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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.