West Oswego Old Cemetery
Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA
(20th Publication of The Oswego Historical Society, 1957, page 36).
The first cemetery within the village of Oswego was established in 1798, and for the next 30 years (until 1827) about 150 burial took place in that cemetery. This number included all the soldiers who died at the garrison during the Embargo of 1808 and the War of 1812 as well as those
persons who had been drowned in the harbor for thirty years. As he village grew it was decided another burial spot was needed and established as the New West Oswego cemetery. Most bodies were moved to the new cemetery in April of 1828.
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A listing of defunct burial spots in and around the city of Oswego:
Carter Squires Cemetery
Clark Cemetery
Fort Ontario Post Cemetery
Fourth Ward (East Oswego) Cemetery
Irish Settlement Cemetery
Mattison Cemetery
Rice Cemetery
Pierce Family Cemetery (next to Oswego Rural Cemetery)
South Hall Road Rural Cemetery
Stevens Cemetery
Worden Family Cemetery
Old West Oswego Cemetery
Fifth Ward Cemetery (New West Oswego Cemetery)
(20th Publication of The Oswego Historical Society, 1957, page 36).
The first cemetery within the village of Oswego was established in 1798, and for the next 30 years (until 1827) about 150 burial took place in that cemetery. This number included all the soldiers who died at the garrison during the Embargo of 1808 and the War of 1812 as well as those
persons who had been drowned in the harbor for thirty years. As he village grew it was decided another burial spot was needed and established as the New West Oswego cemetery. Most bodies were moved to the new cemetery in April of 1828.
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A listing of defunct burial spots in and around the city of Oswego:
Carter Squires Cemetery
Clark Cemetery
Fort Ontario Post Cemetery
Fourth Ward (East Oswego) Cemetery
Irish Settlement Cemetery
Mattison Cemetery
Rice Cemetery
Pierce Family Cemetery (next to Oswego Rural Cemetery)
South Hall Road Rural Cemetery
Stevens Cemetery
Worden Family Cemetery
Old West Oswego Cemetery
Fifth Ward Cemetery (New West Oswego Cemetery)
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- Added: 5 Jul 2014
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2546228
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