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Clum Cemetery

Historic Site #:03-045   (Exists)   Type: B1 Town:Galen
Site Name:Clum CemeteryGPS Coordinates:43.054553, -76.899736
Address:1198 Clyde-Marengo Rd. Clyde New York
Description:
A small cemetery up lane on farm now owned (1952) by Orville Clum just off Clyde-Marengo Road about 2 miles North of Marengo. There are probably several stones buried but the two listed below and the myrtle and snowberry bushes which completely cover it is the only trace of what was at one time a fair sized plot.


 
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Historic narrative:

People buried here:

A small cemetery up lane on farm now owned (1952) by Orville Clum just off Clyde-Marengo Road about 2 miles North of Marengo. There are probably several stones buried but the two listed below and the myrtle and snowberry bushes which completely cover it is the only trace of what was at one time a fair sized plot.

WEED Selleck, Sept. 22, 1853, 78y 7m 7d
WEED Lewis, son of S. &T. Feb. 15, 1842, 15y 1m 17d

It has been reported several times that a Revolutionary soldier was buried near the tracks of the West Shore R.R. crossing on Marengo Road but no trace was found. 19



References:

NYGENWEB Cemetery web page

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