[NOTE: There are 2 Mrs. Mitchells here, both with stones, names, and burial dates. It is not possible from the information on the lot to determine who "Mrs. Mitchell" is, but is neither Caroline nor Frances.]
Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 77, Lot 9217
LOT LAYOUT
This photo, shot diagonally across the lot, shows all 7 stones currently visible (the Santino stone in the foreground is on the neighboring lot).
Dominating the lot is the Chauncey L. Mitchell Family monument. Immediately to the right of the family monument is Eliza Rushmore, Chauncey's daughter. The two small stones at the foot of the large monument are Chauncey's twin grandsons, sons of Eliza, both of whom died within 2 weeks of their birth. At the left, up the hill, are 3 stones, left to right: Caroline, Chauncey's first wife, Frances, his second, and the headstone of Chauncey Mitchell himself.
INSCRIPTIONS:
---Principal monument: Chauncey L. Mitchell 1813-1888
---Stone at far right:
Eliza Leeds Mitchell
Wife of A. D. Rushmore,
Born Dec. 14, 1847,
Died April 11, 1884
---Two small stones at left center, left to right:
1
Chauncey Mitchell Rushmore,
Born Dec. 3, 1881,
Died Dec. 11, 1881.
2
John Dikeman Rushmore
Born Dec. 3, 1881,
Died Dec. 13, 1881.
---Three stones at rear of lot, left to right:
1
Caroline L. Langdon,
Wife of Chauncey L. Mitchell,
Born Feb. 4, 1823,
Died July 12, 1855.
2
Frances E. Mitchell
Born January 1, 1820,
Died November 17, 1873.
3
Chauncey L. Mitchell
Born November 20, 1813,
Died May 8, 1888.
[NOTE: Burial dates from cemetery records—
MITCHELL: Mrs. 3/24/1858 (no stone); and Caroline L, 7/14/1855; Chauncey L, 5/10/1888; Augusta E, 11/20/1873 (no stone); Frances E, 11/19/1873; Kate V C, 5/16/1893 (no stone); and son of Chauncey L, 9/5/1859 (no stone).
RUSHMORE: Chauncey M, 12/12/1881; Child of Eliza L M, 11/6/1879 (no stone); Child of John, 11/18/1880 (no stone); Eliza, 4/12/1884; and John D, Jr, 12/14/1881.]