Section: see below
Material: White marble
Inscription: In Memory of Sarah, Wife of John D. Carls, Died March 13, 1845 in the 29th year of her Age. A faithful wife, a loving mother, A Christian true this stone does cover. Patient in suffering, strong in love, Dead to this world, but lives above. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me write blessed are the dead with die in the Lord, henceforth, yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labours and their work do follow them.
Misc.: A large, simple stone with only minor chipping. Surface is heavily discolored, but inscription is generally legible (and transcribed on the burial index card at the Cemetery office). Lower portion is partly embedded in the ground.
The Common Council inventory lists Sarah Carls as originally buried in the Baptist section of the State Street Burying Grounds. However, the burial card on file at the Cemetery office lists Garretson Station Methodist Episcopal. The 1855 census shows John D. Carls as an iron worker living in Albany’s 10th Ward with a second wife (unfortunately only identified as “Mrs. J.D.”) and the following children: Emma (age 8), John (age 4), and Charles (age 1). A Lydia Green, age 20, is also listed with the Carls, possibly a servant. None of the children listed is old enough to have been Sarah’s child. Since the stone refers to her as a mother, it is very possible that she had a child who died sometime between 1845 and 1855.
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