Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn - 22 October 2000
The plot is about 8 by 6 yards and is enclosed by stone pillars and chains or bars/pipes. (Note the other headstones in this picture are outside the plot.)
Apart from being slightly overgrown, especially around the small plaques on the ground, and some breaks in the bars, the monument itself was in excellent repair and is in a lovely location virtually at the top of Cypress Hills Cemetery with a lovely view. We left some flowers.
The two front pillars at the entrance to the plot are marked:
| Left-side ========= James Lindsay SEC |
Right-side ========== Lot 459 14 |
Inside the enclosure on the right hand side on the ground are two plaques inscribed:
Further up are 4 plaques inscribed:
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The main monument has plaques on 4 sides, only 3 have inscriptions:
Front
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Mary Campbell
Wife of
James Lindsay
Died Oct 11th, 1874
Aged 48 years
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James Lindsay
Died Sep 2nd, 1879
Aged 53 years, 2 months & 7 days
Left
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Robert Lindsay
son of
James and Mary Lindsay
Died May 14th, 1890
Aged 39 years 6 Mo's and 14 days
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Ella Lindsay
Wife of Wm G Hoyt
Died Oct 19th, 1911
Right
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Letitia wife of S G Dobbs
Died June 9, 1914
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Samuel G Dobbs
Died October 15, 1915
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100 Wilson Street, Brooklyn
We then went to try and track down the family home.
Unfortunately this is now a building site in the middle of an extremely
Orthodox Jewish area. The last numbers standing are 92-94 but seem to be
relatively new - 1930's? Here's a
flavour of the area:
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