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
Percy Rivington Pyne I
1820–1895 (age 75)
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English-born Percy Rivington Pyne I (1820–1895) was laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Robert Roberts
1839–1898 (age 59)
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Robert Roberts (1839–1898) was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Rufus T. Bush
1840–1890 (age 50)
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Rufus T. Bush (1840–1890) from Tompkins County rests at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Samuel B. H. Vance
1814–1890 (age 76)
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Pennsylvania-born Samuel B. H. Vance (1814–1890) is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Samuel Stevens Sands I
1827–1892 (age 65)
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New York City resident Samuel Stevens Sands I (1827–1892) was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Theodore Havemeyer
1834–1897 (age 63)
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New York City native Theodore Havemeyer (1834–1897) lies in Green-Wood Cemetery.
Theodorus B. M. Mason
1848–1899 (age 51)
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Theodorus B. M. Mason (1848–1899) of New York City rests at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Edward Cooper
1824–1905 (age 81)
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Edward Cooper (1824–1905) was a New York City businessman and politician who served as mayor before his burial at Gree...
Henry Chadwick
1824–1908 (age 84)
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Henry Chadwick (1824–1908) was a pioneering sportswriter credited with popularizing baseball who was buried at Green-W...
Marcus Daly
1841–1900 (age 59)
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Marcus Daly (1841–1900) was an Irish-born industrialist who built the Anaconda copper fortune prior to being interred ...
Charles Yerkes
1837–1905 (age 68)
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Charles Yerkes (1837–1905) was a Philadelphia-born financier whose transit investments reshaped Chicago and whose rema...
Curtis Coe Bean
1828–1904 (age 76)
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Curtis Coe Bean (1828–1904) was a Tamworth-born politician who served New Hampshire before being laid to rest at Green...
Franklin Bartlett
1847–1909 (age 62)
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Franklin Bartlett (1847–1909) was a U.S. Representative from New York who was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Eastman Johnson
1824–1906 (age 82)
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Eastman Johnson (1824–1906) was an American painter known for his genre scenes and for helping found the Metropolitan ...
Eugene Schieffelin
1827–1906 (age 79)
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Eugene Schieffelin (1827–1906) was a New York naturalist best known for introducing European starlings to North Americ...
Estelle Skidmore Doremus
1830–1905 (age 75)
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Estelle Skidmore Doremus (1830–1905) was a New York City philanthropist and society leader laid to rest in Green-Wood ...
Schuyler Hamilton
1822–1903 (age 81)
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Schuyler Hamilton (1822–1903) was a U.S. Army officer and grandson of Alexander Hamilton who later pursued business ve...
Silas Belden Dutcher
1829–1909 (age 80)
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Silas Belden Dutcher (1829–1909) of Springfield spent his life in the 19th century and is buried at Green-Wood Cemeter...
Theodore L. Cuyler
1822–1909 (age 87)
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Theodore Ledyard Cuyler (1822–1909) was a Presbyterian pastor and author associated with Aurora who rests at Green-Woo...
Ira D. Sankey
1840–1908 (age 68)
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Ira D. Sankey (1840–1908) was an influential American gospel singer and composer from Edinburg who is buried at Green-...
Robert Roosevelt
1829–1906 (age 77)
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Robert Roosevelt (1829–1906) was an American diplomat and writer from New York City who rests at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Charles Lewis Tiffany
1812–1902 (age 90)
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Charles Lewis Tiffany (1812–1902) was the American jeweler and founder of Tiffany & Co. who is buried at Green-Wood Ce...
Pierre Lorillard IV
1833–1901 (age 68)
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Pierre Lorillard IV (1833-1901) built a legacy as a tobacco magnate and creator of Tuxedo Park in Westchester County bef...
Morris Ketchum Jesup
1830–1908 (age 78)
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Morris Ketchum Jesup (1830-1908) was a Westport banker and philanthropist who championed scientific and cultural causes ...
James McDougal Hart
1828–1901 (age 73)
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James McDougal Hart (1828-1901) was a Kilmarnock-born Hudson River School painter whose landscapes won acclaim before hi...
Charles Henry Stanley
1819–1901 (age 82)
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Charles Henry Stanley (1819-1901) spent his later years in Brighton and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Thomas Adams
1818–1905 (age 87)
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Thomas Adams (1818-1905) of New York City pioneered chewing-gum manufacturing and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Edward Kissam
1818–1903 (age 85)
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Edward Kissam (1818-1903) of Huntington was laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery after decades in his community.
George Walton Green
1854–1903 (age 49)
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George Walton Green (1854-1903) was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery after his life in New York.
Elizabeth Wyman Aldrich
1821–1904 (age 83)
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Elizabeth Wyman Aldrich (1821-1904) was laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery after a long life in the 19th century.
David Wolfe Bishop
1834–1900 (age 66)
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David Wolfe Bishop (1834-1900) was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery after a life in New York society.
Daniel Rogers Noyes
1836–1908 (age 72)
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Daniel Rogers Noyes (1836-1908) was laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery following his years of residence in New York.
John R. Platt
1820–1908 (age 88)
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John R. Platt (1820-1908) was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery after his long life in New York.
Richard Hays McDonald
1820–1903 (age 83)
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Richard Hays McDonald (1820-1903) was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery after his career in New York.
Trenor Luther Park
1861–1907 (age 46)
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Trenor Luther Park (1861-1907) was laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery after his life in New York.
Samuel Schieffelin
1811–1900 (age 89)
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Samuel Schieffelin (1811-1900) was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery following his life in 19th-century New York society.
Joseph Walworth Sutphen
1853–1902 (age 49)
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Joseph Walworth Sutphen (1853-1902) of Brooklyn was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery after his life in the borough.
Egbert Guernsey
1823–1903 (age 80)
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Egbert Guernsey (1823–1903) of Litchfield was laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Lucy Mabel Hall-Brown
1843–1907 (age 64)
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Lucy Mabel Hall-Brown (1843–1907) of Holland is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Edward Stiles Stokes
1840–1901 (age 61)
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Edward Stiles Stokes (1840–1901) was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Herman Knickerbocker Vielé
1856–1908 (age 52)
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Herman Knickerbocker Vielé (1856–1908) of New York City found his final resting place at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Harry Eytinge
1822–1902 (age 80)
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Harry Eytinge (1822–1902) is among the many who rest at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Al Johnson
1860–1901 (age 41)
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Al Johnson (1860–1901) of Kentucky was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Elizabeth Oldrin
1818–1901 (age 83)
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Elizabeth Oldrin (1818–1901) of Manhattan is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Gabriel Harrison
1818–1902 (age 84)
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Gabriel Harrison (1818–1902) of Philadelphia is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Sarah Ellen Blackwell
1828–1901 (age 73)
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Sarah Ellen Blackwell (1828–1901) of Bristol was laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Paul Siegvolk
1820–1903 (age 83)
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Paul Siegvolk (1820–1903) of New York City rests at Green-Wood Cemetery.
William Bodenhamer
1808–1905 (age 97)
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William Bodenhamer (1808–1905) of East Berlin is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
James Fairman
1826–1904 (age 78)
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James Fairman (1826–1904) of Glasgow was laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery.
George Woolworth Colton
1827–1901 (age 74)
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George Woolworth Colton (1827–1901) of Lenox is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.