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ACRA CEMETERY

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Cemetery, Site
Location
20 Roosevelt Ave, Cairo, NY 12413, USA
Lat/Long
42.311518, -74.05453
Grant Recipient
Cairo Historical Society
Historic Marker

ACRA CEMETERY

Inscription

ACRA CEMETERY
ON APRIL 19, 1826 MOSES
OLMSTED, MILES DARBY AND
CYRENUS LENNON PURCHASED
LAND FOR NON-DENOMINATIONAL
PUBLIC BURYING GROUND.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2025

The land was purchased from Nathaniel Noble, Walker Noble and James Noble for forty dollars. Moses Olmsted, Miles Darby and Cyrenus Lennon purchased the land on behalf of the village of Acra for a burials “without distinction of parties and or sects.”