Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 164, Lot 16159.
A modest obelisk and 7 small stones stand on this lot.
[NOTE: Individuals buried here but not memorialized by any currently visible or legible stone or inscription are noted after the inscriptions.]
INSCRIPTIONS
---Tall stone (text on 2 sides):
---Front left:
Col. J. Lafayette Riker
Of the Anderson Zouaves
62nd Reg. N.Y.S.V.
Killed at the battle of Fair Oaks
May 31st 1862
In the 38th year of his age
RIKER
---Right front:
Anna E. Crump
1848-1927
In Memoriam
Samuel Crump
1842-1925
1st Lieut. Samuel Crump Jr.
Killed in France
1888-1918
CRUMP
[NOTE: The 2 Samuels are memorialized here but are not buried in Green-Wood.]
---Small stone at front left of lot:
Mary J. Vanorsdale
Born Oct. 13, 1815
Died April 14, 1887
She hath done what she could
---Row of 6 stones across rear of lot, left to right (NOTE: These are children’s stones, badly eroded, but the names are mostly legible—bracketed text is a guess]:
1
Robert [Ryerson] Crump
Born June___1885
Died Jan___1887
[NOTE: The vacant space to the right of this stone suggests that the stone for Arthur Crump was here and has sunk.]
2
Mary Louise Crump
Aged 3 years
3
Anna Crump
Aged 6 months & 10 days
4
Samuel Barkes Crump
Aged 6 years
5
John Riker Crump
6
Anna Elder
Crump
Aged 4 years & 7 months
[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 lots and occupants at http://www.green-wood.com:
CRUMP: Anna E, 1/2/1881; Anna E, 5/4/1927; Anna R, 8/8/1873; *Arthur, 11/2/1884; John R, 12/31/1880; Mary L, 2/18/1881; Robert, 1/4/1887; and Samuel B, 12/27/1880.
RIKER: *Charles B, 7/16/1902; and John Lafayette, 12/4/1869.
VAN ORSDALE: Mary J, 4/29/1887.];