Marietta in Onondaga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Amber Cemetery

Photographed by Mira Earls, August 27, 2023

1. Amber Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Burials as early as 1805. Poet Caroline M. Congdon, 1841-1860. and inventor Emory W. Mills, 1842-1882, interred here.

Erected 2019 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 586.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Women. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1805.

Location. 42° 53.744′ N, 76° 18.195′ W. Marker is in Marietta, New York, in Onondaga County. It is on Otisco Valley Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marietta NY 13110, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Central New York,

and in the Syracuse 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,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee

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(Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Amber Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); “The Puddin’ Mill” (approx. 1.8 miles away); Navarino (approx. 2.7 miles away); Patriot Burials (approx. 3 miles away); Borodino Hall (approx. 3.1 miles away); Spafford Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away); Clintonville (approx. 3½ miles away); West Cemetery (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marietta.

Amber Cemetery Marker Northbound on Otisco Valley Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mira Earls, August 27, 2023

2. Amber Cemetery Marker Northbound on Otisco Valley Road

Amber Cemetery Marker Southbound on Otisco Valley Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mira Earls, August 27, 2023

3. Amber Cemetery Marker Southbound on Otisco Valley Road

Emory Mills gravesite marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mira Earls, August 27, 2023

4. Emory Mills gravesite marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2023, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 314 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 27, 2023, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.