. The city of Troy and its vicinity. ?roads, walks, and burial plats by J. , an experienced landscape en-gineer, of Philadelphia. On Octo-ber 16, 1850, the grounds were conse-crated, and named Oakwood Ceme- •tery. Its present area includes about ,<300 acres of land. In the beautifulcemetery are the graves of thousands 1of people who in past years acted 1their parts and ended their careers ia 1 55 Troy. In 1884-85, the entrance tothe grounds on Cemetery Avenuewas made more attractive by the erec-tion of iron-gates, a keepers lodge,and the planting of trees and shrub-bery along the br
. The city of Troy and its vicinity. ?roads, walks, and burial plats by J. , an experienced landscape en-gineer, of Philadelphia. On Octo-ber 16, 1850, the grounds were conse-crated, and named Oakwood Ceme- •tery. Its present area includes about ,<300 acres of land. In the beautifulcemetery are the graves of thousands 1of people who in past years acted 1their parts and ended their careers ia 1 55 Troy. In 1884-85, the entrance tothe grounds on Cemetery Avenuewas made more attractive by the erec-tion of iron-gates, a keepers lodge,and the planting of trees and shrub-bery along the broad avenue leadingto the elevated parts of the secludednecropolis. In it is the conspicuousmonolith, seventy five feet in height,marking the burial place of Major- marble tablet, inscribed : In mem-ory of Jacob D. Vanderheyden, whodeparted this life, Sept. 4th, 1809,aged 50 years, 10 months and 12days. The Sixth Ward Cemetery, onthe hill-side west of VandenburghAvenue, near the Burden Iron Com-panys upper works, is a small plat. kekiers lodge at oakwood cemetery. Geneial John E. Wool, who died inTroy, November 10, 1873. Thetomb of Major-General George ;, who died in San Francisco,March 28, 1870, is also to be seennear it, overshadowed by the sculp-tured form of an Ameiican eagle, withoutspread wings. There, also, is thegrave of Jacob D. Van der Heyden,the patroon of Troy, marked by a of ground, which was conveyed May17, 1836, to the city by the Troy NailFactory Company, to be used as apublic burial ground for that part ofthe city, New Mount Ida Cemeteryground, on the north side of PineWoods Avenue, a half mile east ofMount Ida Cemetery, was purchasedby the city, October 5, 1854. 56 St. Peters Church Cemeteryground, opposite and eastj of Oak-wood Cemetery, was purchased bythe Right Rev. John McCloskey,Bishop of Albany, February li, 1858. St. Josephs Cemetery ground,on the high land between the Poestenand Wynants kills, was purchased bythe Rev. Joseph Loyzance, of
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