"New York City's Old Calvary Cemetery was established on the north side of Newtown Creek in an area then called Blissville (known today as Woodside); the first burial there was in August 1848. Twenty nine sections make up this cemetery which today covers 365 acres.
Location: Section 1S
Headstone # 1347
Rev Wm. Plowden D.D., Pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, NY for 15 y, b 29 Sept 1827 in Cork. Ordained 22 Mar 1856 in Rome, Italy d 25 Oct 1875 & buried in Castel Candolfo near Rome.
"New York City's Old Calvary Cemetery was established on the north side of Newtown Creek in an area then called Blissville (known today as Woodside); the first burial there was in August 1848. Twenty nine sections make up this cemetery which today covers 365 acres.
Location: Section 1S
Headstone # 1347
Rev Wm. Plowden D.D., Pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, NY for 15 y, b 29 Sept 1827 in Cork. Ordained 22 Mar 1856 in Rome, Italy d 25 Oct 1875 & buried in Castel Candolfo near Rome.
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