Elisabeth Ann Swinson Sharp's Internment

Since I wasn't able to attend, I wanted to get input from as many people as possible. Please email me your thoughts on the trip so i can post them and we can get all the different veiw points.

Many family members arrived on Thursday night, September 25th. They were spread out between Poughkeepsie, Fish Kill and Newburgh, NY.

Thursday night, Susan, Dan, Pam, Maryanne, Jackie, Bill and Joyce, Marcotte and Caroline and Elisabeth all met at Charlie Brown’s Restaurant in Fish Kill across from the Marriott Residence Inn where many of them were staying. It was great to see everyone.

Friday, September 26th , everyone was on their own in the morning time. Some met at the Residence Inn to look at photos, etc. Some went out to eat a late breakfast….Cracker Barrel, yeh! It was neat, because everything one would want was right there in Fish Kill where we were all staying…Charlie Brown’s, Cracker Barrel, Starbucks, Walmart, etc.

The committal was that afternoon (the anniversary of Stanley Sharp’s committal next to Ted and Elisabeth’s grave) at 2 pm at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. Everyone met at the entrance and then followed one of the men over to the grave site.

Those who attended were:

McLeods: Sandy Ryan, Judith Smith, Mark;

Swinsons: Margie (Uncle John’s ex-wife), Adam (Margie and John’s son), (and wife, Michelle), Maryanne Launse;

Hall: Mary and John;

Sharps: Susan Anderson (and husband, Dan Llewellyn), Jackie, Bill (and wife, Joyce);

DeWitt: Pamela;

Mickens/Martin: Gracie and George.

The Rev. Tyler Jones from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church presided. He told us that he mentioned the Swinson name to several of his West Indian/St. Thomian members, and they remembered Grandpa Swinson. It’s a small world indeed!!!

The service was short, but everyone stayed around talking and taking photos for quite a while. Then at Aunt Mary’s suggestion we all took off for the American Culinary Institute where we ate lunch at the Apple ……Café. (Can’t remember the whole name…Elisabeth?) Some people bought pastry and baked goods to take home. We walked around peeking in windows of kitchens and classrooms. It is a large, beautiful campus, and we all had fun eating, talking and shopping!

Then some went sightseeing or back to our hotels for a rest before dinner. Several members went over to New Paltz to see Hugeunot (spelling?) Street where the old stone houses are. One of the houses, the Elting-Bevier House belonged to Ted Sharp’s Elting ancestor.

Friday night, at 7pm everyone met at the Riverside Station Restaurant, where we ate upstairs overlooking the view of the Hudson River and the Mid-Hudson Bridge. Unfortunately because of the cloudy weather, it was dark by the time everyone arrived. But, it was a good meal and great conversation, some of which was about politics as the Presidential Debate was going on while we were still there. Also, Adam’s wife, Michelle, is a Councilwoman in her district in Boston, so it was very interesting to get to know her and what she does. Susan, Dan and Elisabeth are traveling to Boston the weekend of October 10th for a friend’s wedding, and will be meeting up with Adam and Michelle for dinner.