brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War; killed in action at the Battle of Gettysburg Thomas Addis Emmet – lawyer and politician who served as New York State Attorney General Nicholas Fish (1758–1833) – Revolutionary War soldier, who later served as adjutant general of New York State; father of New York Governor and United States Senator Hamilton Fish (1808–1893). Josiah Ogden Hoffman – lawyer and politician Philip Hone (1780–1851) – merchant and Mayor of New York. John Brooks Leavitt – attorney, Senior Warden of St. Mark's Gideon Lee (1778–1841) – Mayor of New York and United States Representative. Commodore Matthew C. Perry – famous for his role in the "opening" of Japan; his body was later moved to Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. Alexander Turney Stewart (1803–1876) – wealthy New York merchant, whose body was stolen two years after his burial and held for ransom. Peter Stuyvesant (1612–1672) – Director-General of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam. Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825) – Vice President of the United States under President James Monroe and former Governor of New York. See also St. Mark's Historic District References Further reading St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, Memorial of St. Mark's Church in the Bowery: containing an account of the services held to commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of the dedication of the church on May 9, 1799. New York: Published by the Vestry, 1899 External links St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery website Self-Guided Walking Tour The Villager: Dutch remember Stuyvesant in ‘Year of the Hudson’ Lower East Side Preservation Initiative Churches completed in 1799 20th-century Episcopal church buildings Churches in Manhattan Episcopal church buildings in New York City New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan 1698 establishments in the Province of New York Religious organizations established in the 1690s East Village, Manhattan Federal architecture in New York City Gothic Revival church buildings in New York City Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Stone churches in New York City 18th-century Episcopal church buildings John McComb Jr. buildings