Dear Angela, Carolee Inskeep's "Graveyard Shift" lists about a dozen Methodist Episcopal churches and cemeteries on Manhatan, so it would be worth your getting the book. Many didn't have their own burial grounds and jointly used a cemetery - now long gone - that was in the block between 1st, 2nd, !st Av , and 2nd Av. After the final earthen burial ban in 1851, 15,000 M.E. burials were removed to Cypress Hills on Jamaica Ave., Brooklyn. They came from both the 1st St. cemetery and individual church yards, so you might want to try Cypress Hills. The 1829 city directory lists three Popes: a grocer, a rigger, and a carpenter. Concentrate on the carpenter, since he is Charles Pope, 216 Duane St. Carpenters made coffins, of course, so being a sexton was a fitting sideline. The 1833 Hooker and 1834 Burr maps show a Methodist church on Duane between Hudson and Greenwich. If the street numbers haven't changed much, that's right near #216. In her disussion of the Bedford St. M.E. Cem & Vaults, Carolee mentions Bedford being absorbed by another church, which you could contact if you believe Mr. Perry lived near Duane Street: Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Church 201 West 13th Street NY NY 10011-7795 212-243-5740 Good luck with your search - Anne * * * * * * * * Anne W. Brown, Trustee New York Marble Cemetery www.marblecemetery.org usually open 4th Sundays in nice weather >Hi, I just got a copy of the death information for a relative and the >column titled "Cemetery" it says "Methodist Episcopal". I did a >search online for a Methodist Episcopal Cemetery but couldn't >narrow >it down to NYC. There were other Methodist Episcopal cemeteries >but >they were all over the place in other states. Was this an actual >name of the cemetery? Was this name changed either to or from >Methodist Episcopal? The relative that I'm looking for is Robert >Perry who died 19 Feb 1832 in New York City. There's also another >column next to Cemetery that is titled either "Section" or "Sexton" >and that says "E. or C. Pope". Was that a name of a person or the >section of the cemetery? >Thanks >Angela
Thanks so much Anne! I will look into your suggestions. According to this death information, he lived on Franklin St at the time of his death. Any other suggestions? Angela On Jun 27, 2010, at 5:43 AM, Anne W. Brown wrote: > > Dear Angela, > > Carolee Inskeep's "Graveyard Shift" lists about a dozen Methodist > Episcopal churches and cemeteries on Manhatan, so it would be worth > your getting the book. Many didn't have their own burial grounds > and jointly used a cemetery - now long gone - that was in the block > between 1st, 2nd, !st Av , and 2nd Av. After the final earthen > burial ban in 1851, 15,000 M.E. burials were removed to Cypress > Hills on Jamaica Ave., Brooklyn. They came from both the 1st St. > cemetery and individual church yards, so you might want to try > Cypress Hills. > > The 1829 city directory lists three Popes: a grocer, a rigger, and > a carpenter. Concentrate on the carpenter, since he is Charles > Pope, 216 Duane St. Carpenters made coffins, of course, so being a > sexton was a fitting sideline. The 1833 Hooker and 1834 Burr maps > show a Methodist church on Duane between Hudson and Greenwich. If > the street numbers haven't changed much, that's right near #216. > > In her disussion of the Bedford St. M.E. Cem & Vaults, Carolee > mentions Bedford being absorbed by another church, which you could > contact if you believe Mr. Perry lived near Duane Street: > Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Church > 201 West 13th Street > NY NY 10011-7795 > 212-243-5740 > > Good luck with your search - Anne > * * * * * * * * > Anne W. Brown, Trustee > New York Marble Cemetery > www.marblecemetery.org > usually open 4th Sundays in nice weather > > > >> Hi, I just got a copy of the death information for a relative and the >> column titled "Cemetery" it says "Methodist Episcopal". I did a >> search online for a Methodist Episcopal Cemetery but couldn't >> narrow >> it down to NYC. There were other Methodist Episcopal cemeteries >> but >> they were all over the place in other states. Was this an actual >> name of the cemetery? Was this name changed either to or from >> Methodist Episcopal? The relative that I'm looking for is Robert >> Perry who died 19 Feb 1832 in New York City. There's also another >> column next to Cemetery that is titled either "Section" or "Sexton" >> and that says "E. or C. Pope". Was that a name of a person or the >> section of the cemetery? > >> Thanks >> Angela >