Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery, also known simply as Wiltwyck Cemetery, is a cemetery in
Kingston
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. It takes its name from the Dutch settlement Wiltwyck, later renamed Kingston by British officials.
Wiltwyck Cemetery was first organized in 1850, and reorganized in 1856.
Background
Some notable figures interred in Wiltwyck Cemetery include the Neoclassicist painter,
John Vanderlyn, World War II Congressional Medal of Honor winner
Robert H. Dietz, and one-time Presidential Candidate running against
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
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Alton Brooks Parker.
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Cemeteries in Ulster County, New York
Kingston, New York