About Forest Hill Cemetery
Forest Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York. The grounds sit at about 748 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including Grace S. Richmond, Warren B. Hooker and Esther Lord McNeill. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 950396. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Anthony Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fantauzzi Funeral Home in Fredonia, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 120 cemeteries we list in Chautauqua County, and 30 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Chautauqua County dates to 1827.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fredonia. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Forest Hill Cemetery
Among them: 2 writers, 1 actor, 1 football player, 1 US representative.
- Grace S. Richmond1866-1959American writer
- Warren B. Hooker1856-1920American politician
- Esther Lord McNeill1812-1907American temperance leader
- Lorenzo Morris1817-1903American politician
- Murray Shelton1893-1985American football player
- Adele Rafter1876-1911American actress and singer
- Edwin Patterson Sellew1849-1913American writer and publisher
- Olive Risley Seward1844-1908Adopted daughter of American politician William H. Seward
- Ezra Sterling Ely1825-1899
- George L. White1838-1895American choir director
- Hiram J. Miner1804-1872American banker and merchant
- J. Condit Smith1830-1883
Show all 13 notable burials
- Milton Buckingham Cushing1800-1847
People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest Hill 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
42.44549, -79.32726
What Forest Hill 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
- Saint Anthony CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Hedwigs CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery1.5 mi
- Willowbrook Park CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery1.6 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery1.9 mi
- Laona CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery1.9 mi
- Holy Trinity CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery2.1 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery2.3 mi
- West Main Street CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery2.5 mi
- Webster Road CemeteryFredonia, NYCemetery2.8 mi
- West Sheridan CemeteryDunkirk, NYCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Forest Hill Cemetery
- Fantauzzi Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Fredonia · (716) 679-7300
- Lawson-Timko Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Fredonia
- Larson-Timko Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Fredonia · (716) 679-9000
- McGraw - Kowal Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Dunkirk · (716) 366-1320
- Richard Mackowiak Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Dunkirk
- Morse Funeral Home7.0 miFuneral home · Brocton · (716) 792-4323
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