Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Buffalo Cemeteries, An Account of the Burial Places of Buffalo From the Earliest Times Read Before the Buffalo Historical Society, February 4, 1879 by WILLIAM HODGE Pub. Bigelow Brothers, Buffalo, N.Y.; 1879 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF BURIAL PLACES =========================================================================== NO. NAME. DATE.* PAGE =========================================================================== 1 The Mound Unknown . 14 2 Johnston's 1802?-1811 . 3 3 Franklin Square 1804?-1836 . 4 4 Cold Spring 1810-1815 . 6 5 Bidwell Farm 1811-1825 . 10 - Soldiers 1812-1814 . 14 6 1. Terrace . . 15 7 2. Sandy Town . . 15 8 3. Conjockety Creek . . 16 9 4. Black Rock . . 16 10 5. Park Meadow . . 17 11 6. Williamsville . . 18 12 Reservation (Old Indian) 1820?-(?) . 24 13 Black Rock 1820-1860 . 8 14 Poorhouse Potter's Field 1829-1851 . 8 15 Old St. Louis 1830-1832 . 24 16 Delaware and North Street 1830-1860 . 7 17 New St. Louis 1832-1859 . 21 18 Potter's Field (city) 1832--- . 7 19 Mathews and Wilcox 1834--- . 11 20 Old St. Mary's 1845-1860 . 21 21 Jacobson 1847-1864? Correct'n iv.22 22 Bethel (old) 1849--- Correct'n iv.22 23 St. Francis Xavier 1850--- . 21 24 St. Joseph's 1850--- . 21 25 Forest Lawn 1850--- . 11 26 Holy Cross 1855--- . 21 27 St. John 1859--- . 23 - Concordia (union) 1859--- . 23 28 1. German Evangelical St. Peter's . . 24 29 2. German Evangelical St. Stephen's . . 24 30 3. First German Lutheran Trinity . . 24 31 Holy Rest 1859--- . 23 32 United German and French 1859--- . 22 33 Zion Church 1859--- . 23 34 Howard Free 1859?-- . 23 35 Bethel (new) 1861?-- . 22 36 Beth Zion 1864-1865 . 23 37 Mount Hope 1864--- . 23 38 Temple Beth Zion 1865--- . 23 39 Fort Porter (soldiers') 1867--- . 20 40 German Methodist 1870--- . 24 41 St. Mathew's 1875--- . 24 *As far as number 13, the dates are mainly approximate, not absolute. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the more of our information about Erie County, N.Y., by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ny/erie/ ===========================================================================