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The Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery is a rural cemetery located in Poughkeepsie, New York and includes the gravesites of several notable figures. The forty-four acres of land used for the cemetery were purchased by Matthew Vassar.

Some of its architectural features were designed by J. A. Wood. His work includes the cemetery gates and gatehouse, the Frost Mausoleum, and a monument for Matthew Vassar's nephew, John Guy Vassar.

Several relatives of Alexander Hamilton, a Founding Father of the United States, are buried at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery:

Other notable individuals interred at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery include:


Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery


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