Munson I. Lockwood (1810-1875)

Munson I. Lockwood (1810-1875). Attorney, Prison Warden and Military Officer. The Lockwood family was originally from Greenwich, Connecticut. Stephen Ingersoll Lockwood and his wife Sarah had eight children, five boys and three girls, of whom Munson was the youngest, The family moved to this area in 1821, to a 100-acre farm near the village of Sing Sing (Ossining). , The sons had illustrious careers. Ralph and Albert, the oldest, became prominent attorneys and judges, Munson also went into law as well as the military. He achieved the rank of general in the New York State Militia and organized a local volunteer militia company called The Lockwood Light Guard of Ossining. , Munson Lockwood served in several elected and appointed civilian positions, including Westchester County Clerk (1843-1849), Warden of Sing Sing Prison (1850-1855) and Justice of the Peace (1874-1875). He was also a force behind the founding of this cemetery, selling property to the Dale Cemetery Association in 1850 for $30,000. , As both Warden of Sing Sing and Treasurer of Dale Cemetery, Lockwood used “Sing Sing marble” from the prison quarries for many structures. Accused of a conflict of interest, he resigned his position at Sing Sing in 1855, his reputation damaged. He died suddenly at age 68. , Munson Lockwood was twice married. His first wife Sarah Lewis Smith bore six children before her death in 1862. Their oldest son, Henry Clay Lockwood, a lawyer and political writer, was best known for his 1884 book The Abolition of the Presidency. Lockwood's second marriage was to Amelia Jane Havell, daughter of Robert Havell, the noted engraver of John James Audubon's classic Birds of America. They had a son, Robert Havell Lockwood.