Christine Griffin Kean

Biography

Christine Griffin Kean’s life spanned a transformative period in American history, and her final place of rest at Green-Wood Cemetery invites reflection on a life lived during times of great change. Though the specifics of her vocation remain unrecorded, her inclusion among the cemetery’s notable residents speaks to a life valued by family and community.

The gentle hush of Green-Wood and the reverence shown to every grave remind us that Christine Kean’s contributions, however modest in surviving documentation, helped shape the local world she inhabited.