Bliss in Wyoming County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sheppard Road Cemetery

Photographed by Bruce Kelly, September 26, 2020

1. Sheppard Road Cemetery Marker

Inscription. This rural cemetery is the burial place of many of the earliest settlers of the Town of Wethersfield that was incorporated in 1823. The cemetery was carved out of land settled in 1813 by Ebenezer French. The headstone of Esther French who died in 1818 is the earliest legible marker and the headstone of Mary Smith who died in 1902 is the most contemporary. The cemetery was rehabilitated by Noble Environmental Power LLC in 2010 as a part of mitigation efforts related to their wind power generating project in the Town of Wethersfield. This cemetery was identified to be rehabilitated by the Town of Wethersfield and the State Historic Preservation Office.

Erected 2010 by Noble Environmental Power, LLC.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 42° 37.823′ N, 78° 11.963′ W. Marker is in Bliss, New York, in Wyoming County. It is on Sheppard Rd one mile north of Hobday Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bliss NY 14024, United

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States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Finger Lakes.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Votes for Women (approx. 7½ miles away); Mary Hosford (approx. 7.7 miles away); St. Helena Plot (approx. 7.8 miles away); Barber Conable Jr. (approx. 7.9 miles away); a different marker also named Votes for Women (approx. 7.9 miles away); Eliza Burghardt (approx. 8 miles away); Lewis E. Walker (approx. 8.1 miles away); Freight Depot (approx. 8.1 miles away).

Photographed by Bruce Kelly, September 26, 2020

2. Sheppard Road Cemetery Marker

Sheppard Road Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bruce Kelly, September 26, 2020

3. Sheppard Road Cemetery

Looking north on Sheppard Rd, Bliss, NY

Credits. This page was last revised on October 5, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2020, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 312 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 29, 2020, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.