Green-Wood Cemetery - Notable Burials

Notable Burials

• Samuel Akerly (1785–1845), founder of the New York Institute for the Blind
• Harvey A. Allen (1818?–1882), United States Army officer, was Commander of the Department of Alaska 1871–1873.
• Albert Anastasia (1903–1957), mobster and contract killer for Murder Inc.
• Othniel Boaz Askew (1972–2003; cremated), politician and assassin of New York City Council member James E. Davis, whose remains were relocated to another cemetery
• James Bard (1815–1897), marine artist, buried in unmarked grave
• Peter Townsend Barlow (1857–1921), New York City Magistrate
• Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), artist
• William Holbrook Beard (1824–1900), painter of Bulls and Bears representing the market cycle; a bear statue sits on top of his headstone
• Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887), abolitionist
• George Wesley Bellows, (1882-1925), painter
• James Gordon Bennett, Sr. (1795–1872), founder/publisher of the New York Herald
• Henry Bergh (1818–1888), founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
• Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), composer, conductor
• Jane Augusta Blankman (1823-1860), courtesan
• Samuel Blatchford (1820–1893), U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Andrew Bryson (1822-1892), United States Navy rear admiral
• Elliott Carter (1908-2012), composer
• Alice Cary (1820–1871), poet, author
• Phoebe Cary (1824–1871), poet, author
• Henry Chadwick (1824–1908), Baseball Hall of Fame member (memorial)
• Kate Claxton (1850–1924) American theatre actress noted for her role of Louise in the play The Two Orphans.
• DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828), unsuccessful U.S. presidential candidate 1812; U.S. Senator from New York; seventh and ninth Governor of New York
• William J. Coombs (1833–1922), U.S. Congressman from Brooklyn
• George H. Cooper (1821-1891), United States Navy rear admiral
• Peter Cooper (1791–1883), inventor, manufacturer, abolitionist, founder of Cooper Union
• James Creighton, Jr. (1841–1862), first pitcher to throw a fastball
• Edwin Pearce Christy (1815–1862), minstrel, known for performing the Stephen Foster song "Old Folks at Home" (aka "Swanee River").
• Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888), artist ("Currier and Ives")
• Bronson M. Cutting (1888–1935), United States Senator from New Mexico (1927–1928; 1929–1935)
• James E. Davis (1962–2003), assassinated City Councilman, was buried here for a few days. Upon learning his killer's ashes were also in Green-Wood, his family had his body exhumed and reinterred in the Cemetery of the Evergreens.
• Richard Delafield (1798–1873), Chief of Engineers and Superintendent of West Point
• Francis E. Dorn (1911–1987), US Naval Commander, attorney and 12th District New York congressman for Brooklyn, Kings County.
• Mabel Smith Douglass (1874–1933), founder and first dean of the New Jersey College for Women
• Thomas Clark Durant (1820–1885), key figure in building the First Transcontinental Railroad
• James Durno (1795–1873), husband of labor activist Sarah Bagley (1806-188?)
• Fred Ebb (1928–2004), lyricist
• Charles Ebbets (1859–1925), baseball team (Brooklyn Dodgers) owner; built Ebbets Field
• Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818–1877), American writer and poet
• Charles Feltman (1841–1910), claimed to be the first person to put a hot dog on a bun
• Edward Ferrero (1831–1899), American Civil War General at the Battle of the Crater and in the Appomattox Campaign
• Edwin Forbes (1839–1895), American Civil War and postbellum artist, illustrator, and etcher.
• Isaac Kaufmann Funk (1839–1912), American editor, lexicographer, publisher, and spelling reformer
• Joey Gallo (1929–1972), mobster
• Asa Bird Gardiner (1839–1919), controversial soldier, attorney, and prosecutor
• Robert Selden Garnett (1819–1861), brigadier general of the Confederate States Army and the first general killed in the American Civil War
• Henry George, Jr. (1862–1916), United States Representative from New York
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869), composer
• John Franklin Gray (1804–1882), the first practitioner of Homeopathy in the United States.
• Horace Greeley (1811–1872), unsuccessful U.S. presidential candidate 1872; founder of the New York Tribune
• Robert Stockton Green (1831–1895), Governor of New Jersey
• Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815–1857), literary critic
• Paul Hall (1914–1980), labor leader
• Henry Wager Halleck (1815–1872),Chief of Staff during the latter part of the American Civil War
• William Stewart Halsted (1852–1922), pioneer in American medicine and surgery, often credited as the "Father of Modern American Surgery"
• John Hardy (1835–1913), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
• Townsend Harris (1804–1878), first U.S. Consul General to Japan
• William S. Hart (1864–1946), star of silent "Western" movies
• Thomas Hastings (1784–1872) - wrote the music to the hymn "Rock of Ages"
• Joseph Henderson (1826–1890), notable harbor pilot
• Philip A. Herfort (1851–1921), violinist and orchestra leader
• Abram S. Hewitt (1822–1903), Teacher, lawyer, iron manufacturer, U.S. Congressman, and a mayor of New York. Son-in-law of Peter Cooper.
• Henry B. Hidden (c. 1839–1862), American Civil War cavalry officer
• DeWolf Hopper (1858–1935), actor.
• Elias Howe (1819–1867), invented the sewing machine (see Walter Hunt).
• Walter Hunt (1785–1869), invented the safety pin.
• James Merritt Ives (1824–1895), artist ("Currier and Ives").
• Paul Jabara (1948–1992), actor, singer and songwriter.
• Leonard Jerome (1817–1891), entrepreneur, grandfather of Winston Churchill.
• Laura Keene (1826–1873), actress who was on stage when Lincoln was shot.
• Florence La Badie, (1888–1917), actress
• John La Farge (1835–1910), artist.
• Laura Jean Libbey (1862–1924), popular "dime-store" novelist.
• Brockholst Livingston (1757-1823), U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
• William Livingston (1723–1790), signer of the U.S. Constitution; first Governor of New Jersey.
• William Lewis Lockwood (1836–1867), one of the founders of the Sigma Chi Fraternity
• Pierre Lorillard IV (1833–1901), tobacco tycoon, introduced the tuxedo to the U.S.
• Susan McKinney Steward (1847–1918) one of the first black women to earn a medical degree, and the first in the state of New York.
• Ormsby M. Mitchel (1805-–1862) American astronomer and major general in the American Civil War
• Henry James Montague (1840–1878), stage actor.
• Lola Montez (1821–1861), actress and mistress of many notable men among them King Ludwig I of Bavaria
• Samuel F.B. Morse (1791–1872), invented Morse code, language of the telegraph
• Violet Oakley (1874–1961), artist.
• James Kirke Paulding (1779–1860), U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Martin Van Buren; thought to be "author" of "Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers".
• James "Steve" Phelan, (1942–2011) Chief Engineer and Marine Superintendent, Circle Line Statue of Liberty Ferry Inc.
• Anson Greene Phelps, (1781–1853) founder of Phelps, Dodge mining and copper company
• William "Bill The Butcher" Poole (1821–1855), a member of the Bowery Boys gang and the Know Nothing political party; also a bare-knuckle boxer
• Henry Jarvis Raymond, (1820–1869) American journalist and politician and founder of The New York Times
• Samuel C. Reid (1783–1861), suggested the design upon which all U.S. flags since 1818 have been based
• Alice Roosevelt (1861–1884), first wife of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
• Martha Bulloch Roosevelt (1834–1884), mother of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
• Robert Roosevelt (1829–1906), uncle of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831–1878), father of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
• Henry Rutgers (1745-1830) Revolutionary War hero, philanthropist, namesake of Rutgers University
• William Paul Ryan (1763-1801) Newport, Rhode Island resident. Early Proponent of same-sex marriage
• Ira Sankey (1840–1908), hymn composer
• Frederick August Otto Schwarz (1836–1911), founder of specialty toy retailer FAO Schwarz
• Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman ("Nellie Bly") (1864–1922), American pioneer female journalist.
• Eli Siegel (1902–1978), poet, educator, founder of the philosophy Aesthetic Realism.
• Henry Warner Slocum (1827–1894), Union General of the American Civil War, U.S. House Representative from N.Y.
• Ole Singstad (1882–1969) Norwegian-American civil engineer, designed Lincoln Tunnel and others.
• Francis Barretto Spinola (1821–1891), first Italian-American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
• Henry Steinway (1797–1871), founder of Steinway & Sons, piano manufacturers
• William Steinway (1836–1896), son of Henry Steinway, and founder of Steinway, New York
• John Austin Stevens Jr. (1827–1910), founder of Sons of the Revolution
• James S. T. Stranahan (1808–1898), "Father of Prospect Park", instrumental promoter of the park, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the consolidation of Brooklyn into Greater New York
• Francis Scott Street (1831–1883), co-owner of Street & Smith publishers
• Silas Stringham- (1798-1876)- long serving United States Navy officer during the American Civil War and War of 1812.
• George Crockett Strong (1832–1863), Union brigadier general in the American Civil War.
• Thomas William "Fightin' Tom" Sweeny (1820–1892) Irish immigrant and American Civil War general
• John Thomas (1805–1871), founding father of The Christadelphians
• Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), artist
• Alfred Toftenes (1881-1918), Norwegian Chief Officer blamed for the collision that sank the Empress of Ireland.
• Matilda (or Mathilda) Tone, widow of Irish rebel Wolfe Tone
• George Francis Train (1829–1904), railroad promoter
• Juan Trippe (1899–1981), airline pioneer, headed Pan Am from 1927 to 1968
• Robert Troup (1756–1832), Revolutionary War hero, New York State assemblyman and Judge. Body moved to Green-Wood in 1872.
• William Magear "Boss" Tweed (1823–1878), notorious New York political boss, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and New York State Senate.
• Camilla Urso (Camille Urso), (1842–1902), French violinist.
• Steven C. Vincent (1955–2005), American journalist and author kidnapped and murdered in Iraq August 2005.
• Leopold von Gilsa (d. 1870), American Civil War colonel and brigade commander.
• Charles S. Wainwright, (1826–1907), American Civil War colonel and artillery officer.
• Henry John Whitehouse (1803–1874), Episcopal Bishop.
• Thomas R. Whitney (1807–1858), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York.
• Beekman Winthrop (1874–1940), Governor of Puerto Rico from 1904 to 1907, and later an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
• Frank Morgan Wupperman (1890–1949), played the character of the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz (as Frank Morgan).
• Jonathan Young (1826-1885), United States Navy commodore.