Kensico Cemetery isn’t all large mausoleums and fancy statuary. There are also large number of plain gravestones, all looking pretty much the same.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8
Kensico Cemetery – Gravestones
Kensico Cemetery – Assorted Mausoleums
Pictures I took of other mausoleums, for I’ve so far been able to find additional information.
All taken with a Sony Nex 5N and Sigma 30mm f2.8 except for the photography of the obelisk, which was taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8
Kensico Cemetery – Assorted Statuary
Kensico Cemetery has many statues etc. Here are a few of them.
Some taken with a Sony Nex 5N and Sigma 30mm f2.8, others with a Fuji X-E3 and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8
Kensico Cemetery – Aiken Mausoleum
Bertha Marion Reese Aiken is interred here. Other than her date of birth (19 Feb 1863) and the date she died (2 Nov 1930) I’ve not so far been able to discover any additional information. She was married to Friend M. Aiken, who is also interred in this Mausoleum. Again, I’ve found little information about him, other than the year of his birth (1855), the year he died (1929), and that he seems to have had some trouble with the IRS (If indeed this is the same Friend M. Aiken, a not too common name, See: Aiken v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue – Casetext
I liked the look of the mausoleum, and it has some colorful stained glass.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8
Kensico Cemetery – Fitch Monument
A Druid cross of Cape Ann made of granite marks the grave of Judge John Fitch. He was the first person to be buried in Kensico Cemetery. He was interred in 1890 and his monument was unveiled on November 12th of that year. Two hundred members of the Sons of the Revolution, along with other dignitaries, traveled by chartered train from Grand Central Depot in New York City to Kensico for the occasion. A banquet followed at a historic house on the grounds of Kensico.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8