Thank you for this! I've never had the chance to personally visit Oakwood as I live far away, but I've spent an enormous amount of time documenting my second great-grandfather buried there in my family's Galbraith plot (T-77): Civil War vet, US Marine Guard and Troy iron stove design patent-holder, Robert Galbraith (b. Convoy, County Donegal, Ireland in 1840). I can't say enough about how helpful and supportive Oakwood's volunteers are to this cemetery. Your article makes me want to visit it even more.
Beatifully written and researched, as usual. Growing up in Troy, I was fortunate that my famiy lived close to the Lansingburgh entrance, at 101st Street, so Oakwood was my playground - full of nature and history. A beautiful part of a lucky childhood.
Thank you for this! I've never had the chance to personally visit Oakwood as I live far away, but I've spent an enormous amount of time documenting my second great-grandfather buried there in my family's Galbraith plot (T-77): Civil War vet, US Marine Guard and Troy iron stove design patent-holder, Robert Galbraith (b. Convoy, County Donegal, Ireland in 1840). I can't say enough about how helpful and supportive Oakwood's volunteers are to this cemetery. Your article makes me want to visit it even more.
Thank you. I hope you are someday able to visit. The volunteers are indeed great people, too.
Beatifully written and researched, as usual. Growing up in Troy, I was fortunate that my famiy lived close to the Lansingburgh entrance, at 101st Street, so Oakwood was my playground - full of nature and history. A beautiful part of a lucky childhood.