Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery

Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery, also known simply as Wiltwyck Cemetery, is a cemetery in Kingston, New York. It takes its name from the Dutch settlement Wiltwyck, later renamed Kingston by British officials.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] [10] Wiltwyck Cemetery was first organized in 1850, and reorganized in 1856.

Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery
Details
Established1857
Location
145 Pine Grove Ave.
Kingston, NY 12401
CountryUnited States
Coordinates41.9226°N 74.0049°W / 41.9226; -74.0049
Owned byWiltwyck Rural Cemetery Association
Size85 acres (34 ha)
Websitewww.wiltwyckcemetery.org
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Background

Some notable figures interred in Wiltwyck Cemetery include the Neoclassicist painter, John Vanderlyn, World War II Congressional Medal of Honor winner Robert H. Dietz, and one-time Presidential Candidate running against Theodore Roosevelt, Alton Brooks Parker.[11]

References
  1. "Maintaining cemeteries a challenge, and labor of love". Times Herald-Record. July 8, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  2. "Maintaining Hudson Valley cemeteries is a challenge and labor of love". Times Herald-Record.
  3. "Wiltwyck Cemetery in Kingston gets funding for new crematorium". Daily Freeman. April 23, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  4. "Arrest made in Kingston cemetery desecration". Mid Hudson News. May 24, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  5. "On The Move". Times Union. May 29, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  6. "Crematorium project gets Kingston Planning Board's OK, still needs state approval". Daily Freeman. November 19, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  7. Ulster County Genealogical Society (N.Y.); Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery Association (N.Y.). Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery book. OCLC 866044696.
  8. Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery Association (Kingston, N.Y.) (1895). The Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery Association of Kingston, N.Y.: Historical Sketch, Rules and Regulations, List of Former Officers, Forms of Trusts, Bequests, Etc., Etc. Freeman Branch Office Steam Print.
  9. Ulster County Genealogical Society (Kingston, N.Y.) (1977). Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery: Book 80. Ulster County Genealogical Society.
  10. Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett (1880). History of Ulster County, New York: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Everts & Peck. The original organization of "The Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery Association of the town of Kingston" took place on the 9th day of July...
  11. Rhoads, William (2003). Kingston New York: The Architectural History and Guide (1st ed.). Hensonville, New York: Black Dome Press Corp. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-188378935-0.
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