About Temple Hill Cemetery
Temple Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Geneseo, Livingston County, New York. The grounds sit at about 889 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr., James S. Wadsworth and John Young. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 967142. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rector-Hicks Funeral Home in Geneseo, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Livingston County, and 36 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Geneseo. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Temple Hill Cemetery
Among them: 5 US representatives, 1 artist, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 physician, 1 scientist, 1 Spanish-American War veteran, 1 US senator.
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.1877-1952U.S. Republican politician from New York
- James S. Wadsworth1807-1864Union Army general
- John Young1802-1852American politician, New York
- Craig Wadsworth1872-1960American diplomat
- Philo C. Fuller1787-1855American politician
- Clarence F. Stephens1917-2018American mathematician
- Otto Kelsey1852-1934American politician in New York
- Scott Lord1820-1885American politician
- William H. Kelsey1812-1879American politician
- Alvah Hunt Doty1854-1934American physician (1854-1934); Health Officer of Port of New York
- Frederick T. Vance1840-1892American painter and illustrator
- James Wadsworth1768-1844American pioneer and philanthropist
Show all 15 notable burials
- Craig Wharton Wadsworth1841-1872US General
- Mary Craig Wharton1812-1874Peerage person ID=116689
- Montgomery Harrison Ritchie1826-1864
People whose Wikidata entry gives Temple 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
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What Temple 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 Marys CemeteryGeneseo, NYCemetery0.5 mi
- Williamsburg CemeteryMount Morris, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryLivonia, NYCemetery4.0 mi
- Greigsville CemeteryGeneseo, NYCemetery4.9 mi
- South Avon CemeteryAvon, NYCemetery5.3 mi
- Leicester CemeteryMount Morris, NYCemetery5.4 mi
- Taunton CemeteryGeneseo, NYCemetery5.5 mi
- Pleasant Valley CemeteryGeneseo, NYCemetery5.8 mi
- Old CemeteryMount Morris, NYCemetery6.2 mi
- Lakeview CemeteryGeneseo, NYCemetery6.3 mi
Funeral homes near Temple Hill Cemetery
- Rector-Hicks Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Geneseo · (585) 243-0995
- John W. Martin Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Mt Morris · (585) 658-4200
- Stephenson-Dougherty Funeral Home Inc.8.1 miFuneral home · Avon · (585) 226-2340
- Eaton Watson Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Perry · (585) 237-2626
- O'Connell-Dougherty Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Lima · (585) 582-1655
- Alhart Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Caledonia · (585) 538-6500
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