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GEN. ELLIS CEMETERY

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Cemetery
Location
4923 Onondaga Road, Onondaga, NY
Lat/Long
43.009618, -76.191199
Grant Recipient
Town Of Onondaga Historical Society
Historic Marker

GEN. ELLIS CEMETERY

Inscription

GEN. ELLIS CEMETERY
FIRST BURIAL 1798.
GENERAL JOHN ELLIS,
VETERAN OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR
AND WAR OF 1812
BURIED HERE IN 1820.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION

This rural cemetery located in Onondaga Hill had its first burial in 1798. It is the final resting place of General John Ellis who was a veteran of the American Revolution and the War of 1812. He was buried here in 1820.