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In 1850 Josiah Smith donated seven acres of land, one-quarter mile west of Kaler's pond for a parsonage and parish cemetery to the Center Moriches Presbyterian Church. Today much of that original parcel is what makes up the current Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The cemetery portion was incorporated in 1870.
Osborn Shaw's description of Mt Pleasant: "Mount Pleasant Cemetery, on the north side of Montauk Highway, Route 27, in the eastern part of Centre Moriches, back of the old Presbyterian parsonage. This cemetery was first called 'The Presbyterian Cemetery of Moriches,' and originally contained about 14 acres, being a part of some 7 acres, given by Capt. Josiah Smith for parsonage land. It was opened for burial in or about the year 1851...it is stated that the first burial was that of David Lanphier (who died Christmas 1850). It is therefore evident that any stones in this Cem. with death dates prior to the above dates have been moved in from other graveyards."On Oct. 24, 1996 Mount Pleasant Cemetery made the national stage when a 500-pound, 6-foot granite obelisk, with an airplane figure etched into the top, was unveiled at Mount Pleasant. It was intended as a memorial and lasting tribute to the victims of TWA Flight 800 and, hopfully, as a comfort to loved ones left behind.
This Following presentation contains two lists of individuals buried at Mount Pleasant. The larger list below was done recently while the smaller was done by Osborn Shaw somewhere between 1938-1939. There are names on Mr Shaw's list which are not on the newer. Perhaps stones have become unreadable over the past 50-60 years, broken or vandalized. Either way no listing would be complete without presenting both lists.
Burial
Listing
by Surname
List One -
done
within the last 10 years
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List Two - done by Osborn Shaw about 1938-39
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Two Examples of
Mount Pleasant Cemetery Association DEEDS - 1885
and
1918
WHEREAS,
a
petition, dated April 2, 2001, has been filed with the
Suffolk County Legislature by the Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Association,
Inc., pursuant to Section 1506(c) of the NEW YORK
NOT-FOR-PROFIT
CORPORATION LAW, requesting permission of the Suffolk County
Legislature to expand its existing cemetery at Center
Moriches, Town of
Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, by the purchase
of approximately five (5+) acres of land, described as
follows:
ALL
that
certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and
being at
Moriches, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of
New York,
being
more particularly bound and described as follows:
BEGINNING
at
a point on the westerly side of Middle Island Road distant
northerly
the following four courses and distances from the intersection
of the
northerly
side of CR 98 (Frowein Road) with the westerly side of Middle
Island
Road:
1.
North
48
degrees 16 minutes 21 seconds East 74.32 feet;
2.
North
02
degrees 56 minutes 49 seconds East 205.97 feet;
3.
North
01
degrees 27 minutes 21 seconds East 724.10 feet to a monument;
4.
North
54
degrees 18 minutes 29 seconds West 12.62 feet to the true
point or
place of beginning;
RUNNING
THENCE
North 64 degrees 18 minutes 29 seconds West along lands
now
or formerly of Paul Sapienza, Rose Wormsley and others 740.78
feet to a
monument
and land now or formerly of Town of Brookhaven;
THENCE
North
06 degrees 01 minutes 02 seconds East 314.11 feet still
along lands of Town of Brookhaven;
THENCE
South
64 degrees 18 minutes 29 seconds East 731.56 feet to the
westerly side of Middle Island Road;
THENCE
Southerly
along the westerly side of Middle Island Road (1)
South 02
degrees 22 minutes 30 seconds West 61.33 feet and (2) South 05
degrees
36
minutes 10 seconds West 195.79 feet to the point or place of
BEGINNING;
and
WHEREAS,
the
Brookhaven Town Board on February 2, 1999, granted an
approval for the use of this proposed land as a cemetery
pursuant to
Section 1506(b) of the NEW YORK NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION
LAW; and
WHEREAS,
public
notice of a public hearing in respect to said petition
has
been published for six (6) consecutive weeks in the official
County
newspapers
pursuant to Section 1506(c) of the NEW YORK NOT-FOR-PROFIT
CORPORATION
LAW;
and
WHEREAS,
a
public hearing was held with regard to said petition on the
26th
day of June 2001, pursuant to Section 1506(c) of the NEW
YORK
NOT-FOR-PROFIT
CORPORATION LAW; and
RESOLVED,
that
the Suffolk County Legislature hereby consents to the
acquisition of additional land located at Center Moriches,
Town of
Brookhaven, County
of Suffolk, State of New York, by the Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Association, Inc., for cemetery expansion purposes.
DATED:
June
26, 2001
APPROVED
BY:
Robert
J.
Gaffney County Executive
of the County of Suffolk Date of Approval: July 2, 2001