GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY | INDEX OF NAMES | INDEX OF SUBJECTS | CHAPTERS | AUTHOR'S NOTES

CHAPTER INTRODUCTIONS
Introduction
Chapter One: Welcome to Green-Wood Cemetery
Chapter Two: The Early Years (1838-1860)
Chapter Three: The Civil War Era (1861-1865)
Chapter Four: The Post-Civil War Period (1866-1875)

Chapter Six
The Gay Nineties (1890-1899)

The King Of Theatrical Photographs
Born in Quebec, Canada, Napoleon Sarony (1821-1896) came to New York City as a youth and learned the art of lithography.

"The First Citizen Of Brooklyn"
Known as "the First Citizen of Brooklyn," James S.T. Stranahan (1808-1898) played a key role in virtually every great civic project in Brooklyn during the second half of the nineteenth century, including Ocean and Eastern Parkways and the Atlantic Docks.

Did They Ever Return, No They Never Returned
Late on the evening of August 26, 1893, a special Manhattan Beach train chugged back from Coney Island, jammed with a tired but happy group of singers who had performed at Sousa’s Festival that day, concertgoers, and sunbathers.

The Sculptor Angel

Society As I Have Found It
Ward McAllister (1827-1895), born to privilege in South Carolina, made some money as a lawyer in San Francisco, then married the daughter of a Georgia millionaire.

"The Heroic Wife" Of An Irish Patriot
Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763-1798), the Irish patriot, tried to establish, with other members of the United Irish movement, a democracy in Ireland joining Catholics, Protestants, and Dissenters, as Irishmen.

St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Grace Church, And More
James Renwick, Jr. (1818-1895) had a long and distinguished career as an architect.

The Bradley Martins’ Ball To End All Balls
For many years, Mrs. Bradley Martin, nee Cornelia Sherman (1845-1920), had insisted that "she would some day give a ball to surpass" any that New York had ever seen.

Squandering A Fortune (Which Wasn't Even His)
Henry Hilton (1824-1899), a lawyer, judge, and close friend of "Boss" Tweed, spent his life destroying the accomplishments of others.

They May Not Be Breathing, But They Still Can Vote
Known as the "Czar of Coney Island," John Y. McKane (1840-1899) reigned over the political machine that controlled what came to be known as Sodom-by-the-Sea.

The Bowery . . . I'll Never Go There Anymore!
By the late nineteenth century, the Bowery, stretching from Chatham Square north about one mile to Cooper Square, was associated with cheap lodging houses, saloons, brothels, and tramps .

"Jerome (Not The Saint But The Stockjobber)"
Leonard W. Jerome (1817-1891), born on a farm near Syracuse, New York, graduated college and became a lawyer in Rochester.

Progress And Not Much Poverty
Henry George (1839-1897) certainly came a long way.