Ascension Church and Cemetery

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<<===  Ascension church was built in 1842 and faces directly towards Church of Saint James across the river in Hyde Park

photo December 2001
by Victor VanCarpels

 


Church of the Ascension
viewed from route 9W.  Russell,
Astor and Payne all donated.  ===..

photo December 2001
 by Victor VanCarpels

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ascension_church_nyc_one.jpg (66445 bytes) Views of Ascencion Church at 10th Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City.  This was the church attended by Helen Russell's mother, who contributed heavily to the Ascension Church in West Park.  The NYC church is now a historical landmark.

photos  26 October 2002
by Bridget Foy

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Panoramic view of Ascenscion Cemetery viewed from route 9W
photo November 2001 by Victor VanCarpels


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<<===  Entrance to Ascension Cemetery.  Note Payne barn buildings to the immediate south

photo November 2001
by Victor VanCarpels

View of Ascension Cemetery looking west from route 9W.
The cemetery extends about 200 feet beyond the last stones seen in the picture.  ===>>..

photo November 2001
 by Victor VanCarpels=>>

 

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 nuns graves.jpg (67371 bytes) <<===  Eight nuns from an Episcopal Convent are buried in the cemetery.  They were not connected with Holy Cross Monastery, but may have been from a convent located either in Kingston or in Vails Gate, near Newburgh.

photo September 2001
by Rich Foy


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Julian Burroughs, his wife, Emily MacKay, and their three children are buried in adjacent graves in Ascension Cemetery

photos Dec 2001
by Rich Foy

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tombstone hugh and elizabeth kelley.jpg (38972 bytes) tombstone love and ursula.jpg (21406 bytes) tombstone john burroughs.jpg (45382 bytes)
 

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