Find A Grave - Oneida County

, Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldiers
The Tomb of the Unknown American Revolutionary War Soldiers was dedicated on July 4, 1976 when the remains of 5 Continental Army soldiers, identified by their regimental uniform buttons were re-interred. The remains were found during an archeological dig at what was once the site of Fort Stanwix. The fort, manned by soldiers under the command of Col. Peter Gansvoort was put under siege by the British and their Indian allies from August 2 to 22, 1777. It is said that in this place the "Stars...[Read More] (Bio by: Rev. Terry L. Hurlbutt)
Tomb of The Unknown Soldier (US Revolutionary), Rome (Oneida County), Oneida County, New York, USA
Plot: corner of N James and West Liberty Sts
Bacon, Ezekiel b. September 1, 1776 d. October 18, 1870
US Congressman. Elected to represent Massachusetts' 12th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1807 to 1813. Also served as a Member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1805 to 1806, State Court Judge from 1811 to 1814, and 1818, Member of the New York State Assembly in 1819, and Delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1821. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Bacon, William Johnson b. February 18, 1803 d. July 3, 1889
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 23rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1877 to 1879. Also served as a Member of the New York State Assembly in 1850, and State Court Judge in 1854. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Bailey, Alexander Hamilton b. August 14, 1817 d. April 20, 1874
US Congressman. He studied law at Princeton College, where he graduated and was admitted to the bar in 1837. From 1840 to 1842 he was examiner in chancery of Greene County, New York. He also served as justice of the peace in the town of Catskill, Greene County, New York, for four years. In 1849 he was elected to the New York State Assembly from Greene County on the Republican ticket. From 1851 to 1855 he served as judge of Greene County. In 1856 Judge Bailey moved to Rome, Oneida County, New...[Read More] (Bio by: Kathy Last)
Rome Cemetery, Rome, Oneida County, New York, USA
Plot: Lot 33, Section E
Beardsley, Samuel b. February 6, 1790 d. May 6, 1860
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during the War of 1812 as a Lieutenant, taking part in the 1813 defense of Sackets Harbor, New York. Elected to represent three different New York Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1831 to 1836, then from 1843 to 1844. He represented the 14th District from 1831 to 1933, the 17th District from 1833 to 1836, and the 20th District from 1843 to 1844.
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Bellamy, Francis b. May 18, 1855 d. August 28, 1931
Author. He was the the original author of the "Pledge of Allegiance". The pledge he wrote was first used on October 21, 1892, the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America. The original Pledge of Allegiance was as follows: "I pledge allegiance to my flag and (to) the Republic for which it stands - one Nation indivisable - with liberty and justice for all". On June 14, 1954, Flag Day, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law House Joint Resolution 243, introduced by...[Read More]
Rome Cemetery, Rome, Oneida County, New York, USA
Bentley, Henry Wilbur b. September 30, 1838 d. January 27, 1907
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 23rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1891 to 1893. (Bio by: K)
Boonville Cemetery, Boonville, Oneida County, New York, USA
Bristol, William McLaren b. July 28, 1860 d. June 2, 1935
Businessman. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1887 and purchased Clinton Pharmaceutical Company in upstate New York with classmate John Ripley Myers, continuing the firm after Myers died in 1899. Bristol, Myers was not immediately profitable, but proved successful when it produced and marketed Sal Hepatica, a laxative mineral salt that reproduced the taste and effects of the natural mineral springs of the famous...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Oneida County, New York, USA
Burkard, Oscar b. December 21, 1877 d. February 18, 1950
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served as Private, Hospital Corps, 3rd Infantry U.S. Army. On October 5, 1898 the Chippewaw Indians staged an uprising at Lake Leech in northern Minnesota. he rescued and tended to several wounded in the action, continuously exposing himself to hostile fire. This was the last battle of the Indian Wars and he was the last to recieve the Medal of Honor for actions in a Indian campaign. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rome Cemetery, Rome, Oneida County, New York, USA
Butterfield, John b. 1801 d. November 14, 1869
He was a self taught youngster born on a farm during the era of new technology which saw the first steamboat and the electric telegraph. At 18, he decided that he wanted to be a stagecoach driver. He saved his money which resulted in the startup of his own delivery business. Hardwork found him owner of one of the largest stagecoach companies (Overland Mail Co.) and later helped to create the American Express Company in which he was a directing partner until his death. Overland Mail came into...[Read More] (Bio by: nickcunningham)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Carpenter, Levi D. b. 1802 d. 1856
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 28th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1844 to 1845. (Bio by: K)
Waterville Cemetery, Waterville, Oneida County, New York, USA
Cleveland, Charles F. b. August 14, 1844 d. February 29, 1908
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He enlisted in Company C 26th N.Y. Volunteers in 1861. It was for his bravery on the bloody field of Antietam that he was awarded a medal by congress. The color bearer of the regiment was shot down and the flag dropped from his lifeless hands. Charles F. Cleveland sprang to the front, seized the fallen colors and bore them aloft amid the ringing cheers of his comrades. He was honorably discharged in 1863. Charles F, Cleveland was Chief of Police...[Read More]
Cause of death: Septice and exhaustion
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Plot: Lot 3428
Conkling, Alfred b. October 12, 1789 d. February 5, 1874
US Congressman, US Diplomat. Elected to represent New York's 14th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1821 to 1823. Also served as Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York in 1825, and United States Minister to Mexico from 1852 to 1853. (Bio by: K)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Conkling, Roscoe b. October 30, 1829 d. April 18, 1888
Civil War US Congressman, US Senator. Among Radical Republicans he was known as one of the most vigorous partisans. His career is most often associated with the post Civil War period, but during the war years he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1859 to 1863 and was a close ally of Thaddeus Stevens, one of the most prominent Radical Republicans. The son of Alfred Conkling, (Congressman, Judge, and Minister to Mexico) and brother of Frederick Augustus Conkling, (...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Dineen, William Henry 'Big Bill' b. April 5, 1876 d. January 13, 1955
Major League Baseball Player. Played Major League baseball as a pitcher for twelve seasons (1898 to 1909) with the Washington Nationals, Boston Beaneaters (Braves), Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox), and St. Louis Browns. Arriving in the big leagues in 1898, he pitched two fairly forgettable years with the Washington National League team, losing 20 Games in 1899. In February 1900 the team sold off most of its better players and disbanded (it would return a few years later as the American League...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Saint Agnes Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 65, Lot 1
Douglas, Fred James b. September 14, 1869 d. January 1, 1949
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 33rd District in the United States Hous of Representatives, serving from 1937 to 1945, being defeated in 1944. Also served as Mayor of Utica, New York, from 1922 to 1924, and Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1934. (Bio by: K)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Whitesboro, Oneida County, New York, USA
Edwards, David b. 1841 d. April 14, 1897
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the Union Army in Company H, 146th New York Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on April 1, 1865 at Five Forks, Virginia. His citation reads "Capture of flag." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Waterville Cemetery, Waterville, Oneida County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 5
Erhardt, John George b. October 11, 1889 d. February 18, 1951
US Ambassador. John George Erhardt was an American Ambassador to South Africa. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Cape Town, South Africa. His body was returned to the United States and interred in the Hamilton College Cemetery, in Clinton, New York. He was a graduate of Hamilton College class of 1915. (Bio by: Tom Morosco)
Hamilton College Cemetery, Clinton, Oneida County, New York, USA
Faxton, Theodore S. b. January 10, 1784 d. November 30, 1881
Pioneer entrepreneur of stage and telegraph lines, humanitarian - He was born in Conway, Massachusetts. It was in the Utica, New York area in 1812 where he obtained a position as a stage driver quickly gaining respect for his teamster abilities along the old Mohawk Turnpike. Theodore soon became one of the proprietors of the Jason Parker & Co. Stage Line. Samuel Morris, the inventor of the telegraph did much of his pioneering work in Utica. With him a consultant, Faxton and a group of...[Read More] (Bio by: nickcunningham)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA
Floyd, William b. December 17, 1734 d. August 4, 1821
Declaration of Independence Signer. Born in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, to a wealthy family, he received little formal training, but instead, was trained to run the family estate, which he began to do at the age of 18, when his father died. Several years later, he married Hannah Jones, with whom he had three children. He was considered a simple man whose greatest pleasures were hunting and hosting parties for his friends. In 1769, Floyd became an official of Brookhaven, the Long...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Westernville Cemetery, Westernville, Oneida County, New York, USA

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