Lucy Adeline Terry

Elizabeth F. Ellet

1818–1877 (age 59)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Elizabeth F. Ellet was a Sodus Point-born author and historian who lived from 1818 to 1877.

Edwin Pearce Christy

1815–1862 (age 47)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Edwin Pearce Christy (1815-1862) was a Philadelphia-born entertainer known for his minstrel performances.

Jordan Lawrence Mott

1799–1866 (age 67)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Jordan Lawrence Mott (1799-1866) was a Manhasset resident and likely industrialist or businessman of the 19th century.

Ichabod Spencer

1798–1854 (age 56)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Ichabod Spencer was an American Presbyterian minister and theologian based in New York.

Duncan Phyfe

1768–1854 (age 86)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Duncan Phyfe was a renowned Scottish-born furniture maker who became a prominent craftsman in America, living from 1768 ...

Martin E. Thompson

1786–1877 (age 91)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Martin E. Thompson (1786-1877) was a long-lived 19th-century New Yorker of architectural or artistic prominence.

Lucretia Maria Davidson

1808–1825 (age 17)

Riverside Cemetery

Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808-1825) was a Plattsburgh resident who died at the young age of 17.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807–1882 (age 75)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

One of the most popular American poets of the 19th century, author of Paul Revere's Ride and The Song of Hiawatha.

Amanda Ruter Dufour

1822–1899 (age 77)

Rock Creek Cemetery

American poet of the 19th century.

Ina Coolbrith

1841–1928 (age 87)

Mountain View Cemetery

California's first poet laureate.