82 THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX 



he termed the "House Territory of Bensonia." About three years 

 later it came into the possession of James L. Parsball who enlarged 

 its boundaries so that it extended from Rae Street on the south to 

 Carr Street on the north. 



In 1868 the trustees of Morrisania forbade further inter- 

 ments within its limits, and henceforth the cemetery has been neg- 

 lected. A new street, St. Ann's Avenue, was laid out so as prac- 

 tically to cut the burial ground in two, and the bodies thus un- 

 earthed were removed to other cemeteries. 



The extreme southeasterly section of Bensonia Cemetery was 

 bought half a century ago by the Sons of Liberty, and here rest 

 over 150 of its members. But the brave soldiers of the Civil War 

 who were buried have not a tablet to indicate their resting places. 



In his police history, Inspector Byrnes states that the ghouls 

 who robbed the grave of A. T. Stewart temporarily hid his remains 

 in this sequestered spot, and no one can accurately say whether his 

 body rests under his costly mausoleum at Garden City. 



Efforts have been made to have the City convert the Bensonia 

 Cemetery into a public park, but as yet without success. It is 

 hoped that in the near future the tract known as' the "Public 

 Place at Rae Street," will be transferred into a beautiful breathing 

 place. 



St. Raymond's Cemetery on the Fort Schuyler Road in West- 

 chester is used exclusively by the Roman Catholics. It embraces 

 eighty-six acres and has many beautiful and imposing monuments. 



