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Elias Tillotson

Birth: 29 Aug 1800
Genoa, Cayuga County, New York, USA
Death: Oct 1879 (aged 79)
New York, USA
Burial: Green-Wood Cemetery

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot: Lot 1853, Section 118
Memorial ID: 57430984 View Source

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John Tillotson

1756–1826
Elizabeth Brockway Tillotson

1760–1843

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Sarah Tooker Love

1806–1880 (m. 1828)
Sarah Tillotson

unknown–1884

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Ira Tillotson

1783–1858
Sophronia Tillotson Clark

1785–1848
Sylvester Tillotson

1788–1822
John Tillotson

1790–1832
Samuel Tillotson

1795–1850
Alinda Tillotson Clark

1798–1871
Zenas Tillotson

1802–1876
Calista Tillotson Bryan

1805–1882

Children

Sarah Frances Tillotson

1829–1837
DeWitt Clinton Tillotson

1834–1837
Josephine T Greene

1837–1927

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Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 118, Lots 1852 (left) and 1853 (right).
[NOTE: Some burials here are not memorialized by any currently visible or legible stone or inscription. A list of lot residents, with burial dates, appears at the end of this caption.]
LOT LAYOUT and INSCRIPTIONS
These conjoined lots, on the crest of Ocean Hill, feature 9 stones bearing a variety of surnames, but, though they are buried here, no legible Tillotson or Burlew stones stand here. In the photograph, there are 5 small stones on the left, 3 white stones (all eroded and illegible), with 2 darker stones behind them. The 2 darker stones are inscribed, left to right:
1) Cornelius Bishop / Died July 5, 1847 / Aged 5 years 7 months
2) Mary Bishop / Died Oct. 30, 1847 / Aged 3 y'rs 10 mos 10 d's
The pink stone in front is inscribed:
Richard C. Greene
Sept. 25. 1833,
Died July 19. 1893.
Josephine T. Greene
Sept. 12. 1837,
July 14, 1927
Immediately to the right of and behind the Greene stone is the Borden stone, inscribed:
Charles E. Borden
Feb. 8, 1858 – Jan. 17, 1927
Josephine his wife
Sept. 21, 1867
April 3, 1945
To the right of the Borden stone is a small white stone, unfortunately eroded beyond legibility.
At the far right is a stone inscribed:
Eunice Read
Widow of Cornelius
Born Sep. 3, 1795
Died May 20, 1866
Corn' Read
Died April 30th 1843
Aged 50 years 6 mo. & 15 days

[NOTE: Lot burial list from online cemetery records, with burial dates, which may represent reburials after removal from previous graves. Asterisks indicate those buried without visible stone and/or legible inscription. This list may be incomplete. Contact the cemetery for more complete information about lots and occupants at http://www.green-wood.com: ]
BORDEN: Charles E, 4/2/1927; and Josephine G, 4/16/1945.
BISHOP: Cornelius R, 7/4/1847; and Mary, 11/1/1847.
BURLEW: *Herbert M, 11/18/1936.
GREENE: *Charles R, 12/25/1873; *Charles R, 3/18/1878; Josephine T, 7/21/1927; *Nellie, 4/29/1872; and Richard C, 7/22/1893.
READ: Cornelius, 5/2/1849; and Eunice, 5/22/1866.
TILLOTSON: *Elias, 10/5/1879; and *Dorcas, 1/27/1864.]

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