CALVARY CEMETERY is the property of the Roman Catholic Church, and
contains only the graves of those who have died in that faith. It is
situated in the town of Newtown, Long Island, about four miles from New
York. It comprises about seventy-five acres, and was opened in August,
1848, since which time about 84,000 bodies have been buried in it.
The Cemetery of the Evergreens is situated about three miles and a half
to the eastward of Williamsburg. It lies on the western end of a range
of hills, and is one of the largest and most picturesque of all the
cemeteries of New York. It is being steadily improved, and is growing in
favor with the people of the great cities at its feet.
Another burial ground once used by the people of New York, but now
abandoned by them, is the New York Bay Cemetery, situated on the shore of
the bay in the State of New Jersey, about two and a half miles from the
Courtlandt Street Ferry. It comprises about fifty acres of ground, and
contains 50,000 graves.
No burials are now permitted on Manhattan Island, except in the Cemetery
of Trinity Church, which lies at the intersection of Tenth avenue and
One-hundred-and-fifty-fifth street. From Tenth avenue the grounds extend
to the river. The new public drive passes through the cemetery, and has
greatly injured it. The grounds comprise an area of thirty-six acres,
are beautifully laid off, and are shaded by fine trees. Among the
persons buried here are Philip Livingston, a signer of the Declaration of
Independence, Bishops Wainright and Onderdonk, Madame Jumel, the last
wife of Aaron Burr, Audubon, and John Jacob Astor. President Monroe was
buried here, but his remains were removed to Richmond, Virginia, in 1859.