Burial Site of Asa Ames
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Pioneer Cemetery 1810-1928

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 7, 2014

1. Asa Ames Marker

Pioneer Cemetery 1810-1928
Burial ground of early settlers in Evans including Revolutionary and Civil War Veterans. Placed on State and National Registers of Historic Places
 
Erected 2012 by Town of Evans Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1823.
 
Location. 42° 39.19′ N, 79° 2.108′ W. Marker is in Evans, New York, in Erie County. It is on North Main Street 0.2 miles south of Gold Street, on the right when traveling south. Access North Main Street or Gold Street from NY Route 5, Erie Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Angola NY 14006, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New 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 the North Atlantic Region, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of First Town Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Major William C. Dudley (approx. 0.3 miles away); Site of "Bundy's Mill" (approx. 0.8 miles away); "Angola Horror" (approx. 0.9 miles away); Waypoint — George A. Wyman 1st Across America

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Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 7, 2014

2. Pioneer Cemetery Marker

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 7, 2014

3. Southward View Asa Ames and Pioneer Cemetery Markers

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 7, 2014

4. Northward View Asa Ames and Pioneer Cemetery Markers

The Asa Ames Marker is closer to the street on a pole. The cemetery marker is on the stone by the arch.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 7, 2014

5. Wide View Pioneer Cemetery Arch and Marker

The Ames marker is beyond the picture to the right.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 7, 2014

6. Pioneer Cemetery Arch and Marker

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 7, 2014

7. Distant View Asa Ames Headstone

The Asa Ames Headstone is at center, very white. The Asa Ames marker is oriented such that walking from the back of the marker perpendicular to the street, one should be able to find it almost directly ahead.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 7, 2014

8. Burial Site of Asa Ames 1823-1851

According to graveaddiction.com , the purity, fidelity, love triangle with a star at center is the, "Symbol of the Order of the Sons of Temperance, a fraternal organization that promoted the temperance movement (abstinence and prohibition of alcohol). Usually seen with their motto: Love, Purity, Fidelity." Asa Ames. Died Aug. 4. 1851: Aged 27 Yrs. 7 Mo. & 7 days.