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Washington Irving

1783–1859 (age 76)

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American author and cofounder of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, famous for writing The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

John Hudson Hall

d. 1894

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Highly successful paper manufacturer and developer of New York's elevated railroad system who commissioned Augustus Sain...

Owen Johns

d. 1884

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Prominent New York City merchant who operated dry goods palaces, precursors to department stores, in Manhattan.

William Irving

1766–1821 (age 55)

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William Irving was a New York merchant and brother of author Washington Irving.

Elizabeth Kip

1784–1827 (age 43)

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Elizabeth Kip was a New York resident of the early 19th century.

William Irving

1731–1807 (age 76)

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William Irving was a New York resident who lived from 1731 to 1807 and was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Sarah Sanders

1738–1817 (age 79)

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Sarah Sanders was a New York resident who lived from 1738 to 1817 and was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Isaac Colford Jones

1793–1831 (age 38)

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Isaac Colford Jones (1793-1831) was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Samuel Ripley

1783–1847 (age 64)

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Samuel Ripley was an American clergyman and educator who served as a minister in Massachusetts.

Edward Bliss Emerson

1805–1834 (age 29)

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Edward Bliss Emerson was an American who died young and was the brother of the renowned philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Helen Thoreau

1812–1849 (age 37)

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Helen Thoreau was an American woman and the sister of naturalist and philosopher Henry David Thoreau.

John Thoreau Jr.

1815–1842 (age 27)

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John Thoreau Jr. was an American pencil manufacturer and the brother of naturalist Henry David Thoreau.

Levinus Monson

1792–1859 (age 67)

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Levinus Monson was a Hamden resident who lived from 1792 to 1859 and was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Angelica Hamilton

1784–1857 (age 73)

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Angelica Hamilton was a woman who lived from 1784 to 1857 and was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Eliza Hamilton Holly

1799–1859 (age 60)

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Eliza Hamilton Holly was the daughter of Alexander Hamilton, born in New York City in 1799.

Samuel Hoar

1778–1856 (age 78)

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Samuel Hoar (1778-1856) was a Lincoln resident and prominent figure who lived 78 years.

Barzillai Frost

1804–1858 (age 54)

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Barzillai Frost (1804-1858) was a 54-year-old individual buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

John Thoreau

1787–1859 (age 72)

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John Thoreau (1787-1859) was a 72-year-old resident buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Robert Bulkeley Emerson

1807–1859 (age 52)

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Robert Bulkeley Emerson (1807-1859) was a 52-year-old individual buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

William Adams Walker

1805–1861 (age 56)

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William Adams Walker (1805-1861) was a New York City resident buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

George Long Duyckinck

1828–1868 (age 40)

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George Long Duyckinck (1828-1868) was a New York City native of the prominent Duyckinck family.

Eliza Hamilton Schuyler

1811–1863 (age 52)

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Eliza Hamilton Schuyler (1811-1863) was descended from prominent American Revolutionary families.

Mary Hamilton

1790–1869 (age 79)

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Mary Hamilton (1790-1869) was a woman of the early American period who lived nearly eighty years.

Ebenezer Irving

1776–1868 (age 92)

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Ebenezer Irving (1776-1868) was a contemporary of Washington Irving who lived into his nineties.

Thomas Wentworth Storrow

1805–1861 (age 56)

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Thomas Wentworth Storrow (1805-1861) was a 19th-century resident buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

1804–1864 (age 60)

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American novelist and short story writer known for works exploring themes of sin and morality in Puritan New England.

Henry David Thoreau

1817–1862 (age 45)

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American philosopher, naturalist, and writer who championed civil disobedience and simple living in nature.

Mary Moody Emerson

1774–1863 (age 89)

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American intellectual and diarist who was the aunt of Ralph Waldo Emerson and influenced Transcendentalist thought.

William Munroe

1778–1861 (age 83)

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American inventor and manufacturer known for his innovations in gunpowder and munitions production.

Sarah Bradford Ripley

1793–1867 (age 74)

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American educator and intellectual who was a noted teacher and wife of the Transcendentalist scholar George Bradford Rip...

Sarah Sherman Hoar

1783–1866 (age 83)

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American woman from a prominent New England family involved in intellectual and social circles of her era.

William Emerson

1801–1868 (age 67)

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American clergyman and brother of the prominent Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Susan Haven Emerson

1807–1868 (age 61)

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American woman and wife of William Emerson, connected to the prominent Emerson family of Transcendentalists.

Ezra Ripley

1826–1863 (age 37)

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American intellectual and family member of the prominent Ripley and Emerson families of New England.

Caroline Hayden Pratt

1836–1866 (age 30)

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American woman from a prominent New England family during the Transcendentalist era.

Rebecca Mason

1803–1879 (age 76)

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Rebecca Mason was an American woman of the early 19th century whose life details remain largely historical.

Madame Restell

1812–1878 (age 66)

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Madame Restell was a controversial abortionist and women's health practitioner in 19th-century New York.

William Orton

1826–1878 (age 52)

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William Orton was an American businessman and telegraph company executive in the late 19th century.

Pierre Munroe Irving

1802–1876 (age 74)

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Pierre Munroe Irving was an American author and editor, nephew of Washington Irving.

Moses Hicks Grinnell

1803–1877 (age 74)

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Moses Hicks Grinnell (1803-1877) was a New Bedford resident buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Robert Havell

1793–1878 (age 85)

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Robert Havell (1793-1878) was a Reading resident buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

James Alexander Hamilton

1788–1878 (age 90)

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James Alexander Hamilton (1788-1878) was a New York City resident and son of Alexander Hamilton, buried at Sleepy Hollow...

Danford N. Barney

1808–1874 (age 66)

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Danford N. Barney (1808-1874) was a Henderson resident buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

James Duncan Phyfe

1819–1876 (age 57)

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James Duncan Phyfe was an American furniture maker known for his refined Federal style designs in New York.

Evert Augustus Duyckinck

1816–1878 (age 62)

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Evert Augustus Duyckinck was a New York City literary critic and editor who championed American literature.

William Whiting

1813–1873 (age 60)

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William Whiting was a Concord resident who lived from 1813 to 1873 and was interred at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Sophia Elizabeth Thoreau

1819–1876 (age 57)

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Sophia Elizabeth Thoreau was a Concord woman who lived from 1819 to 1876 and was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Cynthia Dunbar

1787–1872 (age 85)

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Cynthia Dunbar lived from 1787 to 1872 and was interred at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

Minot Pratt

1805–1878 (age 73)

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Minot Pratt was a 19th-century resident who lived from 1805 to 1878 and was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

James Smith Bush

1825–1889 (age 64)

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James Smith Bush was a Rochester resident who lived from 1825 to 1889.