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Inscriptions from Ryder Cemetery

On farm two miles back of Ossining, N.Y.
Copied Dec. 1, 1907

"The inscriptions embodied in this volume were copied by the late Robert B. Miller, a painstaking genealogist. Shortly after his death, the manuscripts came into my hands in perfect order."

The above words were written by Mrs. Frost when she typed these manuscripts in 1915 and gave copies to the New York Public Library as well as the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, among others.

Surname Name Remarks Death Date Age
Yr Mo Days
Wright Benjamin Wright   September 29, 1858 66 6 2
Wright Mary Ann wife of Benjamin Wright December 11th, 1855 61 3 8
Wright Phebe daughter of Benjamin and Mary Ann Wright February 7th, 1839 12 10 6
Wright Susan Wright   May 8th, 1849 31 9 5
Wright Charlotte daughter of Benjamin and Mary Ann Wright Dec. 4, 1848 20 2 4
Wright Forman son of Benjamin and Mary Ann Wright May 21, 1852 28 11 27
Feeks Elizabeth Feeks   April 16th, 1860 24 6  
Wright Cordelia daughter of Benjamin and Mary Ann Wright Sept. 16th, 1854 22 7 22
Forman James W. Forman Class of 1855 N.Y. Free Academy October 2nd, 1858 16 2  
Tompkins Nathaniel Tompkins   February 23rd, 1790 87    
Ryder Sarah daughter of Caleb and Mary Ann Ryder September 13, 1835      
Gedney Eugene K. Gedney   January 10, 1840 12 9 8
Gedney John Edgar Gedney   May 9th, 1836 5 4  
Gedney Dr. Bartholmew Gedney   April 13th, 1850 58 1 16
Mabee Mercy Mabee   1811 81    
Forman Samuel Forman   July 25th, 1824 36    
Forman Jacob Forman   January 8th, 1833 70    
Forman Jemima wife of Jacob Forman October 2nd, 1842 76    
Forman, Hynard Fanny Forman wife of Michael Hynard Sep. 29, 1852 58    
Forman Barney Forman   May 26th, 1860 64    
Rider Caleb Rider   August 11, 1849 37 7 19
Ryder Bartholomew Ryder   June 9th, 1843 or 1845 79 3 1
Ryder Sarah wife of Bartholomew Ryder January 15th, 1854 79 9 12
Ryder Jacob Ryder   May 20th, 1849 52 2 9

Manuscript typed by Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel Knapp Frost, Brooklyn, NY; 1915) in Cemetery Inscriptions from Westchester County, New York.


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