History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 109
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] HISTORY OF WKSTCII KSTKR COIXTV. the intervening space, between the building and the grave-yard, that used to form the bed of the old White Plains road, stands the monument erected nearly in the middle of the grave-yard, by the citizens of West-chester County, on June 11, 1 820, to honor the mem-ory of Isaac Van Wart. It was completed a little over a year after he died, and the occasion was cele-brated by a large gathering of people near the spot, on the day just mentioned, to whom General Aaron Ward, of Sing Sing, delivered an eloquent address. It is correctly stated in Lossing's " Field-Book of the Revolution," that "Mr. Van Wart was an efficient officer of that church for many years, and acted as chorister up to the time of his death." The monument is of marble, resting upon a granite base, consisting of three layers, or laminated flags, growing smaller toward the top, the lowest of which is about six feet square, and the shaft rising to the height altogether of about fifteen feet. It is inclosed within an iron railing about four feet high. The whole is plainly visible looking toward the east from