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first remarking that Section W. is west or toward the river. The most prominent object there is the tomb and monument of Judge Wm. Buell, who left this sphere many years ago. Down in a dell on this section are interred most of the bodies removed from the old Buffalo and Monroe Streets burying grounds. The graves do not present the appearance of having much care. This would be a good place to compare the workings of the present perpetual contract system.
As we start for the Indian Trail Avenue, sec- tion B. is on our left or north. The family lot of George C. Buell is here nicely located. It is enclosed by a free stone fence, and graced by a fine monument. A tomb stone a little to the right bears this inscription : " Wickins Killick, his wife and five children who died within the space of ten days in September, 1854, of cholera. Finely situated is the family lot of the late Colon G. Wilson and Henry C. Daniels. Here only a few weeks ago were deposited the remains of the beloved wife of the latter. Her love of Mt. Hope when living was a passion.
We are again on Indian Trail Avenue facing south. Section U. is in the valley on our right, and Section F. after passing the south line of Section C. on our left. In Sections U. and R. are the tombs of John T. Lacey, Joseph Depoe
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and Aaron Lovecraft. The sloping bank is dotted with graves, and presents a handsome ap- pearance. We pass on our left the lots and monuments of Raphael Beach, Ezra Jones, Seth C. Jones and Edward Roggen. On the crest of the ridge, Section F. near the vault of Lewis H. Morgan, is the lot, surrounded with a fine stone coping, of John Weiss, on which much money and care has been expended. A large grass plat defined by Hope and Indian Trail Avenues, was formerly the Firemen's lot. Sec- tion K. is on the south side of Hope Avenue, and in conformation is like unto the sole of a man's foot. Almost the first grave seen is that of Porter P. Pierce, who was murdered 'in Rochester in 1848, an incident remembered with great distinctness by the elderly residents of the City. On the old Firemen's lot are the burial places of G. Tallinger, Alfred Bell, Roswell Hart, and Dr. Jonas Jones, all having tasty and elegant monuments, of monolith, obelisk and sarcophagus styles. On the rounding corner of Hope and Ravine Avenues, is where George D. Stillson awaiteth the time when this mortality shall put on immortality. It is also the family lot of George T. Stillson. On the east side of Ravine Avenue, on Section L. is the grave and monument of Elias Pond, and near
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the Stillson lot is the burial lot of George and Thomas Raines.
Here on our left commences Section G. the ground rising toward the south with consider- able abruptness to the summit, thirty feet above the level of Indian Trail Avenue. Section N. is on our right. To save steps we notice a few of the lots and graves on the western slope of Sec- tion G. reserving the summit, eastern and south- ern slopes for a visit further on. Here are the lots of Judge Strong, Dr. Frederick F. Backus, John W. Tallman and Charles H. Chapin. The latter is enclosed with an iron fence. The pedes- tal of the monument supports a carved figure of 4. Hope," with upturned face and uplifted arm. Here rests Mr. Chapin. A head stone at the grave of his daughter, is similar to the one on the lot of W. F. Cogswell, more specifically described in another place. The next lots are those of E. O. Sage and C. F. Paine. The family burial place of Dr. E. M. Moore is here. On the opposite side of the Avenue, in Section M. are the fine monuments and lots of Deacon Oren Sage and Edwin Pancost. Just beyond and down the hill is where the late Judge E. Darwin Smith rests; a modest monument records the fact. On the left, in Section G. an evergreen hedge encloses the lot of the late Isaac Ashley. A few feet away is the lot, enclosed by an iron fence,
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where is buried the late Martin Briggs, and by his side reposes Hamlet D. Scrantom, an ex- Mayor of Rochester, and for years a commis- sioner of the Cemetery. Opposite is the lot of Hiram Blanchard, where is interred the lamented Hamilton H. Howard. The late John Hay- wood's is close by. In Sec. M. opposite the lot of Martin Briggs is the tomb of the late Dr. B. F. Gilkeson, whose memory is cherished by his professional brethren and by thousands to whom he had administered in the capacity of a physician. He was a noble man, and an enter- prising, progressive citizen. Here is the grave of Joseph Curtis, who was a prominent citizen of Rochester. Closer to the Avenue rests Capt. Byron P. Thrasher, who laid down his life in one of the many battles of the rebellion.
Ex-Mayor Charles J. Hill rests in his lot on the east side of the Avenue. He was born in Woodbury, Conn., April 13th, 1796, and removed to the Genesee country in 1816, and became a citizen of Rochester. He commenced the mill- ing business in 1831, and pursued it until 1876. He was president of the Pioneer Association and had held many offices of public trust, con- ferred by his fellow citizens. He was genial and sympathetic, quick to feel for the sorrow of others. His attachment to old friends and employees was remarkable, instanced in the late
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Charles Buckley, who was in his service for forty years. He gave fame to the City of Rochester, and was vitally interested in its prosperity. He died July 19th, 1883, beyond the four score years. The world was better and happier for his having lived in it, and he sleeps remembered and honored by all and his deeds of charity and loving kindness do follow him.
A marble slab supported in a horizontal posi- tion by marble columns marks the tomb of James K. Livingston. Close by and on the same side, are the burial places of the late ex-Mayor Isaac Hills, Thomas Kempshall and Silas O. Smith. In this last lot rests ex-Mayor Edward M. Smith, who died in 1884, while acting as U. S. Consul at Manheim, Germany. The monu- ment lately erected to the memory of Mr. Smith is one of the latest and prettiest styles of monu- mental work in the Cemetery. It is of Quincy granite, dark grayish color, of the recumbent cross style, resting on polished granite bases. The base is about 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. It has antique lettering. It came from the manufactory of H. S. Hebard.
In this immediate locality is the lot and grave of Everard Peck, who was one of the pioneers of Western New York and prominently identi- fied with its history. A brief biography will not be inappropriate.
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Everard Peck was born in Berlin, Conn., in 1791 ; came to Rochester in 1816, when the place had less than 400 inhabitants. His original oc- cupation of book-seller and book-binder led him to the publication of a village newspaper, the Rochester Telegram, 1818, and to the establish- ment of a large paper mill in connection there- with. Retiring from that business a few years later, he devoted himself during the rest of his life to banking pursuits, being connected, suc- cessively, with the Bank of Orleans, the Rochester City Bank and the old Commercial Bank. He was actively interested in many of the charitable and educational institutions of the City, being one of the founders of the Orphan Asylum and largely instrumental in the establishment of the University of Rochester. He died on the 9th of February, 1854, respected as one of the most useful and upright of our citizens.
Observe from where we stand the lots of Dr. James W. Smith, ex-Mayor Levi A. Ward and of Wm. Brewster, who was for many years a Commissioner of the Cemetery. Also the stately monument on the lot of Louis Chapin. Cedar Avenue, will take us along the southern border of Sec. M. the western slope being occupied with the single grave divisions.
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By a narrow path we ascend the southern slope of the hill, Sec. G. to notice the lots of the late Frederick Whittlesey, Dr. Levi Ward, Wm. Burke, Judge Addison Gardiner, Judge Samuel L. Selden, George J .. Whitney and John Allen, the latter an ex-Mayor of Rochester, who was known as the " poor man's friend," and whose memory is cherished by hundreds. The lot is graced by an elegant monument, erected by his sons, one of whom, Robert, has since been laid by his side. A beautiful sarcophagus has been
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erected to the memory of Mr. Whitney. Samuel D. Porter, that good man, is buried near here. Close by is a fine lot with one of the finest monu- ments in Mount Hope. The shaft supports an urn which is draped with the National flag. The inscription reads "Lieut. Wm. Kidd, 2d U. S. infantry, killed at Bull Run, August 30, 1862, aged 19 years." Turning to the east we pass Dell Avenue, notice the lots of Wm. H. Perkins, who was killed in a railroad accident, Wm. Mumford, Daniel Scoville, Wm. Pitkin, H. F. Atkinson. Here lies the wife of the great revivalist Charles G. Finney. A beautiful rustic marble cross marks the peaceful abode of the wife of Hobart F. Atkinson. A flight of granite steps takes us to the lot of Edmond Lyon. A massive granite coping encloses it with stone walls, deep in the ground. It is catacombed and arranged with stone sepulchers. The monu- ment is a fine one, granite bases and a marble shaft, supporting a nicely executed figure " The Angel of Peace." A little to the right lies Warham Whitney, and Gen. John Williams sleeps his last sleep beside him. A little further on are the lots of N. G. Hawley, James W. Sawyer, George Hollister, and Joseph Putnam.
Here rests I. Henry Putnam of the Old 13th N. Y. S. V. The next lot is that of Henry B. O'Rielly. Lieut. Henry O'Rielly, who was killed
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in battle, May 5th, 1862, while attached to the Excelsior Brigade, is buried here.
On a circular mound close at hand is a plain monument bearing the inscription, " Myron Holley, born in Salisbury, Conn., April 29th, 1776. Died in Rochester, N. Y., March 4, 1841. He trusted in God and loved his neighbor. Dedicated in 1844. Erected by the Liberty party of the United States of America, to the memory of Myron Holley, the friend of the slave, and the most effective as well as one of the earliest founders of that party." It is said that the cost of the monument was defrayed by penny con- tributions. A little further north are the lots of Gen. L. B. Swan, Robert Hunter, ex-Mayor Samuel G. Andrews, W. H. Cheney, James Breck, J. B. Robertson, Jesse Congdon and Luther Tucker. The lot of the late Aaron Erickson is made strikingly attractive by a mag- nificent figure of "The Weary Pilgrim," recum- bent upon a solid and appropriate base-the work of Papotti, a great Italian sculptor.
In the same lot and east of the monument is the burying place of Gilman H. Perkins. Pretty tomb stones have been erected to the memory of his dead children. A few feet north east is the grave of Gen. E. G. Marshall, of "Old 13th " fame. A monument in sarcophagus style attracts
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the closest attention of the observer. A sheaf of grain is nicely carved on the lid. The gen- eral was buried here August 5th, 1883.
The most elegant thing in the way of a head stonein the cemetery, marks the grave of the late Mrs. Wm. F. Cogswell. It is of pure white American statuary marble, Gothic style, the front panel having exquisitely carved upon it a cross entwined with a Passion vine and flowers. It was made at the establishment of H. S. Hebard.
Notice here the lots of Jacob Howe, A. J. Langworthy and Amon Bronson. The grave of David K. Cartter, father of Judge Cartter, of Washington, is on the northern slope of this section. At a point nearly opposite of where we are standing is a dell, or the old tunnel with terraced banks. This is fifty feet deep and 150 feet in diameter at the top. We have finished Sec. G.
Turning so as to face southwest, Second Avenue runs a little to the right between Sec's. O. and Y. The Potter's field is on the west side of the section also on Sec. Y. while the single grave localities are on Y. and the south border of Sec. M. Cedar Ave. being the defining line between the sections. We will go through Second Avenue to Grove Avenue, the boundary line between the old and. the new grounds.
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Standing on this elevation, the outlook over the new portion of the cemetery is grand. There are many who prefer the level, new grounds to the old, and have transferred the bodies of their friends thereto. Still the hills, ravines, dells, terraced slopes and stately trees of the old part are lingering in our memory and one cannot but love them. It has been the dwelling place of many of our kindred, and for us, when our mis- sion is ended, to lie apart from them is not a pleasurable reflection. We will now proceed to the
FIREMEN'S MONUMENT.
Grove Avenue is the dividing line between the old and new grounds. A walk of five min- utes westwardly takes you to the Firemen's Monument, situated on a high bluff overlooking the Genesee river, the City of Rochester, Lake Ontario and the surrounding country. It is a fitting resting place for the heroes who lie there awaiting the last command of the Chief Engineer of the Universe.
At its dedication, September 9th, 1880, there was an imposing display by the civic societies of the city. Andrew M. Semple, President of the Rochester Fire Department, was president of the day. Hon. James H. Kelly delivered the address and a historical sketch of the Fire
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Department. The cost of the monument was about $8,000. On the east side of the monument there are twenty-seven little tombstones, and on the west sixteen, in honor of the individual fire- men whose names they bear. The earliest date of death inscribed upon the marble is that of Thomas M. Rathbun, 1827.
The monument reflects great credit on the manufacturer, H. S. Hebard. It is of St. Johns- bury granite, and is without a flaw or blemish. It is of the Egyptian Doric style. We give its dimensions as follows : The platform is twenty- four feet and three inches square, two feet high, with square projecting corners, each surmounted with a beautiful granite vase. There are three half-circle steps on the front. From the plat- form an excellent view of the city can be ob- tained. At the foot of the bluff rolls the Genesee. The words "Fire Department " is the only in- scription on the work. The first base is eight feet six inches square and one foot nine inches high. The second base is seven feet square by two feet ten inches high. The die is five feet square, five feet high, with beaded corners. The cap is six feet seven and a half inches square and five feet high, the lower portion having carved wings and globes representing Time and Eternity. The base for the shaft is four feet eight inches square and one foot nine inches
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high. The shaft is three feet six inches square and seventeen feet six inches high. On each face of the top of the shaft are engraved wreaths. The cap of the shaft is four feet six inches square by three feet four inches in heighth. The base for the figure is three feet ten inches square by two feet one inch in heighth. The figure is that of a fireman, wearing a fire hat, with coat on the left arm, in the attitude of rest on his return from a fire. The pose is excellent, and the figure is in every respect symmetrical. It is eight feet nine inches in heighth. The whole heighth of the monument is fifty feet. The lot or grounds have been nicely graded, with the intent to set out the monument and make it conspicuous.
THROUGH THE NEW GROUNDS.
In making the journey through the new grounds, we can save much time by commencing at the junction of Greentree and Grove Avenues, east of Forest Avenue, stopping meanwhile to notice the neat monument of Justin Riley. East of this is the lot and monument of Joel Eaton, and on the right, headstones mark the graves of the wives of George Potter and Robert Ren- frew. We note also the lots and tombstones of
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H. J. Weaver, C. C. Hayden, John Stack, Jacob Biesham, Joseph Hubecker, John Crede, John Turner, John Worms and John C. Shutte. On the north side of Evergreen Avenue, is the nicely kept lot of Charles Perkins. The in- scription on a fine headstone states that his be- loved daughter Emma, called away in the blossoming of life, sleeps here. Almost directly north of the Carver monument is the neat lot of George Weldon, and here rests his mother, two sisters and brothers, Henry and the lamented Walter Weldon. Near by is the lot of Eli Weed, with several fine head stones.
At the time the new grounds were laid out the Jewish citizens had broken away from the orthodox custom so long observed of burying their dead in congregational lots in the order of death. Meyer Greentree purchased a plat of ground on Evergreen Avenue 100 feet square, and, after reserving a spacious lot for himself, gave lots to others of his faith. In this same sub-division of Range 3, other Jewish associa- tions, also individuals have lots, with reserved ground for the poor and strangers of their nationality. Lavish but judicious display is made by the wealthy lot-owners in beautifying their grounds, keeping them in order and erect- ing monuments and tombstones. The most striking is the Funkenstein monument, erected
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by the widow of the late Levi Funkenstein, thus showing her love and affection for her deceased husband. On one face is the inscription "In memory of my sister Deborah and infant, lost at sea in the City of Glasgow, 1854." The north face has the inscription Phineas N. and Sophia Cardoza.
A nice monument notes the resting place of Julius Bachmann. The pedestal has a marble figure leaning upon an anchor. A world of thought is conveyed in the words "Our good brother " on the reverse side of the tombstone of Joseph Buehler. A tasty and costly monument is on the lot, and which marks the grave of Henry Rosenberg. Then there are the lots of Lewis Stern, Gerson Hochsteter, Moses Bronner, Joseph Moerel, David Abeles, David Cauffman, Ludwig Hechinger, Morris Savage, Louis W. Moore, Henry Levi, Moses Blumenstiel, Samuel Meyer. On the original Greentree lot are the burial places of N. Rosenfield, D. E. Moseley, M. Hart, Susan Holtz, H. Morofsky, Mark Soloman, H. Lempert, S. Rubens, R. Jacobs, B. Hermen, S. Rosenbaum, M. Goldwater, H. Britenstool, M. Weinberg, L. Flesheimer, A. Rosenthal, R. Schmitz, Mrs. Steefel, Mrs. Oppen- heimer, F. R. Theis, A. Hydecker, L. Holtz, S. Landau, M. Goldsmith, J. Rothchild, I. M. Wile, I Wile, J. Wile, M. E. Sloman. In
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another division are the lots of E. S. Ettenheimer, Joseph and Gabriel Wile, Simon Hays, D. Rosenberg, M. A. Savage, Elias Wollf, J. Cauff- man, Moses Hays, M. L. Gutman, I. Rice, E. M. Moerel, Lewis Stern, Samuel Stein, H. Michaels and A. Adler. On the Stein lot two little mounds cover the beloved remains of the two little children of Wm. Miller. Elias Wollf was the first person of his faith buried in Mount Hope out of the orthodox custom, thus marking an era of no little moment.
JAMES VICK.
Facing Greentree Avenue, on Range 2, lies one who did more than any other man to en- courage and cultivate the taste for flowers. His was a household name all over this broad land and in foreign countries. He reigned supreme in the floral kingdom. Many, many years will come and go before the name of James Vick is for- gotten. It will always be held in grateful remem- brance. He was supremely happy in making others happy. He had no selfish thoughts or actions. He lived not for himself but for all mankind. In the church, sunday school, the dwelling and work shop he cast sunshine all around him. His memory will be ever green and
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fondly cherished. His life on earth is the as- surance that he dwells in the Floral Paradise above. He made the wilderness to blossom like the rose. What greater tribute can be paid to man ?
How sweet, how sweet are the lilies, And how we wait for their bloom We gather them in their glory And scatter them over his tomb.
A splendid granite obelisk monument, by many considered the nicest in its proportions, on the grounds, has been erected. A lily is cut on the west face of the obelisk.
On the next lot north is the grave of Capt. E. C. Williams. Passing along is seen the red Scotch marble monument of the lamented Dr. T. H. F. Hall, also the monument and tombstones of M. N. Van Zandt, D. Copeland, Wm. N. Emer- son, John F. Selye, N. Tamblingson, Joseph F. Ely, W. D. Oviatt, M. Normington, Jacob Garson, L. C. Spencer and J. Gifford. The lot of Geo. Zimmer, at the corner of Grove and Second Avenues, is attractive, with a neat iron fence and marble monument. Nearly opposite the Green- tree plat is the grave with a pretty headstone of Benjamin Brown, who was a railroad engineer, and who met with an accidental death. Nearer the Carver monument is the grave of Wm. H. Dawson, another railroad engineer who met an
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untimely death while on duty. The Dawson lot is one of the prettiest in the Cemetery.
Here we stand before the Carver monument, the highest (excepting the Firemen's) and most costly in Mount Hope. It was fashioned after the Trojan column at Rome, and manufactured by Peter Pitkin & Son, Rochester. The figure which surmounts the shaft was made by H. S. Hebard in the similitude of the one on the monument at Plymouth Rock. Dr. Carver was directly descended from the Carvers who came over in the Mayflower. The tablet on the west face has this inscription : "Dr. Carver was the father of the Pacific railroad. With him origi- nated the thought of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by railroad." West are the lots of A. McLean, Gilbert G. McPherson and others.
On lot 177, but a few steps west of the Carver monument, sleeps one of the Nation's heroes, Lieut. Frederick G. Kislingbury, a victim of the Greeley Arctic expedition. Loving hands have placed his body here, and it is hoped that ere long sympathetic countrymen will erect a suit- able monument to his memory. Woodland Avenue is south-west of this.
A little south and west of the Carver monu- ment is the lot of Henry H. Craig, where sleep his beloved dead. It is neatly kept and beauti- fully located. Oak Avenue is next south of
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Evergreen Avenue, and Meadow Avenue divides the new ground, which is not yet laid out into lots.
On either side of the Avenue are the burial lots of E. W. Tucker, Sigmund Stettheimer, H. N. Allen, Isaac Post, E. W. Pollay, Dr. Joseph A. Biegler, Samuel Rosenblatt, Jacob Mock, Samuel Busentheil, Jacob Blaesi, James Mont- gomery, Wm. H. Thomas, Hiram Smith, O. L. Angevine, W. H. Sheperd, John F. Stroh and C. H. and F. A. Rowe. Most of these have fine monuments. Near here is the lot of J. A. Hoekstra. The large granite monuments of Drs. Carpenter and Swinburne are elegant ones, and are quite conspicuous. The beloved phy- sician, Dr. George Swinburne sleeps here, where his daughter, Mrs. Alice Newman, has erected the beautiful memorial. Be- tween these monuments pretty tombstones mark where loving hands have placed the earthly re- mains of Kit Carson and Orra Maud, the beloved children of Hon. W. F. Cody, (Buffalo Bill). We turn into Elm Avenue and proceed to Second Avenue, between Ranges One and Two. On the right hand is the pretty monument of L. N. Millener. We pass the lots of Charles C. Brown, John A. Holmes, Lyman King and the large and fine monument of Austin Crittenden. Directly west of this point is the handsome lot
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