Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 27, Joined Lots 4908-4909/5273-5274.
[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.]
Eleven stones are grouped on these 4 joined lots. Five are large and perfectly legible, while 6 are illegible or fragmentary—probably children, the earliest burials here. The stones face both east and west.
INSCRIPTIONS
---Three stones facing west, left to right:
1
George Lawton Willard
Born Sept. 11, 1808,
Died April 16, 1888.
Harriet LeBaron Willard
Born August 21, 1814,
Died July 29, 1881.
WILLARD
2
Francis Arthur Willard
1851 – 1895
3
Annie Louise Willard
1858 – 1933
---Two stones facing east (rear of lot, left side of photo), left to right:
1
Eugene Sands Willard
1875 – 1946
2
Edward A. Willard
1846 – 1905
Between these 2 rows of large stones is a row (partially visible) of 6 illegible stones or fragments. On 2 of them, a date of “1851” can be discerned. They are most likely the graves of children, some of whom were moved here from previous graves. Their names were Edward M, George L, Mary, Gordon, Harriet, and William H Willard.
[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:
WILLARD: Annie L, 11/11/1933; *Edna M, 4/7/1930; Edward A, 8/13/1905; *Edward A, 5/18/1929; *Edward M, 10/10/1864; Eugene Sands, 12/28/1946; Francis A, 1/15/1895; *George L and *Mary, both on 4/30/1851; George L, 4/18/1888; *Gordon L, 3/15/1861; *Harriet E, 5/1/1851; Harriet E, 8/1/1881; *Harriet LeB, 9/8/1870; and *William H, 11/17/1851.]