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The Dale Cemetery located in Ossining, New York is a town-owned cemetery encompassing 47 acres and has been operational since October 1851.

Description
The Dale Cemetery located in Ossining, New York is a town-owned cemetery encompassing 47 acres. The cemetery was originally owned by the Dale Cemetery Association which was incorporated on 16 January, 1851 and was dedicated in October 1851. The cemetery was acquired by the Town of Ossining in 2004.

Notable burials

 * Benjamin Brandreth(1807-1880), Proprietor of Brandreth's Pills one of the earliest mass market consumer branded products in the United States, founder of Brandreth Park
 * Edwin A. McAlpin (1848-1917) President of the D.H. McAlpin & Co tobacco company, builder of the Hotel McAlpin, the largest hotel in the world, and Adjutant General of the State of New York
 * Samuel Youngs (1760-1839), First interment at Dale Cemetery, inspiration for the character Ichabod Crane in his friend Washington Irving's story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Categories
Category:Cemeteries in New York (state)