North Tonawanda in Niagara County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
North Tonawanda
Photographed by Bradley Owen, November 29, 2024
1. North Tonawanda Marker
Col. Lewis S. Payne
1819-1898
In grateful remembrance
Company D, "Eagle" regiment
N.Y. Volunteers, "Reactivated"
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 43° 2.224′ N, 78° 52.358′ W. Memorial is in North Tonawanda, New York, in Niagara County. It is at the intersection of Wheatfield Street and Payne Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Wheatfield Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 319 Wheatfield Street, North Tonawanda NY 14120, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Buffalo Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Once Around is Never Enough (approx. half a mile away); Herschell-Spillman Steam Boiler (approx. half a mile away); This Site in North Tonawanda was in the Right Place at the Right Time (approx. half a mile away); Allan Herschell Carousel Factory (approx. half a mile away); Sweeney Cemetery (approx. 0.6 miles away); Proud Tribute is Here Paid (approx. 0.6 miles away); Dedicated to the Memory of Those Who Made the Greatest Sacrifice (approx. 0.6 miles away); R.R. Signal Tower (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in North Tonawanda.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, November 29, 2024
2. North Tonawanda Marker
View is looking east.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 20, 2025
3. Colonel Lewis Payne's Gravestone
Located at Elmlawn Cemetery in Tonawanda, NY.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 20, 2025
4. Directional Sign At Elmlawn Cemetery
The Civil War's most famous scout organized Company D "Eagle" Regiment New York Volunteers of the Tonawandas.
Erected in grateful memory
Civil War Centennial Commission of the Tonawandas
Credits. This page was last revised on April 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 200 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. 3, 4. submitted on April 20, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
