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White Family Plot

Burial plot and sarcophagus for the White family in Oakwood Cemetery, 940 Comstock Avenue, next to Syracuse University, in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Several generations of Whites are buried in this Tim Burton-esque family plot, most prominently wealthy local banker Hamilton White (1807-1865) and his wife Sarah (1820-1867). Their son, Hamilton Salisbury White (1853-1899), was instrumental in creating the first fire department in Syracuse (in addition to having a magnificent goatee).

 

Oakwood Cemetery was designed by landscape architect Howard Daniels and opened in 1859. It is a secular Victorian “rural” or “garden” style cemetery where over 60,000 people are interred in 160 wooded acres.

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Uploaded on February 9, 2020
Taken on May 28, 2018