Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 21, Lots 5617 thru 5624.
Behind the Alley Vault entrance in the right foreground is the George Griswold, Jr. mausoleum. To the left of the Griswold mausoleum stand 11 stones, and behind it, one memorial slab. These stones memorialize roughly half of those interred within the vault and the mausoleum. All of these memorials occupy a large circle comprising 8 conjoined lots.
[NOTE: Individuals buried here but not memorialized by any currently visible or legible stone or inscription are noted after the inscriptions.]
INSCRIPTIONS
---Vault entrance:
ALLEY
---Mausoleum
------ Above entrance:
Geo. Griswold Jr.
------Left entablature:
To the memory of my beloved husband
George Griswold Jr.
Who died in Dresden Germany
April 26th 1884, in the sixty-fifth year of his age,
where he lies buried beside our son.
-------Right entablature:
To the memory of my son
John N. A. Griswold Jr.
Who died in Hamburg December 8th 1871,
in the twenty-third year of his age,
and lies buried in Dresden, Saxony.
---Memorial slab behind mausoleum:
Harald De Raasloff
1855 – 1924
and his wife
Louise Griswold
1853 – 1935
---Five rows of memorial stone next to mausoleum:
------Row 1, 1 stone:
William Shaw Alley II
7-11-1922 – 7-15-2014
------Row 2 (4 stones, left to right:
1
Louise J. Alley
1832-1929
2
William Shaw Alley
1853-1907
3
Mother
Josephine Demarest Alley
1866-1951
4
Beloved Husband
George Bolton Alley
1896-1960
-------Row 3 (3 stones, left to right):
1
Alex. Bryan Alley
Born December 13, 1854
Died September 8, 1926
2
Mary Gibb Alley
Born March 29, 1866
Died September 10, 1937
3
John Gibb Alley
Born December 1, 1894
Died October 11, 1938
------Row 4 (1 stone):
Harriette Douw Alley Wickes,
Born August 9, 1856,
Died May 27, 1899.
“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”
------Row 5 (2 stones, left to right):
1
Edward Cameron Ffoulkes,
Born Oct. 11, 1857,
Died July 3, 1912.
The sleep of the working man is sweet.
2
Georgiana Alley Ffoulkes
Born Oct. 27, 1862
Died Jan. 18, 1954
[NOTE: Burial list from online cemetery staff, with burial dates, which may represent reburials after removal from previous graves. Asterisks indicate those buried without visible stone and/or legible inscription. Contact cemetery for complete information about this lot at http://www.green-wood.com:
ALLEY: Alexander Bryan, 9/11/1926; *Caroline P, *John, *Josephine, and *Mariana, all 4 on 7/16/1852; George B, 4/13/1960; *George Bolton, 10/18/1883; John G, 10/14/1938; Josephine Demarest, 4/3/1951; Louisa J, 11/30/1928 (the stone gives her death year as 1929 in error); *Mary Underhill, 2/15/1868; Mary Gibb, 9/13/1937; *Saul, 10/20/1852; William Shaw, 8/8/1907; and William Shaw II, 7/13/2015.
De RAASLOFF: Harald, 5/28/1924; and Louise Griswold, 12/2/1935.
FFOULKES: Edward Cameron, 7/4/1912; and Georgiana Alley, 1/20/1954.
GRISWOLD: *Frank, 4/2/1937; *George, (1857-1917, ashes buried here 5/8/1958); *Josephine H, 10/6/1927; and *Lydia Alley, 5/25/1908.
SPARKS: *Saul Alley, 4/21/1857.
WHITAKER: *Thomas A, 11/4/1872.
WICKES: Harriette DA, 5/29/1899.]

Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 21, Lots 5617 thru 5624.

The entrance to the ALLEY family vault.