History

Nyack, New York since 1865
OAK HILL CEMETERY NYACK

History

History

Located on Route 9W across from Nyack Hospital on 50 Acres with sweeping views of the Hudson River

Established in 1865, 25 headstones that predate the 1865 incorporation of Oak Hill are from Salisbury Point in South Nyack and were disinterred because of flooding.

The oldest headstone is for Harmanus Tallman (1716-1790), the great nephew of the first European settler in this region, Dowe Harmensen Tallman.

Among the illustrious and fascinating in permanent residence at Oak Hill Include:

  • Helen Hayes and her husband, South Nyack native Charles MacArthur. Hayes was an EGOT winner (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony)
  • General Daniel Ullman, credited with convincing President Abraham Lincoln to create a black regiment during the civil war to fight on behalf of the Union Army
  • Acclaimed painter Edward Hopper
  • Author of the "Heart is a Lonely Hunter" Carson McCullers.