Lake View Cemetery in Jamestown, New York

Lake View Cemetery is a cemetery near Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York. It lies about 1.3 mi south of Jamestown. It was established in 1859. The grounds sit at about 1,453 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 18 notable people buried here, including Lucille Ball, Charles Goodell and Reuben Fenton. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 954948. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Cross Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Powers Present & Sixbey Funeral Home, Inc. in Jamestown, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 120 cemeteries we list in Chautauqua County, and 40 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, Jamestown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 6 US representatives, 3 business leaders, 3 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 US senators, 1 actor, 1 governor, 1 inventor or engineer.

• Lucille Ball1911-1989
  American actress
• Charles Goodell1926-1987
  American politician
• Reuben Fenton1819-1885
  American politician
• Benjamin Goodrich1841-1888
  Founder of B.F. Goodrich Company
• Porter Sheldon1831-1908
  American politician
• Chapin Hall1816-1879
  American politician
• Abner Hazeltine1793-1879
  American politician
• Henri Le Fevre Brown1842-1910
  Medal of Honor recipient
• Richard P. Marvin1803-1892
  American judge
• Edgar Pierpont Putnam1844-1921
  United States soldier of the civil war period
• J. Samuel Fowler1874-1961
  American politician and lawyer
• James M. Young1843-1913
  Medal of Honor recipient

People whose Wikidata entry gives Lake View 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.

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.

• Holy Cross Cemetery

  Jamestown, NY
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

  Jamestown, NY
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Hollenbeck Cemetery

  Jamestown, NY
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Pine Hill Cemetery

  Falconer, NY
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Mount Olivet Cemetery

  Falconer, NY
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Fluvanna Cemetery

  Celoron, NY · est. 1827
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Wilcox Cemetery

  Jamestown West, NY
  Cemetery

  3.3 mi
• Sunset Hill Cemetery

  Jamestown West, NY
  Cemetery

  3.5 mi
• Levant Cemetery

  Falconer, NY
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi
• Ross Mills Cemetery

  Falconer, NY
  Cemetery

  3.8 mi

• Powers Present & Sixbey Funeral Home, Inc.

  Funeral home · Jamestown · (716) 664-5300
  1.1 mi
• Powers Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Jamestown
  1.1 mi
• Hubert Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Jamestown · (716) 483-1902
  1.6 mi
• Lind Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Jamestown · (716) 664-3800
  1.7 mi
• Falconer Funeral Home Inc.

  Funeral home · Falconer · (716) 665-3401
  2.0 mi
• Peterson Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Frewsburg · (716) 569-5405
  5.8 mi

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