Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . e. None would now write such a couplet over the sleepers changes have transpired! Little did those who laid theirloved ones to rest in the quiet slopes beside the village churchanticipate that in iess than a century their repose might be dis-turbed to make way for the busy throngs of a great and growingcity. Phoebe (Wilson,) the second wife of Elijah Woolsey, hasalready been mentioned. Dr. E. W Finch writes : Mrs. Phoebe Woolsey was aun
Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . e. None would now write such a couplet over the sleepers changes have transpired! Little did those who laid theirloved ones to rest in the quiet slopes beside the village churchanticipate that in iess than a century their repose might be dis-turbed to make way for the busy throngs of a great and growingcity. Phoebe (Wilson,) the second wife of Elijah Woolsey, hasalready been mentioned. Dr. E. W Finch writes : Mrs. Phoebe Woolsey was aunt to my mother, who spent one year, when achild, in Uncle Woolseys home. The family ties are exceedingly strong inthe Wilson family. My dear Aunt Phoebe was like a mother to me. * * *After settling in New Rochelle I purchased a plot in the Rye cemetery, andfinding the ministers plot quite overrun with weeds and briars, I asked ofthe Church authority to remove the remains of Uncle and Aunt Woolsey tomy family plot, which was readily granted. The plot seems more sacred sincetheir Sacred dust was deposited 8 Letter to the author.
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