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FOREVERMORE ON CEDAR HILL
THE FACE - BOOK PROJECT II MORE FACES TO HEADSTONES
By: George Moraitis
ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE SEARCHED FOR MORE PHOTO FACES. AND I PUT
TOGETHER ANOTHER ISSUE OF”FOREVERMORE ON CEDAR HILL – FACE
BOOK; ‘THE FACE BOOK II’ MATCHING FACES TO THEIR HEADSTONE.
MOST OF THESE PHOTOS I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION, BOOKS, PAMPHLETS,
FOUND AT THE LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, EXHIBITS, AND
NEWSPAPERS. BUT MOSTLY, I FIND THEM BY ACCIDENT. SO, I HOPE THAT
YOU WILL ENJOY THIS ISSUE AND ALL THE PAST ISSUES OF
“FOREVERMORE ON CEDAR HILL”.
‘A FOREVERMORE PROJECT’
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(1)
Sheriff Jacob Dreyer; (1883-1941); Sheriff of Suffolk County, Merchant,
Port Jefferson
(2)
Adam Martin Boxheimer; (1859-1946) One of the earliest of Cedar Hill
caretakers; ca. 1900; Port Jefferson
(3)
Capt. Robert Woodhull Wheeler (1825-1894) Lumber/Flour Mill (site of
present Village Hall) Port Jefferson
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(3)
Doctor James E. Gidersleeve; (1826-1904) One of the earliest of Port
Jefferson‟s Doctors
(4)
James Madison Bayles; (1815-1889) Head of Bayles Family Shipbuilders,
Port Jefferson
(4)
John Richard „Boss‟ Mather; (1814-1899) Head of Mather Family
Shipbuilder, Port Jefferson
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(4)
Nehemiah Hand; (1814-1894) Head of a major Shipbuilder of Setauket.
(5)
Charles A. Squires (1855-1935) „Father of Port Jefferson Station‟, Real
Estate, Post Master, Founder of the Port Jefferson Echo newspaper
(6)
Abram Bentley (1844-1934) Carriage Maker ca. 1886, Port Jefferson
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(7)
Walter H. Nevins (1871-1942) Stony Brook, Justice of the Peace
(8)
Henry Scherer (1895-1960), Port Jefferson Times Newspaper, Editor, ca.
1923
(9)
Capt. Henry M. Randall (1844-1924), 1st. Pres. of Port Jefferson Bank, Pt.
Jefferson Electric & Water Companies & Hook & Ladder Fire Department
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(10)
Robert L. Davis (1895-1963) Famous Horse Trainer, Gentlemen‟s Track
(11)
C. Lloyd Bayles (1811-1904) Bayles Family Shipbuilders, Port Jefferson
(12)
Gilbert E. Loper (1860-1921) Loper Bros. Lumber Stores, Port Jefferson
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(13)
John H. Davis (1861-1905) Stationery Store owner, Port Jefferson
(14)
Ralph B. Dayton (1867- 1946) Bank of Port Jefferson, Pres., Port Jefferson
(15)
Charles E. Dayton (1846-1939) Carriage Painter, Port Jefferson
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(16)
Cornelius E. Silbon (1881-1966) Mariner, Port Jefferson
(17)
James P. Walker (1873-1955) Blacksmith & Deli Owner, Port Jefferson
(18)
Robert Macauley (1884-1948) Carpenter, Port Jefferson
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SPECIAL PRESENTATION: SEA VIEW CEMETERY, MT. SINAI:
(19)
William M. Davis (1829-1920)) Framed Artist of Port Jefferson
(20)
Capt. Charles E. Tooker, (1843-1920) „Park City‟ BP/P.J. Steamboat Co.
Writer‟s Postscript:
I SEARCH HIGH AND LOW, DEEPER AND DEEPER TO FIND OF WHAT CAN BE
INTERESTING FOR THIS ‘FOREVERMORE „PROJECT. I HAVE FOUND SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION OF RELATIVE CONNECTIONS OF A
GRAVESITE HERE AT CEDAR HILL WITH OTHER SITES AT LOCAL
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CEMETERIES. THERE ARE MANY. ONE CHILD WOULD BE BURIED HERE IN
THE LATE 1800s AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY, AT A LATER TIME,
INCLUDING THE GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS AND SIBLINGS ARE
ELSEWHERE. FAMILIES WOULD MOVE AWAY LEAVING THIS LITTLE ONE
BEHIND UNVISITED AND ALONE. I AM PRESENTING TRYING TO CONNECT
FAMILY MEMBERS OF TODAY TO NOTIFY THEM OF THESE SITES SO THEY
CAN KNOW OF PAST FAMILY MEMBERS ARE AT CEDAR HILL. EVEN IF THIS
IS THE LAST ISSUE OF „FOREVERMORE ON CEDAR HILL’, BE ASSURED
THAT I AM ALWAYS ON THE JOB AS THE HISTORIAN OF CEDAR HILL AND I
AM ALWAYS RESEARCHING AND AVAILABLE. I AM TRILLED BY FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO SEE THEIR FAMILY NAME IN THESE ISSUES AND HAVE
CONTACTED ME FOR MORE INFORMATION. THEY LEARN FROM ME AND I
FROM THEM. BUT, ALWAYS CHECK IN TO SEE IF I SURPRISE YOU WITH
ANOTHER ISSUE. THERE IS STILL SO MUCH TO DO.
Apologies for some of the face photos are of poor quality. They were copied from
newsprint which was not perfected even as sketches were also used.
RESOURCES:
1 – THE MID-ISLAND MAIL May 28, 1941 p. 1
2 – Photo courtesy of Richard Price, 2009 (Great Grandson of Adam
Boxheimer)
3 – HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER PORT JEFFERSON
Collection, Port Jefferson, New York, 11776
4 – HISTORY OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK, with Illustrations,
Portraits, & Sketches. W.W. Munsell & Co., New York. Pp.61, 83,84.
5 – PORT JEFFERSON ECHO Newspapers, October 18, 1919, p.8
6 – ARTHUR S. GREENE PHOTO EXHIBIT; Kenneth Brady Collection;
Port Jefferson, N.Y. ca. 2011
7 – PATCHOGUE ADVANCE Newspapers, June 4, 1942, p. 7
8 – PORT JEFFERSON ECHO Newspapers, February 10, 1923, p. 4
9 – PORT JEFFERSON ECHO Newspaper, December 18, 1924, p. 1
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10 – PORT JEFFERSON ECHO Newspaper, January 12, 1895, p. 2
11 – PORT JEFFERSON ECHO Newspaper, November 30, 1901 p. 3
12 – THE CRYSTAL: 1941, Port Jefferson High School Yearbook, p. 8
13 – PORT JEFFERSON ECHO Newspaper, January 4, 1905 p. 1
14 – HISTORY OF SUFFOLK LODGE NO. 60, FREE and ACCEPTED
MASONS 1796-1946, Catskill Mountains Publishing Corp. Saugerties, N.Y.
p.83
15 – Ibid, p. 72
16 – Ibid, p. 91
17 – Ibid, p. 131
18 – Ibid, p. 97
19 – Ferguson, Arthlyn, “WILLIAM M. DAVIS” Port Jefferson Record
Newspapers, October 14, 1971, p.1
20 – PORT JEFFERSON ECHO Newspaper, March 19, 1898, p. 3
GEORGE MORAITIS, NOVEMBER, 2010
All gravesite and headstone photos by: George Moraitis
All head shots from credited collections
“FOREVERMORE ON CEDAR HILL….THE GREEKS AT CEDAR
HILL” WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON.
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