Elba in Genesee County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Local War Hero
Sunderland Pattison d.1843
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 1, 2015
1. Local War Hero Marker
Revolutionary War soldier
Crossed the Delaware River
December 1776 with
General George Washington
Erected 2014 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #01 George Washington, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists.
Location. 43° 4.866′ N, 78° 11.158′ W. Memorial is in Elba, New York, in Genesee County. It is at the intersection of Chapel Street and South Main Street (New York State Route 98), on the right when traveling east on Chapel Street. Marker is one lot east of the intersection. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Elba NY 14058, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mail Delivery (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of John Young (within shouting distance of this marker); Methodist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); The Southworth (approx. 0.3 miles away); Elba Mucklands (approx. 3 miles away); Site of Cary Collegiate Seminary
this page online
Also see . . . Sunderland Pattison - Pine Hill Cemetery. FindaGrave entry, with pictures of Sunderland Pattison's headstone. (Submitted on July 3, 2015.)
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 1, 2015
2. Eastward
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 1, 2015
3. Westward
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 1, 2015
4. Local War Hero Marker
If the headstone is aligned with the marker in this row, I could not find it. A number of the headstones are too worn to read.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 1, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 10, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 582 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 10, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
