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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 411

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[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] the church proper is two hundred and sixty, and the lecture-room one hundred. The cost of the edifice was a little over nine thousand dollars. On the cor-ner opposite to the church is located a neat dwelling, two stories and attic, with half French roof, surround-ed by pleasant grounds and making an attractive home. This is the parsonage and the residence of Rev. V. W. Benedict. Of the ten constituent mem-bers, four are dead; the remaining six are still com-municants of the church. There is no regular burial-place connected with the society, the interments taking. place mainly in Ivandell Cemetery, at Somers, two miles distant from Croton Falls. The present membership is ninety-five, and the society is in an eminently healthy and vigorous condition. A burial-ground is situated on the south bank of the Titicus River, and near the water's edge, so near, in fact, that some of the grounds have been washed away. It is located on a knoll rising some fifteen 528