About Canaan Cemetery
Canaan Cemetery is a cemetery near Chatham, Columbia County, New York. It lies about 7.4 mi west of Chatham. The grounds sit at about 988 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including William H. Warner, William B. Whiting and Asa Douglass. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 945716. The nearest other listed cemetery is Red Rock Cemetery, about 3.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is M Grimaldi Funeral Home in Chatham, about 7.4 mi away. It is one of 61 cemeteries we list in Columbia County, and 28 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chatham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Canaan Cemetery
Among them: 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 Revolutionary War veteran.
- William H. Warner1812-1849Officer in the United States Army's Corps of Topographical Engineers
- William B. Whiting1731-1796Colonel of the 17th Regiment of New York Militia, American Revolutionary War
- Asa Douglass1739-1812
- Asa Douglass III1766-1836
- Harriet Whiting Backus1779-1804
People whose Wikidata entry gives Canaan Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Canaan Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Red Rock CemeteryChatham, NYCemetery3.3 mi
- Cemetery of the MaplesChatham, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Dewitt Brown CemeteryChatham, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Mountain View CemeteryChatham, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Revolutionary War GraveyardChatham, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Center CemeteryRichmond, MACemetery4.6 mi
- Saint Patricks CemeteryWest Stockbridge, MACemetery4.7 mi
- West Stockbridge CemeteryWest Stockbridge, MACemetery5.0 mi
- Cone Hill CemeteryWest Stockbridge, MACemetery5.1 mi
- Cornwall - Tilden CemeteryNassau, NYCemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Canaan Cemetery
- M Grimaldi Funeral Home7.4 miFuneral home · Chatham · (518) 392-8332
- Wenk Funeral Home7.8 miFuneral home · Chatham · (518) 392-2909
- Roche Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Lenox · (413) 637-0699
- Dery Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 358-4452
- Dwyer-Wellington Family Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 445-4064
- Devanny-condron Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 445-5988
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