Cornell Ferris was originally interred (casket) in the Benjamin Ferris tomb, Ferris Family Burial Ground, Bronx, NY (cemetery ID 1977659).
Listed in 'Ferris Family Yard and Tombs', by Francis F. Spies, 1921. This is a 1921 inventory of the graveyard compiled by F. Spies; a copy is at the New York Public Library.
Inventory #30 and below:
In Benjamin Ferris Tomb.
In this tomb were 12 caskets all of which seem to be unmarked.
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In 1928, vandal broken into the Benjamin Ferris tomb and desecrated the remains.
On 5 JUL 1928, the bodies of 15 family members were removed from the Ferris Family Burial Ground. Three (3) bodies were from in-the-ground graves; 12 were from the tomb. The 15 bodies were reinterred at Kensico Cemetery in Westchester, NY.
The casket of Alice S. Ferris was one of the reinterred.
Sources: 1. New York Cemetery Cemetery Project, 2. Kensico Cemetery documentation.
Listed in 'Ferris Family Yard and Tombs', by Francis F. Spies, 1921. This is a 1921 inventory of the graveyard compiled by F. Spies; a copy is at the New York Public Library.
Inventory #30 and below:
In Benjamin Ferris Tomb.
In this tomb were 12 caskets all of which seem to be unmarked.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 1928, vandal broken into the Benjamin Ferris tomb and desecrated the remains.
On 5 JUL 1928, the bodies of 15 family members were removed from the Ferris Family Burial Ground. Three (3) bodies were from in-the-ground graves; 12 were from the tomb. The 15 bodies were reinterred at Kensico Cemetery in Westchester, NY.
The casket of Alice S. Ferris was one of the reinterred.
Sources: 1. New York Cemetery Cemetery Project, 2. Kensico Cemetery documentation.
Cornell Ferris was originally interred (casket) in the Benjamin Ferris tomb, Ferris Family Burial Ground, Bronx, NY (cemetery ID 1977659).
Listed in 'Ferris Family Yard and Tombs', by Francis F. Spies, 1921. This is a 1921 inventory of the graveyard compiled by F. Spies; a copy is at the New York Public Library.
Inventory #30 and below:
In Benjamin Ferris Tomb.
In this tomb were 12 caskets all of which seem to be unmarked.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 1928, vandal broken into the Benjamin Ferris tomb and desecrated the remains.
On 5 JUL 1928, the bodies of 15 family members were removed from the Ferris Family Burial Ground. Three (3) bodies were from in-the-ground graves; 12 were from the tomb. The 15 bodies were reinterred at Kensico Cemetery in Westchester, NY.
The casket of Alice S. Ferris was one of the reinterred.
Sources: 1. New York Cemetery Cemetery Project, 2. Kensico Cemetery documentation.
Listed in 'Ferris Family Yard and Tombs', by Francis F. Spies, 1921. This is a 1921 inventory of the graveyard compiled by F. Spies; a copy is at the New York Public Library.
Inventory #30 and below:
In Benjamin Ferris Tomb.
In this tomb were 12 caskets all of which seem to be unmarked.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 1928, vandal broken into the Benjamin Ferris tomb and desecrated the remains.
On 5 JUL 1928, the bodies of 15 family members were removed from the Ferris Family Burial Ground. Three (3) bodies were from in-the-ground graves; 12 were from the tomb. The 15 bodies were reinterred at Kensico Cemetery in Westchester, NY.
The casket of Alice S. Ferris was one of the reinterred.
Sources: 1. New York Cemetery Cemetery Project, 2. Kensico Cemetery documentation.
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