Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 141, Lots 24195-24196, joined.
[NOTE: Some individuals buried here are not memorialized by any currently visible or legible stone or inscription. A list of lot occupants, with burial dates, appears after the inscriptions.]
Five stones adorn these joined lots. The lots appear to have been owned by 2 brothers born in Ireland—Thomas (lot 24195 on the left) and William (lot 24196 on the right) Corrigan.
INSCRIPTIONS
Between the large stones can be seen a small stone at the left rear of lot 24195. It memorializes 3 children of Thomas and Jane Corrigan. All 3 are also memorialized on the rear of the larger stone on that lot. It is inscribed:
Jessie
Nov. 22, 1872 – Jan. 3, 1876
Martha
June 17, 1879 – Jan. 23, 1882
Ellenor
May 31, 1882 – March 3, 1883
---Large stone at left (inscribed front and back):
---Front:
Thomas Corrigan
Nov. 22, 1843 – Mar. 11, 1918
Jane Corrigan his wife
Sept. 22, 1849 – Apl. 12, 1923
---Back:
Children
William Irvine
Mar. 9, 1875 – Feb. 17, 1900
Ethel Gertrude
Dec. 27, 1886 – Oct. 11, 1899
Eleanor
May 31, 1882 – Mar. 3, 1883
Martha
June 17, 1879 – Jan. 23, 1882
Jessie
Nov. 22, 1872 – Jan. 23, 1876
Martha Wood
Mother of Jane Corrigan
Mar. 17, 1815 – Nov. 29, 1889
Eleanor I. Connelly
Mother of Thomas Corrigan
May 10, 1818 – May 30, 1900
---Large stone at right:
William Corrigan,
1840 – 1910
Margaret Irvine, his wife
1838 - 1922
[NOTE: The military marker between the large stones is inscribed
U.S.G.P.
327 G.A.R.
Dept. of NY
This refers to the Ulysses S. Grant Post 327 of the Grand army of the Republic in Brooklyn. It could be germane to either Thomas or William Corrigan, or both.]
---Two flat stones at front of lots, left to right:
1
Harriet J. Fielding
1871 – 1922
2
James S. Corrigan
1872 - 1927
[NOTE: Burial list from online cemetery records, with burial dates, which may represent reburials after removal from previous graves. Asterisks indicate those buried without visible stone and/or legible inscription. This list may be incomplete. Contact the cemetery for more complete information about this lot and its occupants at http://www.green-wood.com:
CONNELLY: Eleanor, 6/1/1900.
CORRIGAN: *Carol, 3/30/1966; *Child of Emma, 11/2/1892; Eleanor (aka Ellenor), Jessie, and Martha, all 3 on 4/26/1883; Ethel G, 10/13/1899; *George M, 7/22/1955; *Irvin, 9/9/1908; James S, 8/13/1927; Jane, 4/17/1923; *John H, 9/2/1947; Margaret Irvine, 2/3/1922; Thomas, 3/16/1918; William, 4/21/1910; and William, 2/24/1919 (appears to be an error—year should be 1900—but it could be a long-delayed reburial).
FIELDING: Harriet J, 2/26/1922.
WOOD: Martha, 12/2/1889.]