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Berlitz, Maximilian (David Berlitzheimer) b. April 14, 1852 d. April 6, 1921
Educator. He was the founder of the Berlitz Language Schools. Born David Berlitzheimer in the village of Mühringen at the edge of the Black Forest in southwest Germany. his father was a village cantor and Jewish religious teacher. In 1872, he came to Rhode Island where he worked for a while as a private language teacher in Westerly before accepting a permanent position as a teacher of French and German at the Warner Polytechnical College in Providence. Although the institute wasn't doing very...[Read More] (Bio by: Eamonn)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Betts, Samuel Rossiter b. June 8, 1787 d. November 2, 1868
US Congressman. Admitted to the New York State Bar in 1807, during the War of 1812 he served in the United States Army as a Judge Advocate General for the volunteer service. He was elected as a Republican to represent New York's 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1815 to 1817. In 1826 he was appointed by President John Quincy Adams to be the United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York, a position he held until he...[Read More]
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Birdsall, Ausburn b. November 13, 1814 d. July 10, 1903
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent New York's 22nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1847 to 1849.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Blanks, Birleanna b. 1889 d. August 12, 1968
Singer. She was one of the first African Americans to star in musical comedy theater. In the 1920s, she toured vaudeville in a singing and dancing act with her sister. In 1919, she was in "Over the Top" at Harlem's Lafayette Theater, the beginning of her musical comedy career. She also sang with The Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Plot: Cosmos
Bliss, Cornelius Newton b. January 26, 1833 d. October 9, 1911
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He served as United States Secretary of the Interior during the administration of President William McKinley from 1897 to 1899.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 121, Wintergreen Plot
Bly (Cochrane), Nellie (Elizabeth) b. May 5, 1864 d. January 27, 1922
Reporter. Extraordinary pioneer of investigative journalism. Her vagabond career with the Pittsburgh Dispatch was the first of many papers and magazines which gave her employment in her lifetime. Elizabeth took a pen name from Stephen Foster's song "Nellie Bly". She exposed abuses in politics, employment and dereliction of duty in hospitals and prisons. She feigned insanity to get herself committed to an asylum to be able to get the "inside story." By pre-arrangement, friends won her...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul S.)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Boldt, George b. 1851 d. 1916
As president of Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Co., he is the person most responsible for the modern American luxury hotel. He made the name synonymous with elegance. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Plot: Aster Section 209
Bonynge, Robert William b. August 8, 1863 d. September 22, 1939
US Congressman. Elected to represent Colorado's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1904 to 1909. Also served as a Member of the Colorado State House of Representatives in 1893. (Bio by: K)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Borden Jr., Gail b. November 9, 1801 d. January 11, 1874
Businessman, Philanthropist, Inventor. He envisioned food concentrates as a means of safeguarding the human food supply, and was the first to develop a commercial method of condensing milk. The dairy company founded by him (renamed Borden, Inc., in 1968) expanded and diversified to become a sizable corporation operating in many areas of business. In 1836 he helped lay out the site of Houston, Texas. He died in Borden, Texas in 1874, and his body was shipped by private car to New York to be...[Read More]
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Bostwick, Jabez b. September 23, 1830 d. August 16, 1892
Businessman. He was one of the founders and original partner of Standard Oil Company. He died while trying to rescue horses from a stable fire on his estate. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Plot: Sunnyside Section 44
Botta, Anne Charlotte b. November 11, 1815 d. March 23, 1891
Literary Figure. A respected author and critic, she is better remembered for the New York salon she ran for many years. The child of a father who had been kicked-out of Ireland as a political rebel and a mother with direct ties to the American Revolution, she was raised initially in Bennington then moved with her mother to Hartford, Connecticut, following her father's 1819 death in a shipwreck. Anne attended the Albany Female Academy where she remained as a teacher following her 1834 graduation...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Brady, William Vermilye b. July 24, 1811 d. March 31, 1870
New York City Mayor. He was a silversmith and jeweler when he became active in politics. A fiscally conservative Whig opposed to the Tammany Hall Democratic organization, from 1842 to 1847 Brady served as Assistant Alderman and then Alderman. In 1847 he was a successful candidate for Mayor, capitalizing on a rift in Tammany and the third party candidacy of an anti-immigration nominee to score a narrow victory, and serving until 1849. A supporter of Zachary Taylor's winning campaign for...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Brenon, Herbert b. January 13, 1880 d. June 21, 1958
Noted Motion Picture Producer. Produced such films as "Ivanhoe" and "Beau Geste." Awarded the Photoplay Gold Medal. Selected by British Government to produce the National Propaganda Films. (Bio by: Laurie)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Plot: Columbine Section: 69 Lot: 13
Bristow, Benjamin Helm b. June 20, 1832 d. June 22, 1896
Civil War Union Army Officer, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. The son of Congressman Francis M. Bristow of Kentucky, he was admitted to the Kentucky State Bar Association in 1853 and practiced law with his father. After the Civil War started he joined the Union Army, and was commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of the 25th Kentucky (Union) Volunteer Infantry on September 21, 1861. He was severely wounded at the April 1862 Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee, and was forced to resign his commission...[Read More] (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Bruckner, Henry b. June 17, 1871 d. April 14, 1942
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent New York's 22nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1913 to 1917. Bruckner Expressway in The Bronx, New York City, New York is named for him.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Buckley, Charles Waldron b. February 18, 1835 d. December 4, 1906
US Congressman. He graduated from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, New York in 1863, and enlisted in the Union Army the next year, being commissioned as Chaplain of the 47th United States Colored Infantry on February 9, 1864. He served through the end of the war, and in post-War occupation duty until his honorable discharge on January 5, 1866. Residing in Alabama, he served as the Superintendent of Education for the Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen from 1866 to 1867. When Alabama was...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Bulova, Arde b. October 24, 1889 d. March 18, 1958
Watchmaker.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Bulova, Joseph b. 1851 d. November 18, 1936
Watchmaker.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Bunche, Ralph Johnson b. August 7, 1904 d. December 9, 1971
US Diplomat, Social Reformer. Highly respected African-American scholar, educator, civil rights advocate, United Nations diplomat and world statesman who achieved national and international prominence in 1949 after negotiating armistice agreements between Israel and 4 Arab states, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. A political scientist, he advocated the peaceful resolution of conflict and championed the cause of justice and equality for all people regardless of race or...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 83, Myosotis Plot
Burke, Denis Francis b. April 19, 1841 d. October 19, 1893
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War in the 88th New York Volunteer Infantry, which was part of the famed "Irish Brigade". Beginning as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company C in September 1861, he rose to Lieutentant Colonel and commander of the regiment, receiving three serious wounds during his service.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 87, Locust Plot, Lot 8781

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