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Amongst the Dead at the Cemetery – Two Who Died in a Shipwreck in Nova Scotia By Steven Mann

by admin@cemetery | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized

They were residents of Poughkeepsie, NY. In that same location is a monument in memory of two sisters, Mary Louise Scrymser wife of William Henry Merritt and Annie Scrymser who were lost at sea and whose bodies were not recovered. They lost their lives aboard the S....

Livingston’s Yuletide Legacy by Steven Mann

by admin@cemetery | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized

A Visit from St. Nicholas, now referred to as The Night Before Christmas, is perhaps the best known of the Christmas holiday children’s stories. Poughkeepsie’s own Henry Livingston Jr. has been credited with writing this beautiful story. Many of...

Margaret Brainard Hamilton By Steven Mann

by admin@cemetery | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized

Margaret Brainard Hamilton Margaret Brainard Hamilton was cremated in May 1985 at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, and her ashes were scattered in Amenia, NY, which is not too far from Poughkeepsie. Margaret was born December 9, 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the...

Judge Jane M. Bolin By Steven Mann

by admin@cemetery | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized

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The Smith Brothers By Steven Mann

by admin@cemetery | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized

THE SMITH BROTHERS In 1847, James Smith moved to Poughkeepsie, New York from Quebec, Canada to establish a restaurant. He had been born in Scotland and emigrated to Canada in 1831. He and his wife had sons William and Andrew. In Poughkeepsie James Smith opened an ice...