Ogden - Forest Hill Cemetery

Francis A. Ogden Apr 23, 1835 - Jun 6, 1914

Abraham "Abram" Ogden Jan 29, 1796 - Jul 28, 1856

Died four weeks after he tried to board a moving train, which ran over his leg

Mary "Polly" Smith Ogden Aug 29, 1798 - Dec 23, 1894

Zinc Monument (& Markers) - One of two in Forest Hill

Beginning in the 1870s, monuments began to be made of zinc because they were inexpensive

Called them "White Bronze" to make them more appealing

Pieces ordered from a catalog and then assemblled on site

Exposed to the elements they form a skin of zinc carbonate that gives the monuments the bluish gray color