St. Agnes Cemetery is a

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cemetery established in 1867. Located in

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, St. Agnes Cemetery is managed and cared for by Albany Diocesan Cemeteries. St. Agnes Cemetery was consecrated in 1867 and has features characteristic of the

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movement. Like other landscapes of this genre, St. Agnes Cemetery was designed to portray order, symmetry, and peace. The history of the

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is written on memorials throughout St. Agnes Cemetery. It was listed on the

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in 2008.

Notable interments

* Anthony N. Brady, businessman * Parker Dunn,

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recipient * Matty Fitzgerald, baseball player * Martin Henry Glynn, Congressman, Governor of New York from 1913 to 1914 * John C. Heenan, Prize fighter *

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, Wild West performer and horse trainer * Nicholas Thomas Kane, Congressman * Mary Nash, actressMack mausoleum (top of the hill near the corner), St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, Albany, NY., Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 34193–34194). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition. * Michael Nicholas Nolan, Congressman * Leo William O'Brien, Congressman *

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, Congressman *

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, conductor * Charles Tracey, Congressman *

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figure *

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, actor and director * Patrick H. White, Medal of Honor recipient

References

External links

Albany Diocesan Cemeteries of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany in New York website
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) 1867 establishments in New York (state) Roman Catholic cemeteries in New York (state) Cemeteries in Albany County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Albany County, New York {{AlbanyCountyNY-NRHP-stub