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Established
  
1851

Country
  
United States

Size
  
47 acres (190,000 m)

Founded
  
October 1851

Owner
  
Ossining

Location
  
Ossining, NY

Owned by
  
Town of Ossining

Website
  
dalecemetery.com

Phone
  
+1 914-941-1155

Dale Cemetery

Address
  
104 Havell St, Ossining, NY 10562, USA

Hours
  
Closed now Wednesday9:30AM–3:30PMThursday9:30AM–3:30PMFriday9:30AM–3:30PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday9:30AM–3:30PMTuesday9:30AM–3:30PM

Burials
  
Benjamin Brandreth, Samuel Youngs, Franz Boas

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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.

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Description

The Dale Cemetery located in Ossining, New York is a town-owned cemetery encompassing 47 acres (190,000 m2). The cemetery was originally owned by the Dale Cemetery Association which was incorporated on 16 January 1851 and was dedicated in October 1851. 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

  • 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.

    • References

    Dale Cemetery Wikipedia
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