1880-1963
05/20/1887 Green Cemetery Founded by Dr. Lewis M. Green (see plan below)
Track 1 purchased from Dopson (originally: Woodbury Methodist - Episcopal Cemetery)
Track 2 purchased from Izard
Tracks 3 & 4 purchased from Mrs Fine (Civil War widow)
02/27/1888 Dr. Lewis M. Green makes a will and ...
on 12/03/1891 adds 1st codicil and
on 08/27/1892 adds 2nd codicil (which created the cemetery as an "Operating Trust")
03/04/1889 NJ Cemetery Law (Title 8) enacted.
01/02/1894 Dr. Green DIED
1st Class of Trustees: Joseph Green, G.G. Green, Mary Ellen Green Lupton - were subsequently appointed, per the terms of the Will
04/25/1898 - 08/12/1898 Spanish-American War
03/28/1910 Trustee Joseph Green died - he was not replaced
07/28/1914 - 11/11/1918 WW1
02/21/1925 Trustee G.G. Green died - he was not replaced
12/09/1925 last public accounting (#18) filed with court
04/24/1932 Mary Ellen Green Lupton died, and was replaced by daughter Maude Lupton (with her brothers: John Lupton and L.M.G. Lupton apparently acting as co-Trustees)
12/07/1941 - 8/20/1945 WW2
06/25/1950 Korean War; 7/27/1953 - Cease Fire
