His death occurred at Tarrytown, November 28, 1859, and he was buried in the beautiful cemetery of Sleepy Hollow. The ivy upon the tower of Christ Church wiis taken from "Sunnyside" and planted by Irving himself. It was originally brought from ^lelrose Abbey, His pew in the church is marked with his name and Wiis set apart years ago by the vestry for the use of any members of the Irving family who might wish to worship there. As near the pew as it could be placed is a mural tablet

erected by the vestry to his memory. In the centre is the Irving coat of arms and on the stone the following inscription :

Wasliington Irving, Born in the City of New York, April 3, 1783. Fur ninny years n cuninuiuicant ami warden of thid dinrch, And

Reix>atc<lly one of Its delegates to the Convention Of the Diocese. Loved, Honori'cl, Itovered. lie fell lusleep in Jesns, November 2Sth, 18.',9.

Irving died at " Sunnyside," having just taken leave of the family-circle. Three days later he was buried in the old Dutch Church cemetery, where he had some time before selected the spot for his grave, and where the remains of the brothers and sisters who had died before him were buried. An account of the funeral says : " It was a remarkable assemblage from the city, of men of worth and eminence, the friends of his youth and middle-life, and universally of the population of the town and adjacent country, where he wiis beloved by all. The area of Christ Church, Tarrytown, where the funeral services of the Episcopal Church, of which he had been a member, were performed, was much too limited to contain the 7iumbers which thronged to the simple ceremony. The neighboring hillside was covered, and the road to the cemetery lined with spectators, villagers and others, clad in their Sunday attire.