. The New York genealogical and biographical record . f the stones bear the date of 1730, but the names are illegible. Weeds andbushes now grow throughout the cemetery. In one corner long rows of crumblingstones mark the victims to the terrible cholera plague between the years 1S02 and1805. A quaint old tablet bears the name of John Ferdinand Baron Castelrolti, whodied in 1833. Another stone bears the inscription, John Black, died in was a famous bookseller here one hundred years ago. Here the bodies of the 58 Ao/es. \ January, ancestors of many well-known families, such as the Butl
. The New York genealogical and biographical record . f the stones bear the date of 1730, but the names are illegible. Weeds andbushes now grow throughout the cemetery. In one corner long rows of crumblingstones mark the victims to the terrible cholera plague between the years 1S02 and1805. A quaint old tablet bears the name of John Ferdinand Baron Castelrolti, whodied in 1833. Another stone bears the inscription, John Black, died in was a famous bookseller here one hundred years ago. Here the bodies of the 58 Ao/es. \ January, ancestors of many well-known families, such as the Butlers, Blisses, Andersons, Cleve-lands, Fairchilds, Gibsons, Rumseys, Schermerhorns, Sehiefifelins, Taylors, Town-sends, and others, lie. The Lion Gardiner Tomb.—The tomb of Lion Gardiner was marked origi-ally by a simple cedar rail supported by two low posts of the same wood. In 18S6,when the monument of which a sketch is given in the present number of The Recordwas erected, the skeleton was found intact, the hair being in a good state of preserva-. tion, la. 2. r ^ tion ; a piece was cut off and divided between Mrs. Sarah Diodati Thompson andMrs. John Alexander Tyler. The body was found in the same position as that ofRev. Thomas James, the first minister ; , facing the other graves. However, byan error the effigy was placed with the head in the wrong direction. In old Englishchurchyards the most ancient graves were marked with cedar posts and a rail of ex-actly the same kind, and several can still be seen on the Isle of Wight. The presentmonument is constructed of Westerly granite, a stone of fine grain and lasting qual-ities, and is probably the only one of its kind in this country. A recumbent figurerepresents the sturdy old warrior clad in the military garb of his day, with the visor ofhis helmet closed. A roof supported by eight pillars serves to protect the effigy fromthe action of the elements, and the base upon which the figure re>ts has on its foursides, cut in
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