Vedder Family Cemetery

Vedder Family Cemetery

This historic burial plot contains the remains of descendants of Harmen Albertse Vedder, an original settler of Schenectady. He purchased the land and built a home in 1672. Harmen died around 1715 and is probably buried here.

After ...

The Jackson Family Cemetery

Andrew Jackson's strong sense of family extended beyond those he embraced during his lifetime.

Reaching into the future to touch generations yet to come, he deeded a small portion of the garden in trust to serve as a family cemetery. Stones ...

Moses Carver Family Cemetery

As an impressionable young boy, George Washington Carver looked on as friends and neighbors were interred in the Moses Carver Family Cemetery. The cemetery may contain as many as 40 graves dating as far back as 1835, but only 21 ...

DeSellum Family Cemetery

Gravestone Inscriptions

James DeSellum // Born June 14 1773 // Died June 27 1847 // Aged 74 years // A useful citizen and sincere Christian.

Cathrine DeSellum // Born July 20 1770 // Died June 20 1856 // Aged 88 years ...

Reese Family Cemetery

This is the site of a small cemetery used by the Reece family in the 19th century. Because cattle roamed freely in this area for years, the tombstones and other grave markings are broken. In 1977, the readable tombstones were ...

Workman Family Cemetery

"El Campo Santo," this region's earliest known private family cemetery, was established in 1850 by William Workman. The miniature Classic Grecian mausoleum was built in 1919 by grandson Walter P. Temple. Included in this cemetery are the remains of Workman, ...

Rezeau-Van Pelt Family Cemetery

Historic Richmond Town

A rare surviving 18th century private graveyard, this cemetery was used by the Rezeau and descendent Van Pelt and Wheatley families. The earliest grave is Jacob Rezeau, 1789. The large center gravestone commemorates Susanna Van Pelt and John ...

Frnka Family Cemetery

In 1926, Jan Jindrich Frnka (d. 1935) and his wife, Cecilie (Kroulik) (d. 1933), conveyed property to three trustees for use as a family burial ground. J.J. and Cecilie Frnka were parents of thirteen children; all of the children, with ...

Calvert Family Cemetery

Burial place of George & Rosalie Calvert, four infant children and Charles Benedict Calvert and his infant son. The Calvert family, descendants of the Lords Baltimore, lived at "Riversdale" from 1803 to 1887. Charles Benedict Calvert was a major figure ...

Lyon Family Cemetery and Pvt. Richard Moran

History of the Northern Virginia Regional Parks

"Mount up, the Yankees are coming!"

-Pvt. Richard Moran

April 1, 1863 prior to the "Battle of Miskel's Farm"

Pvt. Richard (Dick) Moran is buried at this site. Moran was a member of ...