Dungeness Audio Tour Stop 9

People from multiple eras of the island's history are laid to rest at the Greene-Miller cemetery.

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This is the resting place of Catharine Greene-Miller, her daughter Louisa and Louisa’s husband James Shaw. It is believed that Catharine’s second husband Phineas Miller was buried here, but if so, he is buried in an unmarked grave. Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee was originally buried in this cemetery when he died while visiting Dungeness. As he was traveling north to Virginia, he stopped here to rest and regain his health to be able to continue home. After several weeks under the care of Louisa and James, he passed away. A large funeral was held to honor this Revolutionary War hero as he was laid to rest. His remains were removed in 1913 to be re-interred at Lexington with his son Robert E. Lee and the rest of the Lee family.

The two graves on the east side of this cemetery belong to Catherine Rikart and her husband John, both servants for the Carnegie family. Catherine worked as a housekeeper at Dungeness but also looked after the young Irish maids working in the house. Because they were unrelated to the Greene-Millers, they were buried outside the walls.