Identifier: guidegreenwoodas01rich (find matches)
Title: Guide ... Greenwood as it is
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: (Richardson, Louisa) (from old catalog)
Subjects: Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn. (from old catalog)
Publisher: (New York, F. Richardson & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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mento of marble in mem-ory of G. G. Griffith Ricture, a sea captain, andrepresents a cottage. At the door stands thehusband taking farewell of his wife. It is veryartistic. The work upon this monument iswell worth mentioning, and a visit. Alas, itwas truly a farewell, for lie was lost in mid-ocean. Can we picture the waitings of thisloving wife, hoping for tidings of her loved one,only at last to hear that he was lost and sleep-ing his last sleep in the silent deep? At the corner of Fern and Atlantic Avenuesstands the large and elegant marble monumentof C. Palmer. On Cherry Hill, and on Cherry Avenue standsthe magnificent brown stone vault of JasperCrasvena. It is very large ana there are onlytwo others of the same stone in the grounds. On this same avenue, William H. Gardinerhas erected an attractive marble figure ofGrief, in memory of his wTfe. A sliort (listanoe off Contral Av(muo, on RosePath stands a small, quaint stone tomb erectedto the memory of the Rev. Jasept Sanford, who G7
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This handsome vault was huilt by Mr, James F.NN alsh, Jamaica Ave. near Euclid Avenue, Horoujih ofBrooklyn, who has also erected many of the mostprominent vaults and monuments throughout the country. 68 was first minister to the first Presbyterianchurch In New York. This is quite an antiquetomb. Directly to the rear, on (J.ade Path, is theold vault of Edward Willis, which was one ofthe first erected in the grounds. On Central Avenue stands the large, massivegranite monument erected by voluntary sub-scription to- Lorenzo B. Shepard, a lawyer ofgreat renown, by his admiring friends andclients. Near the Arbor Waters on Landscape Ave-nue, on a hill, stands the granite shaft erectedto Dixon Hall Lewis, late Senator from theState of Alabama. Around this water stands many of the beau-tiful vaults for which Greenwood is noted, oneof uiie most handsome being that of the Cham-beltz family, which is surmounted by a figureof the Resurrection. At his spot one has amagnificent view of the Narrows.

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