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EARLY CEMETERY

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Cemetery
Location
21 S. Lyon Street, Batavia, NY
Lat/Long
43.000422, -78.197195
Grant Recipient
Genesee County History Department
Historic Marker

EARLY CEMETERY

Inscription

EARLY CEMETERY
IN VILLAGE OF BATAVIA
ON THIS SITE
DEEDED AUGUST 10, 1820
BODIES WERE RE-INTERRED TO
OTHER CEMETERIES IN BATAVIA
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2014

As early as 1820, a cemetery was located on this site. Due to high water problems, the bodies were removed and re-interred in other cemeteries.