Riverside Cemetery (Rochester, New York) Explained

Riverside Cemetery
Established:	1892
Country:	US
Location:	Rochester, New York
Coordinates:	43.2181°N -77.6258°W
Type:	public
Owner:	City of Rochester
Size:	123 acres (498,000 m²)
Graves:	250,000
Website:	Riverside and Mount Hope Cemeteries
Findagraveid:	65814
Politicalgeo:	NY/MO-buried.html#cms01918

Riverside Cemetery in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, was founded in 1892 to serve the growing population in the northern part of the city. Situated on 123 acres (498,000 m²) (0.2 square miles) of land between Lake Avenue and the Genesee River, the cemetery is the permanent resting place of over 250,000 people. Since 1942, the cemetery has been owned and operated by the City of Rochester.^{[1] [2]}

Notable burials

• Giuseppe Aiello, organized crime leader
• William Joseph Beldue, inventor of the eyelash curler
• Virgil Warden Finlay, renowned illustrator of science-fiction and fantasy during the Pulp Era
• Kate Gleason, engineer and businesswoman
• Martha Matilda Harper, businesswoman, inventor
• Harold C. Mitchell, lawyer and New York State Assemblyman
• Lee Morse, jazz musician and singer from Oregon^[3]
• Allen J. Oliver, New York State Senator^[4]
• George F. Rogers, New York State Senator^[4]
• Blanche Scott, woman aviator
• Robert Wilcox, actor

Riverside's Section O is the resting place of American military veterans of the American Civil War and World War I.^[5]

External links

• Riverside and Mount Hope Cemeteries
• Riverside Cemetery
• Vintage Views of Riverside Cemetery
• Cemeteries of Monroe County

Notes and References

1. http://www.rochesternycemeteries.com/prhs/Cemeteries/default.htm?CFID=21239402&CFTOKEN=512b900e3f9ebb47-52550E5B-60CF-205B-5767CE8CDF8F1217 Riverside and Mount Hope Cemeteries
2. http://www.interment.net/data/us/ny/monroe/riverside/index.htm Riverside Cemetery
3. Web site: Lee Morse: Rochester’s forgotten star. https://web.archive.org/web/20120512205826/http://blogs.democratandchronicle.com/rocart/?p=2728. dead. 2012-05-12. Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester Arts Blog. Spevak, Jeff. 2011-04-29. 2015-09-22.
4. http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO.html#RAR1B76RN The Political Graveyard
5. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymonroe/cem/vets-riverside-o.htm Veteran burials in Section O of Riverside Cemetery