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This project is for those interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery has been serving the Jewish residents of Westchester County, NY since 1899. One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the area, it contains dozens of acres filled with historic memorials, statues, markers and headstones.
Located north of New York City and Mount Vernon, Mount Pleasant Cemetery may be reached via the Saw Mill River Parkway or Sprain Parkway. Head north from downtown NYC, turn off onto state Routes 98, 100, or 141, exit on to W. Stevens Ave., then turn off onto Commerce Street to enter the grounds of the cemetery.
Notable Interments
- Felix Adler (1851-1933) - Religious Reformer
- Joan Edwards (1919-1981) - Musician, Actress
- Will Eisner (1917-2005) - Artist, Author, Entrepreneur
- Bvt. Brig. Gen. Isaac Hughes Elliott (1837-1922) - Union
- Lucinda Morgenthau (Franks) (1946-1921) - Journalist, Author
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