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Quaker Cemetary

 
 
Quaker Cemetary Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 29, 2015
1. Quaker Cemetary Marker
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Quaker Cemetary
Society of Friends 1824
Denton & Haight gave lands
Stone wall added 1852
Brick meeting house - east
Torn down after 1900.

 
Erected by Somerset Society.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1824.
 
Location. 43° 20.211′ N, 78° 33.955′ W. Marker is in Somerset, New York, in Niagara County. It is on Haight Road half a mile west of Quaker Road (New York State Route 148), on the right when traveling west. Cemetery is next to 8453 Haight Road. No trespassing signs are posted on the properties left and right of the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8453 Haight Road, Barker NY 14012, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Buffalo Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World,
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and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Honor of Those Who Served (approx. Ύ mile away); United States Army (approx. Ύ mile away); Barker Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); David Barker (approx. 0.8 miles away); Pallister House (approx. 0.9 miles away); This Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Salt Spring (approx. 1.7 miles away); Jacob Fitts (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Somerset.
 
Additional keywords. Quaker Cemetery
 
Westward image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 29, 2015
2. Westward
Eastward image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 29, 2015
3. Eastward
Quaker Cemetery & Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 29, 2015
4. Quaker Cemetery & Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 8, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 4, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 693 times since then and 19 times this year. Last updated on August 7, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 4, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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