Benjamin W. Wooster R.I.P.

When we were in Albany, NY, the week before Christmas, I had made up my mind to spend some time at  Albany Rural Cemetery. There were times when I would take 200 photos at any given cemetery and then spend a month or two re-sizing and labeling them to post on Find A Grave. I was all prepared to take at least that many photographs when, after 30 or so, the memory card in my camera indicated it was FULL. Was I ever disappointed!

In large cemeteries I just wander and photograph gravestones that appeal to me. This monument with its graceful statue and three-dimensional ivy leaves caught my eye.

 

BENJAMIN W. WOOSTER

1819-1897

MARY E. STEELE

HIS WIFE

1822-1850

CATHERINE M.

WRIGHT

HIS WIFE

1830-1920

 

 Troy Daily Times, September 6, 1899

I found this ad in a local paper on Old Fulton NY Post Cards. This site is great for researching historical NY newspapers.

    

GEORGE T.

1853-1855

KATIE E.

1857-1860

RODNEY S.

1864-1866

CHILDREN OF

B.W. AND C.M.

WOOSTER

 EDWARD B.

SON OF

BENJAMIN W.

AND

CATHERINE M.

WOOSTER

1854-1944

HARRY GREEN

SON OF 

BENJAMIN W.

AND CATHERINE M.

WOOSTER

1867-1893

DAVID WOOSTER

1791-1844

POLLY WOODBURY

HIS WIFE

1794-1834