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DESCENDANT'S DAY: Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery, and half-hour lecture on Victorian funerurq cemetery books and merchandise for sale. symbolism. A VERY EVENT There will be special half-hour programs, IN MOUNT all presented in the north gatehouse area. 1 :00 p.m. Civil War expert Ben Maryniak HOPE CEMETERY The program schedule is: will talk about the U.S. Civil War and Rochester's part in it. 10:30 a.m. Rochester Genealogical by Richard 0. Rezsem Society representatives will give a lesson Also, if you choose, you can take a guided On Saturday, June 5,2004, from 10 a.m. on how to proceed with genealogical 20-minute walking tour of a historic sec- to 4 p.m., the Rochester Cemeteries research of your family. tion of the cemetery, which will include Hentage Foundation, the Friends of the gravesite of Susan B. Anthony Mount Hope Cemetery, and the and other famous Rochesterians. City of Rochester invite you and all Rochesterians to a very special The event is headquartered at the open house in Mount Hope: cemetery's north entrance area on Descendant's Day. On this day, you Mount Hope Avenue, opposite can request information about rela- Robinson Drive. The city will tives or friends who are buried in allow free parking on the west side Mount Hope Cemetery, and city of Mount Hope Avenue from staff at computers in the north gate- Cypress Street to Reservoir Avenue house will quickly locate the burial for Descendant's Day. Parking is site, cite interment information also available on Robinson Drive about their burials, list other people and side streets. interred in the family plots, and present you with detailed maps to Descendant's Day is being present- help you find the sites. (If you pre- ed in conjunction with the register your request on a form pro- Landmark Society of Western New vided by Mount Hope Cemetery York, which is concurrently stag- and file it in advance of ing a major house and garden tour Descendant's Day, your requested on Mount Hope Avenue on information will be waiting for you Saturday, June 5, from 11 a.m. to 4 when you arrive at Mount Hope. p.m. (The Landmark Society house Call the cemetery office at 428- tour continues on Sunday, June 6, 7999 to request an application also from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) The form.) tour has 13 stops and includes the magnificent Patrick Barry Mansion Continuously operating vans will at 692 Mount Hope Avenue. The mansion is not only the grandest escort to an drop-off point Co.~+umed actors of the professional RMSC house on Mount Hope Avenue, it is and pick you up after your gravesite visit. Players will play the parts of famous You can make other stops along the van famous for being one of the finest Italian route to meet costumed professional Rochesterians at Mount Hope Cemetery Villa houses in America. Both the house Descendant's Day on Saturday, June 5, and gardens will be open to tourgoers. from the RMSC 'layers from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It'$ a one-time eVent This is a rare opportunity to ,,isit the inte- the roles of famous Rochesterians from that you shouldn't miss. our city's rich history. rior of this superbly restored mansion, Photo by Frank A. Gillespze. now owned by the University of In the north gatehouse area, there will be Rochester and utilized for special recep- music, refreshments, and tents with infor- tions and events. mation, free "Epitaph" newsletters and 11 :45 a.m. University of Rochester cemetery pocket guides courtesy of the Professor Ernil Homerin will present a Also open for the tour are the Warner

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DESCENDANT'S DAY: Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery, and half-hour lecture on Victorian funerurq cemetery books and merchandise for sale. symbolism.

A VERY EVENT There will be special half-hour programs, IN MOUNT all presented in the north gatehouse area. 1 :00 p.m. Civil War expert Ben Maryniak

HOPE CEMETERY The program schedule is: will talk about the U.S. Civil War and Rochester's part in it.

10:30 a.m. Rochester Genealogical by Richard 0. Rezsem Society representatives will give a lesson Also, if you choose, you can take a guided

On Saturday, June 5,2004, from 10 a.m. on how to proceed with genealogical 20-minute walking tour of a historic sec-

to 4 p.m., the Rochester Cemeteries research of your family. tion of the cemetery, which will include

Hentage Foundation, the Friends of the gravesite of Susan B. Anthony

Mount Hope Cemetery, and the and other famous Rochesterians.

City of Rochester invite you and all Rochesterians to a very special The event is headquartered at the

open house in Mount Hope: cemetery's north entrance area on

Descendant's Day. On this day, you Mount Hope Avenue, opposite

can request information about rela- Robinson Drive. The city will

tives or friends who are buried in allow free parking on the west side

Mount Hope Cemetery, and city of Mount Hope Avenue from

staff at computers in the north gate- Cypress Street to Reservoir Avenue

house will quickly locate the burial for Descendant's Day. Parking is

site, cite interment information also available on Robinson Drive

about their burials, list other people and side streets.

interred in the family plots, and present you with detailed maps to Descendant's Day is being present-

help you find the sites. (If you pre- ed in conjunction with the

register your request on a form pro- Landmark Society of Western New

vided by Mount Hope Cemetery York, which is concurrently stag-

and file it in advance of ing a major house and garden tour

Descendant's Day, your requested on Mount Hope Avenue on

information will be waiting for you Saturday, June 5, from 11 a.m. to 4 when you arrive at Mount Hope. p.m. (The Landmark Society house

Call the cemetery office at 428- tour continues on Sunday, June 6,

7999 to request an application also from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) The

form.) tour has 13 stops and includes the magnificent Patrick Barry Mansion

Continuously operating vans will at 692 Mount Hope Avenue. The mansion is not only the grandest

escort to an drop-off point Co.~+umed actors of the professional RMSC house on Mount Hope Avenue, it is and pick you up after your gravesite visit.

Players will play the parts of famous You can make other stops along the van famous for being one of the finest Italian

route to meet costumed professional Rochesterians at Mount Hope Cemetery Villa houses in America. Both the house Descendant's Day on Saturday, June 5, and gardens will be open to tourgoers.

from the RMSC 'layers from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It'$ a one-time eVent This is a rare opportunity to ,,isit the inte- the roles of famous Rochesterians from that you shouldn't miss.

our city's rich history. rior of this superbly restored mansion, Photo by Frank A. Gillespze. now owned by the University of

In the north gatehouse area, there will be Rochester and utilized for special recep-

music, refreshments, and tents with infor- tions and events.

mation, free "Epitaph" newsletters and 11 :45 a.m. University of Rochester

cemetery pocket guides courtesy of the Professor Ernil Homerin will present a Also open for the tour are the Warner

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Castle where tea will be sewed (reserva- tions required), the Castle's Sunken Garden; a charming, converted Greek Revival farmhouse at Mount Hope and McLean Street; two handsome Gothic Revival "worker cottages" built hy thc

' Inoils Ellwanger & Bany Nursery: the f.1 George Ellwanger perennial garden creat- ed in 1876; four additional, very intcrest- ing residences of various architecturiil styles on Linden Street and Reservoir Avenue; and, unique to this year's Landmark Society tour, an antique car show that will include. among other cliis- sic automobiles, an early Rochester-pro- duced Cunningham roadster, an early Buffalo-produced Pierce-Arrow, two early Syracuse-produced Franklins. a 195 1 Studebaker, and a particularly rare Durnnt. For ticket information about the Landmark Society tour, call 546-7039, extension 10.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY'S FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGH- BORS IN MOUNT HOPE

-- - CEMETERY

text by Richard 0. Reisern

photos by Frank A. Gillespie

Susan Brownell Anthony (1 820- 1906) started teaching school at age 15 years, but after age 30, she became a pioneer crusader, devoting her life to furthering women's rights. At a temperance rally in Albany in 1852, Anthony rose and attempted to speak, but was silenced because she was a woman. From that moment on, Susan B. believed that the only way women could effect reforms was from a position of social and political equality. She and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869, and Anthony became its president.

In the presidential election of 1872, she led a group of women to a polling booth in Rochester and demanded to vote. As the ringleader, she was arrested, tried, convicted, and fined $100. From 1881 to

IOOU. \hc ccmlpilccl the ti)t~r-\-t~lunic as t h ~ .4ntIiony Amendment. hecame law Hi,~ro~- ,v ( ! / ' \ \ i ) i ~ i t * ~ ~ ',v . Y I ~ ~ ~ I V ( * . as the 10th Amcndmcnt to the U.S.

Constitution in 1910. 14 years after her H;~rriot Stanton. lili/;~t>cth C:~iiy Stanton's tlcath. liaughtcs. \\,rote :I Icttcr to Susan H.

She is buried in Section C. Lot 93. heneath a white-mar- hlc. Colonial-tablet marker. She does not

Anthony 111 n l i ~ c h sli~: said. " Y ~ L I often seem to ~ i i c likc a superb warhorse. You are completely swallowed up in an idea, and it is a glorious thing to be. Carlyle says, 'The end of man is an action, not a thought,' and what a realization of that truth has your life been. You have never stopped for idle culture or happy recre- ations. You are possessed by a moral force, and you act. You are a Deed, not a Thinking."

One of Susan R . Anthony's great "Deeds" was voting rights for women. She wrote, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." These 28 words. known

lie in Mount Hope Cemetery in isolation.

Susan B. is buried next to her sister, Mary ( 1827- 1907). who was rarely in the limelight, but her quiet involve- ment behind the scenes

enabled her sis- ter to carry on

Srtstrrl IZ. Anthony the pio- trc,c2r sr<frtrgi,st. is hr~ried in her work. At

St.c~tio11 C, Lot 93. Mary's 70th birthday party,

Mtr~y Antl~oizy liex jltst to Susan B. said, tlrc~ right of'1rc.r sistet; "I cannot tell Srt.~liir !I., in how she has Sec.tir~~r C. Lot 93. helped and sus-

tained me. She has kept a

Dnniel Anthony. father of home where I

Srlscm B., is also buried in might come

t l~c~~f irrni l~~plot , Section C, rest. From the Lot 93. His inscription is very beginning ( , I I ~ ~ N V P ~ in the large stone she has cheered h1oc.X- thcrt cowstitrcte.~ the and comforted Anthony me. She has ,jir~ni!\. morzur~zeizt looked after the

great mass of details, my wardrobe, my business, leav- ing me free. Without Mary my work

EPITAPH Published quarterly by the Friends of Mount

Hope Cemetery, Rochestel:

New York 14620, a nonprofit member

organization founded in 1980.

02004 The Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery

Richard 0. Reisem. Editor

Frank A. Gillespie, Photographer

Dan Malczewski, Art Director

Basic annual membership is $20. Call (585) 461-3494 for a free pocket guide to Mount

Hope Cemetety and a membership applica- rion. See our colorful and informative

web page: www.fomh.org

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would have been impossible." Mary had a machine gun, an apt invention for a den- career outside the home as a teacher and tist, we believe. Called the Requa rifle, it later principal in the Rochester school sys- was first used by the Union army in the tem, where she served for 26 years. Civil War, where it was particularly effec-

tive in the recapture of Fort Sumter at Charleston, and at the battles of Petersburg and Cold Harbor.

Less than 100 feet south of Susan B. lies Henry Rogers Selden (1 805-1 885), Section C, Lot 108, Susan B. Anthony's defense attorney when she stood trial for voting illegally in the presidential election of 1872. After that dramatic event on November 5, 1872, Susan B. wrote Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "Well I have

i been and gone and done it! Positively voted the Republican ticket-straight."

13: Jo,\c~phrr.\ Reqlrtr w r s S~lsnri B. Antl~on>l'.s dentist t~rid also, urzbelielr- ah/>: the inventor of the rizachine gun.

He lies in Section C, Lot 128.

Hennl Rogers Selde~z, Susaiz B.S defense nttor- ney at her 1872 trial, is buried beneath this

large stone sarcophagus in Section C, Lot 108.

Daniel Anthony (1794-1862), Susan B.'s Elisha J. Keeney, the U.S. Marshall who father3 was a Quaker who owned a sue- arrested Susan B. Anthony when she voted ille- cessful textile mill in Massachusetts gully, lies at the top of the cobblestone road to before financial reversals forced the fami- Indian Trail Avenue in Section D, Lot 45. ly to move to a farm in Gates. His liberal views on temperance, anti-slavery, and women's rights had an immense influence on his children, - Guelma, Susan, Mary,

e Daniel, and J. Merrit -particularly on Susan B. He died on his farm at age 69 from heart disease.

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About a 100 feet down the hill to the west of Susan B.'s gravesite, lies her dentist, Dr. Josephus Requa (1833-1910), Section C, Lot 128. Dr. Requa not only worked on Susan's teeth, he invented the first

(Which meant she voted for Ulysses S. Grant.) "Fifteen other women followed suit. So we are in for a fine agitation in Rochester." When he took her case, Selden had been lieutenant governor of New York State and also served as a judge on New York State's highest court, the Court of Appeals. And when Abraham Lincoln was nominated to run for the U.S. presidency, Judge Selden was urged to accept the nomination for the vice-presi-

dency. However great a jurist and leader he was, Selden, reflecting for once his retiring disposition, declined.

About 150 feet to the east, above Susan B. Anthony's gravesite, lies Elisha J. Keeney, (1 8 10- 1874). Section D, Lot 45. He was a builder and, later, chief of the Rochester police department before the Civil War. After the war, he was a deputy U.S. mar- shal. Keeney was the person who arrested Susan B. Anthony after she illegally voted in the presidential election of 1872. After she was tried, found guilty, and fined, Susan B. told the judge that she would not pay the $100 fine nor did she have the means to pay it. The judge ordered Keeney to find Susan B. Anthony's means to pay the fine. On July 24, 1873, U.S. Marshal Keeney reported to the judge: "I have made diligent search and can find no goods or chattel, land or tenements with which to answer the judgment against

Dr: Marcena E. Sherman Ricker was Susan B. Anthony's doctor who sat with her continuously during her final 11-day illness. She is buried in Range 4, Lot 90.

Susan B. Anthony." Keeney may have arrested Anthony, but he assuredly sympa- thized with her.

Over in Range 4, Lot 90, lies Marcena E. Sherman Ricker, M.D. (1852-1933). She was a prominent Rochester physician in a private practice that focused on women's

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and children's diseases. And she was Susan B. Anthony's doctor, who sat with the pioneering suffragist in her final ill- ness from March 3, 1906, until Anthony died on March 13 from heart failure, induced by pneumonia of both lungs.

I could continue to introduce you to many other friends of Susan B. Anthony, who are all buried in Mount Hope. Some of these include Frederick Douglass, Jean Brooks Greenleaf, Susan Porter, Samuel D. Porter, Mary Post Hallowell, Rhoda DeGarmo, Amy Kirby Post, Isaac Post, the Reverend Thomas James, and others. But maybe you'd like to find them on your own. If you do, my new field guide to Mount Hope, called Buried Treasures in Mount Hope Cemetery, Roct~ester; New York, will help you find your way. The 180-page, spiral-bound book is handy to carry around on your cemetery search. It is filled with 500 mini-biographies, detailed maps, and hundreds of illustra- tions. There is also a pictorial dictionary of Victorian symbols, which were carved on tombstones and gave significant mean- ing to our forefathers in their approach to death and mourning. So, use this guide to enhance your visits to Mount Hope and to make them more engaging and informa- tive. You will find that in the course of your wandering and reading, you'll learn a lot about Rochester history as well.

Buried Treasures can be purchased at the cemetery's north entrance on Descendant's Day, Saturday, June 5, as well as on any Sunday afternoon from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. from now through October. Major bookstores and museum gift shops also carry the book, and you can order it on the Internet at www.land-

Poet Prrf Janus in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Photo by Frank A. Gillespie.

MOUNT HOPE SUNSET

It is the hour when the crows come to tell the sun to set.

Crows converging from every direction their wings tilted west splattered with gold. Tree branches bend heavy with their weight. A few stragglers strut the snowy path feathers ruffled against the aching cold.

By some occult command they wheel into the sky, so many crows they create their own triangle of night. Their caws combine into a sound more solemn than silence.

The moon, a sliver short of full, rises to signal them home and the black cloud unravels into wisps and strands.

(Editor's Note: As many people know, Mount Hope Cemetery is a rookery. Particularly in the fall, thousands of crows scour the skies and burden the trees, creat- ing black foliage in the cemetery forest. In her charming poem, local poet Pat Janus captures the dramatic scene.)

DR. JOSEPH C. A. DE NEVE, SURGEON TO

NAPOLEON, WAS PRESENT AT NAPOLEON'S SURRENDER

On Monday, May 23, 1881, The Rochester Herald announced the death of Dr. Joseph C. A. DeNeve. who was born in Holland in 1793 and emigrated to Rochester, New York in 1849. He lived to be the oldest physician in our city. He was 88 years old when he died in 1881. His residence was at 54 St. Joseph Street, a street of elegant houses for prominent Rochesterians in the late 1800s. And DeNeve was a prominent physician in the community. His death was met with what the Herald called "profound sorrow."

In the 56 years before he arrived in America, DeNeve had a very eventful and remarkable life. Joseph DeNeve was born in 1793 in the village of Verune, which at the time was located in the Netherlands, but today, is part of Belgium. Early in life, he studied medicine, but had not obtained his degree when he decided, at age 19 years, to join the volunteer army of Napoleon Bonaparte, which at the time, near the end of 18 12, was in retreat from Moscow. He was immediately appointed army surgeon.

On August 26-27, 18 13, Napoleon defeat- ed the allied army from Bohemia in the Battle of Dresden. It was Napoleon's last major victory on German soil. DeNeve was there.

On October 16, Napoleon left Dresden with occupying troops in place. He want- ed to avoid being cut off from France by the three allied armies that were attempt- ing to unite in his rear. The decisive battle was fought around Leipzig. The Allied forces united, being reinforced with a Russian reserve unit, and formed a huge semicircle around the French army. The Allies greatly outnumbered Napoleon's forces, and on October 18, they complete- ly defeated the French in a fierce nine- hour battle. Napoleon, having lost 30,000

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men, hastily retreated from Leipzip. recounted many incidents relating to his Again, DeNeve was there. life as an army surgeon for Napoleon and

the numerous historic events that he per- CIVIL WAR MONUMENT

In his retreat, Napoleon's armies engaged sonally witnessed. In the Mount Hope RESTORED the Allied forces in a series of battles, but Cemetery Interment Index, it is noted that when a combined Allied force of 200,000 he died of "old age" at the age of 87 Last year, the Rochester Cemeteries

4 men invaded France on January 1. 1814. years. 9 months, and 2 days. He is buried Heritage Foundation Board of Trustees and stormed the Montmartre in Paris on in Range 3, Lot 64, alongside his wife, decided to restore the distinguished 22- March 30, Napoleon was forced to capitu- Sophia DeNeve. who died in 1872, and foot Civil War monument in Mount Hope 4 late. He abdicated unconditionally on eight other members of his family. Cemetery as a demonstration project to April 11, 18 14. Through it all, DeNeve ROR show the type of improvements and was there. I - , 4 restorations that are needed in the ceme-

Dl: Josepll C. A. DeNeve, who had ties to Napoleon Bonapnrte. is h~lried in Range 3. Lot

64. Pltoto by Frank A. Gillespie.

At the close of the war, Joseph DeNeve returned to Holland to continue his study of medicine, obtaining his diploma in Middleborough. He was married to Sophia Korsten in 18 16 and practiced medicine in his native land until 1849, when he decided to emigrate to America with his family. They settled in the boom- town city of Rochester. He had barely established his medical practice here when

1 the great cholera epidemic of 1852 hit

I Rochester and presented another chal- lenge for him. He proved to be particular- ly successful in saving the lives of cholera victims and earned a reputation as an out- standing physician. He was also highly adept at treating children's diseases. To the end of his life, Dr. DeNeve

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The increasing number of activi- ties and events that the Friends

of Mount Hope Cemetery under- take each year also increases the number of volunteers we need to assist in their accomplishment. Although volunteers for a vari- ety of activities would be much appreciated, we especially need

gatehouse receptionists.

Many of our activities start at the north gatehouse-a large, handsome stone building that stands at the north entrance to

the cemetery opposite Robinson Drive. Receptionists at the gate-

house greet visitors, register them for events, answer ques- tions, and serve lemonade and

cookies. We provide the answers to questions, the lemonade and cookies, and you provide your presence and personality. Shifts

are generally around three hours, and the surroundings couldn't be

more pleasant.

If you like people and like to get out of the house now and then,

this is truly great volunteer work. The number of hours are up to you, and our schedule of activities and events runs from May through October. Call our answering machine at 461-3494 and leave your name and phone number. We will call you back with the details. Or, if you pre-

fer, send us an e-mail at jmhunt @rochester.rr.com.

Thank you.

tery.

The Civil War Memorial in Section BB at the intersection of Grove and Firemens avenues was dedicated on September 25. 1908. Over those 96 years, the bronze sculpture of a soldier carrying the Union flag and standing beside the company's bugle boy had deteriorated to the point where the bronze metal was pitted with holes and the copper in the bronze had created an irregular green patina on the surface of the metal. Similarly, the bronze plaque below the sculpture had also dis- colored to the point of making the inscrip- tion difficult to read.

The sculpture is the work of Sally James Farnham (1876-1943), who studied with Frederick Remington until he died in 1909. In 1908, Remington visited the Roman Bronze Works in Brooklyn where Farnham was casting the Mount Hope Civil War Memorial. After the visit, Remington wrote, "Sally Farnham there. She has a dandy two-figure group soldier monument."

James Polmenteer, a bronze restoration expert, was hired to undertake the restora- tion project. With the assistance of bronze experts at the Smithsonian Institution and consultations with a Massachusetts finn that has restored many bronze sculptures, Polmenteer and an assistant began the ren- ovation task. After a scaffold was built

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around the monument to afford easy access, the sculpture and its stone base were cleaned using a power wash that included ammonium sulfite. This thor- oughly cleaned the bronze metal and removed the green patina. Then the labo- rious task of plugging the pinholes with bronze nails began. The exposed ends of these pins were filed to form a smooth fit with the surrounding metal. Finally, to bring out the bronze color of the sculp- ture, seven coats of a special colored wax were applied and buffed.

The repaired memorial was revealed early in September 2003. To maintain the mon- ument in the future, its condition will be evaluated every five years. Generally. the treatment that the Mount Hope Civil War Memorial received should last between 25 to 30 years before another cleaning and waxing is needed.

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TI16 Ciisil War Mernarial after. restomtion treatment.

Photo by Frnnk A. Gillespie.

The Civil War Memorial before restoration treatment.

LORENZO HILLS' LAST JOURNEY UNFULFILLED

by Jean Czerkas

On a chilly fall day in late October 1930, 103-year-old Lorenzo Hills, one of Rochester's oldest residents at the time, set out on a three-mile walk to Mount Hope Cemetery to purchase a cemetery plot. At the end of his four-hour journey from the Austin Street home he shared with his widowed daughter, Ella Ross, he collapsed in Mount Hope Cemetery before he could make his preneed arrange- ments. He was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital where he succumbed to pneumo- nia eight days later.

Lorenzo Hills had a penchant for long walks, and these were a cause of great concern to his family. Just a year earlier, at the age of 102, he disappeared for two weeks and was found in Providence, Rhode Island at the home of a friend. He had made his way there by walking and hitchhiking.

When Lorenzo Hills died on November 6. 1930, he was not interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, his chosen resting place. Instead, his gravesite can be found in Rochester's Riverside Cemetery, Section I?. Lot 9.

He was survived by his daughters, Ella Ross of Rochester and Mrs. J. M. Smith of San Antonio, and one son, A. L. Hills of Chicago. His funeral service was held at the Miller Brothers Funeral Home on Lye11 Avenue. The Reverend Henry Mosley officiated. Flowers were grateful- ly declined.

(Editor's Note: Let Lorenzo Hills' story be a lesson to anyone seeking permanent rest and peace in our country's first municipal Victorian cemetery, one of the most prestigious burying grounds in west- ern New York State. Lots are available among distinguished Rochesterians from the Revolutionary War to now.)

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MT. HOPE CEMETERY: THEN AND NOW THE PERIPATETI

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THOMAS HASTINGS: COMPOSER OF "ROCK OF AGES"

In Section V, Lot 18, there is a gravestone memorializing Thomas Hastings, who died April 1, 1875 at the age of 57 years. Below this inscribed information, there is the notation: "composer of hymn 'Rock of Ages."'

Thomas Hastings, who lived on Phelps Avenue between Lake Avenue and Edgerton Park, did indeed compose the music for the famous Christian hymn, Rock of Ages. Augustus M. Toplady wrote the lyrics. The hymn was published in 1832. Here is the first verse:

"Rock of Ages, cleft for me. Let me hide myself in thee.

1 Let the water and the blood, h -. 4 4

From thy side, a healing flood. . , Be of sin the double cure, . .*

! Save from wrath and make me pure."

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i 1 . . . ""b: .)+. 9s j ~ . Sectio?l Lot 18, ir~dicntes that kr 1s

the corrlposer qf the h y n , "Rock qf Ages."

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P vorks to increase public use of interest in, and appreciation for MounZ Hope Cemetery.

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