Oldest Tombstone

The January 2011 Graveyard Rabbit carnival topic is: How long have they been there: the oldest tombstone in my collection.

Here are three I found on my cemetery walk in the Old Dutch Burying Ground of  Sleepy Hollow in New York.


Deborah Pugsley died 1770

 

Sara Fochee Enters died 1769

 

Capt Dan,l Martlings died 1788



Soldiers Monument at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

From the facebook page of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery:

"Today marks the 113th anniversary of the passing of Johnson Marchant Mundy (May 31, 1829–August 16, 1897). A painter and sculptor, Mundy suffered poor eyesight most of his life. He lived the last 14 years of his life in Tarrytown, NY in the care of his sister. Although by then legally blind, he would create the bronze sculpture of a Union soldier that stands atop Sleepy Hollow Cemetery's Civil War monument. Mundy himself is buried at the south end of the cemetery a few steps from author Washington Irving."

Here are the photos I took of the monument

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Historian, Lawyer, Genealogist

How cool is this?

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

I recently told you that Sleepy Hollow Cemetery should be on your bucket list. I plan to return next year and spend a whole day there [more if I have my way]. Should you plan to visit I encourage you to spend some time on the web site that is a wealth of information. I would love to attend the many workshops and tours offered. You can also "like" them on facebook.

On the same grounds, but not affiliated, you will find the Old Dutch Church, the setting for Washington Irving's story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

The landscape itself is incredible.

Here is a photo from my visit. More to come!

Tombstone Photo of the Week

Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow

Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow

Sits on the edge of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.