Tonawanda Cemetery on maps (1857, 1866).jpg

Niagara River Cemetery on 1857 map.jpg
Tonawanda Cemetery on 1866 map, map detil (1866).jpg

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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.

Date

1857

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Citation

“Tonawanda Cemetery on maps (1857, 1866).jpg,” North Tonawanda History, accessed August 9, 2025, https://nthistory.com/items/show/4226.