Old Photos from Tricorne Horse Farm and Cemetery Are Sought

Old photos of the Hendrickson property and Tricorn Farms are being sought by descendants who plan to create replicas of the tombstones once stood there. 

Andrew A. Hendricks, president of the Hendricks and Hendrickson Family Association, said the photos will give the group valuable information about the tombstone shapes and positioning on the one-acre lot. Most of the stones were destroyed last summer, allegedly at the direction of the Beau Ridge Townhouse Development Board of Directors. 

While the family awaits a ruling from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, the descendants have been working with State Sen. Joseph M Kyrillos, Jr. on stronger state legislation.

Hendricks said their proposed New Jersey Cemetery Law would make a cemetery’s destruction a fourth degree New Jersey crime with a minimum of one year in  jail up to a maximum of five years jail time per responsible individual. It would also require a minimum fine of  $100,000 up to a maximum of $10,000,000 per responsible individual.  A civil lawsuit would also be allowed and supported under this new cemetery law, he said.  

Susan Clausen of Califon contributed two photos of the original Hendrickson race track, with the Hendrickson Cemetery in the background. She and her mother, Alice Wikoff, lived at the Hendrickson horse facility near the race track from 1978-1989, Hendricks said. 

The riders are playing a contest in which they remove a shoe or boot, then ride to a goal, ride back, and put the shoe or boot back on.  The first one to get the footwear back on wins the game. 

LeAnn Hord, HHFA Secretary noted some of the same trees at the cemetery are visible today, said a family member, Art Rittenhouse. 

Rittenhouse said that anyone who has photographs of the cemetery can contact him at ritt1@aol.com or (732) 525-3208.

In July and August of 2010, the Board of Directors of Beau Ridge Townhouse Development contracted to remove the original grave markers and replace them with flat granite plaques. Approximately 50 tombstones were destroyed and removed. Only ten of the original gravestones remain.