The following portion of an article was published in the Lockport Daily Journal in 1871 about the Greenwood Cemetery.1
“THE CEMETERY
Leaving railroad matters, I invite the reader to accompany me to one of Wilson’s most peaceful and beautiful ornaments. That is her cemetery. Mr. Wilson, senior, presented seven acres of land to the corporation, two more they purchased, and now they have, in my humble opinion, the prettiest cemetery in the county; it is admirably laid out, and many of its monuments are magnificent. A visit to this place suggest to the world-worn traveler a desire to “here drink of the waters of Lethe, and sleep the sleep that knows no waking.” A part of the cemetery is called Potiphar’s field. Here they re-recently [sic] buried an unknown seaman, who was found drowned, his solitary and forlorn looking grave, stuck away in a far corner was peculiarly suggestive of the absence of those who love and long and wait for his welcome presence, but who will long and wait in vain. Apropos to burying grounds, the Wilson people at the time of my visit were engaged in the cheerful operation of transplanting their dead from the old churchyard.”
- “Jettings by the Wayside,” Lockport (NY) Daily Journal, 24 October 1871, p. 1, col. 3; digital images, Old Fulton New York Post Cards (https://www.fultonhistory.com : accessed 17 August 2025), Historical Newspapers United States and Canada: Lockport NY Daily Journal 1871 Aug-Jan 1872 – 0256.pdf.