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[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Close, James Hyatt, J. W. Bedell, A. B. Whitlock, S-White, Charles G. Teed, I. H. Purdy, T. Crane, W. N. Todd, W. H.Wright; President, J. W. Bedell; Treasurer, S. White; Secretary, James Hyatt; Super-intendent of Interments, David C. Light. In 1880, Dr. Oliver White, of New York City, a son of Dr. Ebenezer White, left a legacy of one thousand dollars to the cemetery association, the interest of which is to be applied to the keeping in order of the grounds. The Presbyterian Church of Croton Falls is a plain, neat structure, surmounted with a low, square belfry, and pleasantly situated on the north bank of the main branch of the Croton River, in the north-eastern corner of the town, in what was, previous to the advent of the New York and Harlem Railroad, denominated Owensville. Here, fronting on a wide, tree-bordered, well-kept street, is the spiritual home of the congregation that was formerly a part of the First Presbyterian Church of Somers. As noted be-fore, in the division of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in 1838, dissensions crept into the old church, which resulted iu atrial before Judge Ruggles, and the withdrawal of a portion of the mem-bership, who organized the Croton Falls Church. This church continued its connection with the Bed-ford Presbytery and received as its stated supply, in 1841, the Rev. Joseph Nimmo.