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The Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and includes the gravesites of several notable figures.〔(History of Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery ) official site〕 The forty-four acres of land used for the cemetery were purchased by Matthew Vassar.〔Joyce C. Ghee, Joan Spence (Poughkeepsie: Halfway Up the Hudson ) page 95〕 Some of its architectural feature were designed by J. A. Wood. His work includes the Frost mausoleum, the cemetery gates and gatehouse, and a monument for Matthew Vassar's nephew, John Guy Vassar.〔Virginia A. Buechele () The Frost Mausoleum; "The largest blue stone ever landed here" August 2006. Friends of Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery Newsletter.〕 ==Notable burials== * Theodorus Bailey, politician * Stephen Baker, politician * Harvey G. Eastman, educator and politician * James Emott, politician * Margaret Hamilton (cremated), played the Wicked Witch in ''The Wizard of Oz''. Her ashes were scattered at her estate in Amenia. * Charles Johnston, politician * John J. Kindred, politician * Henry A. Livingston, politician * Samuel Neilson, Irish nationalist * Homer Augustus Nelson, politician * Edmund Platt, politician * Charles H. Ruggles, politician * Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, politician * James Fields Smathers, inventor * William Wallace Smith I and Andrew Smith of Smith Brothers * John Thompson, politician * Matthew Vassar, brewer, merchant, founder of Vassar College 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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