About Bentley Cemetery
Bentley Cemetery is a cemetery near Lakewood, Chautauqua County, New York. It lies about 1.0 mi northwest of Lakewood. The grounds sit at about 1,358 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including George Stoneman and Bertha M. Stoneman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 943704. The nearest other listed cemetery is Sunset Hill Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Lind Funeral Home Inc in Jamestown, about 3.1 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, Lakewood. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Bentley Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 scientist.
- George Stoneman1822-1894Union Army General and governor of California
- Bertha M. Stoneman1866-1943American born South African botanist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Bentley 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
42.09727, -79.31643
What Bentley 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
- Sunset Hill CemeteryJamestown West, NYCemetery1.2 mi
- Fluvanna CemeteryCeloron, NY · est. 1827Cemetery2.0 mi
- Wilcox CemeteryJamestown West, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Maple Grove CemeteryLakewood, NYCemetery3.2 mi
- Hatch CemeteryJamestown West, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Wellman Road CemeteryLakewood, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Holy Sepulchre CemeteryJamestown, NYCemetery3.8 mi
- Gardner CemeteryLakewood, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- Bly CemeteryLakewood, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryJamestown, NYCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Bentley Cemetery
- Lind Funeral Home Inc3.1 miFuneral home · Jamestown · (716) 664-3800
- Powers Present & Sixbey Funeral Home, Inc.4.1 miFuneral home · Jamestown · (716) 664-5300
- Powers Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Jamestown
- Hubert Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Jamestown · (716) 483-1902
- Falconer Funeral Home Inc.6.1 miFuneral home · Falconer · (716) 665-3401
- Peterson Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Frewsburg · (716) 569-5405
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