Pills, one of the earliest mass market consumer branded products in the United States, founder of
Brandreth Park
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Chester Hoff (1891–1998), Oldest ex-Major League Baseball player at time of death. He played for the NY Highlanders (later the NY Yankees) and St. Louis Browns.
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John Thompson Hoffman (1828–1888), governor of New York (1869–72), Mayor of New York City (1866–68)
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Ingersoll Lockwood (1841–1918), lawyer and writer (Section A)
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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
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Sonny Sharrock (1940–1994), jazz guitarist
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Aaron Ward (1790–1867), American congressman
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Samuel Youngs
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(1760–1839), who in 1851 was moved from his earlier burial site and became the first person interred at Dale Cemetery. He was a possible inspiration for the character
Ichabod Crane
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in his friend
Washington Irving
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's story "
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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".
See also
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References
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York
Cemeteries in Westchester County, New York
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York
1851 establishments in New York (state)
Ossining, New York
Rural cemeteries
Cemeteries established in the 1850s