Kensico Cemetery
Kensico Cemetery is a cemetery in Valhalla, Westchester Co., New York, founded in 1889, when many New York City cemeteries were becoming full and rural cemeteries were founded near the railroads which served the city. Initially 250-acres, it was expanded to 600 acres in 1905, and reduced to 461 acres in 1912 when a portion was sold to the neighboring Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Many entertainment figures of the early nineteenth century were buried here.
British spy Major John André was captured in 1780 in a house located on what is now cemetery ground.
Notable burials include:
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