Green-Wood Cemetery

Brooklyn, New York

Est. 1838 478 acres 1,700+ memorials
A National Historic Landmark cemetery founded in 1838, home to over 570,000 graves including many notable figures.

Memorials

Lawrence Mott
1881–1931 (age 50)
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Lawrence Mott (1881-1931) was an American who lived 50 years.
Lorillard S. Spencer
1883–1939 (age 56)
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Lorillard S. Spencer was a Manhattan-based businessman and member of the prominent Lorillard tobacco family.
Luis Senarens
1863–1939 (age 76)
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Luis Senarens was a prolific Brooklyn-born science fiction writer and dime novelist.
Mabel Smith Douglass
1874–1933 (age 59)
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Mabel Smith Douglass was an American educator and founder of the New Jersey College for Women.
Frank Gray Griswold
1854–1937 (age 83)
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Frank Gray Griswold was a prominent New York City resident who lived from 1854 to 1937.
Hugh de Laussat Willoughby
1856–1939 (age 83)
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Hugh de Laussat Willoughby was a Middletown-based individual who lived from 1856 to 1939.
Shipley Jones
1850–1936 (age 86)
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Shipley Jones was a person who lived from 1850 to 1936 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Charles Doremus Durkee
1862–1930 (age 68)
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Charles Doremus Durkee was a Brooklyn resident who lived from 1862 to 1930.
Emma Burnham Dresser
1869–1933 (age 64)
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Emma Burnham Dresser lived from 1869 to 1933 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
James Bogert Tailer
1874–1930 (age 56)
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James Bogert Tailer was a person who lived from 1874 to 1930 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Franklin L. Gunther
1854–1935 (age 81)
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Franklin L. Gunther lived from 1854 to 1935 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Helen Elizabeth Stillman
1872–1935 (age 63)
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Helen Elizabeth Stillman lived from 1872 to 1935 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Emma Louise Storm
1860–1939 (age 79)
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Emma Louise Storm lived from 1860 to 1939 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Morris Ely
1876–1932 (age 56)
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Morris Ely was a New York-based businessman and financier who lived from 1876 to 1932.
Helen Hartley Jenkins
1860–1934 (age 74)
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Helen Hartley Jenkins was an American philanthropist and patron of the arts who lived from 1860 to 1934.
Frederick Tilney
1875–1938 (age 63)
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Frederick Tilney was an American physician and neurologist who lived from 1875 to 1938.
William Dennistoun Murphy
1859–1935 (age 76)
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William Dennistoun Murphy was a New York City businessman and philanthropist who lived from 1859 to 1935.
Emma Toedteberg
1856–1936 (age 80)
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Emma Toedteberg was an American socialite and philanthropist who lived from 1856 to 1936.
Arthur Clafin
1859–1939 (age 80)
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Arthur Clafin was a prominent businessman and philanthropist active in New York during the late 19th and early 20th cent...
Mary Elizabeth Bleakley
1857–1939 (age 82)
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Mary Elizabeth Bleakley was a New York resident whose life spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
James Lees Laidlaw
1868–1932 (age 64)
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James Lees Laidlaw was a Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist known for his charitable work in New York.
Howard Conkling
1855–1938 (age 83)
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Howard Conkling was a New York-based businessman and civic figure of the late 19th century.
Frederick William Peabody
1862–1938 (age 76)
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Frederick William Peabody was a prominent businessman and philanthropist active in late 19th and early 20th-century Amer...
Holbrook Fitz John Porter
1858–1933 (age 75)
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Holbrook Fitz John Porter was an American military officer and descendant of notable Civil War-era military figures.
John Hyatt Brewer
1856–1931 (age 75)
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John Hyatt Brewer was a Brooklyn-based professional whose life spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Rosalie Loew Whitney
1873–1939 (age 66)
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Rosalie Loew Whitney was a New York City resident and member of prominent American families during the early 20th centur...
Harriet Seymour Averell
1852–1933 (age 81)
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Harriet Seymour Averell was an American woman of social prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Maria Olivia LeBrun
1860–1937 (age 77)
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Maria Olivia LeBrun was a Brooklyn resident whose life extended from the Civil War era into the early 20th century.
Lewis Blix
1862–1934 (age 72)
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Lewis Blix was an American whose life spanned the Gilded Age and early 20th century.
Natalie Harris Hammond
1859–1931 (age 72)
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Natalie Harris Hammond was a Vicksburg resident and member of prominent American families during the late 19th and early...
John Craig
1868–1932 (age 64)
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John Craig was an American professional active during the early 20th century.
Edward M. Grout
1861–1931 (age 70)
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Edward M. Grout was a New York City resident and public figure in early 20th-century America.
Richard Butler Glaenzer
1876–1937 (age 61)
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Richard Butler Glaenzer (1876-1937) was an American jeweler and businessman.
John Claflin
1850–1938 (age 88)
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John Claflin (1850-1938) was an American merchant and businessman.
Francis M. Whitehouse
1848–1938 (age 90)
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Francis M. Whitehouse (1848-1938) was an American businessman and philanthropist.
John E. Ruston
1872–1932 (age 60)
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John E. Ruston (1872-1932) was an American businessman.
Caroline Henderson Griffiths
1861–1937 (age 76)
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Caroline Henderson Griffiths (1861-1937) was an American society figure and philanthropist.
Mary Ridgeley Sands
1885–1936 (age 51)
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Mary Ridgeley Sands (1885-1936) was an American society figure.
Anna Sands
1864–1932 (age 68)
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Anna Sands (1864-1932) was an American philanthropist and society figure.
Edward Winslow Ames
1874–1935 (age 61)
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Edward Winslow Ames was an American businessman and philanthropist who lived from 1874 to 1935.
Jordan Lawrence Mott III
1857–1932 (age 75)
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Jordan Lawrence Mott III was a member of the prominent Mott industrial family who died in 1932.
Maryon Jeanne Andrews
1881–1939 (age 58)
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Maryon Jeanne Andrews was an Alabama-born woman who lived from 1881 to 1939.
Mary Langley Bruce
1870–1938 (age 68)
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Mary Langley Bruce was a New Jersey resident who lived from 1870 to 1938.
Rasmus Andersen
1848–1930 (age 82)
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Rasmus Andersen (1848-1930) was an Asperup native interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Frederic Kernochan
1876–1937 (age 61)
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Frederic Kernochan (1876-1937) was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
William Stephen Van Rensselaer
1886–1930 (age 44)
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William Stephen Van Rensselaer (1886-1930) was a member of the prominent Van Rensselaer family buried at Green-Wood Ceme...
William Whittingham Battie
1865–1930 (age 65)
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William Whittingham Battie (1865-1930) was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Anson Phelps Atterbury
1854–1931 (age 77)
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Anson Phelps Atterbury (1854-1931) was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Frank Kimball Scribner
1867–1935 (age 68)
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Frank Kimball Scribner (1867-1935) was a New York City resident buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Josephine Houghteling
1864–1937 (age 73)
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Josephine Houghteling (1864-1937) was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.