Allegany in Cattaraugus County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Oscar F. Wilber

October 14, 2018

1. Oscar F. Wilber Marker

Inscription. Civil War private buried here. Died in 1863 from wounds rec'd at Chancellorsville. Subject of Walt Whitman's 1864 essay "A New York Soldier".

Erected 2018 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 520.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1863.

Location. 42° 10.374′ N, 78° 30.037′ W. Marker is in Allegany, New York, in Cattaraugus County. It is on Church Road 0.1 miles south of Cherry Valley Road, on the right when traveling south. Next to Five Mile Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Church Road, Allegany NY 14706, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Southern Tier.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

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the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Allegany Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.7 miles away); Bartlett House (approx. 7.3 miles away); In Honor and Memory (approx. 7½ miles away); Plank Road House (approx. 7½ miles away); Major Adam Hoops (approx. 7.6 miles away); Women's Suffrage (approx. 7.6 miles away); Historic Site - Home of Frank W. Higgins (approx. 7.6 miles away); Grand Army of the Republic (approx. 7.6 miles away).

Oscar F. Wilber's Tombstone image. Click for full size.

October 14, 2018

2. Oscar F. Wilber's Tombstone

Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2019, by Deryn Pomeroy of Syracuse, New York. This page has been viewed 510 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 25, 2019, by Deryn Pomeroy of Syracuse, New York. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.