Green-Wood Cemetery
Section K, Lot 15179.
[NOTE: Most individuals buried here are not memorialized by any currently visible or legible stone or inscription. A list of lot residents, with burial dates, appears after the inscriptions.]
INSCRIPTIONS
---Small stone, left foreground:
In Memory of My Mother
Elizabeth Sherry
Daughter of William and Jane H. Mead,
Born July 10th 1830,
Died Oct. 15th 1893.
---Obelisk, front:
In Memory of
Elizabeth
Relict of Samuel Carter
Born August 11th 1782
Died April 14th 1865
---Obelisk, left side:
In Memory of
Jane H.
Relict of William Mead
Born March 3rd 1803
Died Nov. 12th 1872
---Obelisk, right side:
In Memory of
Mary E. Carter
Daughter of the late
Samuel & Elizabeth Carter
Born Nov. 25th 1816
Died Jan. 23rd 1875
[illegible tribute text follows]
---Behind and to the right of the obelisk is a fallen marble stone, completely eroded and illegible except for the surname CARTER.
---Small stone at far right, inscribed on both sides:
---Front:
George E. carter
Died Aug. 9th 1886
Aged 78 years
---Back:
John R. Carter
Died Sept. 5th 1881
Aged 60 years
[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:
CARTER: *Alfred W, 3/20/1899; *Charles R, 8/6/1864; *Deborah A, 10/3/1896; Elizabeth, 4/17/1865; *George, 9/3/1926; George E, 8/12/1886; *Henry, 8/22/1890; John R, 9/8/1881; Mary E, 1/26/1875; and *Thomas S, 7/26/1910.
MEAD: *Jane A, 2/13/1898; Jane, 11/15/1872; and *Samuel W, 1/10/1870.
SHERRY: Elizabeth Mead, 10/18/1893.]