BRAISTED, CHRISTOPHER
Buried: 18 Sep 1876
Lot 151 Section 96

Christopher Braisted
Birth abt 1830 in New York
Death 15 Sep 1876 in New York

Occupation: Jeweler

Father: Garrett Braisted
Birth 16 Nov 1796 in Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
Death 22 July 1845 in Staten Island, Richmond County, New York

Mother:
Gertrude Vroom
Birth 7 July 1802 in Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
Death 1 Dec 1887 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Married: Lucretia Place b: abt 1836

Others in this lot:

BRAISTED, LUCRETIA
Buried: 1 Feb 1892
Lot 151 Section 96

BRAISTED, SMITH PLACE
Buried: 18 Nov 1856
Lot 151 Section 96

I think Smith Place Braisted is probably an infant son.

Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 96, Lot 151.
[NOTE: Most burials 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
---Largest monument:
FATHER
William Place
Born Jan. 24. 1804
Died March 11. 1873.
MOTHER
Eliza Cornwell
Wife of William Place
Born July 26. 1803
Died Jan. 2. 1884.
PLACE
---Footstone at left, behind largest monument:
LUCRETIA
[It is possible that Christopher Braisted's footstone once stood next to Lucretia's, but has sunk.]
---Small stone at far right:
Harry B. Place
1870 – 1900
Husband
[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 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:
BRAISTED: *Christopher, 9/18/1876; Lucretia, 2/1/1892; and *Smith Place, 11/18/1856.
PLACE: Eliza, 1/6/1884; *Female child of Samuel, 2/5/1858; *Frank, 2/3/1871; Harry B, 7/28/1900; *Milton, 2/16/1900; *Moses, 3/8/1847; *Samuel D S, 8/23/1866; *Sarah, 1/12/1852; *William, 3/5/1864; William, 3/14/1873; and *William H, 12/4/1904.]
Added by: Bob Collins
5/15/2014