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Forest Lawn Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Buffalo, New York, founded in 1849 by Charles E. Clarke. It covers over 269 acres (1.1 km 2 ) and over 152,000 are buried there, including U.S. President Millard Fillmore , First Lady Abigail Fillmore , singer Rick James , Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm , and inventors Lawrence Dale Bell and ...
As one of the first deliberately designed and professionally landscaped rural cemeteries in the United States, its first interment took place in 1850. Today, there are more than 165,000 permanent residents in this 269-acre, not-for-profit cemetery, where all are welcome.
Shepard was one of the original trustees of the Buffalo City Cemetery in 1864, which took over Forest Lawn in 1865. He served as a trustee from 1864-1868. Sydney Shepard is entombed in an impressive private family mausoleum located in section 5 in Forest Lawn.
Forest Lawn Cemetery of Buffalo was founded in 1849. Prior to its establishment the city of Buffalo, as the rest of America, had burial places were located either in churchyards or in relatively small public or private burying grounds within the municipal boundaries.
The 269-acres of curving drives, reflective lakes, and alternating areas of scenic creek, open knolls, and wooded glades serve as the final resting place for tens of thousands of residents, from a U.S. President to American innovators.
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A Short History of Forest Lawn Cemetery. Buffalo, New York. T he original 80 acres of land near the edge of the city were purchased by Charles E. Clarke in 1849 with the intention of establishing a cemetery, based on the French and English example of rural cemeteries.
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