Baseball Players Burial Orders, 1873-1932 | The Green-Wood Cemetery

By Maria Marshall, Daniel Maye, Elizabeth Trammell, and Kelly Kubiak, Pratt School of Information Interns; Sara Fetherolf, Brooklyn College Intern

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Collection Overview

Title: Baseball Players Burial Orders, 1873-1932

Extent: 3.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Alphabetical by surname of player.

Subjects: African American baseball players, Babcock, William V., Baseball--United States--History--19th century, Baseball--United States--History--20th century, Baseball players, Baseball players' spouses, Bloomfield, John J., Boerum, Folkent, Cammeyer, William H., Cemeteries--New York (State)--New York--History, Chadwick, Henry, Chapman, John, Chauncey, George, Crane, Frederick W.H., Creighton, James, Curry, Duncan F., Dakin, Thomas, DeBost, Charles Schuyler, DeWitt, Ebbets, Charles, Godwin, Daniel, Godwin, Richard, Godwin, Samuel, Green-Wood Cemetery--New York, N.Y., Hinsdale, Richard H., Hopper, John, Horsman, Edward I., Jackson, Theodore F., Jones, Joseph B., Keeler, D.B. Jr., Kendall, William B., Kissam, Benjamin P., Ladd, William F., Lasak, Edgar Francis, Lichtenstein, Seaman, Marsters, James, Maxwell, Henry, Milliken, David, Morgan, F., Niebuhr, Fraley, Oliver, John, Oliver, Joseph H., Patchen, Joe, Patchen, Samuel, Pitbladdo, Thomas, Polhemus, Henry D., Quevedo, Frank, Roosevelt, Elliot, Slote, Henry L., Strong, Nat, Taylor, William Lamont, Thomas, Henry A., Voorhies, Thomas G., Wenman, J.F., Wheaton, William, Wildey, John, Woodhull, W., Woodward, John Blackburne, Wyckoff, Van Brunt

Abstract

This series contains burial orders for baseball players interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This series contains burial orders for baseball players interred at Green-Wood Cemetery. Most of the records have information about the operations of the cemetery in relation to these players’ family plots and monument, though there are also documents containing biographical information about the players. Some documents may contain signatures of baseball players. The documents are aged and in varying condition, and have been stored under mylar sheets. Included in these files are photocopies of information about baseball players and their families, taken from books that used this collection as a reference source.

Subject/Index Terms

African American baseball players
Babcock, William V.
Baseball--United States--History--19th century
Baseball--United States--History--20th century
Baseball players
Baseball players' spouses
Bloomfield, John J.
Boerum, Folkent
Cammeyer, William H.
Cemeteries--New York (State)--New York--History
Chadwick, Henry
Chapman, John
Chauncey, George
Crane, Frederick W.H.
Creighton, James
Curry, Duncan F.
Dakin, Thomas
DeBost, Charles Schuyler
DeWitt
Ebbets, Charles
Godwin, Daniel
Godwin, Richard
Godwin, Samuel
Green-Wood Cemetery--New York, N.Y.
Hinsdale, Richard H.
Hopper, John
Horsman, Edward I.
Jackson, Theodore F.
Jones, Joseph B.
Keeler, D.B. Jr.
Kendall, William B.
Kissam, Benjamin P.
Ladd, William F.
Lasak, Edgar Francis
Lichtenstein, Seaman
Marsters, James
Maxwell, Henry
Milliken, David
Morgan, F.
Niebuhr, Fraley
Oliver, John
Oliver, Joseph H.
Patchen, Joe
Patchen, Samuel
Pitbladdo, Thomas
Polhemus, Henry D.
Quevedo, Frank
Roosevelt, Elliot
Slote, Henry L.
Strong, Nat
Taylor, William Lamont
Thomas, Henry A.
Voorhies, Thomas G.
Wenman, J.F.
Wheaton, William
Wildey, John
Woodhull, W.
Woodward, John Blackburne
Wyckoff, Van Brunt

Administrative Information

Repository: The Green-Wood Cemetery

Processing Information: Accession #: 003-2014

Box and Folder Listing

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[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
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Box 3

Folder 1: Taylor, William Lamont (Lot 12623)

Request signed by William Taylor for burial of his daughter (5/22/1896)

Folder 2: Taylor, William Lamont (Lot 12623)

Request signed by William Taylor for burial of S. Mundy (10/1/1894)

Letter signed by William Taylor granting permission to erect posts in his lot (8/1/1896)

Photocopy from page 39 of Baseball Pioneers, 1850-1870:The Clubs and Players Who Spread the Sport Nationwide edited by Peter Morris, William J. Ryczek, Jan Finkel, Leonard Levin and Richard Malatzky

Folder 3: Thomas, Henry A. (Lot 8674)

Letter signed by Henry Thomas requesting the burial of Mr. A. A. Johnson, husband of the daughter of Mr. Crane (1/17/1892)

Folder 4: Thomas, Henry A. (Lot 8674)

Letter signed by Henry Thomas regarding the burial of his brother in law (11/27/1893)

Folder 5: Voorhies, Thomas G. (Lot 12705)

Signed note by Thomas G. Voorhies to open one grave on the left entry (4/1877)

Letter signed by Thos. G. Voorhies regarding the re-burial of Elizabeth Voorhies (1/7/1904)

Photocopy from page 49 of Baseball Legends of Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery by Peter J. Nash

Folder 6: Wenman, J.F. (Lot 15521/2)

Request signed by J. F. Wenman for burial of Uzziah Wenman (1896)

Folder 7: Wenman, J.F. (Lot 15521/2)

Request signed by J. F. Wenman for burial of Samuel Wenman (8/8/1887)

Folder 8: Wenman, J.F. (Lot 15521/2)

Request signed by James F. Wenman for burial of Delia Wenman, widow of Samuel Wenman (4/4/1891)

Photocopy from page 32 of Baseball Legends of Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery by Peter J. Nash

Folder 9: Wenman, J.F. (Lot 15521/2)

Request signed by James F. Wenman for burial of James F. Wenman (June 1912)

Folder 10: Wheaton, William (Lot 7427)

Request signed by William Wheaton for burial of Rachel Sales Wheaton, wife of William Wheaton (1/11/1891)

Letter signed by William Wheaton giving permission for owner of 8749 to use the posts of his lot (5/25/1883)

Photocopy from page 29 of Baseball Legends of Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery by Peter J. Nash

Folder 11: Wildey, John (Lot 3568)

Envelope with interior note to indicate place of interment (6/16/1899)

Folder 12: Wildey, John (Lot 3568)

Letter requesting the removal of the body of John Wildey from where it lies to reposition it to the opposite side of the lot (n.d.)

Photocopy from Baseball Legends of Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery by Peter J. Nash

Folder 13: Woodhull, W. (Lot 1823)

Request signed by William Woodhull for burial of Elizabeth Woodhull (2/19/1903)

Folder 14: Woodhull, W. (Lot 1823)

Request signed by heirs of William Woodhull for burial of Gilbert Woodhull (5/22/1879)

Request signed by heirs of William Woodhull to allow alteration of headstone (4/10/1902)

Folder 15: Woodward, John B. (Lot 10915)

Signed note from undertaker requesting site to be opened (5/24/1890)

Photocopy of page 68 from Baseball Legends of Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery by Peter J. Nash

Folder 16: Wyckoff, Van Brunt (Lot 181 and 796)

Request signed by Van Brunt Wyckoff for burial of Peter Wyckoff (2/7/1885)

Photocopy from page 110 of Baseball Pioneers, 1850-1870: The Clubs and Players Who Spread the Sport Nationwide edited by Peter Morris, William J. Ryczek, Jan Finkel, Leonard Levin and Richard Malatzky

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