Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 77, Joined Lots 1389-1392.
Eight stones lying flat on the ground are arranged around the perimeter of this burial circle, in the center of which stands the impressive monument for Samuel Mitchill.
[NOTE: Individuals buried here but not memorialized by any currently visible or legible stone or inscription are noted after the inscriptions.]
INSCRIPTIONS
---Mitchill monument, front:
Samuel L. Mitchill,
Died 7th September 1831,
Aged 67 years.
That whether there be knowledge it shall vanish away
For we know in part___
I Cor. 13:8,9
---Mitchill monument, rear:
Medicus Physicus Civis Senator
Quantus fuerit dicant alii
Indolem ejus benignam
Vite simplicitatem fidem incorruptam
Pietatem erga suos
Desideriumque nostrum
Fas sit commemorasse
---Eight stones around perimeter of circle, clockwise from front:
1
James W. Pryor
Born February 14th 1807
Died August 8th 1872
Katharine Mitchill
His Wife
Born June 4th 1822
Died October 24th 1876
It is the Lord. Let Him do what seemeth Him good.
2
In Loving Memory of
James Williamson Pryor
Husband of
Edith Tweedy
Born April 30, 1858
Died April 10, 1924
3
John Pine Bennett
June 27, 1925
1389/92
[NOTE: The date on this stone is a birthdate. Mr. Bennett is not here yet]
4
Edith Pine Bennett
September 9th 1891
December 8th 1982
5
Lawrence Bennett
June 1st 1888
May 15th 1970
6
Katharine Mitchill Dow
Wife of Charles Larned Atterbury
Born Feb. 8, 1844.
Died Dec. 21, 1921.
“So be my passing.
My task accomplished and the long day done
My wages taken
And in my heart some late lark singing.”
7
Charles Larned Atterbury
Born Dec. 3, 1842
Died Nov. 10, 1914
8
1869 Grosvenor Atterbury 1956
Architect Inventor
1899 His Wife Astelle 1986

[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:
ATTERBURY: Astelle, 8/13/1986; Charles L, 11/12/1914; Grosvenor, 10/22/1956; and Katharine Mitchill Dow, 12/24/1921.
BENNETT: Lawrence, 6/4/1970; and Edith Pine, 6/4/1983.
MITCHILL: Samuel L, 4/10/1848; and *Catherine, 11/25/1864.
PRYOR: James W, 8/10/1872; James W, 6/18/1926; and Katharine Mitchill, 10/26/1876.]