FAIRVIEW CEMETERY

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FAIRVIEW CEMETERY
INCORPORATED MAY 1899.
EARLY RESIDENTS, LEADERS OF
LOCAL INDUSTRY AND VETERANS
OF U.S. CIVIL WAR AND LATER
CONFLICTS INTERRED HERE.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2024

Located in Amsterdam, New York, Fairview Cemetery sits on a plateau overlooking the nearby Mohawk River. Within are interred early residents of the surrounding communities, leaders of local businesses, and veterans of conflicts beginning as early as the Civil War.

Incorporated in 1899, Fairview Cemetery was planned by landscape architect G. Douglas Baltimore. Several notable individuals are buried there, including members of the Chalmers and Shuttleworth families, both of whom developed important industries in the region. The Shuttleworth family was famous for manufacturing rugs and carpets, while the Chalmers were known for producing “pearl buttons,” which were actually made from Mississippi River Clamshells. (Bob Cudmore, “Henry Chalmers II: Buttons and Literature”, 2017.)

The cemetery is also the resting place of several service members of the United States armed forces. A specific portion of the cemetery is reserved as the veterans’ plot, which features a cannon that was dedicated by the local G.A.R. Post E. S. Young, No. 33 in 1906. (Amsterdam Evening Recorder, Oct. 16, 1906.)