Index to Locations LewistonUnknown locationLewistonOak Wood CemeteryLewistonRiverdale CemeteryLockportCold Springs CemeteryLockportGlenwood CemeteryNiagara FallsOakwood CemeteryNiagara FallsSt. Joseph'sCemeteryNorth TonawandaAcacia ParkCemeteryPekinMount View CemeteryRoyalton CenterMountain RidgeCemeteryRoyalton CenterOrangeport UnionCemeterySomersetSomerset CemeteryYoungstownOld Fort NiagaraCemetery
UnknownLocation
Lewiston, Niagara County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: |  |  Horatio J. Stow (1809-1859) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Lewiston,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1809.Lawyer;Recorder (judge) of Buffalo, 1839-44;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 29th District, 1858-59; died in office 1859.Died in Clifton Springs,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1859 (age49 years, 226days).Interment somewhere. |
Oak WoodCemetery
Lewiston, Niagara County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Bates Cooke (1787-1841) — of Lewiston,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Wallingford,New HavenCounty, Conn.,December23, 1787.U.S.Representative from New York 30th District, 1831-33;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1839-41.Died in Lewiston,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,May 31,1841 (age53 years, 159days).Interment at Oak Wood Cemetery.
RiverdaleCemetery
Lewiston, Niagara County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Samuel Simmons (1861-1935) — also known asJames S. Simmons — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, 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 in1935(ageabout74 years).Interment at Riverdale Cemetery. | | Albert Waring Pierson (1867-1933) — also known asAlbert W. Pierson — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Clifton Springs,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,June 3,1867.Prohibition candidate forNew Yorkstate engineer and surveyor, 1908, 1910; Prohibition candidatefor Presidential Elector for New York,1916.Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,March16, 1933 (age65 years, 286days).Interment at Riverdale Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof George Washington Pierson and Juliet Eliza (Avery) Pierson;married1895 to MedaAnn Miller. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
Cold SpringsCemetery
Lockport, Niagara County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Cuthbert Winfred Pound (1864-1935) — also known asCuthbert W. Pound — of Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.; Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,June 20,1864.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 29th District, 1894-95;lawprofessor;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 8th District, 1906-16;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1915-32;chiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932-34.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;DeltaKappa Epsilon;PhiDelta Phi;American BarAssociation;AmericanLaw Institute.Suffered acerebralhemorrhage while speaking at abanquet inhis honor, and died soon after, in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,February3, 1935 (age70 years, 228days).Interment at Cold Springs Cemetery.  | William Howe Bewley (1878-1953) — also known asWilliam Bewley — of Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,October21, 1878.Republican.Expressagent;canningbusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Niagara County 1st District, 1914-19,1927-28; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1939-48 (47th District 1939-44, 52nd District1945-48).Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Died in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,November6, 1953 (age75 years, 16days).Interment at Cold Springs Cemetery. | | Mortimer Alexander Federspiel (1869-1951) — also known asMortimer A. Federspiel — of Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,January22, 1869.Progressive. Candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 47th District, 1916; Dry candidate fordelegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Died in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,February11, 1951 (age82 years, 20days).Interment at Cold Springs Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Jacob Federspiel and Elizabeth Anna (Schriver) Federspiel;married1900 to OliveJ. Patrick. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
GlenwoodCemetery
Lockport, Niagara County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Washington Hunt (1811-1867) — of Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Windham,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,August5, 1811.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 34th District, 1843-49;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1849-50;Governor ofNew York, 1851-53; defeated, 1852; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1864.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February2, 1867 (age55 years, 181days).Interment at Glenwood Cemetery. | | | Richard Crowley (1836-1908) — of Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Pendleton,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1836.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate 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,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,July 22,1908 (age71 years, 221days).Interment at Glenwood Cemetery. | | Burt Van Horn (1823-1896) — of Newfane,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.; Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,1823.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate 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 District1861-63, 29th District 1865-69);U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Rochester, New York, 1879.Died in1896(ageabout73 years).Interment at Glenwood Cemetery. | | Thomas Thorn Flagler (1811-1897) — also known asThomas T. Flagler — of Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Pleasant Valley,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,October12, 1811.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1842-43, 1860 (Niagara County 1842-43, NiagaraCounty 1st District 1860);U.S.Representative from New York 31st District, 1853-57; defeated(Independent Republican), 1876.Died in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,September6, 1897 (age85 years, 329days).Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.  | Ralph Watson Dox (1885-1951) — also known asRalph W. Dox — of Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,May 9,1885.Lawyer;U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul inNuremberg, 1910-16.Presbyterian.Member,AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,March 3,1951 (age65 years, 298days).Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Dox and Emma (Watson) Dox. | | | | Image source: U.S. passport application(1916) |
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OakwoodCemetery
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Peter Buell Porter (1773-1844) — also known asPeter B. Porter — of Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.; Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August4, 1773.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1801-02, 1828 (Ontario and Steuben counties1801-02, Erie County 1828);U.S.Representative from New York, 1809-13, 1815-16 (15th District1809-13, 21st District 1815-16); general in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812; fought aduelwith Gen. Alexander Smyth;secretaryof state of New York, 1815-16; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1817;U.S.Secretary of War, 1828-29.Slaveowner. Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,March20, 1844 (age70 years, 229days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Joshua Porter and Abigail (Buell) Porter; brother of Eunice Porter(who marriedJohnBird) andAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849); married,October16, 1818, to Letitia Preston Breckinridge (daughter ofJohnBreckinridge; sister ofJosephCabell Breckinridge andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; widow ofAlfredWilliam Grayson); father ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); uncle ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872) andPeterBuell Porter Jr.; grandfather ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant; first cousin thrice removed ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin thrice removed ofAsa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; second cousin four times removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; third cousin ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin once removed ofSamuelHuntington,JedediahHuntington,HenryScudder,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; third cousin twice removed ofJabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesCreighton Stratton,EdmundHolcomb,IraChandler Backus,CalvinTilden Hulburd,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,CharlesJenkins Hayden,JohnLeake Newbold Stratton,BushrodEbenezer Hoppin,JudsonB. Phelps,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,TimothyE. Griswold,ErskineMason Phelps,WilliamWalter Phelps,WilliamPatrick Willey,CharlesA. Hungerford,WalterHarrison Blodget,WilliamBarret Ridgely,GeorgeHarrison Hall,ClaytonHyde Lathrop,PhineasOrange Small,ClementPhineas Kellogg,MonroeMarsh Sweetland,WilliamBrainard Coit,LafayetteBlanchard Gleason,ArthurEugene Parmelee,AustinEugene Lathrop andHiramBingham; fourth cousin ofSamuelH. Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofLeonardWhite,WilliamWoodbridge,IsaacBackus,EliThacher Hoyt,NathanielHuntington,CalebScudder,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,JohnArnold Rockwell,ElishaMills Huntington,HenryTitus Backus,BaileyFrye Adams andHenryJoel Scudder. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872) — also known asAugustus S. Porter — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,January18, 1798.Whig.Lawyer;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1838-39;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1839-45.Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1872 (age74 years, 244days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) and Lavinia (Steele) Porter;half-brother ofPeterBuell Porter Jr.; nephew ofPeterBuell Porter; first cousin ofWilliamAugustus Bird andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant; second cousin twice removed ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelHuntington,HenryScudder,Asa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; third cousin thrice removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; fourth cousin ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington,JabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925) — also known asPeter A. Porter — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1853.Banker;newspapereditor;villagepresident of Niagara Falls, New York, 1878; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1886-87;U.S.Representative from New York 34th District, 1907-09.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,December15, 1925 (age72 years, 66days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Cabell (Breckinridge) Porter andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); married1887 to AliceAdele Taylor; grandson ofPeterBuell Porter; grandnephew ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),JosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson ofJohnBreckinridge; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin once removed ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr.,JohnCabell Breckinridge,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge andBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin once removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd andEdwardCarrington Cabell; second cousin four times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin ofUlyssesSimpson Grant,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich,FrederickDent Grant,UlyssesSimpson Grant Jr. andEarleCabell; third cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelHuntington andHenryScudder; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,Asa H.Otis,AbijahBlodget,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Robert Henry Gittins (1869-1957) — also known asRobert H. Gittins — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.; Sloatsburg,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Oswego,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1869.Democrat.Coal,grain,andlumberdealer;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 47th District, 1911-12; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1912;U.S.Representative from New York 40th District, 1913-15; defeated,1914;newspaperpublisher; postmaster atNiagaraFalls, N.Y., 1916-20 (acting, 1916-17).Died, in Tuxedo MemorialHospital,Tuxedo,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,December25, 1957 (age88 years, 11days).Entombed in mausoleum at Oakwood Cemetery. | | Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849) — also known asAugustus Porter — of Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.; Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,January18, 1769.Surveyor;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Genesee and Ontario counties, 1802-03;postmaster atNiagaraFalls, N.Y., 1836.Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,June 10,1849 (age80 years, 143days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Joshua Porter and Abigail (Buell) Porter; brother of Eunice Porter(who marriedJohnBird) andPeterBuell Porter; married,March10, 1796, to Lavinia Steele; married,January24, 1801, to Jane Howell (sister ofNathanielWoodhull Howell); father ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872) andPeterBuell Porter Jr.; uncle ofWilliamAugustus Bird andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); granduncle ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant; first cousin thrice removed ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin thrice removed ofAsa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; second cousin four times removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; third cousin ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin once removed ofSamuelHuntington,JedediahHuntington,HenryScudder,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; third cousin twice removed ofJabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesCreighton Stratton,EdmundHolcomb,IraChandler Backus,CalvinTilden Hulburd,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,CharlesJenkins Hayden,JohnLeake Newbold Stratton,BushrodEbenezer Hoppin,JudsonB. Phelps,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,TimothyE. Griswold,ErskineMason Phelps,WilliamWalter Phelps,WilliamPatrick Willey,CharlesA. Hungerford,WalterHarrison Blodget,WilliamBarret Ridgely,GeorgeHarrison Hall,ClaytonHyde Lathrop,PhineasOrange Small,ClementPhineas Kellogg,MonroeMarsh Sweetland,WilliamBrainard Coit,LafayetteBlanchard Gleason,ArthurEugene Parmelee,AustinEugene Lathrop andHiramBingham; fourth cousin ofSamuelH. Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofLeonardWhite,WilliamWoodbridge,IsaacBackus,EliThacher Hoyt,NathanielHuntington,CalebScudder,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,JohnArnold Rockwell,ElishaMills Huntington,HenryTitus Backus,BaileyFrye Adams andHenryJoel Scudder. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864) — also known asPeter A. Porter — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Black Rock (now part of Buffalo),ErieCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1827.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1862; colonel inthe Union Army during the Civil War.Episcopalian.Killedby enemygunshotwhile leading troops in battle, Cold Harbor,HanoverCounty, Va.,June 3,1864 (age36 years, 322days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofPeterBuell Porter and Letitia Preston (Breckinridge) Porter; married,March30, 1852, to Mary Cabell Breckinridge (granddaughter ofJohnBreckinridge); married,November9, 1859, to Josephine Morris; father ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); nephew ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),JosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr.,JohnCabell Breckinridge,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd,EdwardCarrington Cabell,UlyssesSimpson Grant,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed ofFrederickDent Grant,UlyssesSimpson Grant Jr. andEarleCabell; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich; third cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelHuntington,HenryScudder,Asa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; third cousin thrice removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; fourth cousin ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington,JabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Peter Buell Porter Jr. (1806-1871) — also known asPeter B. Porter, Jr. — ofNiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,March17, 1806.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Niagara County, 1838-41.Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,June 15,1871 (age65 years, 90days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) and Jane (Howell) Porter; half-brotherofAugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872); nephew ofNathanielWoodhull Howell (1770-1851) andPeterBuell Porter; first cousin ofWilliamAugustus Bird andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed ofNathanielWoodhull Howell (1830-1916) andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant; second cousin twice removed ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelHuntington,HenryScudder,Asa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; third cousin thrice removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; fourth cousin ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington,JabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Epitaph: "Faithful to his friends,charitable toward all, he died in Christian hope." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
St. Joseph'sCemetery
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Anthony C. Sabatine (1916-1987) — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.; Pinellas Park,PinellasCounty, Fla.Born in Holley,OrleansCounty, N.Y.,April20, 1916.Democrat.Electrician;candidate formayorof Niagara Falls, N.Y., 1955.Died in Pinellas Park,PinellasCounty, Fla.,August30, 1987 (age71 years, 132days).Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Gladys Costello. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Buffalo (N.Y.) News,September 14, 1955 |
Acacia ParkCemetery
North Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York
Mount ViewCemetery
Pekin, Niagara County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Frederick Whittlesey Seward Jr. (1874-1960) — also known asFrederick W. Seward, Jr. — of Goshen,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Middletown,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,November6, 1874.Progressive.Physician;candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1915; Drycandidate fordelegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Died in Goshen,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,March 4,1960 (age85 years, 119days).Interment at Mount View Cemetery.
Mountain RidgeCemetery
Royalton Center, Niagara County, New York
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | George F. Thompson (1870-1948) — of Middleport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,July 24,1870.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Niagara County 1st District, 1904-05; memberofNewYork state senate 47th District, 1913-20; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1920 (Republican primary), 1920 (Prohibition).Died in Middleport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,June 13,1948 (age77 years, 325days).Interment at Mountain Ridge Cemetery.
Orangeport UnionCemetery
Royalton Center, Niagara County, New York
Founded 1885
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
SomersetCemetery
Somerset, Niagara County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Fred M. Ackerson (1866-1956) — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Somerset,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,June 6,1866.Republican.School teacherand principal;lawyer;NiagaraCounty District Attorney, 1908-15; Judge of New York Court ofClaims, 1915-37.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;OddFellows;Rotary;Sonsof the American Revolution.Suffered aheartattack, and died soon after, in MemorialHospital,Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,December28, 1956 (age90 years, 205days).Interment at Somerset Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles F. Ackerson and Mary Jane (Nellist) Ackerson; married toEvangeline Hotaling. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1917 |
Old Fort NiagaraCemetery
Youngstown, Niagara County, New York
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) — also known asWalter G. Andrews — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.,July 16,1889.Republican.Athleticcoach; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;salesmanager;U.S.Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45,42nd District 1945-49).Presbyterian.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons.Died, from aheartattack, in ahotel atDaytona Beach,VolusiaCounty, Fla.,March 5,1949 (age59 years, 232days).Cremated;ashes interred at Old Fort Niagara Cemetery.
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