Audubon Park Historic District
AP
The James Hall and Jabez C. Pelham Plots in
Greenwood Cemetery (Brooklyn, NY)
Photographs:
Scott T. Robinson
Hall Plot:
James Hall lies beneath the obelisk in the foreground and his father-in-law Jabez C. Pelham's lies beneath the second obelisk, in the rear. Right of Hall lies his wife, Mariah Pelham, who outlived her husband by fifty-one years. The difference in dates is reflected in her gravestone, which is more modest, but also a more durable stone. Hall's worn inscription is almost unreadable, though the place of death is still clearly visible: Audubon Park on the Hudson.
In an attempt to modernize or perhaps Americanize herself, by the time of her death, Maria had dropped the "h" from her name and on her stone, her father's name is inscribed as J. Clinton Pelham (rather than Jabez C. as is written on his monument), emphasizing the Clinton family relationship and minimizing his Bliblical first name.
The small circular plaque on the base of Hall's monument denotes "Eternal Care," though Bertha (James and Mariah's daughter whose leaning tombstone is to the right of Mariah's, might take exception). Another daughter, Clara, is in the right foreground.
Pelham Plot:
The obelisk in the center is Jabez C(linton) Pelham, Mariah Pelham Hall's father. To his right is Eleanor Pelham Marshall Knott who died in 1894. In front of Pelham (between his monument and Hall's) are Eleanor Hall (right) and Frances Hall (left) - probably James Hall's sisters, who were listed as living with him in Brooklyn in the 1840 census.
