September 14: Edward Wheeler Hall
September 14: Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall was murdered on this date on a lover’s lane near New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Month: September 2013
September 13: Charles S. Wainwright
September 13: Brigadier General Charles S. Wainwright, one of the leading artillerists of the Civil War, died on this date in 1907.
September 12: William Jay Gaynor
September 12: New York City Mayor William Jay Gaynor, the victim of an assassination attempt in 1910, died of complications from his wound on this date in 1913.
“Green-Wood at 175” is Hot Off The Presses
Green-Wood is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year in several special ways. There is a great exhibition, “A Beautiful Way to Go,” at the Museum of the City of New York. We are also posting an entry on our website of Green-Wood-related dates–one for every day this year. And, now, hot off the presses is … Read more
September 11th Anniversary
September 11
On this date in 2001, the World Trade Center was attacked; 78 of the victims would be interred or memorialized at Green-Wood.
September 10: Elias Howe
September 10: On this date in 1846, a penniless inventor, Elias Howe, was issued patent 4750 for his invention of a sewing machine that created a lockstitch; his invention would go on to revolutionize clothing manufacture and make him a millionaire.
September 9: Edward Sewall Sanford
September 9: Edward Sewall Sanford, who brought his experience as the president of the American Telegraph Company to the Union Army, serving as a colonel supervising telegraphs, died on this date in 1882.
September 8: Harold Hartshorne
September 8: Harold Hartshorne was born on this date in 1891; he became the United States Ice Dancing champion five times, then a skating judge, but died when the United States Figure Skating Team was wiped out in a 1961 plane crash.
September 7: Robert Willmott
September 7: Captain Robert Willmott of the SS Morro Castle died on this date in 1934 of a heart attack as he tried to bring his ship towards New York Harbor; soon thereafter, the ship caught fire and 135 lives were lost.
September 6: Herbert L. Bridgman
September 6: On this date in 1909, explorer and press agent Herbert L. Bridgman received a coded message from Rear Admiral Robert Peary reporting that he had discovered the North Pole.