City of Buffalo including Black Rock Cemeteries Erie County, New York

11 September 2005

1. B'nai Jacob Cemetery - East end of Lansdale Place, Buffalo. Cemetery of the former Clinton Street shul. No longer actively used and in poor condition. 
   Last burial ca. 1970.
2. B'rith Shalom
3. Best Street Burial Grounds Newspaper Article
4. Bethel Cemetery 1849 Fillmore Ave between Batavia (Nriadway) and Sycamore Streets.
   Three and a half acres.
   1. see The Jacobson Society - German
5. Beth Jacob Cemetery 1886 - 1904
   1. Inscriptions {10138} July 28, 1990;
   2. This is an old Jewish Cemetery, also known as the
      Doat Street Cemetery, at the end of Lanford St., in Buffalo, NY. comment
      by Sally Bruckheimer: I have been told that the burial records have
      been lost. Few people in Buffalo seem to know of its existence.
      Many of the tombstones have Hebrew inscriptions which we cannot
      read and therefore have not included. Those stones with only
      Hebrew inscriptions have not been included in the listing. Sally
      Bruckheimer, 45 S. Cayuga Rd. Apt B4, Williamsville, NY 14221).
      Work transcribed by Jane Clement and Sally Bruckheimer.
6. Bidwell Farm Burying Ground 1811 - 1825 Located on Gulf Road ( Delavan Avenue ) at Main Street, just south, over Conjockety Creek, and westward, a considerable distance west of Main Street, back of the village of Black Rock.
   This was in use before North Street ( Guide Board Road) was opened, The reason for the old name of North Street was that in the early days it was the only wagon approach to Black Rock from the East. Persons in Black Rock wishing to communicate with Buffalo used the edge of the lake until Niagara Street wax opened, about 1809. A guide post stood for many years at the southwest corner on Main Street and this road, pointing threw way to Black Rock; hence the name of this road. The Bidwell farm was situated on what is now Delevan Avenue, at that time called the " Gulf Road", which crossed Main Street just south of the bridge in Main Street, over Conjockety Creek. The road passed east, shortly crossing Conjockety Creek, and westward, crossing a deep ravine or gulf formed by spring flowing from the Jubilee Spring. And it was from this crossing that it got its name " Gulf Road". The far, itself was a considerable distance west of Main Street, back of the village of Black Rock, and was used from 1811 to 1825.
   BUFFALO CEMETERIES * By William Hodge Feb.4, 1879 * Excerpts from Publications - Buffalo Historical Society Vol.1, 1879
7. Bishop's Cemetery
   1. see Holy Cross / South Buffalo
8. Black Rock Burying Ground (New) 1820 - 1860
   The Circle* was graded in 1874, and much of it was developed over the former Black Rock Cemetery (especially the northwest quadrant). The remains of Buffalonians buried there were reinterred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, but some of the pauper graves still remain.
   * The Circle was renamed Symphony Circle in 1958 because of its association with Kleinhans Music Hall and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Chris Brown "Beginning of tour, Kleinhans Music Hall, 370 Pennsylvania Street."
9. Black Rock Burying Ground (Old) 1804 - 1850
10. Black Rock German M.E.Church Cemetery 1876 - 1904
    1. Military Road and Hertle Ave.
11. Buffalo Cemetery 1896 - 1904 Branch of the Buffalo Private Cemetery.
12. Buffalo Cemetery Association 1853 (See Cheektowaga ) (Location Map)
    1. Pine Ridge Road at Genesee Street, Cheektowaga, NY 14225 (716) 892-6660
       1. see Mathews and Wilcox Cemetery
13. Buffalo City Cemetery 1875 - Present
    1. see Forest Lawn Cemetery
14. Buffalo City Cemetery Association 1864
    All of the unsold lots were purchased from Forest Lawn Association.
15. Buffalo Plains 1812 burials
16. Buffalo Private Cemetery 1876 - 1900 see Best Street burying grounds.
    North Street corner Prospect Ave. No interments after 18 February 1893.
17. Buffalo Street Cemetery 1833 An abandoned cemetery called Presbyterian Yard controlled by
    the trustees of that society ?
18. Buffum Street Cemetery A special Thanks to Libby for sending the following information/
    Libby Huson- Krautsak IHNGB-AT-aol.com I'm a great history fan & a great fan of these pages.
19. Anyway....... under West Seneca, you have a Buffum St. Cemetery. There is an old Native burial ground located on Buffum St. in S. Buffalo, near the W. Seneca line. There are no marked graves there at this time.
20. The site and surrounding area were once owned by a family with the name Buffum. The farm was bought by the Strickler family in the mid 1800's. the burial site was known to both families. The Strickler family originally lived in the Buffum homestead at 49 Buffum St., but built a new and beautiful home at 146 Buffum. They decided at that time to offer the historic burial area to the city for sale to the preservationalists. (Actually, the Strickler's wanted $ to pave Buffum up to the new house) The property was sold and a large boulder was adorned with a large brass shield with details about the area cast into it.
21. The great Native Chief, Red Jacket and Mary Jemmison, the White Woman of the Senecas were buried there at one time, Their remains have been interred elsewhere. The area has a suspicious mound like apperance and is situated on the brink of land over the flood plain for the Buffalo River.
22. This area and this particular families' history are dear to me as I have spent most of my life in the area. I would be glad to chat with anyone interested or provide more info.
    The location is officially "Indian Park".
23. Sincerely, Libby
24. Cemetery - Bird Street 1876 - 1884
    Bird Street corner Delaware Avenue (1868) Hertle Avenue was known as Bird Street.
25. Cemetery Private High Street.
26. Cemetery of St.Matthias Church Cemetery 1876 - 1888
    (Junction of Swan and Seneca Streets) Clinton Street at Buffalo River .
    1. see St. Matthews Church Cemetery
27. Cemetery of the Evangelical Association 1876 - 1904
    Walden Avenue near Erie Junction Railway Crossing.
28. City Hall Cemetery In 1832 the dreaded cholera scourge broke out in Buffalo, and further burials in the cemetery were prohibited.
29. Cold Springs Burying Ground The location was on lot 59, now the southwest corner of Delaware and Ferry Street. There were some burials there prior to 1812, in all, there were nearly 100 burials, the bodies remaining in this cemetery until 1950 when they were removed to Forest Lawn.
30. This ground was never formally granted for a cemetery but, by consent of the owner, was for that purpose as a community cemetery by the few families residing in the neighborhood. ) The name of the owner is not given) The exhumation and removal of bodies recorded evidently was not complete job as, in 1876, when Ferry Street was widened, at the corner above mentioned some human bones were ploughed up, but these were gathered together, taken to Forest Lawn and buried with the previously interred bones.
    BUFFALO CEMETERIES * By William Hodge Feb.4, 1879 * Excerpts from Publications - Buffalo Historical Society Vol.1, 1879
31. Concordia Cemetery 1859 438 Walden Avenue Office
    Fifteen acres, situated on Genesee Street between N.Y.C.R.R. and Erie R.R. crossings. Grounds appropriated as follows:
    1. German Evangelical - St.Peters 5 acres
    2. German Evangelical - St.Stephens 5 acres
    3. First German Lutheran Trinity 3 acres
    4. The Keepers premises 2 acres
32. Concordia Cemetery
33. Concodia Cemetery Map
34. Located on
    1. 438 Walden Ave Buffalo, NY 14211 near Erie Junction Railway crossing near Sycamore Street, west of Bailey Avenue.
    2. Three main sections contain burials from three German Lutheran churches, Trinity Evangelical, St. Peter's, and St.Stephen's. Each church maintained its own register.
    3. Concordia Cemetery Association
    4. P.O. Box 1773
    5. Amherst, New York 14226
    6. (716) 892-2909 (only answered on Saturdays, but there is voicemail
       There is also a small Jewish cemetery appended to the rear of Concordia.
35. Concordia Cemetery Records (1875-1920, mostly)
36. Conjocket Cemetery
    1. see Forest Lawn Cemetery - Soldiers Cemetery
37. Delaware and North Burying Ground 1830 - 1865 Five acres at the southeast corner of Delaware and North Street and east of Bowery Street (now Irving Place). Relocated to Forest Lawn and Lakeside Cemetery and then the cemetery was abandoned about 1888 - 1892
    1. see Forest Lawn Cemetery
38. Delaware and North Cemetery
39. About 1830 Lewis F. Allen bought of Judge Ebenezer Walden five acres at the southwest corner of Delaware and North Street and east of Bowery Street, Which latter is now Irving Place. An association was formed consisting of Allen, George B., Webster, Russell Heywood, Heman B. Potter, and Hiram Pratt, as trustees. The Land was surveyed into lots by Joseph Clary. This evidently was an association for profit; a number of lots were sold but the bodies interred were removed to Forest Lawn and the Cemetery abandoned about 1888-1891.
40. Delaware Avenue Cemetery 1883 - 1896 Northwest corner of Delaware and Hertel Avenues.Office over 590 Main Street. No permits for burials given 1893 - 1896 see Ols Union Cemetery
41.  
42. Delaware Park Boulder, Delaware Park
    Marking the grave of 300 unknown soldiers who died between 1812-1813 from an epidemic.
43. Doat Street Cemetery see Beth Jacob Cemetery
44. Ethan Ludlow Private Property - In Black Rock proper there prevailed in many instances the custom of burial upon the premises of the family.
    Such was the practice in the family of General Peter B. Porter and Ethan Ludlow.
    Source:
    Buffalo cemetaries.
    Read before the Society, February 4, 1879.
    Complete Book placed online by The Cornell Library New York State Historical Literature
45. SOURCE : Buffalo Cemeteries
    Bigelow Brothers, 1879
    author, William Hodge
    F129 .B8 H6
    Located at the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
46. Evangelical Association, Cemetery of the 1876 - 1904
47. Evangelical Cemetery of Buffalo c/o Chester Haenszel 6308 Candlewood Drive Charlotte, NC 14004
48. Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Society Burial Place Is located on Walden Avenue near Sycamore Street, west of Bailey Avenue. Three main sections contain burials from three German Lutheran churches, Trinity Evangelical, St. Peter's, and St.Stephen's. Each church maintained its own register.
49. Fisrt (First?) Austro - Galicians Cemetery
50. First German Lutheran Trinity 1859
    1. see Concordia Cemetery
51. Flint Hill 1812 burials
52. Forest Lawn Cemetery 1849
    Forest Lawn Cemetery - Bounded by Scajaquada Expressway, Delaware Avenue, Delavan Avenue and Main Street, Buffalo.  Entrances are on Delaware & Delavan, Main Street & Delavan, and Main Street & Jefferson.  Temple Beth Zion sections are section FF, which has mostly older graves, and section Z, which contains newer graves. Forest Lawn Lot Holders 1850 - 1866 ( this takes a little while to load )
    269 acres, more than 144,000
    Mid City. Listed in national Register of historic Places, 1990.
    Grave sites of many distinguished people are here, as well as a refuge for some 200 species of birds.
    1. Directions to cemetery - Map
    2. "Find A Grave " ~ Famous people buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery
       Created and Maintained by Jim Tipton
    3. Administration Building
    4. c/o Fred R. Whaley Jr.
    5. 1411 Delaware Avenue at Delavan Avenue
    6. Buffalo, New York 14209
    7. (716) 885-1600
    8. Office Hours : Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Sat. 8:30 am - 1:00 pm
    9. Called the "Beautiful Marble Orchard"
    10. First burial in July 12, 1850, until this time the grounds were Buffalo's only park,
        three miles outside the city's limit.
        1. Buffalo City Cemetery 1865 - 18--
        2. Forest Lawn Association 1849 - 1855
        3. Forest Lawn Cemetery Association 1855 - 1865
        4. Fort Buffalo Cemetery
        5. Fort Potter (soldiers) Cemetery
        6. the Ground
        7. Howard Cemetery
        8. Limestone Hill Cemetery
        9. Old Black Rock - Lower Black Rock Cemetery
        10. Pine Hill Cemetery Private Cemetery on High Street
        11. Workmen's Circle Cemetery
        12. see Workmen's Circle Cemetery of Buffalo, NY
    11. Check listings:
        1. Jewish Section operated by Forest Lawn Cemetery
           Non Sectarian
        2. (Temple Beth Zion Section of Forest Lawn)
           1. Garden of Eternal Light
           2. Temple Beth Zion Section
           3. New Beth Zion Section
           4. Old Beth Zion Section
           5. Jewish Sections operated by Forest Lawn Cemetery
53. Forest Lawn Cemetery Association of the City of Buffalo 1855
    A Private Corporation was formed in 1855
    1. see Forest Lawn Cemetery
54. Fort Buffalo Cemetery
    1. see Forest Lawn Cemetery
55. Fort Potter (soldiers) Cemetery
    1. see Forest Lawn Cemetery
56. Franklin Square Burying Grounds (1804 - 1836) 1852?
    1. 92 Franklin Street
57. Now the site of the Old County Hall.
    First burial grounds in the area. (General village cemetery)
    A Captain Pratt, in 1804, accompanied Dr. Cyrenius Chapin to Batavia where they obtained a " Land Contract " from the Holland Land Company for the so-called : Franklin Square lot", for a village burying ground. The title to the first, or Johnston burial ground, was the family of that name; had not and might not ever be deeded to the village. This was the reason for establishing the new burial place. The Johnston place, indeed, was mortgaged to the Cayuga Nation though Jasper Parrish, agent and trustee therefore, and foreclosed for non-payment in 1811. The present Terrace extended, in 1804, north and beyond this Franklin Square lot, which was the central portion of the Terrace. In March, 1815, thee famous Indian Chief, Farmers Brother, was buried in this plot with military honors. At a later date, as the village grew, the bodies were removed to Forest Lawn c. Nov. 1852 Curiously, While Franklin Square was used as a cemetery by the village under the " Land Contract" and permission of the Holland Land Company, real title thereto was not obtained until 1821, the reason therefore being that was no village corporation to take title. There were no lot owners, but, upon application, family lots or single graves were assigned by the Trustees until 1832 when burials in the plot ceased, by special arrangements. In 1836 the wife of Samuel Wilkeson, daughter of Gamalist St. John, was buried there.
    The removal of the Franklin Square Burial grounds to Forest Lawn Cemetery was the subject of a short story, "A Curious " by Mark Twain.
    There is a tablet marking the graves of 1,158 former Buffaloians including Soldiers of 1812
    BUFFALO CEMETERIES * By William Hodge Feb.4, 1879 * Excerpts from Publications - Buffalo Historical Society Vol.1, 1879
58. General Peter B. Porter Family Property - In Black Rock proper there prevailed in many instances the custom of burial upon the premises of the family.
    Such was the practice in the family of General Peter B. Porter and Ethan Ludlow.
    1. Source:
       Buffalo cemetaries.
       Read before the Society, February 4, 1879.
       Complete Book placed online by The Cornell Library New York State Historical Literature
59. SOURCE : Buffalo Cemeteries
    Bigelow Brothers, 1879
    author, William Hodge
    F129 .B8 H6
    Located at the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
60. German Evangelical - St.Peters Cemetery 1859
    1. see Concordia Cemetery
61. German Evangelical - St.Stephens Cemetery 1859
    1. see Concordia Cemetery
62. German Lutheran Trinity Cemetery 1859 Pine Hill area, containing 3 acres.
    1. see Holy Rest-Pine Hill Cemetery
63. German M.E. Cemetery 1876 - 1904
    Off Hertel Avenue near Laforge Place on Military Rd
64. German Methodist Cemetery 1870 Belongs to Black Rock German Evangelical M.E. Church ,
    North Buffalo situated on Bird Street, contains five and a half acres.
65. Ground
    1. see Forest Lawn Cemetery
66. Franklin Square Cemetery - 1832 Franklin Square near Eagle Street Burials in the plots ceased
67. Holy Cross Cemetery 1855 - On 80 acres situated at Limestone Hill (Lackawanna) in South Buffalo.Also know as the Bishop's Cemetery (Roman Catholics of Irish descent)
68. Holy Cross Cemetery 1875 - 1904 Limestone Hill Office 50 Franklin (Catholic)
69. Holy Mother of the Rosary Cemetery 1896 - 1904 Walden Avenue near City Line
70. Holy Rest Cemetery 1876 - 1904 (Walden Avenue Near Erie Junction Railway crossing) 1707 East Delavan Avenue near Pine Ridge Road Buffalo, New York 14215
    1. Contact: 1707 East Delavan Avenue Buffalo, New York 14215 (716) 896-4360
       1. see German Lutheran Trinity Cemetery - Pine Hill
71. Holy Mother of the Rosary Cemetery 1896 - 1904 (Cheektowaga)
72. Holy Order of the Living c/o George Massik P.O. Box 23, Buffalo, New York 14216
73. Howard Free Cemetery Masten Avenue and Best Street
    1. see also Pine Hill Cemetery
74. Howard Free Cemetery 1876 - 1903 Limestone Hill (South Of Holy Cross Cemetery)
75. Howard Free Cemetery - Pine Hill Devoted to burial from outside of Buffalo, NY
76. Howard Cemetery 1859? See Potter's Field
    1. see Forest Lawn Cemetery
77. Independent Order of B'rith Abraham Cemetery
78. Indian Burying Ground Fields Ave South Buffalo. The location is officially "Indian Park".
    see Buffum Street Cemetery
79. Johnson Homestead Burying Grounds 1802? - 1811
    1. see Franklin Square Cemetery
80. Jacobson Society-German
    1. see The Jacobson Society-German
81. the Keeper Premises 1859
    1. see Concordia Cemetery
82. "Limestone Hill " 1853 (Limestone Hill is Lackawanna) (5th cermetery)
    1. see Holy Cross Cemetery-South Buffalo/see Forest Lawn Cemetery
83. Lower Black Rock Cemetery
    1. see Forest Lawn Cemetery
84. Lutheran Evangelical Cemetery
85. Mathews and Wilcox Grounds (1889 - 1904)
    This was a private cemetery originated by General Sylvester Mathews and Birdseye Wilcox, about 1833-34, and comprised twelve acres on farm lot no. 30. next to the five acres purchased by the City of Buffalo in 1832 for Potter's Field. These twelve acres were improved and were more desirable than the Delaware-North Street; attention was paid to decorations and monuments until Forest Lawn was formally established. The Hodge family purchased two lots in this new cemetery, paying for then by furnishing and planting yellow locust trees " along the outer edge of the whole and on each side of the walks and carriage ways". Locusts were selected because they grew quickly, but the writer of the article thinks how much more beautiful it would have been if graceful elms had been chosen. In 1853 lot owners, because Mathew and Wilcox neglected to care for the property, purchased the remaining rights and formed, in 1854, an association incorporated under thee name of Buffalo Cemetery Association. The new cemetery paid the old proprietors $ 5,000 for all the interests of the latter therein.
    BUFFALO CEMETERIES * By William Hodge Feb.4, 1879 * Excerpts from Publications - Buffalo Historical Society Vol.1, 1879
86. Military Road and Chandler Road Chuck writes :
    There was a cemetery located at the northwest corner of Military Road and Chandler that was adjacent to the railroad tracks while I was growing up. It was normally overgrown, and the local boy Scouts would have a project every few years to clean it up. It has since been relocated and built upon (within the last 20 years).
    Anyone have information on this cemetery ?
87. Mound - A Mystery On the high ground of the Granger farm between Forest Lawn Proper, and the old homestead of that farm, there was formerly a circular mound that contained many human bones. Here, when a boy, sixty years ago, I used to pick up bits of bones. There were then no entire ones, but a large quantity of small pieces that had been plowed over again and again. When buried they must have had a slight covering of earth. Among the pieces were found some entire sound teeth. Tradition said at that time that a battle fought near the spot, by a race of people inhabiting this country, very many years since, and long before the Seneca possessed it; as they have no knowledge of that race of people and know nothing of how those bones came there.
    1. From Buffalo Cemeteries by William Hodge, Feb. 4, 1879
88. Mount Calvary Pine Lawn Cemetery
    1. ( Buffalo / (See Cheektowaga ) area ) (MF)
    2. 800 Pine Ridge Road and Maryvale Drive
    3. Cheektowaga, New York 14225-2598
    4. (716) 892-6660
    5. Including: Buffalo Cemetery, Mount Calvary, Ridgelawn, and United German
       and French R.C.Cemetery (MF) on all.
       1. (See Cheektowaga ) Listings
       2. Mount Calvary Ridge Lawn Cemetery
          1. ( Buffalo / Cheektowaga area ) (MF)
          2. 800 Pine Ridge Road and Maryvale Drive
          3. Cheektowaga, New York 14225-2598
          4. (716) 892-6660
       3. Mount Calvary Cemetery
          United German & French
          1. 800 Pine Ridge Rd
          2. Buffalo, NY 14225-2598
          3. Phone: (716) 892-6660
89. Mount Hope Cemetery - Pine Hill 1876 - 1904 (See Cheektowaga )
    1. Property of: Rapin Funeral Home
    2. 2407 Genesee Street Buffalo, New York 14225
       (716) 892-1732
90. North Street Cemetery (B) (Mathews and Wilcox) Buffalo, New York.

    1. East North Street Cemetery, on the southeast corner of North and Best where the present 65th Regiment (Masten Street) Armory is located. Here were buried Capt. William G. Williams and his wife, America Pinkey Williams, great-granddaughter of Martha Washington. Moved to Forest Lawn Cemetery April 1901.
    2. see Forest Lawn Cemetery

91. Old Black Rock Cemetery 1804 - 1850
    1. see Black Rock Cemetery
92. Old North Street Cemetery 1832 Closed in 1859. Interments there were removed to other cemeteries.
93. Old North Street Cemetery, Buffalo - Photos
94. Old Public Cemetery 1876 - 1877 (Buffalo Private Cemetery) Potters Field, North and Best Streets 1878 - separate names, one location.1886 - the Old Public Cemetery was unlisted and the Buffalo Private Cemetery maintained the address ( North corner Best and Prospect Streets).
    1. see Buffalo Private Cemetery for 1878 - 1900
95. Old Seneca Mission Cemetery (Braves Restaurant) near Seneca Street and Buffalo River
96. Old Union Cemetery ~ Late 1870's ~ 1897 see Delaware Avenue Cemetery
97. Park Meadow Cemetery Pine Hill Cemetery
    1. see Forest Lawn Cemetery
98. Pine Hill Cemetery or Pine Hill Area (See Cheektowaga )
    1. Area located at the Buffalo and Cheektowaga border, containing A LOT! of cemeteries. Pine Hill is listed as the burial place on older death certificates.
       Contact:
       Mount Calvary Cemetery
       800 Pine Ridge Rd
       Cheektowaga, NY 14225-2598
       Phone: (716) 892-6660
99. Pine Ridge Area Pine Ridge Cemeteries - Pine Ridge Road south of Maryvale, Cheektowaga.  The cemeteries on the east side of the road, from north to south starting at Maryvale are as follows:  Congreation Ahavath Sholem (Jefferson shul) cemetery, contact 838-5110; B'nai Israel Cemetery Association.  The cemeteries on the west side of Pine Ridge road continue on after passing Sugar Road, as follows:  Beth Zion cemetery; B'rith Sholom Cemetery; North Park Society Inc.; Holy Order of the Living; Lubovitz Synagogue (succeeded by Congregation B'nai Shalom) Cemetery; Temple Beth David (succeeded by Temple Shaarey Zedek) cemetery; Cemetery B'rith Israel; Workmen's Circle Cemetery; Congregation Anshe Emes Cemetery; Cemetery Ahavas Achim (succeeded by Congregation B'nai Shalom); Mount Carmel Lodge Cemetery (behind Cemetery Ahavas Achim); Temple Beth El Cemetery.
    1. Area located at the Buffalo and Cheektowaga border, containing A LOT! of cemeteries.
    2. (See Cheektowaga ) Listings
100. Potters Field 1832 Cholera raged in 1832 and the Council provided a burial spot, to be ready in case this pestilence should demand increased room for the dead. For this purpose William Hogde sold to the city five acres of farm lot No. 30, between North and Best Streets and west of Prospect Street, for a Potters Field. A portion of it was set apart for Roman Catholics. From Buffalo Cemeteries, by William Hodge Feb.4, 1879
101. Potters Fieldland Cemetery Potters' Field Present day site of Pilgrim Housing and City Honors School.
102. Presbyterian Yard
     1. see Buffalo Street Cemetery
103. Private Cemetery Corner High Street, Buffalo, NY
     1. see Forest Lawn Cemetery
104. Public Burial Grounds 1836 - 1837
105. Reed's Cemetery 1876 - 1902 Limestone Hill . No permits for burial given 1890 - 1902
     1. see Forest Lawn Cemetery
106. Reservation Cemetery before 1850 Old Indian burying Continuation of Seneca Street Ground
107. Reservation Cemetery 1876 - 1902 Near old Indian Church. No permits for burial give 1890 - 1902
108. St.Adelbert's Cemetery 1887 - 1904 (See Cheektowaga )
109. St.Francis Cemetery 1850 Niagara and Vulcan Streets ST.FRANCIS-BUFFALO BUFFALO NIAGARA ST.@ VULCAN LELAND BEATH 716-873-8367 NY
110. ST.FRANCIS-BUFFALO BUFFALO NIAGARA ST.@ VULCAN LELAND BEATH 716-873-8367 NY ERIE
111. St.Francis Xavier Cemetery 1850 - 1904 Niagara Street at Riverside Park. (City Line) North Buffalo
     (Lower Black Rock), near Bird Street (2 acre)
     1. see St.Francisco Cemetery
112. St.Francisco Cemetery 1876 - 1886 Niagara Street near City Line
     1. see St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
113. St.John's Cemetery 1858 Lutheran cemetery, Two+ acres) located on the corner of Pine Hill and Pine Ridge Roads (See Cheektowaga )
114. St.John's Cemetery 1876 - 1904 Military Road and Chandler Road is actually the former cemetery of St.John's Church North Buffalo. Chandler Street is across from Lansing Street.  
     see St.John's Evangelical Church Cemetery
     Thanks to Capnh@aol.com for the updated information .
115.  St.John's Evangelical Church Cemetery Military Road and Lansing Road
116. St.Joseph Cemetery 1850 - 1911 Elysville on Buffalo Plains, south of the poor house (6 acres) (Poor house was at S.U.N.Y. Main Street Campus)
117. St.Joseph Cemetery 1876 - 1904 Main Street south of Erie County Almshouse (S.U.N.Y.- Main Street Campus) Roman Catholic
118. St.Louis Cemetery (New) 1832 - 1859 Plot set off from city's Potters Field (acre) between North and Best Streets. (Catholic) (3rd cermetery)
119. St.Louis Cemetery (Old) 1830 - 1832 Edward Street near Main Street . Its probable that few burials took place here.No further burials after 1832 Remains moved to New St.Louis Cemetery (Catholic) ( 2st cermetery)
     1. see New St.Louis Cemetery
120. St.Mary's Cemetery (Old) 1845 - 1860 South East corner of Johnson and North Streets (1 1/2 acre) Many of the remains removed to a mass grave in the Pine Hill Area. (4rd cermetery)
     1. see ________.
121. St. Mathews Cemetery 1875 Clinton Street near Sulphur Springs Orphan Asylum. Ten acres
122. St.Matthias Church Cemetery 1876 - 1904
123. St.Matthias Church, Cemetery of 1876 - 1888 Junction of Swan, Seneca and Clinton Streets
124. St.Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
125. St.Peters German Evangelical Cemetery Is located on Walden Avenue near Sycamore Street, west of Bailey Avenue. Three main sections contain burials from three German Lutheran churches, Trinity Evangelical, St. Peter's, and St.Stephen's. Each church maintained its own register.
126. St. Stephan's Burial Place Society Is located on Walden Avenue near Sycamore Street, west of Bailey Avenue. Three main sections contain burials from three German Lutheran churches, Trinity Evangelical, St. Peter's, and St.Stephen's. Each church maintained its own register.
127. Salem Evangelical Mission of Zion Church also used Zion Church Burial Grounds.
128. Sisters Of St.Joseph Cemetery Adjoining Forest Lawn Cemetery property
129. Synagogue Beth El Cemetery 1887 - 1904
130. Temple Beth Zion Cemetery 1876 - 1904 Old cemetery on Fillmore Avenue
     1. see Jacobsen Society
131. Terrace Cemetery
     1. see Franklin Square Cemetery
132. Workmen's Circle Cemetery of Buffalo, New York
     
     1. 134 Segsbury Road Amherst, New York 14221 (716) 634-0039
133. Zion Church Cemetery Pine Hill 1859 (See Cheektowaga )
     Belong to German Evangelical Reformed Zion Church. Four acres.
134. Zion's Church Cemetery 1876 - 1904 (See Cheektowaga ) Walden Avenue near Pine Hill.

Of historical interest.....

"In the history of cemeteries in the diocese, it is interesting to note that a few Catholic burials took place in the early days (1820's - 1830's) at land given by Louis Le Couteulx at Main Street and Edward streets in Buffalo. After the 1832 cholera epidemic in Buffalo, burials took place at East North Street near Masten. This plot, consecrated by Bishop Timon in 1849, was quite small. When Bishop Timon found it necessary to find new space, he did so at Holy Cross to the south of Buffalo.As the city of Buffalo grew; cemeteries were established at the outer rims of the city line. Some city parishes, such as St.Adalbert, located cemeteries in rural settings away from the city. Roman Catholic Diocesan of Buffalo Cemeteries in its six locations offers multiple burials, options and scenic locations to the south, east, and north of the city of Buffalo.

.....also, check Cheektowaga, New York

Captain William Johnston, a retired British officer, owned forty acres of land in what the Buffalo business center as recorded in 1879. This plot was bounded by Seneca , Washington on the west:; Little Buffalo Creek - on the south and west, to a line which would define an area of forty acres, and ran parallel to Washington.

Johnston laid out a small burial ground on his own homestead, the first in the settlements. This was a few rods square and at the corner of the then Crow ( now Exchange ) and Washington Streets. This homestead was later owned by General Lucius Sterrs and has since been known as " the Sheldon Place ". The street ( probably Washington ) level was lower tram the original surface and in later years, when cellars were built for new buildings, - notably in 1873 - 74 - , many skeletons were excavated.

Captain Johnston, it is understood, was buried in this ( his own ) cemetery in 1807. burials continued for several years until the Franklin Square place was established by the village on the location now occupied by the County Hall, that is, generally the area bounded by Franklin , Eagle, Delaware and Church Streets.

BUFFALO CEMETERIES *

By William Hodge Feb.4, 1879

* Excerpts from Publications - Buffalo Historical Society Vol.1, 1879

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