Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 57, Lot 1892.
[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.]
At the front of the lot is the large POILLON memorial, inscribed on 2 of its 4 sides. Behind it is a row of 5 small stones.
INSCRIPTIONS
---Central monument, front:
Richard Poillon
Born Nov. 18. 1818,
Died July 4. 1891.
“The just man walketh in his integrity.”
“He giveth his beloved sleep.”
Mary Whitmore Buck his wife
Born October 21. 1818,
Died July 1. 19091.
POILLON
---Central monument, right side:
Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven
Mary Adelia Poillon
Died Dec. 5. 1847;
Aged 5 years 14 days.
Jane Adelaide Poillon
Died July 11. 1847;
Aged 2 years 8. days
Children of Richard and Mary W. Poillon
The smallest planet is nearest the sun:
Ye stand nearest to God, little ones.
---Row of 5 stones at rear of lot., left to right:
1
Anne E. Poillon
Wife of Edward C. Pease
Jan. 1, 1844 – May 17, 1895.
“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord; they rest from their labours: And their works do follow them.”
2
Infant child of C.O. & Ida C. Lyon
3
Mary Adelia
4
Jane Adelaide
5
N. Kenzo Hirosawa
Japanese Student
Died April 9th 1873
Aged 19 years
None knew thee but to love thee,
Nor named thee but to praise.
[NOTE: Hirosawa’s instructors at Brooklyn Polytechnic were friends of Richard Poillon, whose company had built ships for the Japanese navy.]
[NOTE: Lot 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:
HIROSAWA: N Kenzo, 4/13/1873.
LYON: Female child of C O & Ida C, 2/16/1892.
PEASE: Anna E P, 5/20/1895
POILLON: Mary Adelia, 12/6/1847; *Mary Adeline, 4/20/1927; Mary Whitmore Buck, 7/4/1901; Richard, 7/8/1891; and *Richard H, 8/3/1925. Jane Adelaide Poillon does not appear in the cemetery’s online burial database.]