Akron in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Seneca Indians

Civil War Veterans

Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 5, 2024

1. Seneca Indians Marker

Inscription.
Chicken Bigfire • John Bigfire • Seth Parker Blackchief • Charles W Doctor • William Fish • Peter Griffin • James Infant • Yar-Hee-Dow Infant • How-Dar-Hoh Jemison • John Jemison • William Jones • John Brooks • William Kennedy • Chauncey Lone • William Miller • David Moses • Clinton Moses • Scott Moses • Isaac Parker • John Peters • William Poodry • Marshall Printup • Erastus Printup • Thomas Skye • William Smith • Peter Snyder • Blodgett Sundown • John Taylor

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Civil.

Location. 43° 1.248′ N, 78° 29.846′ W. Memorial is in Akron, New York, in Erie County. It is on John Street east of Church Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is located at the right of the front entrance of the Akron Masonic Lodge. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 63 John Street, Akron NY 14001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New

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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,

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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ely Samuel Parker (here, next to this marker); Russell Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Maple Lawn Cemetery Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Veterans Memorial (about 400 feet away); In Honor of Those Who Fought (about 400 feet away); Rich-Twinn Octagon House (about 600 feet away); Grant Club Pole (approx. 0.7 miles away); Dennis E. Nolan (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Akron.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 5, 2024

2. Seneca Indians Marker

Marker can be seen at the right of the double doors.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 6, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 309 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 6, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.