Oakland Cemetery (Yonkers, New York)

In time graves from the Civil War filled the cemetery, as did those of other settlers of Yonkers who died.

Within the confines of the cemetery trespassers have vandalized[1] many of the graves leaving constant chores for the caretaker, who lives on the property, as noted on the Yonkers Ghost Investigators website under the section for haunted locations listed in the history of Oakland Cemetery.

[1] Oakland Cemetery was established around 1783 to bury Revolutionary War soldiers, originally it was called St. John's Burial Grounds.

The family of Tory sympathizers fled to England during the revolutionary war and their property was taken by attainder.

Subsequently in 1866 that portion of yonkers was placed under debt by lawyer Leonard W. Jerome, who over the years parceled several farms in the area.