Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn, New York
A National Historic Landmark cemetery founded in 1838, home to over 570,000 graves including many notable figures.
Memorials
Sumner K. Gerard
1874–1966 (age 92)
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Sumner K. Gerard (1874-1966) was a prominent individual buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Violet Oakley
1874–1960 (age 86)
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Violet Oakley (1874-1960) was a New Jersey-based artist and muralist known for her decorative works.
Maud Howard
1869–1963 (age 94)
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Maud Howard (1869-1963) was an artist and sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Mortimer W. Byers
1877–1962 (age 85)
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Mortimer W. Byers (1877-1962) was a Brooklyn resident buried in Green-Wood Cemetery.
Ole Singstad
1882–1969 (age 87)
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Ole Singstad (1882-1969) was a Norwegian engineer from Agdenes Municipality known for tunnel construction.
Philip Milledoler Brett
1871–1960 (age 89)
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Philip Milledoler Brett (1871-1960) was a Newark resident buried in Green-Wood Cemetery.
Eli Siegel
1902–1978 (age 76)
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Eli Siegel (1902-1978) was an American poet, educator, and founder of the Aesthetic Realism movement.
Gerald Warner Brace
1901–1978 (age 77)
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Gerald Warner Brace (1901-1978) was an Islip-born author and educator buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Vestie Davis
1903–1978 (age 75)
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Vestie Davis (1903-1978) was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Grace Nail Johnson
1885–1976 (age 91)
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Grace Nail Johnson (1885-1976) was a New London resident buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Young Ahearn
1892–1979 (age 87)
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Young Ahearn (1892-1979) was a Preston resident whose life spanned nearly nine decades and concluded with burial at Gree...
Julie Morrow Deforest
1882–1979 (age 97)
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Julie Morrow Deforest (1882-1979) was a New York City resident whose nearly century-long life was honored with burial at...
Mary Young
1879–1971 (age 92)
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Mary Young (1879-1971) was a New York City native whose long life and legacy were commemorated with burial at Green-Wood...
Walter Bruchhausen
1892–1976 (age 84)
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Walter Bruchhausen was a German-American resident of Brooklyn during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
William Fellowes Morgan Jr.
1889–1977 (age 88)
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William Fellowes Morgan Jr. was an American businessman and socialite from New York City.
Princess Marie-Louise d’Orléans
1896–1973 (age 77)
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Princess Marie-Louise d'Orléans was a French royal family member and descendant of the House of Orléans.
Philip Evergood
1901–1973 (age 72)
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Philip Evergood was an American social realist painter known for his socially conscious artwork.
Jessie Gillespie
1888–1972 (age 84)
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Jessie Gillespie (1888-1972) was a Brooklyn resident buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Ellen Walters Delano
1884–1976 (age 92)
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Ellen Walters Delano was a woman who lived from 1884 to 1976 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Joe Gallo
1929–1972 (age 43)
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Joe Gallo was a Brooklyn-born mobster and member of the Gallo crime family who was assassinated in 1972.
Charles Edmund Horman Lazar
1942–1973 (age 31)
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Charles Edmund Horman Lazar was an American journalist and activist who disappeared and was killed during the 1973 Chile...
Elizabeth Lawrence Howland
1885–1973 (age 88)
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Elizabeth Lawrence Howland was born in 1885 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in New York.
Helen Hitchcock
1898–1979 (age 81)
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Helen Hitchcock (1898-1979) was an American woman whose life spanned nearly eight decades.
Jesse Dunsmore Clarkson
1897–1973 (age 76)
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Jesse Dunsmore Clarkson (1897-1973) was an American born in the late 19th century.
Ernestine Friedmann
1884–1973 (age 89)
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Ernestine Friedmann (1884-1973) was a woman who lived for nearly 89 years.
Noel B. Fox
1878–1972 (age 94)
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Noel B. Fox was a New York City resident who lived from 1878 to 1972.
John K. Olyphant Jr.
1895–1973 (age 78)
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John K. Olyphant Jr. was an American who lived from 1895 to 1973.
J. Riley Stone
1886–1978 (age 92)
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J. Riley Stone lived from 1886 to 1978.
Robert Russell Bennett
1894–1981 (age 87)
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Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981) was a Kansas City-born composer and orchestrator.
Francis E. Dorn
1911–1987 (age 76)
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Francis E. Dorn (1911-1987) was a Brooklyn-born politician and U.S. Representative.
T. Suffern Tailer Jr.
1912–1984 (age 72)
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T. Suffern Tailer Jr. (1912-1984) was an individual buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Georgia Engelhard
1906–1986 (age 80)
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Georgia Engelhard (1906-1986) was a photographer and artist buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Roy Krenkel
1918–1983 (age 65)
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Roy Krenkel (1918-1983) was a Bronx-born science fiction artist and illustrator.
Mary Ellis Peltz
1896–1981 (age 85)
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Mary Ellis Peltz (1896-1981) was a notable figure interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Paul Hall
1914–1980 (age 66)
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Paul Hall (1914-1980) was a Birmingham resident whose life and legacy were commemorated with burial at Green-Wood Cemete...
Andrew Bryson
1822–1892 (age 70)
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Andrew Bryson (1822-1892) was a longtime New York City resident who is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Asa Wentworth Tenney
1833–1897 (age 64)
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Asa Wentworth Tenney (1833-1897) served as a United States district judge in the Eastern District of New York before his...
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott
1830–1890 (age 60)
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Benjamin Vaughan Abbott (1830-1890) was a Boston-born lawyer and legal writer now buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Charles T. White
1821–1891 (age 70)
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Charles T. White (1821-1891) was a Newark-based 19th-century figure whose remains are in Green-Wood Cemetery.
Charles L. Reason
1818–1893 (age 75)
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Charles L. Reason (1818-1893) was a pioneering African-American educator and mathematician in New York City and is inter...
Dick Hunt
1847–1895 (age 48)
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Dick Hunt (1847-1895) was an early professional baseball player in New York City and now lies at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Duncan Curry
1812–1894 (age 82)
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Duncan Curry (1812-1894) was a New York City civic figure of the mid-19th century whose grave is at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Edward Brush Fowler
1826–1896 (age 70)
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Edward Brush Fowler (1826-1896) was a 19th-century American whose final resting place is Green-Wood Cemetery.
Edward Jardine
1828–1893 (age 65)
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Edward Jardine (1828-1893) lived in Brooklyn and is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Edwin F. De Nyse
1842–1896 (age 54)
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Edwin F. De Nyse (1842-1896) was a 19th-century resident now interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Eunice White Beecher
1812–1897 (age 85)
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Eunice White Beecher (1812-1897) was an author and the wife of Henry Ward Beecher, and she is buried at Green-Wood Cemet...
John Wolfe Ambrose
1838–1899 (age 61)
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John Wolfe Ambrose (1838-1899) was an Irish-born civil engineer whose work on New York Harbor is commemorated by his bur...
Joseph Henderson
1826–1890 (age 64)
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Joseph Henderson (1826-1890) was a Charleston-born 19th-century American whose remains rest at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Juliet Corson
1841–1897 (age 56)
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Boston native Juliet Corson (1841–1897) rests in Green-Wood Cemetery.
Julius Walker Adams
1812–1899 (age 87)
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Boston-born Julius Walker Adams (1812–1899) is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.