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
Schuyler Hamilton Jr.
1853–1907 (age 54)
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Schuyler Hamilton Jr. (1853–1907) of Washington, D.C. rests at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Grace Webster Hinsdale
1865–1902 (age 37)
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Grace Webster Hinsdale (1865–1902) of Hanover is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Frederick Saunders
1807–1902 (age 95)
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Frederick Saunders (1807–1902) spent his life in London and was laid to rest in Green-Wood Cemetery.
John Treat Irving Jr.
1812–1906 (age 94)
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John Treat Irving Jr. (1812–1906) was a 19th-century figure whose final resting place is Green-Wood Cemetery.
Clara Harrison Stranahan
1831–1905 (age 74)
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Clara Harrison Stranahan (1831–1905) of Westfield is remembered for her civic presence and is buried at Green-Wood Cem...
George Ryerson Fowler
1848–1906 (age 58)
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George Ryerson Fowler (1848–1906) was a Brooklyn surgeon whose medical work is commemorated at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Abraham Jacobi
1830–1919 (age 89)
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Abraham Jacobi (1830–1919) was a German-American physician known as the father of American pediatrics and is buried in...
Karl Hoschna
1877–1911 (age 34)
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Karl Hoschna (1877–1911) was a Bohemian-born composer of operettas and popular songs who rests in Green-Wood Cemetery.
Tom L. Johnson
1854–1911 (age 57)
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Tom L. Johnson (1854–1911) was the progressive mayor of Cleveland whose reformist legacy is honored at Green-Wood Ceme...
Bradley Martin
1841–1913 (age 72)
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Bradley Martin (1841–1913) was a Gilded Age socialite from Albany whose lavish lifestyle made him a fixture of New Yor...
George C. Tilyou
1862–1914 (age 52)
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George C. Tilyou (1862–1914) was a Brooklyn resident whose life concluded with burial at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Roland Burnham Molineux
1866–1917 (age 51)
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Roland Burnham Molineux (1866–1917) was laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery after a life that spanned the turn of the ...
Edward Neufville Tailer
1830–1917 (age 87)
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Edward Neufville Tailer (1830–1917) was a New York City figure remembered by his burial at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Carola Woerishoffer
1885–1911 (age 26)
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Carola Woerishoffer (1885–1911) was a New York City woman whose short life ended with interment at Green-Wood Cemetery...
Mary Elizabeth Tillinghast
1845–1912 (age 67)
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Mary Elizabeth Tillinghast (1845–1912) is commemorated at Green-Wood Cemetery following her life in the late 19th and ...
Nixola Greeley-Smith
1880–1919 (age 39)
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Nixola Greeley-Smith (1880–1919) spent her final days near Chappaqua before being buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Mary Lowe Dickinson
1839–1914 (age 75)
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Mary Lowe Dickinson (1839–1914) hailed from Fitchburg and now rests at Green-Wood Cemetery.
C. Augustus Haviland
1832–1918 (age 86)
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C. Augustus Haviland (1832–1918) concluded his life at Green-Wood Cemetery after decades of experience in the 19th cen...
P. Elmendorf Sloan
1844–1916 (age 72)
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P. Elmendorf Sloan (1844–1916) was a New Yorker whose final resting place is Green-Wood Cemetery.
Robert White Tailer
1835–1915 (age 80)
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Robert White Tailer (1835–1915) is remembered today by his burial at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Hoffman Rogers
1846–1912 (age 66)
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Hoffman Rogers (1846–1912) spent his life in the 19th century before being interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Alphonse Henry Alker
1851–1913 (age 62)
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Alphonse Henry Alker (1851–1913) lived through the post–Civil War era and now lies at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Henry Parish
1830–1917 (age 87)
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Henry Parish (1830–1917) saw the tumult of the 19th century before his burial at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Charles George Moller
1870–1918 (age 48)
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Charles George Moller (1870–1918) is among those commemorated at Green-Wood Cemetery for his turn-of-the-century life.
Isabel Slade Appleton
1852–1918 (age 66)
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Isabel Slade Appleton (1852–1918) lived through the Gilded Age and is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Laura Virginia Anderson
1852–1915 (age 63)
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Laura Virginia Anderson (1852–1915) was laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery following her death.
Mary Adelaide Moore
1858–1911 (age 53)
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Mary Adelaide Moore (1858–1911) is among those buried in the historic Green-Wood Cemetery.
Henry Atwater Jerome
1844–1919 (age 75)
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Henry Atwater Jerome (1844–1919) was laid to rest in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
Hannah Elizabeth Blodgett
1845–1914 (age 69)
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Hannah Elizabeth Blodgett (1845–1914) was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery after her passing.
Margaret Augusta Daly
1873–1911 (age 38)
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Margaret Augusta Daly (1873–1911) was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in New York.
Anna Kissam Embury
1829–1916 (age 87)
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Anna Kissam Embury (1829–1916) rests at Green-Wood Cemetery alongside numerous other New Yorkers.
James Harry Alexandre
1848–1912 (age 64)
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James Harry Alexandre (1848–1912) was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery upon his death.
J. S. Ogilvie
1843–1910 (age 67)
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J. S. Ogilvie (1843–1910), originally from Scotland, was laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery.
William L. Bull
1844–1914 (age 70)
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William L. Bull (1844–1914) of New York City is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Kate Claxton
1848–1924 (age 76)
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Laura Jean Libbey
1862–1924 (age 62)
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Laura Jean Libbey was a prolific writer whose popular stories resonated with readers in the late 19th and early 20th cen...
Munroe Smith
1854–1926 (age 72)
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Peter Townsend Barlow
1857–1921 (age 64)
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Peter Townsend Barlow was a respected jurist whose gentle steadiness helped guide the legal community of New York City.
Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum
1849–1925 (age 76)
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Charleston-born Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum (1849–1925) became a celebrated illustrator and painter known for his depictio...
William E. Story
1852–1925 (age 73)
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William E. Story (1852–1925) spent his years as an American before being buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Agnes Carolyn Sage
1854–1928 (age 74)
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Brooklyn-born Agnes Carolyn Sage (1854–1928) remained tied to New York until her burial at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Herman R. Kretschmar
1848–1922 (age 74)
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Philadelphia-born Herman R. Kretschmar (1848–1922) concluded his life with a resting place at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Phebe Ann Cashow
1853–1929 (age 76)
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Brooklyn native Phebe Ann Cashow (1853–1929) now rests at Green-Wood Cemetery after a life lived in New York.
Tunis G. Bergen
1847–1929 (age 82)
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Brooklyn-born Tunis G. Bergen (1847–1929) is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery after decades in the city.
Wauhope Lynn
1856–1920 (age 64)
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Ballymena-born Wauhope Lynn (1856–1920) emigrated to the United States and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
E. H. Squibb
1853–1929 (age 76)
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E. H. Squibb (1853–1929) concluded his life and was laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Jeannie Scott Dike
1837–1920 (age 83)
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Rochester-born Jeannie Scott Dike (1837–1920) was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery after a long life.
Jessie Stillman Taylor
1869–1929 (age 60)
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Brooklynite Jessie Stillman Taylor (1869–1929) rests at Green-Wood Cemetery following her years in the borough.
Augusta Cole Mayer
1865–1926 (age 61)
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Augusta Cole Mayer (1865–1926) is commemorated among the burials at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Clara Harriet Sherwood
1869–1924 (age 55)
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St. Louis-born Clara Harriet Sherwood (1869–1924) concluded her life in New York and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery...