Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 45, Lots 5572 and 5573, conjoined.
These lots were purchased April 1 1852, lot 5572 (left half of photo) by James C. Rutherford, and 5573 (right) by John Fitch. The 6 stones standing here bear the names GEDNEY, HARTLEY,and FITCH. The sole appearance of the RUTHERFORD surname is on the lot stone at the front corner of lot 5572 (out of the left foreground of the frame). The names AULD, FOLKS, and ROSE do not appear at all. Most burials here are not marked. A list of lot residents, with burial dates, appears after the inscriptions.
STONES and INSCRIPTIONS
---Front left:
Grace Hartley
Beloved Wife of
Harold Hartley
Died February 26, 1940
---Front right:
My Beloved Husband
Harold D. Hartley
Died June 8, 1926
---Rear left:
In Loving Memory of
Hannah M. Gedney,
Entered into rest
January 29, 1897.
Georgie G. Durant
Entered into rest
October 13, 1945
[NOTE: Though she is memorialized on this stone at her own instruction, Georgianna (Georgie) Gedney Durant is buried in England with her husband, Percy Durant.]
---Rear right:
In Memory of
Charity Van Benthuysen
Beloved Wife of John Fitch
Died Aug. 5, 1866
Aged 57 y'rs 4 mo's & 3 d's
Her children arise up and call her blessed. Her husband also and praiseth her.
John Fitch
Died May 14, 1880
aged 71 y'rs & 3 mo's
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.
---Two small stones in front of the Fitch stone:
Closest to Fitch stone: Father and Mother
At right edge of photo:
Mary E. Fitch
Born Oct. 11, 1835,
Died Nov. 7, 1884.
[NOTE: Conjoined lots often, but not always, indicate family relationships. Hannah Gedney was the daughter of Allan Rutherford. Grace Hartley and "Georgie" (Georgianna) Durant were daughters of George and Hannah Gedney. The Fitch connection, if there is one, has not yet been revealed by this photographer's research. Most burials here are not memorialized by any currently visible or legible stone or inscription. A list of lot residents, with burial dates, follows: This list may be incomplete. Contact the cemetery for complete information about these lots at http://www.green-wood.com:
AULD: James R, 8/16/1855 (grandson of Allan Rutherford Sr).
FITCH: Charity B, 8/6/1866; Egbert, 7/8/1983; Emma, 5/15/1865; Frances E S, 9/13/1871; George B, 2/20/1890; Gladys, 12/22/1995; Isaac T, 6/9/1887; James Egbert, 3/31/1918; John, 8/16/1866; John, 5/18/1880; John F, 12/24/1892; Katherine Eliza, 4/11/1937; Margaret S, 8/4/1852; Maria B, 4/28/1853; and Mary E, 11/110/1884.
FOLKS: Isabel C Fitch, 3/31/1956; and Ralph, 3/19/1940.
GEDNEY: George W B, 5/18/1864; and Hannah M Rutherford, 1/31/1897.
HARTLEY: Grace Gedney, 2/29/1940; and Harold, 6/10/1926.
ROSE: Emma Fitch, 5/30/1943; and Frank, 8/20/1940.
RUTHERFORD: Allan, 4/13/1852; James C, 9/30/1860; Jane, 5/4/1876; and Kate E, 7/17/1862.]