Photo taken Sunday, February 9, 1947. The family plot is just beyond the cottage (demolished) at the base of the large pine tree. The wall that elevates the plot from the surrounding land can be seen. The area beyond is the Cos Cob Mill Pond and Strickland Road.
The family plot off Relay Place, Cos Cob is connect to the street by a 15-foot wide strip of land. This is the entrance off the right side of the street at the dead end. Picture taken September 18, 2008.
A view of the family plot after walking from Relay Place. The plot is elevated by a stone wall with a ramp off the right side. Picture taken September 18, 2008.
Another view of the family plot after walking from Relay Place. The ramp is off the right side. A glimpse of the Cos Cob Mill Pond is beyond the trees. Picture taken September 18, 2008.
A close-up of the granite obelisk and graves tones. The area beyond features a dip in the land where some graves transferred to Putnam Cemetery were once situated. The Cos Cob Mill Pond is just beyond the trees. Picture taken September 18, 2008.
The gravestone of Ebenezer Smith, father of Caroline Mills Smith Mead, second wife of William H. Mead. He was also the father of Greenwich Town Clerk George Jackson Smith, who owned the Bush-Holley House when it was a boarding house for railroad workers prior to the establishment of the art colony there. Picture taken September 18, 2008.
The gravestone of Abigail J. Reynolds Mead, first wife of William H. Mead and daughter of Horton and Abigail Reynolds. Picture taken September 18, 2008.
This is the granite obelisk that dominates the cemetery. Picture taken September 18, 2008.
An inscription for Abigail J. Reynolds Mead. Her original marble gravestone is nearby. Picture taken September 18, 2008.
The inscription for Caroline Mills Smith Mead. She died June 3, 1910. Picture taken September 18, 2008.
The inscription on the obelisk for William H. Mead. The family home and farm he owned and occupied is where Cos Cob Elementary School and campus is today. Picture taken September 18, 2008.
A view of the family plot from the park and second oldest cemetery in Greenwich. The body of water is the Cos Cob Mill Pond at high tide. Picture taken September 18, 2008.
Whitman Bailey's published drawing of the "Bill Mead Oak." The family home stood on the site of Cos Cob Elementary School. The oak was large and stood near the intersection of East Putnam Avenue and Orchard Street.
An image from Google Earth. The trees in the lower left side adjacent to the Mill Pond is where the cemetery is. In the upper left is the Cos Cob Fire Department. The large building near the center is the Mill Pond Shopping Center.
Before June 2010 cleanup. View facing west towards the Cos Cob Mill Pond beyond the trees. The cemetery is to the left. Photo by Bob Keeler.
Before June 2010 cleanup. View facing south towards the Cos Cob Mill Pond beyond the trees and gravestones. Photo by Bob Keeler.
Zetta Mead's gravestone, June 2010. She is not buried here. The stone will be returned to where it belongs at the cemetery next to the Second Congregational Church in Greenwich.
The main section of the cemetery after cleanup and mowing. The Cos Cob Mill Pond at low-tide is beyond the cemetery wall. Photo by Bob Keeler.
From the cemetery and gravestones looking north. Photo by Bob Keeler.
Looking southeast from the cemetery towards the Cos Cob Mill Pond. The area near the top is the roadway that leads from the cemetery to Relay Place. Photo by Bob Keeler, June 2010.
From the cemetery wall on the northside looking west. The Cos Cob Mill Pond is beyond the trees. Photo by Bob Keeler, June 2010 after mowing and cleanup.
