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DUNHAM CEMETERY

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Cemetery
Location
54 E River Rd, Nichols, NY 13812, USA
Lat/Long
42.027657, -76.353337
Grant Recipient
Town of Nichols
Historic Marker

DUNHAM CEMETERY

Inscription

DUNHAM CEMETERY
AKA EAST NICHOLS CEMETERY
BURIALS AS EARLY AS 1800
THROUGH 2005. WAR OF 1812
AND CIVIL WAR VETERANS
INTERRED HERE.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2021

Dunham Cemetery, also known as East Nichols Cemetery, holds graves dating back to the early 1800s, including those veterans from the War of 1812 and the Civil War. It was closed to additional interments by township officials in 2005, for fear of accidentally digging up unmarked graves.