Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 21,Joined Lots 11853, 7974, and 15850.
[NOTE: Some individuals buried here are not memorialized by any currently visible or legible stone or inscription. A list of lot occupants, with burial dates, appears after the inscriptions.]
These three lots are joined, strongly suggesting some family relationship among the residents. Inscriptions will proceed from left to right:
INSCRIPTIONS
---Stone at far left (lot 11853):
GALBRAITH
1903 Biven 1951
1903 John 1984
1899 Claire 1984
--- Obelisk (lot 7974)
[NOTE: This stone is very badly eroded and pitted. Only its front, which faces away from the bay, is relatively intact.]
Obelisk, front:
James Bird
Born June 20, 1805
Died February 8, 1869
Margaret
Wife of James Bird
Born September 2, 1803
Died August 14, 1862
James H. Bird
Born December 16, 1836
Died July 12, 1899
JAS. BIRD
---Obelisk, left side:
The only legible text is the name Alfred Bird
---Obelisk, right side:
Legible text:
John T. Bird
Emeline F. Bird
Sarah Elizabeth Bird
Born October_______
Died July 17, 1898
Isaac
---Obelisk, rear:
Elizabeth Bird
Aged 68 years
Hannah A. Bird
Wife of Ira Wheeler
Edmund Bird
---Lot 15850 at the far right, is unmarked.
[NOTE: Lot burial list from online cemetery records, with burial dates, which may represent reburials after removal from previous graves. This list may be incomplete. Contact the cemetery for more complete information about this lot and its occupants at http://www.green-wood.com:
LOT 11853, (one stone, left side of photo):
GALBRAITH: Biven R, 7/20/1951; Claire, 12/4/1984; and John B, 4/23/1984.]
LOT 7974 (obelisk and footstones, center of photo):
BIRD: Alfred L, 2/15/1867; Child of Edwin, 2/25/1856; Elizabeth, 11/18/1856; Emeline F, 7/24/1862; Emiline T, 12/27/1876; James, 2/11/1869;James H, 7/15/1899; Jennie E, 2/6/1863; John Thomas, 11/2/1857; Margaret, 8/15/1862; Mary E, 4/14/1864; Millard F, 5/20/1922; Sarah Elizabeth, 7/21/1902; and Sarah H, 6/24/1924.
WHEELER: Caroline B, 7/5/1856; Hannah A Bird, 9/1/1857; James Bird, 5/24/1854; and Margaret Hanna, 12/21/1856.
LOT 15850 (unmarked, right side of photo)
Originally purchased by Isaac Bird May 18 1865, but subsequently conveyed to at least two other owners. Isaac Bird Jr was interred here Sept 17, 1865, but then removed from the cemetery to an unknown location on Oct 6, 1886. Still interred there is Thomas Johnson, buried Nov 19 1885.]

Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 21,Lot 11853.
INSCRIPTION:

GALBRAITH
1903 Biven 1951
1903 John 1984
1899 Claire 1984