Danford N. Barney

John Hudson Hall

d. 1894

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

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

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.