Historical Record to the Close of the Nineteenth Century of Rockland County, New York (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...One of these was Oak Hill Cemetery situated on the hillside west of Nyack village, and the other was Rodi' land Cemetery, on the hill west of Piermont village. These W0 far' finned burial places have steadily been improved, and P9130115 of now from different quarters of the globe are buried in b0l9l1 Oak Hill Cemetery succeeded two smaller burial p aces ' ' the first being on the old C. T. Smith property, West of what 18 know" as the "Bight," now at the lower limit of South Nyack, and the othefi the Presbyterian Cemetery, two blocks west of where the Bfllnist Churcd is situated. The bodies from these two old cemeteries were remove to Oak Hill Cemetery in 1873 and 1869 respectively. The wisdom and necessity of establishing Oak Hill Cemet@1'y "ins talked of by the citizens of Nyack and vicinity in 18471 and It was lg "nlvorsal "Pinion that such a move should be made. In Feb1'11fl-Ty' 184$ 3 Public meeting was held and it was unanimously resolved to dedlca G the ground as a place of burial. In June of that Year the plans we; Put into execution and the ceremonies, religious in their character, We appropriate and elaborate. The dedication service was performed by the Rev. Dr. Hardenburg and an oration was delivered by the Hon. Hugh Maxwell. David D. Smith was the owner of the land up to March 17th, 1865. He received four-fifths of the purchase money from the sale of plots and the remaining fifth was held by the Cemetery Board for the improvement of the grounds. On March 17, 1865, the cemetery was incorporated by a special act of the Legislature. The cemetery steadily improved and several times it became necessary to enlarge it by the purchase of adjoining grolmds. In the winter of 1899-1900 a movement was sta...