Prospect Hill Cemetery 1810 Mount Vernon Street entrance gift of Andrew Morton family 1904

GRACE GROSSMAN CEMETERY BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT

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The following images are of the ongoing progress of the
Grace Grossman Cemetery Beautification Project and a historical record of the markers at historic
Prospect Hill Cemetery.

To learn more about the people or families whose markers and monuments are pictured below please visit
the Histories section of our website. http://www.prospecthillcemetery.com/overview 

(This page is under construction)

Lot 123 Captain Reuben R. Bunker (82 KB)	Lot 124 Captain Paul West (85 KB)	Lot 125 Ferdinand White Defriez (80 KB) Acting Ensign, ship Vincennes died Pensacola Fla of yellow fever
Lot 125 Captain Henry I. Defriez (85 KB)	Lot 128 Judge Henry Riddell (148 KB)	Lot 136 Captain Obed Starbuck and Eunice Paddack Starbuck (79 KB)
Lot 136 Captain Roland Folger Coffin The inscription reads: A Memorial From His Co-Workers On The New York World (78 KB) His co-workers from the New York World commissioned his memorial. It is cut from Italian marble made by Henry McKnight Brooklyn and stands 6 ft. 6 in. high.	Lot 142 Captain Simeon Starbuck (37 KB)	Lot 148 Cyrus Peirce (67 KB) His students from the Normal School commissioned the marker over his grave. They erected a Celtic cross and inscribed the motto he choose for the school: "Live to the Truth".
Lot 148 Harriet Coffin Peirce (41 KB)	Lot 175 John E. Macy (877 KB)	Lot 177 Alexander P. Moore (82 KB) Inscribed on marker: A.P.MOORE CO.H. 45TH MASSINF
Lot 255 Sara Wisner Winthrop Smith (43 KB) Founder of many island organizations including the Abiah Franklin Folger Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a descendant of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Wisner.	Lot 320 Captain Francis S. Worth (80 KB)	Lot 321 Nantucket born artist Annie Barker Folger. Annie Barker Folger and Henry Wyer were cousins. (46 KB)
Lot 321 Henry S. Wyer and Rebecca C. Wyer (85 KB) Artist, Author, Photographer Henry S. Wyer and Rebecca C. Hussey Wyer	Lot 329 Rev. Louise S. Baker (71 KB) Pastor First Congregational Church	Lot 334 Mary Harris Nye (39 KB) Marker inscribed: MARY H. NYE widow of Joseph P. Nye Died May 28. 1906 Aged 96 yrs. 8 mos.
Lot 336 Captain William C. Fuller (84 KB)	Lot 340 Captain Charles Grant & Nancy Jay Wyer Grant (76 KB) Inscribed on marker: CAPT CHARLES GRANT "WHALER" JUNE 4 1814 MAR 13 1906 HIS WIFE NANCY JAY WYER MAR 29, 1823 NOV 18, 1904	Lot 340 Captain George Grant & Madeleine A. Briggs Grant (74 KB) Inscribed on marker: GEORGE A GRANT BORN IN SAMOA OCT. 28 1857 May 4, 1942 HIS WIFE MADELEINE A. BRIGGS FEB. 10 1864 AUG. 20 1933
Lot 340 Charles W. Grant, Jr. (81 KB) Inscribed on marker: Born Pitcarin Island South Pacific Ocean Dec. 24 1850 Died at Nantucket Jan 2 1881	Lot 343 Captain George W. Galvan, Lydia Galvan Allen, Roland & Lydia Galvan (67 KB) In 1841, George shipped as third mate on the Acushnet of Fairhaven; Herman Melville was on same voyage. Please visit the histories section of the website to read Melville's description of George.	Lot 354 Arthur M. Rivers (78 KB) The inscription on the marker: Died in Salisbury of wounds received at Gettysburg Dec. 21, 1864 AE 17 He rests from his labors
Lot 356 Captain Jonathan Swain (71 KB)	Lot 356 Rachel Swain, wife of Captain Jonathan Swain (76 KB)	Lot 359 George F. Alley Ferdinand Alley (83 KB) Inscription:Geo F. Alley Died at Presidio San Francisco Cal June 17 1861 AE 31 Ferdinand Alley Died at Brooklyn Hospital July 6 1864 AE 19
Lot 367 Elisha P. F. Gardner (64 KB) CORPL. ELISHA P. GARDNER CO. H. 39 MASS INF.	Lot 380 Lieut. Leander F. Alley (84 KB) Lieut. Alley was the first man from Nantucket killed during the Civil War. Inscribed on his marker: Lieut. Leander F. Alley Fell on the Battlefield at Fredericksburg VA Dec 13 1862	Lot 391 Captain Israel Morey (71 KB)

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