Guide ..Greenwood as it is . ls being purchased in NewYork State. The present inclosure was startedin 1861 and was finished in 1863, the cost being$20,725. The officers of the company at thattime were Major Douglass, president; Mr. LeRoy, comptroller; H. E. Jt^ierrepont, secretary;LeRoy, Perry, xierrepont, Stebbins and Free-man, Executive Committee. These were ihefirst executive officers of the company. From 1838 and up until 1843 there were 528lots sold. To-day there are over 33,000 first lot sold for $80. The Cemetery wasopened for sale of lots in August, 1842,and at the ciosing of
Guide ..Greenwood as it is . ls being purchased in NewYork State. The present inclosure was startedin 1861 and was finished in 1863, the cost being$20,725. The officers of the company at thattime were Major Douglass, president; Mr. LeRoy, comptroller; H. E. Jt^ierrepont, secretary;LeRoy, Perry, xierrepont, Stebbins and Free-man, Executive Committee. These were ihefirst executive officers of the company. From 1838 and up until 1843 there were 528lots sold. To-day there are over 33,000 first lot sold for $80. The Cemetery wasopened for sale of lots in August, 1842,and at the ciosing of the year a public conse-cration of the ground was held. At this time Greenwood boasted of twentytombs and one hundred and sixty-two inter-ments. Some of tnese being removals fromchurchyards in tne city. To-day it boasts of mausoleums, tombs and inclosures, the cost of jWhich amounts to about one fifth the wealth [of Greater New York. There are six lakes in the grounds, and sur- Irounding the same win be found the choicest 16. The Oldest Moniiineiit lii The Cemetery vaults and mausoleums in the Cemetery- Thelakes are considered one of the chief beautiesof the grounds. On the northern borders of the Arbor Waters,where now stands the monument of J. , there was erected in 1839, the firstobelisk, of Staten Island sienthe. It was re-moved later and now stands in the lot ofSteven B. Munn, on Lawn Girt Hill, facingAlder Avenue, and is quite worthy of a visit. The first interment in the Cemetery tookplace September 5th, 1840. It was tiiat of JohnHanna. He was buried at the base of OceanHill, on the western Sxde, in lot No. 233. At that time the grounds had not been dulyopened for interments and the burial was miideon the responsibility and by act of Mr. S. , an undertaker of New York City. Itmight be noted here that he was the only un-dertaker at that time who sanctioned thegrounds for burial purposes. The following summer Mr. Burrill construct-ed at the base of the hil
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