City of Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County, New York
Updated 1/24 /2001
Frear Cemetery
Facts and Figures from JW Poucher's "Old Gravestones of Dutchess County", 1924. See Dutchess County Cemetery Interments for Poucher's exact comments.
NOTE: Many of these cemeteries have been moved to the POUGHKEEPSIE RURAL CEMETERY, which is physically in the TOWN of POK, and is listed on that page also.
Beers = found on 1867 Beers Atlas
Terraserve
= found on topographical map on web
Cemetery | Location | Earliest
Stone |
2nd
Stone |
# | Comments | |
Pok Rural Cemetery | Just South of City limits
on Rt9 |
Phone 845-454-6020. Founded in 1854 (6?).
If you are looking for a City of Pok grave, it's probably now here.
Many of the city's older church yards were removed here.
Some Interments on Ginny's page |
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Frear Cemetery | Backyard on curve where Thornwood turns into Ferris | 1802 | 1804 | 33 | Still in existence | |
Christ Church Episcopal
1774 - 1834 1834 - 1888 |
NE Corner of Market and Church | 1768 | 1773 | Interments from 1774-1828.
Removed to Pok Rural Cemetery 1855 and 1888 |
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Christ Church Episcopal
1888 - Present |
Montgomery and Academy | 1805 | 1823 | "English Ground", used 1828 - 1868
Removed to Pok Rural Cemetery 1888 New church building built on SW portion of ground |
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Dutch Reformed
1716 - 1760 |
SE corner of Main and Market | 1744 | 1797 | 1. Old Ground, The yard surrounding the first church building, erected 1723. Used for burials until 1830. Per Poucher, Remains removed to vault at rear of present 260 Main St. in 1830. | ||
Dutch Reformed
1760 - 1822 |
North side of Main,
"east of Nelson House" |
1792 | 1795 | 33 | 2. The yard surrounding the second church building. Remains removed to Pok Rural Cemetery | |
Dutch Reformed | North of City line on old Albany post road (near St. Francis Hospital?) | 1783 | 1792 | 480 | 3. Cemetery opened in 1810. Perhaps these few pre-1810 stones were from a prior existing ground, or moved from another cemetery. Graves removed to Pok Rural Cemetery | |
Baptist Churchyard | Rear of Garden , High and Mansion Sts Entrance on Garden | 1809 | 1811 | 182 | In 1911, " Thickly overgrown with saplings and vines; a place of deposit for neighborhood refuse. The Baptist Church of Poughkeepsie was organized in July, 1807, and this land was acquired shortly after for burial purposes." | |
Friends | incorporated into playground
along Quaker Ln ( By back of High School?) |
1816 | 1817 | 49 | "In 1922 incorporated into the Poughkeepsie playground. A Friends' Meeting was organized at Poughkeepsie early in the nineteenth century. In 1821 0.5 acre deeded for burial purposes." Guessing removed to Pok Rural. | |
Methodist | East side of Jefferson | 1810 | 1811 | 99 | Acquired in 1806 for church bldg. Torn down in 1826, but land continued as cemetery. Removed to Pok Rural between 1911 and 1915 and land built upon. | |
Presbyterian Churchyard | South side of Main, opposite Corlies Ave | 1825 | 1826 | 40 | Congregation revived in 1817, organized in 1826. Land given for burial purposes in 1821. Removed to Pok Rural since 1911 and land built upon. | |
St. Peters Roman Catholic | East side of East Mansion St. | 1839 | 1842 | 108 | Not yet found In 1914, "Good. condition" Yard in used from 1841 to 1884 for a number of the 1st generation Irish families.. Church erected 1837 they erected a church building. New and existing St. Peters cemetery on Salt Point Turnpike in the town of Poughkeepsie. | |
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