Tonawanda Cemetery on maps (1857, 1866).jpg
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Title
Tonawanda Cemetery on maps (1857, 1866).jpg
Description
The graves in this early Tonawanda burying grounds (shown on an 1857 map as the "Niagara River Cemetery") are moved starting in the 1840s to Sweeney Cemetery in what will become North Tonawanda. Erosion began exhuming the bodies ahead of the rapture, and children walked by exposed ancestors on the way to school.
1857 map found in 1897 deed by Stone and Story Society of North Tonawanda.
1857 map found in 1897 deed by Stone and Story Society of North Tonawanda.
Date
1857
Collection
Citation
“Tonawanda Cemetery on maps (1857, 1866).jpg,” North Tonawanda History, accessed August 29, 2025, https://nthistory.com/items/show/4226.