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

Persons Cemetery

Photographed by Bruce Kelly, June 27, 2025

1. Persons Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Burials ca. 1819 to ca. 1863. Revolutionary War veteran Uriah Person and War of 1812 veterans including surgeon Ziba Hamilton interred here.

Erected 2024 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 1130.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1819.

Location. 42° 46.217′ N, 78° 24.018′ W. Marker is near Varysburg, New York, in Wyoming County. It is on Big Tree Road (New York State Route 20A) half a mile west of Route 77, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Varysburg NY 14167, United 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,

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New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Turner's Corners (approx. ¾ mile away); Ziba Hamilton (approx. 1.4 miles away); St. Cecilia's (approx. 2.4 miles away); Pioneer Cemetery (approx. 5.1 miles away); Site of U.S. CCC Camp #1285 (approx. 5.3 miles away); Stryker Willow (approx. 5.4 miles away); Stony Brook Glen (approx. 5½ miles away); Former School (approx. 5½ miles away).

Also see . . . Persons Cemetery (William G. Pomeroy Foundation). (Submitted on June 29, 2025.)

Persons Cemetery viewed from Rt20A image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bruce Kelly, June 27, 2025

2. Persons Cemetery viewed from Rt20A

Uriah Person and his son’s gravestone image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bruce Kelly, June 27, 2025

3. Uriah Person and his son’s gravestone

Credits. This page was last revised on June 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 28, 2025, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 261 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 28, 2025, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.