Vestal Park - Vestal, NY
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ripraff
N 42° 04.984 W 076° 03.206
18T E 412870 N 4659535
Vestal Park Cemetery is by the Vestal Methodist Church.
Waymark Code: WMTCHY
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 11/02/2016
Views: 5
text: "Vestal Park Cemetery est. 1834. Revolutionary War veterans John Rush and William Weston, Civil War Veterans and early town settlers buried here. William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2016 312"
From gravestone:
"John Rush Revolutionary Soldier died 1838"
"Vestal Methodist Church started as a log cabin in 1831...A much larger building was built in 1845 ..." The current building is much newer.
Marker Name: Vestal Park
Marker Type: Roadside
Agency: William G. Pomeroy Foundation
Dedication Date: 2016
City/Town/Village Name: Vestal
County: Broome
Region: Central Leatherstocking (Region 6)
Website: [Web Link]
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