ACRA CEMETERY
- Program
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- Location
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- Grant Recipient
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NYS Historic
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Cemetery, Site
- 20 Roosevelt Ave, Cairo, NY 12413, USA
- 42.311518, -74.05453
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Cairo Historical Society
ACRA CEMETERY
Inscription
ACRA CEMETERYON 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.”