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LeFurgey Burial Ground

Sodus, Wayne County, New York, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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Many years ago there was a family burial plot on the Dennis LeFurgey farm on road which is now #108. Early maps show its location but all trace of it has been gone for many years. In July 1952 some old cemetery records taken by Lewis H. Clark circa 1882 came into the possession of the County Historian. Two sheets were found with the heading "LeFurgey Yard" but the notations had been crossed off. Upon contacting a lady who had lived most of her life in that neighborhood, we found that two of the names (William and Mary Wilson)were those of her grandfather and grandmother. She remembered that when she was a small child her father said he had these remains taken to the Sodus Rural Cemetery in the village and interred there and new headstones placed. This probably accounts for Mr. Clark having crossed off the names on his list. The lady is Miss Ida Wilson of Sodus. She does not know anything about the third name and is sure there were more burials there at one time. As there are LeFurgey burials in the Rural Cemetery they were undoubtedly moved too. The above names are as they originally appeared in the LeFurgey plot.

From a later record received from Mr. Lawrence Clark the following notation appeared on the front sheet: "LeFurgey private burial plot - this was a neatly walled enclosure on the old farm of Dennis LeFurgey. The remains of members of the LeFurgey family said to have been removed to the Rural Cemetery. The above inscriptions are still found upon stones in the private ground. Written in 1882."

Many years ago there was a family burial plot on the Dennis LeFurgey farm on road which is now #108. Early maps show its location but all trace of it has been gone for many years. In July 1952 some old cemetery records taken by Lewis H. Clark circa 1882 came into the possession of the County Historian. Two sheets were found with the heading "LeFurgey Yard" but the notations had been crossed off. Upon contacting a lady who had lived most of her life in that neighborhood, we found that two of the names (William and Mary Wilson)were those of her grandfather and grandmother. She remembered that when she was a small child her father said he had these remains taken to the Sodus Rural Cemetery in the village and interred there and new headstones placed. This probably accounts for Mr. Clark having crossed off the names on his list. The lady is Miss Ida Wilson of Sodus. She does not know anything about the third name and is sure there were more burials there at one time. As there are LeFurgey burials in the Rural Cemetery they were undoubtedly moved too. The above names are as they originally appeared in the LeFurgey plot.

From a later record received from Mr. Lawrence Clark the following notation appeared on the front sheet: "LeFurgey private burial plot - this was a neatly walled enclosure on the old farm of Dennis LeFurgey. The remains of members of the LeFurgey family said to have been removed to the Rural Cemetery. The above inscriptions are still found upon stones in the private ground. Written in 1882."

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  • Added: 9 Oct 2014
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