The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-23
YALE'S OLD BURIAL PLOTS.
QUAINT MEMORIALS OF DEPARTED
PROFESSORS N STUDENTS.


of tho Old New Haven Tombstones.
NEW HAVEN. April 22.-In the old Grove
street cemetery in New Haven are two small
plots that have been In the possession OF Yale
College. one for more than q century and the
other since the early twentles. There have
been buried In these plots more than 300 Yale
men. some o: them undergraduates some in
structors. professors and some even graduates.
who camo back 10 their alma mater for their
last home. Up to 1890 most OF those who
died while at college we're buried In those two
plots. but since that time there have been
fewer and fewer burials. and In the last twenty
years there have been next to none. Prof.
James Hadley. tho Greek scholar. was buried
here in 1872. Profs. Larned and Gibbs aome
years later. Prof. LOOMS In the last decade
and Prof. o. c. Marsh a few weeks'ago. The
grave OF the last Is next to the outer railing
and will be marked with a simple tombstone
with the inscription: "Othniel Charles Marsh.
Professor OF Paleontology at Yale University.
Born 1881. Died 1900"
The custom OF burying Yale's dead at the
expense OF the college dates back to the very
beginning Of the institution. Like all New
England towns. New Haven buried its dead in
the churchvard. In the rear OF the meeting
house. for a good part OF Its early history. in
New Haven this was on the Green. and up to
t'iS IihOi III VobiOs
paupers. students and city fathers wore buried
here alike. with little discrimination. except
that the college corner was back OF the church
and within a atone's throw Of the CAMPUS
This.cemetery filed In the whole OF the UPPER
Green. between Temple street. which was not
opened until 1884. and College street. The
last interment was that Of Mrs. Martha Whit
tlesey In 1872. While burials were made In
the old churchyard from the very settlement
Of the colony OF New Haven. the oldest grave
stone extant is dated 1883. and is that OF Ed
ward WiRglesworth. who came with tho first
settlers to Now Haven in 1887. and whose re-
mains are to-day In the precise place whore
they were first buried. His Tombstone Ia
marked simply "E. w." and the similarity OF
initials with those Of the reRicide Edward
Whalley led antiauaries 20 confuse the two.
This stone stands In It's original place directly
In the rear OF Centre Church and Is Enclosed In
a railing. Another stone. half buried in the
grass and standing close to II. Is marked
m. c. and the fancy OF President stiles OF
Yale invested It for years with the romance OF
the reRicide COTE. Later Investigation has
proved IL to be the gravestone OF Matthew
Gilbert. one Of the seven planters OF the colony.
who died about 1880. several years before the
fugitive Judges came to this country. Ono OF
the regicides Is undoubtedly, buried OF. the
Green. John Dixwell. who settled here in 1855
under the assumed name Of James Dayids.
iEsar Deceased Mar lie isth In ys g year Of
his Age 1888"
In the early days OF Yale means Of transpor-
tation. were poor. aud students generally
STAYED here for the four years Of the course.
unless they were wealthy and could afford to
New Haven. The difficulty Of TRANSFORMATION
accounts in b large measure for the need ofa
railroads most Of the students Who died
curing their college course were buried here.
Up 70 1907 interments were made on the
Green in the college corner. but In that year
the Grove Street Cemetery was Incorporated.
Q LOT given to the college. and subsequent bur;
was made over to Yale in the cemetery. when
the grounds were extended. The older plot is
flom M the ves Street S' !" whi fs't the se anad ia blot 3 ? t nnrl
chased bv the college in 1920. Ia to the left of
the e%atlance and some distance toward the
When the present Centre Church was erect
ed on the, site OF the previous meeting house
ot the. graves in the old ehurcnyard we're dis
tu Id "a The remains Of those buried within
ePd the ssf ps sS% ssa9es: T among R!1 sSsse \ 10 ihe m s5SRt
ments is that Of Margaret Arnold. wife Of
PEI. io ,t ArnsGl s, ESQ, yho no. died J@n NJ 10Th:
also the remains Of The Hon'bJie Jared niger
atty in tn. Middle District Of America. and
Twice re h IGNORE WIN the Agency Of GGonne &c iGut
mighty in the Scriptures; who being ieryount
Up TO 1921 the remainder Of the graves on the
Green were still nndistnrhed: In that year
the Grove Street Cemetery.
1t was apparently a custom Of the early part
OF the century for underEIaduate classes to
were buried here, Thus there is a monument
ersrte dis to isSI nGs5 Lsayitt; a j Jup,or R g. Yale
has the Same Inscription on his tombstone,
With the addeGdum that he was the son Of the
he was i. One Of the most m TIN inte = tins H mon.
iSS # +; \; T%'Sf bhitS,' SAssTa s e; 4 S S%fsS;
among the students on the campus which he
was SO. roughly handled that he died soon az
t WTyiam H 2ns inTs s, On reads Hsss Here Tsi. lies Is
not 50 unusual as The monument to a student
Of the college buried in Guilfyrd. Of which 1t is
S ss,d f f',sE b: be G lRsiFiD' il the 5sa after I jaI re- ly .,tI
century ago. One OF the oldest OF these is in
Here lyeth Inferred We Body OF Isaiah Whit
man Of Bridgewa nhd r. ye Provence Of ye Mas da,;
Lang a Z: H. S.o1 Tutor. 1 EaInf is man bnri Rsm Close i bS'
a A@9 9Ps. t af .t I'se wo tSR9siIin Isn In t ,hs peT Xs. let
who died in lii. aetatis 10" and one erected
to the memory Of that amiabie and pIous
dent dent" at Y.a 1o coGIi.. S %Ho died IN IN T 177s. aet ssd,
10" On the tombstone OF Phinneas White OF
South Hadley. who disd in 1769. is carved tho
following:
Here with the dead this hallowed ground contains
or Youth and Learning dwell the sad Remains
Oh Geniun bright just opening into bloom,
Its early blossoms wither on the tomb.
Oh! had kind Heaven allowed a longer date.
10 sh Drt his warning. and so swift his fate!
Ye Young. we Gay, attend this speaking stone,
Think on his fate and tremble at your own!
or the later burials in the college Mot several
are of interest. In 1892 Kachichi Senta. a
Japanese student at tho college. was buried
here. and the faculty departed from the usual
custom and put a row OF sculptured figures
around the edge Of the tombstone. Another OF
the few burlals made by the college in the last
died Jan. 20. 1872. at the age OF 6S. She is the
only woman buried in the college lot, The in
scriptlon on her tombstone reads as follows:
MARY A.
OF African descent.
she gave
1hh eArnlnCa of her lfa