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Lake View Cemetery

Historic Site #:14-040   (Exists)   Type: B1,B5 Town:Williamson
Site Name:Lake View CemeteryGPS Coordinates:43.27941, -77.19255
Address:3967 Lake Road Pultneyville NY (just west of Pultneyville)
Description:
This cemetery is situated one-half mile west of the village of Pultneyville on the north side of Lake Road, Williamson Township, Wayne County, New York. It contains 1890 Memorials.

 
Photograph Contributed by and © 2005 Daryl VerStreate Jr. and Amanda VerStreatePhotograph Contributed by and © 2005 Daryl VerStreate Jr. and Amanda VerStreate
From Find a Grave web siteThe 15-foot marble monument dedicated to Union soldiers. Photo by Edith Farrington 2019
Photo by Edith Farrington 2019Photo by Edith Farrington 2019
Photo by Edith Farrington 2019Photo by Edith Farrington 2019
 
Historic narrative:
On November 28, 1865, Pultneyville citizens gathered for a service to dedicate the new 15-foot marble monument to Union soldiers. S.C. Cuyler had been the prime mover in raising the money. Local abolitionists James Gregg (who served as a chaplain in the Civil War) and Lewis H. Clark, former Underground Railroad activist and later superintendent of the Sodus Academy, spoke. The obelisk is located in the Lakeview Cemetery, Lake Road, Pultneyville and bears the inscription of fourteen names of soldiers from Williamson who lost their lives in the Civil War.  It is  important to note that it was the first such monument to be erected in New York State and is believed to be the first in the United States.

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References:

NYGENWEB Cemetery web page

NYGENWEB Cemetery web page

NYGENWEB Cemetery web page

Find A Grave web site