Messmore Kendall

Washington Irving

1783–1859 (age 76)

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

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

Owen Johns

d. 1884

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

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

Mary Moody Emerson

1774–1863 (age 89)

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

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

Henry David Thoreau

1817–1862 (age 45)

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

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

Sarah Sherman Hoar

1783–1866 (age 83)

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

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

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...

William Rush

1756–1833 (age 77)

The Woodlands

William Rush (1756-1833) was a Philadelphia sculptor and artist buried at The Woodlands.

Albert Newsam

1809–1864 (age 55)

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Albert Newsam (1809-1864) was a Steubenville-born sculptor and artist.

Thomas Crawford

1813–1857 (age 44)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Thomas Crawford was a New York City-based sculptor and artist who died in 1857.

Douglas Tilden

1860–1935 (age 75)

Mountain View Cemetery

Sculptor.

Henry Jackson Ellicott

1847–1901 (age 54)

Rock Creek Cemetery

Sculptor and architectural sculptor in late 19th century America.