on February 4, 1831. According to a historical plaque on the cemetery's entrance gate "Descendants of the 19th century owners may still be buried here." Visiting According to the cemetery's website, it is usually open on the fourth Sunday of the month from April to October, as well as on other weekends during the year. The Cemetery grounds are available for rental for appropriate events. Notable burials Gurdon Buck, pioneer plastic surgeon Captain William Henry Chester, Union Army Officer, mortally wounded at the battle of Gettysburg Aaron Clark, Whig mayor of New York City from 1837 to 1839 Theodore Gordon, angler and sage of the Neversink River John Wheeler Leavitt, prominent merchant, grandfather of artist Cecilia Beaux Pierre Lorillard II, tobacco tycoon Stevens T. Mason, first governor of Michigan, later reinterred in Capitol Park, Detroit David Olyphant, a merchant involved in trade with China Luman Reed American art patron Uriah Scribner, merchant, and Charles Scribner, publisher, later reinterred at Woodlawn James Tallmadge Jr., Congressman (1817–19) and New York University Council President Benjamin Wright, Chief Engineer for the Erie Canal Prominent New York uppertens families such as the Beeckmans, Hones, Hoyts, Quackenbushes, Varicks and Van Zandts have vaults in the cemetery. References Notes Further reading External links Official website Forgotten NY New York Marble Cemetery Records at the New York Historical Society Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Cemeteries in Manhattan New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan 1830 establishments in New York (state) East Village, Manhattan