Find A Grave - Sleepy Hollow

Havell, Robert b. November 25, 1793 d. November 11, 1878
Artist. An engraver and painter, he engraved plates to John J. Audubon's Birds of America. Painted and sketched in the New York area around the Hudson River. (Bio by: Laurie)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Hellinger, Mark b. March 21, 1903 d. December 21, 1947
Journalist, Screenwriter, Producer. He was born in Manhattan and had an unabashed love affair with the city that lasted his whole life. Kicked out of high school at 15, he started writing plays for the local stage but his dreams of theatrical glory were squelched after his Broadway debut, "None Are So Blind" (1923), closed after one performance. He then became a reporter for the tabloid The Daily News and, along with Damon Runyon and Walter Winchell, pioneered in covering New York's colorful...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Helmsley, Harry b. March 4, 1909 d. January 4, 1997
Real estate billionaire. At the time of his death he owned New York's Empire State Building. He was married to Leona Helmsley.
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Helmsley, Leona Mindy b. July 4, 1920 d. August 20, 2007
Entrepreneur. New York City hotel operator and real estate investor. She was convicted of federal income tax evasion and other crimes in 1989 and served 18 months in prison, after receiving an initial sentence of 16 years. She was born as Leona Mindy Rosenthal in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York, and raised in Brooklyn. Before her involvement with Harry Helmsley, she was married three times. Once to attorney Leo...[Read More]
Cause of death: Congestive heart failure
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Hill, George Washington b. October 22, 1884 d. September 13, 1946
Businessman. He introduced the Lucky Strike Brand of cigarettes.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Irving, Washington b. April 3, 1783 d. November 28, 1859
Author. A short story writer, essayist, poet, travel book writer, biographer, attorney, and columnist, he was born in New York City as the youngest of 11 children. He has been called the “Father of the American Short Story”, and is best known for works 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' in which the schoolmaster Ichabod Crane meets with a headless horseman, and 'Rip Van Winkle,' about a man who falls asleep for 20 years. He wrote under the pseudonyms Dietrich Knickerbocker, Jonathan Oldstyle, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Eamonn)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Irving, William b. August 15, 1766 d. November 8, 1821
US Congressman. The older brother of Washington Irving, he followed his father in the fur business, trading with the Indian tribes of upstate New York and living in Johnstown, Caughnawaga and other frontier trading posts. In 1793 he returned to New York City, where he expanded his business to include goods other than furs, and took as partners his brother Peter Irving and brother-in-law James Kirke Paulding, who later served as Secretary of the Navy. William Irving also contributed several...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Martling, Abraham d. November 3, 1830
Literary Figure. He was the model for the character of Brom Bones in the book "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Millard, Charles Dunsmore b. December 1, 1873 d. December 11, 1944
US Congressman. He was elected as a Republican to represent New York's 25th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1931 to 1937.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Mills, Darius Ogden b. September 5, 1825 d. January 3, 1910
Businessman, Philanthropist. A native of New York, Mills first came to California in 1848 after the discovery of gold and opened a general store in Sacramento. Making large profits, he soon started up the bank of D.O. Mills and Co. In 1864, he went to San Francisco where he co-founded the Bank of California with William Ralston and was appointed the bank's first president. Under Mills and Ralston's leadership, the Bank of California invested in the silver mines of Nevada's Comstock Lode and as...[Read More] (Bio by: G.Photographer)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Moskowitz, Belle b. October 5, 1877 d. January 2, 1933
Political Advisor, Social Activist. Born Belle Lindner, she began studies at Columbia University in 1894, but left after a year to become a social worker, running activities for German Jews who had recently arrived in America, and also volunteering for the Council of Jewish Women. In 1911 her first husband, Charles Israels died and she became more active as an officer of the New York State Conference of Charities and Corrections, helping focus its efforts on tuberculosis prevention, eliminating...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Odell, Nathaniel Holmes b. October 10, 1828 d. October 30, 1904
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 12th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1875 to 1877. (Bio by: Find A Grave)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Paulding Jr., William b. March 7, 1770 d. February 11, 1854
US Congressman, New York City Mayor. During the War of 1812, he served in the New York State Militia as a Brigadier General. He was elected as a Republican to represent New York's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1811 to 1813. He served as the Mayor of New York City, New York from 1825 to 1826 and from 1827 to 1829. His estate, "Lyndhurst", near Tarrytown, New York, is now a National Historic Trust site. His was the older brother of...[Read More]
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Plot: Old Dutch Burying Ground
Reid, Whitelaw b. October 27, 1837 d. December 15, 1912
Journalist. He served as editor of "New York Tribune" newspaper. He served as United States Minister to France from 1889 to 1892 and was the unsuccessful Republican Vice Presidential candidate in 1892 (with President Benjamin Harrison). He was later the United States Ambassador to Great Britain from 1905 until his death.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Rockefeller, Abby Greene b. October 26, 1874 d. April 5, 1948
Philanthropist. She was the daughter of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich. Married to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., she was the mother of Abby, John D. III, Nelson, Laurance, Winthrop, and David Rockefeller. She encouraged the establishment of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, to which she donated over 2000 items, and the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, where the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection was dedicated.
Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Rockefeller III., John D. b. March 21, 1906 d. July 10, 1978
Financier and Philanthropist. Born into the wealthy and socially prominent Rockefeller family, he was the eldest son of John Davison Rockefeller Jr and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. He attended primary education at the Browning School in New York City, and at the Loomis Institute in Windsor, Connecticut. In 1929, he graduated from Princeton University where he received high honors in economics, graduating with a BS degree, choosing industrial relations for his senior thesis. His interest in...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Automobile accident
Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Rockefeller Jr., John D. b. January 29, 1874 d. May 11, 1960
Philanthropist, Social Reformer. The only son of John D. Rockefeller, he was born in Cleveland, Ohio, into one of the wealthiest American families of his time. His father had founded and was President of Standard Oil Company. His parents' strict discipline and frugal lifestyle were impressed upon him from the first day. His father's attitude could be explained with the question: "Is it right, is it duty?" From this, he admitted, he took responsibility early, and was serious, rarely...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Rockefeller, Laurance Spelman b. May 26, 1910 d. July 11, 2004
Philanthropist and Conservationist. Grandson of John D. Rockefeller Sr, he received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Princeton University in 1932 and studied at Harvard Law School. He served in the Navy during World War II and became a Lieutenant Commander. In 1958, he founded the American Conservation Association, and was elected chairman of the New York State parks commission in 1963. He helped develop national parks in Wyoming, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Vermont, and chaired the White...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich b. July 8, 1908 d. January 26, 1979
Politician. Governor of New York 1959-1973, and US Vice President 1974-1977.
Cause of death: Heart Attack
Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
Rockefeller, William b. May 31, 1841 d. June 24, 1922
Industrialist. The younger brother of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, he served as President of Standard Oil until its antitrust dissolution in 1911.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA

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