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Dr James Rushmore Wood

Birth: 14 Sep 1813
Death: 4 May 1882 (aged 68)
Burial: Green-Wood Cemetery

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot: Lot 12175, Section 150
Memorial ID: 58817184 View Source

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Anna Rushmore Wood

1782–1837

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Emma R Wood

1832–1899

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Anna Wood Bell

1854–1896
Edith Wood

1858–1860
James Rushmore Wood Jr

1860–1899
Ida Wood Van Schaick

1871–1902

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Dr James Rushmore Wood

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Originally Created by: T.V.F.T.H.
Added: Sep 17, 2010
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Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 150, Lot 12175.
Low-hanging tree branches obscure the tall central obelisk that adorns the lot of James Rushmore Wood, MD and family. Eight footstones are arranged in front of the obelisk, roughly in 3 rows. One footstone is behind and to the left of the obelisk. Nearly everyone buried here is memorialized on a side of the obelisk as well as on a small, individual marker.
INSCRIPTIONS
---Obelisk front:
James Rushmore Wood, M.D.
Born Sept. 14, 1813,
Died May 4th 1882.
Emma Wood his wife
Born July 26th 1832,
Died November 29th 1899.
JAMES R. WOOD M.D.
---Obelisk left side:
Edith Wood
Daughter of James R. and Emma R. Wood
Died 5th Mo. 2nd 1860.
Aged 16 mo’s and 7 days.
Anna Wood Bell
Born Aug. 21st 1854,
Died May 10th 1896.
---Obelisk right side:
Anna Wood
Wife of Elkanah Wood,
Died 4th Mo. 22nd 1837,
Aged 54 years and 10mo’s
James Rushmore Wood,
Son of James R. and Emma R. Wood,
Born August 25th 1860,
Died May 4th 1899.
---Stone at front of lot:
Louise Mott Bell
Wife of Arthur R. Manice
Born Feb. 9, 1875
Died Sept. 6, 1919
---First row of 3 stones, left to right:
1
Anna Wood Bell
Born Aug. 21, 1854,
Died May 10, 1896
2
Ida Wood
Wife of Singleton Van Schaick
Died Feb. 2, 1902
3
James Rushmore Wood
Born Aug. 25, 1860,
Died May 4, 1899.
---Second row of 4 stones, left to right:
1
Edith Wood,
Daughter of James R. and Emma R. Wood
2
James Rushmore Wood, M.D.
Born September 14th 1813,
Died May 4th 1882.
3
Emma R. Wood
Wife of James Rushmore Wood, M.D.
Born July 26th 1832,
Died November 29th 1899.
4
Anna Wood
Wife of Elkanah Wood
---Stone at left rear of lot:
Infant Daughter of
Louis V. Bell & Anna Wood Bell
May 7, 1876
[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:
BELL: Anna W, 5/12/1896; and Child of Anna, 5/7/1876.
MANICE: Louise, 11/12/1919.
WOOD: Anna and Edith, both on 11/8/1861; Emma R, 12/2/1899; and James R, 5/7/1899; James R, 5/7/1882.
VAN SCHAICK: Ida Wood, 2/4/1902.]

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Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 150, Lot 12175.
INSCRIPTION
---Obelisk front:

James Rushmore Wood, M.D.
Born Sept. 14, 1813,
Died May 4th 1882.
Emma Wood his wife
Born July 26th 1832,
Died November 29th 1899.
JAMES R. WOOD M.D.

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Green-Wood Cemetery
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