Located in section “B” plot “37” is American branch of the Bonaparte family based from the marriage between Jérôme Bonaparte and Elizabeth "Betsy" Patterson. However this plot excludes Elizabeth “Betsy” Patterson as she is buried at Green Mount Cemetery.
Elizabeth “Betsy” Patterson Was married to Napoleon’s youngest brother Jérôme Bonaparte from 1803-1805. They had one child Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte who married Susan May Williams and had two sons Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte II and Charles Joseph Bonaparte. Both sons married and had children, only one is buried here (Jérôme Napoléon Charles Bonaparte). In addition to the direct Bonaparte family buried here is also the mother of Susan May Williams Bonaparte (Sarah Copeland) and Ellen Channing Day Bonaparte (Anna Jones Day).
The Burial plot a rectangle with an Obelisk in the center and nine large gravestones on three sides and six smaller ones in a row directly behind the obelisk, leaving the front open.
The 8 sided obelisk is roughly 12 feet tall and sits on a 4 foot tall base. On the front of the obelisk is a crest that has two bar sinisters and a star on the lower right and upper left and a 9 pointed crown on top.
The front of the base has a cross followed by:
Sacred to the Memory
Of
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte.
Nat. July 7th 1805 ob June 17th 1870
Ætat 65.
Requiescat in Pace.
The left side of the base:
Sacred to the Memory
Of
Charles Joeseph Bonaparte.
Born June 9th 1851
Died June 28th 1921
Aged 70 Years and 19 Days
The rear side of the base:
Sacred to the Memory
Of
Susan May Bonaparte.
Daughter of
Benjamin Williams
and wife of
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
Born April 2nd 1812
Died September 15th 1881
The right side of the base:
Sacred to the Memory
Of
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte.
Born November 5th A.D. 1830
Died September 3rd A.D. 1893
Aged 62 Years, 9 Months and 28 Days
List of Burials with links and grave marker text from left to right (excluding the 6 smaller stones as there are only initials on them).
Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Younger son of
Jerome Napoleon
and
Susan May Bonaparte
Ellen Channing Day Bonaparte
Wife of
Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Born September 25, 1852
Died June 23 1924
Anna Jones Day
My Mother.
Anna Jones Day
Born June 18, 1827.
Entered into life
January 20, 1896.
"and he bringeth
them into the haven of
their desire."
Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte
Patri nostro
Sub hoc lapide
positae sunt reliquae
Hieronymi Napoleonis
Bonaparte
Hieronymi Bonaparte
filii
obiit
Sexaginta quinque
annos natus
die XVII Junii A.D.
MDCCCLXX
in amicos fide, domipietate
Deiveneratione praestans
Nomen ahavis insingne
posteris
sine labe tradidit.
Susan May Williams Bonaparte
To Our Mother.
Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte II
Eldest son of
Jerome Napoleon
and
Susan May Bonaparte.
He hath delivered my
soul in peace.
Pslam LV.
Caroline Le Roy Bonaparte
born
Oct. 3rd 1840
died
Nov. 19th 1911
Sarah Copeland
My Mother
Sarah Copeland
reliet of
Benjamin Williams
born
Sept. 29th 1778,
died
June 17th 1870.
A life of love blended
with Grace and Beauty
Sanctified by a peaceful death
Jerome Napoleon Charles Bonaparte
Born February 26, 1878
Died November 10, 1945