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The Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery is a rural cemetery located in Poughkeepsie, New York and includes the gravesites of several notable figures. It also has a crematory. The forty-four acres of land used for the cemetery were purchased by Matthew Vassar.
Some of its architectural features were designed by J. A. Wood. His work includes the cemetery gates and gatehouse, the Frost Mausoleum, and a monument for Matthew Vassar's nephew, John Guy Vassar.




Hamilton and Schuyler families


Several relatives of Alexander Hamilton, a Founding Father of the United States, are buried at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery:

Allan McLane Hamilton (1848–1919), psychiatrist
Louis McLane Hamilton (1844–1868), cavalry officer in the Civil War and American Indian Wars
Philip Hamilton (1802–1884), lawyer, Judge Advocate (Navy Retiring Board), youngest son of Alexander Hamilton
Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768–1835), politician (House of Representatives and New York State Senate), brother of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Angelica Schuyler Church and Margarita Schuyler Van Rensselaer.




Notable burials


Other notable individuals buried or cremated at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery include:

Theodorus Bailey (1758–1828), politician (Member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate)
Stephen Baker (1819–1875), politician (Member of the US House of Representatives)
Jane Bolin (1908–2007), judge (New York City Domestic Relations Court)
Harvey G. Eastman (1832–1878), educator (founder of Eastman Business College) and politician (New York State Assembly)
James Emott (1771–1850), politician (Member of the US House of Representatives and New York State Assembly)
Margaret Hamilton (1902–1985), actress, played the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz
Frank Hasbrouck (1852–1928), lawyer, county judge, Superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department
Dustin John Higgs (1972–2021), American convicted murderer executed by the United States federal government
Charles Johnston (1793–1845), politician (Member of the US House of Representatives)
Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865–1887), first female Indian doctor, buried under the name "Anandabai Joshee" with the Carpenter family.
John J. Kindred (1864–1937), politician (Member of the US House of Representatives)
Henry A. Livingston (1776–1849), politician (New York State Senate)
Johnny Miller (1905–2008), gyroplane pioneer, test pilot and airline pilot
Sterling Morrison (1942-1995), lead guitarist for American rock band The Velvet Underground
Samuel Neilson (1761–1803), Irish nationalist
Homer Augustus Nelson (1829–1891), politician (Member of the United States House of Representatives, United States Senate and New York Secretary of State)
Edmund Platt (1865–1939), politician (Member of the US House of Representatives) and member of United States Federal Reserve
Charles H. Ruggles (1789–1865), politician (Member of the US House of Representatives) and judge (Chief Judge United States Court of Appeal)
James Fields Smathers (1888–1967), inventor
William Wallace Smith I (1830–1913) and Andrew Smith (1836–1895), founders of Smith Brothers Cough Drops
John Thompson (1809–1890), politician (Member of the US House of Representatives)
Smith Thompson (1768–1843), Associate Justice United States Supreme Court and politician (United States Secretary of the Navy)
Rip Torn (1931–2019), actor
Isaac Van Anden (1812–1875), publisher of the Brooklyn Eagle
Matthew Vassar (1792–1868), brewer, merchant, founder of Vassar College




See also


List of burial places of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States




Notes






References






External links


Official website
Friends of the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery

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• List of cemeteries in New York
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• Philip Jeremiah Schuyler
• Philip Hamilton (lawyer)
• Allan McLane Hamilton
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