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Baptist Rural Cemetery, aka Brick Church

Historic Site #:12-049   (Exists)   Type: B1 Town:Sodus
Site Name:Baptist Rural Cemetery, aka Brick ChurchGPS Coordinates:43.20012, -77.011729
Address:5494 South Geneva Rd. Sodus New York
Description:
Located about six miles north of Lyons village on South Geneva Road, in the town of Sodus. In the restoration of this cemetery, the stones were taken up, the land cleared and leveled, the stones replaced with no regard to family. It is a tragic sight, to observe when copying. The brick church at this cemetery is said to be the oldest in Wayne County. It is not in general use today (circa 1950).

[Note: the above was written about 1950, by the unknown reader of the cemetery. In 2005, the old brick Baptist church and cemetery are owned by the Baptist Rural Cemetery Association of Sodus Center, Inc. The phone number on the sign is too small to read. For information about how to contact them, please get in touch with the Office of the County Historian in Lyons NY.]

 
Photo by Edith Farrington
 
Historic narrative:

Records indicate 1,296 burials here and there are over 140 honored veterans of domestic and foreign conflicts also laid to rest here.  But even earlier than this, Native Americans had used this place even prior to the earliest dated tombstone of 1809.

1824—3 acres land deeded by the Pultney Estate
for “Chapel, glebe, and a burying ground”

Historic people of note buried here: 


Asher Warner who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Sodus Point on June 19th, 1813 during the war of 1812.  For his story, click this link: http://historicsoduspoint.com/people/asher-warner/


Edward Chandler Delano

Birth
Sodus, Wayne County, New York, USA
Death1 Aug 1927 (aged 72)
Burial

Edward Delano was the Founder of Arbor Day (in New York State) and was also on the New York State Board of Education and he perfected uniform examinations for teachers certificates throughout New York State. 

For more information about him, click this link: http://townofsodushistoricalsociety.org/hamlets/sodus-center/edward-chandler-delano/


To search for an individual, click here:

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2137351/brick-church-cemetery

For the list of people buried here see:

http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/brickcem1.html

http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/brickcem2.html

http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/brickcem3.html




References:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Historic Sodus Point Asher Warner web page

Town of Sodus Historical Society Edward Delano web page

Aug. 3, 1921 Lyons Republican newspaper