Francis Pharcellus Church
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Francis Pharcellus Church was an American publisher and editor. In 1897, Church wrote the editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus". Produced in response to eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon's
Church's Sun editorial of September 21, 1897, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
The monument of Francis Pharcellus Church in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States, is a non-profit, non-sectarian burying ground of about 90 acres. It is the final resting place of numerous famous figures, including W
Francis Pharcellus Church
…at The Sun in the early 1860s and again from 1874 until his death, writing thousands of editorials. Church died in New York City and was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Francis "Frank" Pharcellus Church was born in Rochester on February 22, 1839, to Pharcellus Church, a Baptist minister, and Chara Emily Church (née…
The Irving family plot
Headstone of Washington Irving
Monumental Granite and Marble Works in North Tarrytown (now Sleepy Hollow) that made tombstones for the cemetery (late 1800s)
Delavan Monument (1871)