Notable Burials
- Gurdon Buck, pioneer plastic surgeon
- Aaron Clark, Whig mayor of New York City from 1837-39
- Theodore Gordon, angler and sage of the Neversink River
- John Wheeler Leavitt, prominent merchant, grandfather of artist Cecilia Beaux
- Stevens T. Mason, first governor of Michigan, later reinterred in Capitol Park, Detroit
- David Olyphant, a merchant involved in trade with China
- Luman Reed American art patron
- Uriah and Charles Scribner, publishers
- James Tallmadge, Jr., Congressman (1817–19) and New York University President
- Benjamin Wright, Chief Engineer for the Erie Canal
Prominent New York uppertens families such as the Beekmans, Hones, Hoyts, Quackenbushes, Varicks and Van Zandts have vaults in the cemetery.
Read more about this topic: New York Marble Cemetery
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