Pioneer Methodist Cemetery
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Pioneer Methodist Cemetery

Also known as Maltbie Heights Cemetery , Sisson Cemetery

Gowanda, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA

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    Gowanda, New York 14070 United States
    Coordinates: 42.45751, -78.94361
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Established in 1830, Pioneer Methodist Cemetery also is called the Sisson Cemetery or Maltbie Heights Cemetery. It is on Maltbie Road on the west line of the Village of Gowanda. Land was given by Amasa Ladd Chaffe, and later, more purchased from Betsey and Alfred Johnson. Meggs Kenny was the first burial in 1830. The church ceased burials here in 1901. In the 1950s, it was turned over to the Town of Persia for upkeep. Three Civil War veterans are buried here. Charles Franklin Sisson of Co. D, 72nd New York Volunteer Infantry, was killed at the Battle of Williamsburg on 5 May 1862. Willis G. C. Hall of Co. A, 64th NYVI, died in Douglas Hospital, Washington, DC of wounds received in the Battle of Fredericksburg, 13 Dec 1862. Daniel P. Waller of Co. A, 1st NY Dragoons, is buried here. At least one Revolutionary War veteran is buried here, Edmund Farnsworth (1762 - 1846), a private in Mooney's Regiment in New Hampshire.
Established in 1830, Pioneer Methodist Cemetery also is called the Sisson Cemetery or Maltbie Heights Cemetery. It is on Maltbie Road on the west line of the Village of Gowanda. Land was given by Amasa Ladd Chaffe, and later, more purchased from Betsey and Alfred Johnson. Meggs Kenny was the first burial in 1830. The church ceased burials here in 1901. In the 1950s, it was turned over to the Town of Persia for upkeep. Three Civil War veterans are buried here. Charles Franklin Sisson of Co. D, 72nd New York Volunteer Infantry, was killed at the Battle of Williamsburg on 5 May 1862. Willis G. C. Hall of Co. A, 64th NYVI, died in Douglas Hospital, Washington, DC of wounds received in the Battle of Fredericksburg, 13 Dec 1862. Daniel P. Waller of Co. A, 1st NY Dragoons, is buried here. At least one Revolutionary War veteran is buried here, Edmund Farnsworth (1762 - 1846), a private in Mooney's Regiment in New Hampshire.

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  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2719293