Pawling Rural Cemetary

• The Pawling Rural Cemetery became one of the main burial grounds for residents of Pawling
  
• The cemetery contains graves from many of Pawling’s oldest families
  
  • Some gravestones date back to the 1800’s
    
• The cemetery includes burials from the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, and World War II
  
  • Many veterans from Pawling were buried in the cemetery
    
• The cemetery became an important historical record of Pawling’s population and families
  
• The cemetery grounds were designed in the rural cemetery style with trees, paths, and landscaped areas
  
  • The rural cemetery movement encouraged peaceful and park-like burial grounds
    
• The cemetery served as both a burial place and memorial site for the community
  
• The cemetery contains family plots belonging to some of Pawling’s earliest settlers
  
• Researchers and historians use the cemetery to study local history and genealogy
  
• Many older gravestones have weathered with age but still remain standing
  
• The cemetery remains an important landmark in Pawling today
  
• Federico De Laurentiis, an Italian film producer, was buried in Pawling Cemetery
  
• John B. Dutcher, the first President of the Village of Pawling, was connected to the cemetery through family burials in Pawling
  
• Members of the Akin family were buried in Pawling burial grounds
  
  • Jonathan Akin was buried after dying in 1828 at the age of 92
    
  • Lillius Akin was buried after dying in 1818 at the age of 82
    
  • Peter Akin was buried after dying in 1860 at the age of 89
    
• Members of the Leach, Ferriss, Shaw, Haviland, and Howland families were buried in Pawling cemeteries
  
• Thomas E Dewey is also buried there in a mausoleum as one of the most prominent figures of Pawling in the cemetery
  
• The cemetery preserved the names of many of Pawling’s first farming and business families
  
• The cemetery reflected the growth of Pawling from a farming town into a developed village community