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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Niagara County

Index to Locations

  • Lewiston Unknown location
  • Lewiston Oak Wood Cemetery
  • Lewiston Riverdale Cemetery
  • Lockport Cold Springs Cemetery
  • Lockport Glenwood Cemetery
  • Niagara Falls Oakwood Cemetery
  • Niagara Falls St. Joseph's Cemetery
  • North Tonawanda Acacia Park Cemetery
  • Pekin Mount View Cemetery
  • Royalton Center Mountain Ridge Cemetery
  • Royalton Center Orangeport Union Cemetery
  • Somerset Somerset Cemetery
  • Youngstown Old Fort Niagara Cemetery

    Unknown Location
    Lewiston, Niagara County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
    Horatio J. Stow Horatio J. Stow (1809-1859) — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.; Lewiston, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y., July 8, 1809. Lawyer; Recorder (judge) of Buffalo, 1839-44; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; member of New York state senate 29th District, 1858-59; died in office 1859. Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario County, N.Y., February 19, 1859 (age 49 years, 226 days). Interment somewhere.
      Relatives: Son of Silas Stow and Mary (Ruggles) Stow; brother of Alexander W. Stow; married to Anna J. Towers; nephew of George D. Ruggles.
      Political family: Stow family of Lowville, New York.
      See also Wikipedia article
      Image source: Pictorial History of the Superior Court of Buffalo (1886)

    Oak Wood Cemetery
    Lewiston, Niagara County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Bates Cooke (1787-1841) — of Lewiston, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., December 23, 1787. U.S. Representative from New York 30th District, 1831-33; New York state comptroller, 1839-41. Died in Lewiston, Niagara County, N.Y., May 31, 1841 (age 53 years, 159 days). Interment at Oak Wood Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

    Riverdale Cemetery
    Lewiston, Niagara County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      James Samuel Simmons (1861-1935) — also known as James S. Simmons — of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Maryland, 1861. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 34th District, 1909-13; defeated, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912. Died in 1935 (age about 74 years). Interment at Riverdale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Nephew of Milton George Urner.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Albert Waring Pierson (1867-1933) — also known as Albert W. Pierson — of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Clifton Springs, Ontario County, N.Y., June 3, 1867. Prohibition candidate for New York state engineer and surveyor, 1908, 1910; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1916. Died in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y., March 16, 1933 (age 65 years, 286 days). Interment at Riverdale Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of George Washington Pierson and Juliet Eliza (Avery) Pierson; married 1895 to Meda Ann Miller.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

    Cold Springs Cemetery
    Lockport, Niagara County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
    Cuthbert W. Pound Cuthbert Winfred Pound (1864-1935) — also known as Cuthbert W. Pound — of Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y.; Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y. Born in Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y., June 20, 1864. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 29th District, 1894-95; law professor; Justice of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1906-16; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1915-32; chief judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932-34. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association; American Law Institute. Suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while speaking at a banquet in his honor, and died soon after, in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., February 3, 1935 (age 70 years, 228 days). Interment at Cold Springs Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Alexander Pound and Almina (Whipple) Pound; married, June 22, 1887, to Emma Frances White.
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: New York Red Book 1917
    William Bewley William Howe Bewley (1878-1953) — also known as William Bewley — of Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y., October 21, 1878. Republican. Express agent; canning business; member of New York state assembly from Niagara County 1st District, 1914-19, 1927-28; member of New York state senate, 1939-48 (47th District 1939-44, 52nd District 1945-48). English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y., November 6, 1953 (age 75 years, 16 days). Interment at Cold Springs Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Mary Anne (Howe) Bewley and Joseph Bewley; married, May 1, 1902, to Helen Margaret Dickson; married, November 22, 1922, to Blanche Lovina Clark.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: New York Red Book 1917
      Mortimer Alexander Federspiel (1869-1951) — also known as Mortimer A. Federspiel — of Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y., January 22, 1869. Progressive. Candidate for New York state senate 47th District, 1916; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Died in Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y., February 11, 1951 (age 82 years, 20 days). Interment at Cold Springs Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Jacob Federspiel and Elizabeth Anna (Schriver) Federspiel; married 1900 to Olive J. Patrick.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

    Glenwood Cemetery
    Lockport, Niagara County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
    Washington Hunt Washington Hunt (1811-1867) — of Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Windham, Greene County, N.Y., August 5, 1811. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 34th District, 1843-49; New York state comptroller, 1849-50; Governor of New York, 1851-53; defeated, 1852; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 2, 1867 (age 55 years, 181 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
      Image source: New York Red Book 1896
      Richard Crowley (1836-1908) — of Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Pendleton, Niagara County, N.Y., December 14, 1836. Republican. Member of New York state senate 29th District, 1866-69; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1875-79; U.S. Representative from New York 31st District, 1879-83; defeated, 1888. Died in Olcott Beach, Niagara County, N.Y., July 22, 1908 (age 71 years, 221 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Burt Van Horn (1823-1896) — of Newfane, Niagara County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1823. Republican. Member of New York state assembly, 1858-60 (Niagara County 1st District 1858, Niagara County 2nd District 1859-60); U.S. Representative from New York, 1861-63, 1865-69 (31st District 1861-63, 29th District 1865-69); U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Rochester, New York, 1879. Died in 1896 (age about 73 years). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Thomas Thorn Flagler (1811-1897) — also known as Thomas T. Flagler — of Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, N.Y., October 12, 1811. Republican. Member of New York state assembly, 1842-43, 1860 (Niagara County 1842-43, Niagara County 1st District 1860); U.S. Representative from New York 31st District, 1853-57; defeated (Independent Republican), 1876. Died in Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y., September 6, 1897 (age 85 years, 329 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
    Ralph W. Dox Ralph Watson Dox (1885-1951) — also known as Ralph W. Dox — of Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y., May 9, 1885. Lawyer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nuremberg, 1910-16. Presbyterian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died in Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y., March 3, 1951 (age 65 years, 298 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Isaac Dox and Emma (Watson) Dox.
      Image source: U.S. passport application (1916)

    Oakwood Cemetery
    Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Peter Buell Porter (1773-1844) — also known as Peter B. Porter — of Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y.; Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn., August 4, 1773. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly, 1801-02, 1828 (Ontario and Steuben counties 1801-02, Erie County 1828); U.S. Representative from New York, 1809-13, 1815-16 (15th District 1809-13, 21st District 1815-16); general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; fought a duel with Gen. Alexander Smyth; secretary of state of New York, 1815-16; candidate for Governor of New York, 1817; U.S. Secretary of War, 1828-29. Slaveowner. Died in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y., March 20, 1844 (age 70 years, 229 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Joshua Porter and Abigail (Buell) Porter; brother of Eunice Porter (who married John Bird) and Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849); married, October 16, 1818, to Letitia Preston Breckinridge (daughter of John Breckinridge; sister of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; widow of Alfred William Grayson); father of Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); uncle of William Augustus Bird, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872) and Peter Buell Porter Jr.; grandfather of Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed of Ulysses Simpson Grant; first cousin thrice removed of Frederick Dent Grant and Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Benjamin Huntington; second cousin thrice removed of Asa H. Otis, Alvred Bayard Nettleton and Francis Watkinson Cole; second cousin four times removed of Daniel Frederick Webster, Lovel Davis Parmelee and Theron Ephron Catlin; third cousin of Jabez Huntington, John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington, Samuel Lathrop and Abel Huntington; third cousin once removed of Samuel Huntington, Jedediah Huntington, Henry Scudder, Ebenezer Huntington, Gaylord Griswold, Benjamin Trumbull, Parmenio Adams, Elisha Phelps, Lancelot Phelps, Theodore Davenport, Abijah Blodget and Benjamin Nicoll Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Jabez Williams Huntington, Abiel Case, Samuel George Andrews, Harrison Blodget, John Hall Brockway, Jairus Case, Lorenzo Burrows, Norman A. Phelps, Anson Levi Holcomb, George Smith Catlin, Waitman Thomas Willey, Lyman Trumbull, William Dean Kellogg, John Smith Phelps, William Gleason Jr., Almon Case, James Phelps, Robert Coit Jr., Samuel Lathrop Bronson, Abial Lathrop, Roger Wolcott and Allen Jacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Creighton Stratton, Edmund Holcomb, Ira Chandler Backus, Calvin Tilden Hulburd, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, Charles Jenkins Hayden, John Leake Newbold Stratton, Bushrod Ebenezer Hoppin, Judson B. Phelps, Edwin Carpenter Pinney, Timothy E. Griswold, Erskine Mason Phelps, William Walter Phelps, William Patrick Willey, Charles A. Hungerford, Walter Harrison Blodget, William Barret Ridgely, George Harrison Hall, Clayton Hyde Lathrop, Phineas Orange Small, Clement Phineas Kellogg, Monroe Marsh Sweetland, William Brainard Coit, Lafayette Blanchard Gleason, Arthur Eugene Parmelee, Austin Eugene Lathrop and Hiram Bingham; fourth cousin of Samuel H. Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of Leonard White, William Woodbridge, Isaac Backus, Eli Thacher Hoyt, Nathaniel Huntington, Caleb Scudder, James Huntington, Joseph Lyman Huntington, Charles Phelps Huntington, John Arnold Rockwell, Elisha Mills Huntington, Henry Titus Backus, Bailey Frye Adams and Henry Joel Scudder.
      Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872) — also known as Augustus S. Porter — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y., January 18, 1798. Whig. Lawyer; mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1838-39; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1839-45. Died in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y., September 18, 1872 (age 74 years, 244 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849) and Lavinia (Steele) Porter; half-brother of Peter Buell Porter Jr.; nephew of Peter Buell Porter; first cousin of William Augustus Bird and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed of Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Ulysses Simpson Grant; second cousin twice removed of Frederick Dent Grant and Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Huntington; third cousin once removed of Jabez Huntington, John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington, Samuel Lathrop and Abel Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Huntington, Henry Scudder, Asa H. Otis, Alvred Bayard Nettleton and Francis Watkinson Cole; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Frederick Webster, Lovel Davis Parmelee and Theron Ephron Catlin; fourth cousin of Jedediah Huntington, Ebenezer Huntington, Gaylord Griswold, Benjamin Trumbull, Parmenio Adams, Elisha Phelps, Lancelot Phelps, Theodore Davenport, Abijah Blodget and Benjamin Nicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel H. Huntington, Jabez Williams Huntington, Abiel Case, Samuel George Andrews, Harrison Blodget, John Hall Brockway, Jairus Case, Lorenzo Burrows, Norman A. Phelps, Anson Levi Holcomb, George Smith Catlin, Waitman Thomas Willey, Lyman Trumbull, William Dean Kellogg, John Smith Phelps, William Gleason Jr., Almon Case, James Phelps, Robert Coit Jr., Samuel Lathrop Bronson, Abial Lathrop, Roger Wolcott and Allen Jacob Holcomb.
      Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925) — also known as Peter A. Porter — of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y., October 10, 1853. Banker; newspaper editor; village president of Niagara Falls, New York, 1878; member of New York state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1886-87; U.S. Representative from New York 34th District, 1907-09. Died in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., December 15, 1925 (age 72 years, 66 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Mary Cabell (Breckinridge) Porter and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); married 1887 to Alice Adele Taylor; grandson of Peter Buell Porter; grandnephew of Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson of John Breckinridge; second great-grandnephew of William Preston and William Cabell; first cousin once removed of William Augustus Bird, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter Buell Porter Jr., John Cabell Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of James Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin thrice removed of William Cabell Jr., Francis Smith Preston, William Henry Cabell and James Patton Preston; second cousin of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell, George Craighead Cabell and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed of William Campbell Preston, James McDowell, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, John Buchanan Floyd, John Smith Preston, George Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward Carrington Cabell; second cousin four times removed of Benjamin Huntington; third cousin of Ulysses Simpson Grant, Benjamin Earl Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John William Leftwich, Frederick Dent Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr. and Earle Cabell; third cousin twice removed of Jabez Huntington, John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington, Samuel Lathrop and Abel Huntington; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Huntington and Henry Scudder; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah Huntington, Ebenezer Huntington, Gaylord Griswold, Benjamin Trumbull, Parmenio Adams, Elisha Phelps, Lancelot Phelps, Theodore Davenport, Asa H. Otis, Abijah Blodget, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington, Alvred Bayard Nettleton and Francis Watkinson Cole.
      Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Robert Henry Gittins (1869-1957) — also known as Robert H. Gittins — of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y.; Sloatsburg, Rockland County, N.Y. Born in Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y., December 14, 1869. Democrat. Coal, grain, and lumber dealer; lawyer; member of New York state senate 47th District, 1911-12; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912; U.S. Representative from New York 40th District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914; newspaper publisher; postmaster at Niagara Falls, N.Y., 1916-20 (acting, 1916-17). Died, in Tuxedo Memorial Hospital, Tuxedo, Orange County, N.Y., December 25, 1957 (age 88 years, 11 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Oakwood Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849) — also known as Augustus Porter — of Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y.; Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn., January 18, 1769. Surveyor; member of New York state assembly from Genesee and Ontario counties, 1802-03; postmaster at Niagara Falls, N.Y., 1836. Died in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y., June 10, 1849 (age 80 years, 143 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Joshua Porter and Abigail (Buell) Porter; brother of Eunice Porter (who married John Bird) and Peter Buell Porter; married, March 10, 1796, to Lavinia Steele; married, January 24, 1801, to Jane Howell (sister of Nathaniel Woodhull Howell); father of Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872) and Peter Buell Porter Jr.; uncle of William Augustus Bird and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); granduncle of Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed of Ulysses Simpson Grant; first cousin thrice removed of Frederick Dent Grant and Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Benjamin Huntington; second cousin thrice removed of Asa H. Otis, Alvred Bayard Nettleton and Francis Watkinson Cole; second cousin four times removed of Daniel Frederick Webster, Lovel Davis Parmelee and Theron Ephron Catlin; third cousin of Jabez Huntington, John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington, Samuel Lathrop and Abel Huntington; third cousin once removed of Samuel Huntington, Jedediah Huntington, Henry Scudder, Ebenezer Huntington, Gaylord Griswold, Benjamin Trumbull, Parmenio Adams, Elisha Phelps, Lancelot Phelps, Theodore Davenport, Abijah Blodget and Benjamin Nicoll Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Jabez Williams Huntington, Abiel Case, Samuel George Andrews, Harrison Blodget, John Hall Brockway, Jairus Case, Lorenzo Burrows, Norman A. Phelps, Anson Levi Holcomb, George Smith Catlin, Waitman Thomas Willey, Lyman Trumbull, William Dean Kellogg, John Smith Phelps, William Gleason Jr., Almon Case, James Phelps, Robert Coit Jr., Samuel Lathrop Bronson, Abial Lathrop, Roger Wolcott and Allen Jacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Creighton Stratton, Edmund Holcomb, Ira Chandler Backus, Calvin Tilden Hulburd, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, Charles Jenkins Hayden, John Leake Newbold Stratton, Bushrod Ebenezer Hoppin, Judson B. Phelps, Edwin Carpenter Pinney, Timothy E. Griswold, Erskine Mason Phelps, William Walter Phelps, William Patrick Willey, Charles A. Hungerford, Walter Harrison Blodget, William Barret Ridgely, George Harrison Hall, Clayton Hyde Lathrop, Phineas Orange Small, Clement Phineas Kellogg, Monroe Marsh Sweetland, William Brainard Coit, Lafayette Blanchard Gleason, Arthur Eugene Parmelee, Austin Eugene Lathrop and Hiram Bingham; fourth cousin of Samuel H. Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of Leonard White, William Woodbridge, Isaac Backus, Eli Thacher Hoyt, Nathaniel Huntington, Caleb Scudder, James Huntington, Joseph Lyman Huntington, Charles Phelps Huntington, John Arnold Rockwell, Elisha Mills Huntington, Henry Titus Backus, Bailey Frye Adams and Henry Joel Scudder.
      Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864) — also known as Peter A. Porter — of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Black Rock (now part of Buffalo), Erie County, N.Y., July 17, 1827. Member of New York state assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1862; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Episcopalian. Killed by enemy gunshot while leading troops in battle, Cold Harbor, Hanover County, Va., June 3, 1864 (age 36 years, 322 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Peter Buell Porter and Letitia Preston (Breckinridge) Porter; married, March 30, 1852, to Mary Cabell Breckinridge (granddaughter of John Breckinridge); married, November 9, 1859, to Josephine Morris; father of Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); nephew of Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; great-grandnephew of William Preston and William Cabell; first cousin of William Augustus Bird, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter Buell Porter Jr., John Cabell Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of James Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of William Cabell Jr., Francis Smith Preston, William Henry Cabell and James Patton Preston; second cousin of Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell, George Craighead Cabell and John Breckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed of William Campbell Preston, James McDowell, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, John Buchanan Floyd, John Smith Preston, George Rogers Clark Floyd, Edward Carrington Cabell, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Benjamin Earl Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of Frederick Dent Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr. and Earle Cabell; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Huntington; third cousin of John William Leftwich; third cousin once removed of Jabez Huntington, John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington, Samuel Lathrop and Abel Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Huntington, Henry Scudder, Asa H. Otis, Alvred Bayard Nettleton and Francis Watkinson Cole; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Frederick Webster, Lovel Davis Parmelee and Theron Ephron Catlin; fourth cousin of Jedediah Huntington, Ebenezer Huntington, Gaylord Griswold, Benjamin Trumbull, Parmenio Adams, Elisha Phelps, Lancelot Phelps, Theodore Davenport, Abijah Blodget and Benjamin Nicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel H. Huntington, Jabez Williams Huntington, Abiel Case, Samuel George Andrews, Harrison Blodget, John Hall Brockway, Jairus Case, Lorenzo Burrows, Norman A. Phelps, Anson Levi Holcomb, George Smith Catlin, Waitman Thomas Willey, Lyman Trumbull, William Dean Kellogg, John Smith Phelps, William Gleason Jr., Almon Case, James Phelps, Robert Coit Jr., Samuel Lathrop Bronson, Abial Lathrop, Roger Wolcott and Allen Jacob Holcomb.
      Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Peter Buell Porter Jr. (1806-1871) — also known as Peter B. Porter, Jr. — of Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y., March 17, 1806. Member of New York state assembly from Niagara County, 1838-41. Died in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y., June 15, 1871 (age 65 years, 90 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849) and Jane (Howell) Porter; half-brother of Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872); nephew of Nathaniel Woodhull Howell (1770-1851) and Peter Buell Porter; first cousin of William Augustus Bird and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed of Nathaniel Woodhull Howell (1830-1916) and Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Ulysses Simpson Grant; second cousin twice removed of Frederick Dent Grant and Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Huntington; third cousin once removed of Jabez Huntington, John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington, Samuel Lathrop and Abel Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Huntington, Henry Scudder, Asa H. Otis, Alvred Bayard Nettleton and Francis Watkinson Cole; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Frederick Webster, Lovel Davis Parmelee and Theron Ephron Catlin; fourth cousin of Jedediah Huntington, Ebenezer Huntington, Gaylord Griswold, Benjamin Trumbull, Parmenio Adams, Elisha Phelps, Lancelot Phelps, Theodore Davenport, Abijah Blodget and Benjamin Nicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel H. Huntington, Jabez Williams Huntington, Abiel Case, Samuel George Andrews, Harrison Blodget, John Hall Brockway, Jairus Case, Lorenzo Burrows, Norman A. Phelps, Anson Levi Holcomb, George Smith Catlin, Waitman Thomas Willey, Lyman Trumbull, William Dean Kellogg, John Smith Phelps, William Gleason Jr., Almon Case, James Phelps, Robert Coit Jr., Samuel Lathrop Bronson, Abial Lathrop, Roger Wolcott and Allen Jacob Holcomb.
      Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      Epitaph: "Faithful to his friends, charitable toward all, he died in Christian hope."
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

    St. Joseph's Cemetery
    Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
    Anthony C. Sabatine Anthony C. Sabatine (1916-1987) — of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y.; Pinellas Park, Pinellas County, Fla. Born in Holley, Orleans County, N.Y., April 20, 1916. Democrat. Electrician; candidate for mayor of Niagara Falls, N.Y., 1955. Died in Pinellas Park, Pinellas County, Fla., August 30, 1987 (age 71 years, 132 days). Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Gladys Costello.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Buffalo (N.Y.) News, September 14, 1955

    Acacia Park Cemetery
    North Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Frank A. Sedita Jr. (1935-2013) — Born April 1, 1935. Justice of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1999-2001. Died June 16, 2013 (age 78 years, 76 days). Interment at Acacia Park Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Frank Albert Sedita; married to Marilyn Hemstock; father of Frank A. Sedita III; nephew of Joseph J. Sedita.
      Political family: Sedita family of Buffalo, New York.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

    Mount View Cemetery
    Pekin, Niagara County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Frederick Whittlesey Seward Jr. (1874-1960) — also known as Frederick W. Seward, Jr. — of Goshen, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Middletown, Orange County, N.Y., November 6, 1874. Progressive. Physician; candidate for New York state assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1915; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Died in Goshen, Orange County, N.Y., March 4, 1960 (age 85 years, 119 days). Interment at Mount View Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Dr. Frederick Whittlesey Seward and Mary (Cory) Seward; married, December 3, 1902, to Alice Leona Truax; married, October 30, 1933, to Mary Elizabeth Pike; grandnephew of William Henry Seward; great-grandson of Samuel Swayze Seward; first cousin once removed of Frederick William Seward, William Henry Seward Jr. and George Frederick Seward.
      Political family: Seward-Schoolcraft-Sherman family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

    Mountain Ridge Cemetery
    Royalton Center, Niagara County, New York
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
    George F. Thompson George F. Thompson (1870-1948) — of Middleport, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y., July 24, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Niagara County 1st District, 1904-05; member of New York state senate 47th District, 1913-20; candidate for Governor of New York, 1920 (Republican primary), 1920 (Prohibition). Died in Middleport, Niagara County, N.Y., June 13, 1948 (age 77 years, 325 days). Interment at Mountain Ridge Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: New York Red Book 1917

    Orangeport Union Cemetery
    Royalton Center, Niagara County, New York
    Founded 1885
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
    Fayette E. Pease Fayette E. Pease (1875-1959) — of Lockport, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Lockport town, Niagara County, N.Y., December 3, 1875. Republican. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Niagara County 1st District, 1929-40. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis; Grange; Farm Bureau. Died in 1959 (age about 83 years). Interment at Orangeport Union Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: New York Red Book 1936

    Somerset Cemetery
    Somerset, Niagara County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
    Fred M. Ackerson Fred M. Ackerson (1866-1956) — of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Somerset, Niagara County, N.Y., June 6, 1866. Republican. School teacher and principal; lawyer; Niagara County District Attorney, 1908-15; Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1915-37. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Odd Fellows; Rotary; Sons of the American Revolution. Suffered a heart attack, and died soon after, in Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y., December 28, 1956 (age 90 years, 205 days). Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Charles F. Ackerson and Mary Jane (Nellist) Ackerson; married to Evangeline Hotaling.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: New York Red Book 1917

    Old Fort Niagara Cemetery
    Youngstown, Niagara County, New York
    Politicians buried here:
      Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) — also known as Walter G. Andrews — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Evanston, Cook County, Ill., July 16, 1889. Republican. Athletic coach; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; sales manager; U.S. Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45, 42nd District 1945-49). Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Died, from a heart attack, in a hotel at Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., March 5, 1949 (age 59 years, 232 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Old Fort Niagara Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Henry Andrews and Kate (Gresham) Andrews; grandson of Walter Quintin Gresham; second great-grandnephew of Dennis Lark Pennington.
      Political family: Gresham-Andrews family of Harrison County, Indiana.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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