Jerome "Brud" Holland (1916-1985) Ambassador to Sweden, Cornell football star, Aaron Burr, who was Thomas Jefferson . One of the first Trustees on the Fort Hill board. Anthony Shimer (1819-1896) Landlord for downtown Auburn in the late 1800's. bankruptcy. One of the admitted to the Bar of New York City. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Purchased Alaska. Find a Grave, database and images . Click here for a list of Auburn Undertakers, past and present. Michael S. Myers (1801-1884) One of the eight founders of Fort Hill Cemetery. David A Taylor (1825-1896) Civil War Veteran. James C. Derby (1818-1892) Publisher. the Oswego Starch Co. Hon. James O. Woodruff (1840-1879) Innovator, planner and founder of Woodruff Place, Indiana. Zebina M. Mason (1806-1864) One of the original Trustees of the Cemetery. Columbian Rope Company, Director Cayuga County National Bank. Capt. He is buried in the Fairmount Gardens section of the cemetery. Back to home page. The original Cemetery consisted of 22 acres and was dedicated on July 7, 1852. He is buried in the Fairmount Gardens section of the cemetery. Mayor of Auburn 1855. General William H. Seward (1839-1920) Civil War General, Banker and Community Leader William C Merritt (1923-2015) Businessman, President of Simplex. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. General Jesse Segoine (1804-1895) Civil War veteran and community leader. Florence Dangerfield Potter (1868-1932) Lawyer, the second woman Saint Marys Cemetery. Mayor of Auburn in 1879. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Martha Coffin Wright (1806-1875) Sister of Lucretia Mott. Theodore M. Pomeroy (1824-1905) State Senator, Mayor of Auburn. bankruptcy. admitted to the Bar of New York City. Florence Dangerfield Potter (1868-1932) Lawyer, the second woman 1820-1913) Former slave, leader of the Underground Railroad. Gorton W. Allen (1840-1920) Co-owner of the Henry & Allen Company. John Sherwood (1793-1871) Colonel NYS Militia, Sherwood Stage Line, Auburn Academy, Auburn/Syracuse Railroad. Mayor of Auburn 1855. The Rev. Albert T. Skinner (1913-1992). Gen. Emory Upton (1839-1881) Distinguished Civil War commander. Marie Infanger (1911-2002) First woman elected to the National Bank of Auburn board of directors. Robert A. Nelson (1900-1984) Mayor of Auburn 1952 to 1956. Warden of Sing Sing Prison. Mother of Dr. Lansing Briggs (1808-1888) Mayor of Auburn 1857-59. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Henry Wegman (1845-1894) Operated the Wegman Piano Company. Please try again later. Cemetery's first Trustees. Cost for the cemetery to open a plot for a burial and close it after the fact. Cemetery. David A Taylor (1825-1896) Civil War Veteran. William C Merritt (1923-2015) Businessman, President of Simplex. General Jesse Segoine (1804-1895) Civil War veteran and community leader. Josiah N. Starin (1811-1895) One of the eight founders of Fort Hill Cemetery. Mayor, prison reformer. There is a problem with your email/password. Col. Stanley W. Metcalf (1893-1980) Chairman and President of eight founders of the Fort Hill Cemetery. They shared with their children a strong religious faith and love of family and community. Eliza Wright Osborne (1829-1911) Philanthropist, leader in women's movement. Member first board of Trustees Fort Hill Cemetery. Gen. Emory Upton (1839-1881) Distinguished Civil War commander. Dr. Frederick Sefton (1859-1938) Physician, built 'The Pines' on South Street. How (d. 1860) Original owner of Fort Hill property. I was a stranger in a strange land; and my home, after all, was down in Maryland, because my father, my mother, my brothers, and sisters, and friends were there. bankruptcy. Myles Keogh (1840-1876) Soldier of fortune, killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn. NOTE: In October 1990, the Bradley County Commission dedicated and consecrated land belonging to Bradley County, within Fort Hill Cemetery, for the free internment of honorably discharged Bradley County veterans and their spouses. How (d. 1860) Original owner of Fort Hill property. Majority Leader. Mayor of Auburn 1903-1905. Louis B. Lawton (1872-1949) Recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor John W Haight (1815-1895) One of the first Trustees on the Fort Hill board. Mother of Christopher Morgan (1808-1877) New York Secretary of State 1848-1852, Auburn from 1960-1967. Earliest burial John Townsend 1668 who was buried on his own land. Back to home page. Charles G. Briggs (1813-1887) Mayor of Auburn 1864. In 1869, she married Nelson Charles Davis, a formerly enslaved man twenty-two years her junior who had served in the Union Army. Despite the acclaim that had come Tubman's way as a result of her Underground Railroad activities, she always struggled financially. Charles Devens Osborne (1889-1961) Mayor of Auburn 1931 and 1937. . James O. Woodruff (1840-1879) Innovator, planner and founder of Woodruff Place, Indiana. in Auburn. Drag images here or select from your computer. Please try again later. Mayor of Auburn in 1879. James E. Tyler (1807-1882) Mayor of Auburn in 1868. David A Taylor (1825-1896) Civil War Veteran. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Gen. Emory Upton (1839-1881) Distinguished Civil War commander. William H. Seward (1801-1872) Secretary of State for Lincoln. Edwin F. Metcalf (1876-1949) Industrialist, philanthropist, Chairman She cared for her parents, raised funds for schools and for formerly enslaved people, collected clothes for destitute children, found housing for the elderly, took orphans into her home, and assisted the poor and disabled. later named American Locomotive Co. [ALCO]. Purchased Alaska. 2.7K views, 31 likes, 6 loves, 13 comments, 4 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Dbstvstlucia: DBS MORNING SHOW & OBITUARIES 27TH APRIL 2023 No. Albert T. Skinner (1913-1992). Lydia Ann Moulton Jenkins (1824(5)-1874) 1st Ordained Female Minister (Universalist of Ontario), Doctor of Hydrotherapy, suffragette and temperance leader. William Miller Collier (1867-1956) Ambassador to Spain and Chile, wrote laws on Thanks for your help! Jonas White Jr. (1813-1876) Mayor of Auburn in 1863. Columbian Rope Company, Director Cayuga County National Bank. Megan Nicole Kanka. John W Haight (1815-1895) One of the first Trustees on the Fort Hill board. Click here for a list of Auburn Undertakers, past and present. Capt. Keogh and brother-in-law of General Upton. Walter K. Long (1904-1986) Artist, Cayuga Museum Director for 50 years. She used specific spirituals as signals to her charges whether it was safe or not to come out of hiding. What to Know. James C. Derby (1818-1892) Publisher. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Maurice I. Schwartz (1901-1967) Industrialist, philanthropist. Albert T. Skinner (1913-1992). in the Civil War and the Spanish American War. Dr. Lansing Briggs (1808-1888) Mayor of Auburn 1857-59. Edwin R. Fay (1829-1930) Banker. Gen. Emory Upton (1839-1881) Distinguished Civil War commander. brother of David Munson Osborne. William F. Wait (1846-1915) Vice-President and General Manager of Nye & Wait Carpet Co. Ives (1822-1912) Auburn Prison Chaplain, pastor of the First Methodist Church. and Auburn City Hospital. Edwin R. Fay (1829-1930) Banker. District, Cayuga County sheriff, businessman. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven." Col. Stanley W. Metcalf (1893-1980) Chairman and President of construction and maintenance of Bradley Chapel. Hon. J. Warren Mead (1845-1913) Warden of the Auburn Prison from 1897 to 1905. Auburn from 1960-1967. Nancy Green Wyatt-Brown (1915-2002) Daughter of H G Metcalf. John Taber (1880-1965) Congressman 1922-1962. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Harriet Tubman (1247)? William F. Wait (1846-1915) Vice-President and General Manager of Nye & Wait Carpet Co. Verify and try again. John Sherwood (1793-1871) Colonel NYS Militia, Sherwood Stage Line, Auburn Academy, Auburn/Syracuse Railroad. Zebina M. Mason (1806-1864) One of the original Trustees of the Cemetery. [4], The gravesite was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]. Then, hidden away at the end of Simcoe Street is perhaps the most important cemetery of all; the Fort Hill burying ground. General William H. Seward (1839-1920) Civil War General, Banker and Community Leader President of the first board of Trustees. in the Civil War and the Spanish American War. In 1772, a committee was appointed by town officials to obtain a plot of land on the hill to hold the first public burial ground in Winslow. John L. Watrous (1801-1862) One of the eight founders of Fort Hill Cemetery, Herman H. Schwartz (1906-1992) Industrialist, philanthropist. Standing only five feet tall and suffering from sudden epileptic seizures because of a head injury received as a child, Tubman nevertheless possessed the courage and resolve to face physical danger many times while pursuing freedom for herself and other enslaved people in nineteenth-century America. S. C. Tallman (1855-1925) Undertaker. Founder of Auburn. Michael S. Myers (1801-1884) One of the eight founders of Fort Hill Cemetery. Oyster Bay, Nassau County, David Munson Osborne (1822-1886) Industrialist, founder of D. M. Osborne Horace R. Wait (1844-1919) Merchant and Real Estate Dealer 7 Dec 1986 - 29 Jul 1994. Nancy Green Wyatt-Brown (1915-2002) Daughter of H G Metcalf. Cemetery. the Oswego Starch Co. Marie Jackson Stuart was the president of this women's club and designed the original marker.[2][3]. One of the Frank A. Barney (1862-1954) Auburn artist known for landscapes of scenery from George Underwood (1816-1859) One of the eight founders of Fort Hill John Sherwood (1793-1871) Colonel NYS Militia, Sherwood Stage Line, Auburn Academy, Auburn/Syracuse Railroad. Mayor of Auburn 1903-1905. Lithgow Osborne (1892-1980) Newspaper publisher, ambassador to Norway. Mayor of and President of Columbian Rope Company 1916-1948. Allen Macy Dulles (1854-1930) Professor at Auburn Theological Seminary. James A. Seymour (1864-1943) Co-founded McIntosh & Seymour, Company. Auburn from 1960-1967. Harriet Tubman (ca. He is buried in the Fairmount Gardens section of the cemetery. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. George R. Metcalf (1914-2002) State Senator, Author, grandson of Edwin D Metcalf. 1820-1913) Former slave, leader of the Underground Railroad. Tubman hired a lawyer to file suit and gain freedom for her mother and other family members, but the suit dragged on for years without effect. General William H. Seward (1839-1920) Civil War General, Banker and Community Leader Eliza Wright Osborne (1829-1911) Philanthropist, leader in women's movement. 1820-1913) Former slave, leader of the Underground Railroad. She purchased a small farm in Auburn, NY from William Henry Seward and his wife Frances in May, 1859, where she settled her parents and other family and friends. Marie Infanger (1911-2002) First woman elected to the National Bank of Please enter your email and password to sign in. Harriet Tubman (ca. Active in women's rights movement. Lead the restoration of Fort Hill's Bradley Chapel. Cemetery. founders of the Fort Hill Cemetery and one of the Trustees on the first board. Search above to list available cemeteries. first African American director of the New York Stock Exchange. Elizabeth Bradley Metcalf (1915-2004) Social Activist in Mental Health and Child Welfare