Woodlawn Cemetery (Canandaigua, New York) Explained

Woodlawn Cemetery
Coordinates:	42.8883°N -77.2989°W
Added:	November 12, 2014
Refnum:	14000914^[1]

Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, United States.

In June 1884, officers and trustees were elected and the original 28acres of land were purchased from Lucius Wilcox. Over the years, people left adjacent land to the cemetery which now totals 64.4acres in the city and 7acres in the town of Canandaigua and serves as a burial site for more than 13,000 people.

The Woodlawn Cemetery chapel was dedicated in 1910. In 2014 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

Notable burials

• Myron Holley Clark (1806–1892) – Governor of New York
• Crystal Eastman (1881–1928)
• Francis Granger (1792–1868) – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Postmaster General; candidate for U.S. Vice President (1836)
• Gideon Granger (1767–1822) – New York State Senator and U.S. Postmaster General
• Barney Kessel (1923–2004) – legendary Jazz Guitarist
• Stanton Davis Kirkham (1868–1944) – author
• Elbridge Gerry Lapham (1814–1890) – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and United States Senate
• John Raines (1840–1909) – New York State Senator and member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Frederick Ferris Thompson (1836–1899) – notable banker, co-founder of predecessor banks to Citibank and JP Morgan Chase
• Mary Clark Thompson (1835–1923) – philanthropist
• Edward Francis Winslow (1837–1914), a Civil War general, who died at Sonnenberg while visiting Mary Clark Thompson and her banker husband, Frederick Ferris Thompson

See also

• List of cemeteries in New York
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Ontario County, New York

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2014-11-21. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 11/10/14 through 11/14/14 . National Park Service.