Find A Grave - Niagara County

Andrews, Walter Gresham b. July 16, 1889 d. March 5, 1949
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during World War I. Elected to represent New York's 40th and 42nd Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1931 until his death in 1949. (Bio by: K)
Old Fort Niagara Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
Bickford, Henry H. b. March 13, 1838 d. May 20, 1917
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Quartermaster Sergeant in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Corporal in Company E, 8th New York Cavalry for action on March 2, 1865 at Waynesboro, Virginia. His citation reads "Recapture of flag." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Hartland Central Cemetery, Hartland, Niagara County, New York, USA
Bobo, John Paul b. February 14, 1943 d. March 30, 1967
Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Company I was establishing night ambush sites when the command group was attacked by a reinforced North Vietnamese company supported by heavy automatic weapons and mortar fire. 2d Lt. Bobo immediately organized a hasty defense and moved from position to position encouraging the outnumbered marines despite the murderous enemy...[Read More] (Bio by: Eamonn)
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, USA
Brandt, Albert 'Allie' b. December 14, 1902 d. April 17, 1982
Professional Bowler. Born in Lockport, New York, in 1902, he was a highly successful bowling champion. He is best remembered for bowling three successive games in 1939 in a record that remained unbroken for 50 years. He bowled games of 297, 289, and 300, for a total of 886 pins in an American Bowling Congress sanctioned event. In 1946 and 1947 he was named to the First All-American Bowling Team. In 1958 he became a charter member of the Professional Bowlers Association, and served as the first...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Cold Springs Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
Cooke, Bates b. December 23, 1787 d. May 31, 1841
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 30th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1831 to 1833. Also served as New York State Comptroller from 1839 to 1841. (Bio by: K)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, USA
Crowley, Richard b. 1836 d. 1908
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 31st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 to 1883. Also served as a Member of the New York State Senate from 1866 to 1869. (Bio by: K)
Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
Flagler, Thomas Thorn b. October 12, 1811 d. September 5, 1897
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 31st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1853 to 1857. Also served as a Member of the New York State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
Herschell, Allan b. 1851 d. 1927
Amusement Park Innovator. In 1873, together with James Armitage, he created the Herschell Armitage Company which carved many portable carousels. He formed his own company in 1901, which made more elaborate carousels with many types of animals. Herschell specialized in horses with rigid poses and portable machines, which were shipped easily between towns all over the United States and Canada. His company became a main stay for carnivals and amuesment parks through out the world for most of the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Sweeney Cemetery, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York, USA
Hunt, Washington b. August 5, 1811 d. February 2, 1867
Governor of New York State.
Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
Plot: Take your first right, then the next left and follow for 100 yards
Maglie, Sal "The Barber" b. April 26, 1917 d. December 28, 1992
Major League Baseball Player. The right-handed pitcher broke into the major leagues with the New York Giants in 1945, but he jumped to the Mexican League and was blacklisted from Organized Baseball by commissioner A.B. "Happy" Chandler. When he was reinstated in 1950, he was 33 years old, yet he had plenty left. Nicknamed "The Barber" because he threw close to the batter's chin, he was 18-4 with a 2.71 earned run average for the Giants in his first year back. Then he led the league with 23 wins...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Saint Josephs Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
Plot: Mausoleum
Morgan, William G. b. 1870 d. 1942
Inventor of Volleyball. Born in Lockport, New York, he was a physical education director at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts, when he realized that basketball was much too strenuous for the older gentlemen. He set out to invent a game for men as well as women to play with no limit to the number of people on the court at one time. The first game was played on December of 1895 and was called Mintonette. It was a little different from the volleyball we are used to today and each side could hit...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
Plot: Take your first right, then the next left, grave is on the right hand side on the hill
Porter, Augustus Seymour b. January 18, 1798 d. September 18, 1872
US Senator. After serving a year as Mayor of Detroit, Michigan in 1838, he was elected as a Whig Senator from Michigan to to the United States Senate. He served as single term from 1839 to 1845.
Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
Porter, Peter Buell b. August 14, 1773 d. March 20, 1844
United States Representative from New York, 1809-1813; Major General of New York Volunteers in the War of 1812, 1812-1815; presented a gold medal by a joint resolution of Congress for "gallantry and good conduct in the several conflicts of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie"; again a United States Representative from New York, 1815-1816; Secretary of War under President John Quincy Adams, 1828-1829.
Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
Porter, Peter Augustus b. 1853 d. 1925
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 34th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1907 to 1909. Also served as mayor of Niagara Falls, New York, and Member of the New York State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
Porter, Peter Augustus b. 1827 d. June 3, 1864
Civil War Union Army Officer. Born in Black Rock, New York, he began his life as part of a proud familial history that extended back to days of George Washington and the revolution, his great-grandfather helping to manufacture the first cannon balls used in the war. His grand-father, Peter Buell Porter in 1828 was appointed as Secretery of War by President John Q. Adams. Peter Augustus gradusted from Harvard University in 1845 and from there went on to excell in academia at the universities of...[Read More] (Bio by: Keith Retail)
Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
Simmons, James Samuel b. 1861 d. 1935
US Congressman. He was elected to represent New York's 34th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1909 to 1913. (Bio by: K)
Riverdale Cemetery, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York, USA
Smith, Alonzo b. August 9, 1842 d. January 17, 1927
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a First Lieutenant in the Union Army. He was awarded the CMOH as a Sergeant in Company C, 7th Michigan Infantry for action on October 27, 1864 at Hatcher's Run, Virginia. His citation reads "Capture of flag of 26th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.), while outside his lines far from his comrades." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Saint Stephens Cemetery, Middleport (Niagara County), Niagara County, New York, USA
Sutherland, Grace b. 1854 d. January 13, 1946
Vaudevillian Actress. Appeared in vaudeville acts in the 1880s along with her sisters. They were distinguished by their very long hair.
Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
Sutherland, Isabella b. 1852 d. December 1, 1914
Vaudevillian Actress. Appeared in vaudeville acts in the 1880s along with her sisters. They were distinguished by their very long hair.
Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
Sutherland, Mary d. May 12, 1939
Vaudevillian Actress. Appeared in vaudeville acts in the 1880s along with her sisters. They were distinguished by their very long hair.
Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA

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