Riverside Cemetery - Whitney Point, NY
Posted by: ripraff
N 42° 19.350 W 075° 57.658
18T E 420817 N 4686031
This graveyard dates back to 1791. The website for the Association has maps.
Waymark Code: WMRFFB
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2016
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The sign says "Historic Ancestral Resting Sites since 1791"
Riverside Cemetery Association
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visit link)
H.P. Smith wrote in his History of Broome County, published in 1885:
“Hannah Lee was the first person buried there (Riverside Cemetery – Whitney Point, NY) which was done in 1791. It was an unbroken forest and remained so for many years, to a large extent. When a person died, a spot was chosen between the trees, and a grave dug under the shade of the old forest monarchs, where the winds of heaven sang mournful dirges in the branches.”