Stuyvesant Fish

1851–1923 (age 72)

businessman

Biography

Stuyvesant Fish forged a career as a businessman of wide renown, guiding enterprises with a sense of stewardship and a concern for the common good. His leadership in transportation and commerce helped knit together industries and communities during a pivotal era of American growth.

He paired that commercial acumen with a generous civic spirit, supporting charitable causes and cultural endeavors, and he is now honored in Saint Philip's Church Cemetery as one who advanced both prosperity and public life.

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Also buried at Saint Philip's Church Cemetery

Robert McKay
1887–1958 (age 71)
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Hamilton Fish
1808–1893 (age 85)
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Hamilton Fish was a prominent American statesman and Secretary of State under President Ulysses S. Grant.
Lt. William Henry Osborn
1893–1972 (age 79)
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Helena Livingston Fish
1893–1970 (age 77)
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Helena Livingston Fish was an American woman who lived from 1893 to 1970.
Emily Rosalind Fish
1886–1975 (age 89)
Saint Philip's Church Cemetery
Emily Rosalind Fish was an American woman who lived from 1886 to 1975.
Arthur Romeyn Gray
1875–1933 (age 58)
Saint Philip's Church Cemetery
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