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Simeon De Witt

 
 
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August 22, 2011
1. Simeon De Witt Marker
Inscription.
Home site and burial place
1756-1834
Surveyor Gen. of N.Y. State.
Remains removed to Albany Rural Cemetery 1854.

 
Erected 1935 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1854.
 
Location. 42° 26.49′ N, 76° 29.47′ W. Marker is in Ithaca, New York, in Tompkins County. It is on E. Buffalo Street. Between DeWitt Place and Osmun Place. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ithaca NY 14850, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Original Lane (approx. 0.2 miles away); DeWitt Park Historic District
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(approx. Ό mile away); Town of Ithaca (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Three Pioneers (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ezra Cornell (approx. 0.3 miles away); Tompkins County (approx. 0.3 miles away); Liberty Pole (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ithaca Conservatory of Music (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ithaca.
 
Simeon De Witt Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, September 8, 2021
2. Simeon De Witt Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 18, 2013. This page has been viewed 758 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on April 18, 2013.   2. submitted on February 12, 2023, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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