Find A Grave - Moravian Cemetery

Barton, Samuel b. July 27, 1785 d. January 29, 1858
Congressman. A nephew of William H. Vanderbilt, he attended local schools and became an agent for the Vanderbilt Steamship Line. Barton was active in the militia and rose through the ranks to become a Colonel. He served in the New York Assembly from 1821 to 1822. In 1833 he was a member of the Reception Committee that hosted President Jackson on his visit to New York. He was elected to the US House as a Jacksonian in 1834 and served one term, 1835 to 1837. He was not a candidate for reelection...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Benny, Allan b. July 12, 1867 d. November 6, 1942
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1889, commenced law practice in Bayonne, New Jersey and was a member of the city council, 1892 to 1894. He was a member of the State House of Assembly, 1898 to 1900 and prosecuting attorney of Bayonne, 1900 to 1903. In 1903, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress, serving until 1905. A unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed legal practice and was assistant librarian of the law library at the Jersey City courthouse until...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Plot: Section G, Subdivision C, Lot 3
Bilotti, Thomas b. 1940 d. December 16, 1985
Paul Castellano's Underboss in the Gambino Family. Bilotti was Underboss for two short weeks from Dec. 2 until Dec.16,1985 when he and Paul Castellano were shot to death while exiting their car in front of Spark's Steakhouse in Manhattan. Their murders were ordered by John Gotti and Sammy (The Bull) Gravano.
Cause of death: Shot to death
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Plot: Plot is to the right of the Mausoleum
Castellano, Paul 'Big Paul' b. June 26, 1915 d. December 16, 1985
Castellano was born in Brooklyn on June 26th, 1915. His father was a butcher who also operated an Italian gambling game for the locals. Paul was late Mafia boss Carlo Gambino's younger cousin, and his sister, Catherine, was Gambino's wife. Castellano operated several lucrative meat businesses in the 1950s and his control over the meat and poultry industry would continue until his death. By his ascension to the Gambino crime family throne in 1976, he was a national expert on labor unions and...[Read More] (Bio by: Joseph)
Cause of death: Murdered
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Plot: Crypt on the second tier of main mausoleum [unmarked]
DeCicco, Frank b. 1935 d. April 13, 1986
Organized Crime Figure. Served as a Capo in Gambino Organized Crime Family. On the night of December 16, 1985, he betrayed Gambino Boss Paul Castellano by arranging a dinner meeting at Sparks Steakhouse in Manhattan. Minutes before that meeting was to take place men loyal to John Gotti and Sammy (The Bull) Gravano shot and killed Castellano and Capo Thomas Billotti as they were exiting their car in front of the restaurant. John Gotti took control of the Gambino Family shortly after Castellano's...[Read More]
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Egbert, Joseph b. April 10, 1807 d. July 7, 1888
US Congressman. He completed his education at local schools and became a farmer. He was elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1840 and served one term, 1841 to 1843. He did not run for reelection in 1842 and returned to farming. Egbert served as Town Supervisor of Southfield from 1855 to 1856, and was Richmond County Clerk in 1869. (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Faber, Eberhard b. December 6, 1822 d. March 2, 1879
Businessman. A successfull pencil magnate, he Manufactured the first lead pencils.
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Failla, James b. 1919 d. August 5, 1999
Organized Crime Figure. Known as "Jimmy Brown," he started out as Mafia Boss Carlo Gambino's driver and rose to the rank of Captain and Acting-Boss in the Gambino Organized Crime Family during the reigns of Gambino, Paul Castellano and John Gotti. He was a powerful figure in the garbage carting business. He died of natural causes in a federal prison in Texas. His son, James, Jr. was shot and killed in his car in the parking lot of a bowling alley in Staten Island, New York on October 5, 1985...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Heneage)
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Jeni, Richard b. April 14, 1957 d. March 10, 2007
Comedian, Actor. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he was a graduate of the Hunter College, where he majored in political science. He gained his recognition as a comedian on several Showtime comedy specials, and appearances on The Tonight Show. Through these appearances he was discovered by top HBO executives who signed him to appear in his own television show. The show entitled, "Richard Jeni: Platypus Man" premiered in 1992 on the HBO Comedy Hour, and it went onto receive several awards...[Read More]
Cause of death: Suicide
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Le Fevre, Frank Jacob b. November 30, 1874 d. April 29, 1941
US Congressman from New York. He attended school in New Paltz and went into banking. He served in the New York Senate in 1902. In 1904 he was Superintendent New York's building at the World's Fair in St. Louis. In 1904 Le Fevre was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Republican and served one term, 1905 to 1907. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906, and returned to New Paltz to become President of the Huguenot National Bank. He also operated a fruit and dairy...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Metcalfe, Henry Bleecker b. January 20, 1805 d. February 7, 1881
US Congressman. He moved to New York City with his family in 1811, and later to Richmond on Staten Island. He was Richmond County District Attorney from 1826 to 1832, and Richmond County Judge from 1840 to 1841 and 1847 to 1875. In 1874 Metcalfe was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democrat and served one term, 1875 to 1877. During his term in Congress he was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings. He did not run for reelection and retired to his home in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Mutrie, James J. 'Truthful Jim' b. June 13, 1851 d. January 24, 1938
Major League Baseball Manager. An outstanding manager with the New York Metropolitans of the American Association and The New York Giants Of the National League. He ranks second on the all-time won-lost percentage list at .611 percentage, having compiled a lifetime record of 658 wins and 419 losses. He also is credited with giving the New York Giants their nickname. (Bio by: Frank Russo)
Cause of death: Cancer
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 17, Subdivision B, Lot 16
O'Sullivan, John Louis b. November 15, 1813 d. March 24, 1895
Born on a British warship at Gibraltar when his father was U.S. Consul to the Barbary states. Educated at the military school of Lorize, France, and at the Westminster School at London. Graduated from Columbia College in 1831. Practiced law in New York until 1837, when he turned to journalism. Elected as a Jacksonian Democrat to the New York state assembly 1841-42 where he sponsored a bill abolishing capital punishment. Established the New York Morning News with Samuel Tilden in 1844. After his...[Read More] (Bio by: Antonio de la Cova)
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Plot: Section: O Grave: 103
Prall, Anning Smith b. September 17, 1870 d. July 23, 1937
US Congressman. He attended New York University and began his career as a clerk in the office of a New York City newspaper. He later entered banking, and from 1908 to 1918 was in charge of his employer's real estate department. He then began a public service career, serving as Clerk of New York City's First District Municipal Court. From 1918 to 1921 he was President of the New York City Board of Education, and from 1922 to 1923 he was the city's Commissioner of Taxes and Assessment. In 1923 he...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Plot: Section VIII, Subdivision B, Lot 4
Scorsese, Martin [future burial site] b. November 17, 1942
Hollywood film director.
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Smith, Richard Penn b. May 9, 1837 d. November 27, 1887
Civil War Union Army Officer. He was in command of the 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry as it helped defend "The Angle" at the Battle of Gettysburg. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a merchant in that city when the Civil war started in April 1861. He offered his services to help defend the Union and was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in Company F, 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. In February 1862 he was made Adjutant of the regiment, and served in that duty through the 1862...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Plot: Section A, Lot 58
Van Buskirk, Hiram b. January 11, 1831 d. September 21, 1886
Civil War Union Army Officer. Commissioned as 1st Lieutenant of Company E, 2nd New Jersey Militia on May 1, 1861, he was promoted to Captain and commander of the unit on July 7, 1861 when his first cousin, Captain John J. Van Buskirk, was promoted to Major. He was present with his regiment during the First Battle of Bull Run (July 21, 1861), where it was held in reserve, and was mustered out of the militia on July 31, 1861. His experience as a militia officer helped over a year later, when he...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Plot: Section G, Lots 453-454
Vanderbilt II., Cornelius b. November 27, 1843 d. September 12, 1899
Noted Financier and Head of the House of Vanderbilt in the third generation. Eldest son of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885) and Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt (1821-1896) ~ grandson, and namesake, of 'Commodore' Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877). Cornelius II assumed leadership as Chairman of the Board of the New York Central, and related railway systems, in 1885; withdrawing from active management in July, 1896, as the result of a paralytic stroke. Though retired from active control he...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Bruce)
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Vanderbilt, Cornelius b. May 27, 1794 d. January 4, 1877
19th Century American shipping and railroad tycoon. Best known as the patriarch of the socially prominent Vanderbilt family of New York, and as the founder of the New York Central Railroad. Young Vanderbilt quit school at age 11 and started working as a deck hand on the ferries of New York City. By age 16, he was operating his own ferry line, carrying freight and passengers. By 1830, his business had expanded to encompass the entire Hudson River valley. Soon he controlled coastal trade along...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Parsons)
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Vanderbilt, George Washington b. November 14, 1862 d. March 6, 1914
Businessman. Member of the wealthy American Vanderbilt family, youngest of eight children of William Henry and Maria Louisa Vanderbilt and grandson of shipping tycoon Corneilus Vanderbilt. Best known as the creator of the 100,000 acre French Renaissance chateau, Biltmore Estate nestled in the mountains just south of Asheville, North Carolina. George Vanderbilt, quiet and intellectual had been greatly influenced at a young age by his mother's cultural intrest, starting his own collection of art...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Plot: Vanderbilt Mausoleum

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