St. Agnes Cemetery is a Catholic cemeteryRCDA Cemeteries established in 1867.Grave Addiction.com Located in Menands, New York, St. Agnes Cemetery is managed and cared for by Albany Diocesan Cemeteries.
St. Agnes Cemetery was consecrated in 1867 and has features characteristic of the rural cemetery movement. Like other landscapes of this genre, St. Agnes Cemetery was designed to portray order, symmetry, and peace. The history of the Capital Region is written on memorials throughout St. Agnes Cemetery. ()
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
Notable interments Anthony N. Brady, businessman Parker Dunn, Medal of Honor recipient Matty Fitzgerald, baseball player Martin Henry Glynn, Congressman, Governor of New York from 1913 to 1914 John C. Heenan, Prize fighter Jack Joyce, Wild West performer and horse trainer Nicholas Thomas Kane, Congressman Mary Nash, actressMack mausoleum (top of the hill near the corner), St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, Albany, NY, Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 34193–34194). McFarland & Company, Inc. Michael Nicholas Nolan, Congressman Leo William O'Brien, Congressman Terence J. Quinn, Congressman Artur Rodziński, conductor Charles Tracey, Congressman Anthony Ulasewicz, Watergate scandal figure Robert G. Vignola, actor and director Patrick H. White, Medal of Honor recipient
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External links Albany Diocesan Cemeteries of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany in New York website