About Glenwood Cemetery
Glenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Lockport, Niagara County, New York. It lies about 1.1 mi southeast of Lockport. The grounds sit at about 499 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 19 notable people buried here, including William G. Morgan, Washington Hunt and Raphael Beck. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 951245. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Patricks Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Taylor & Reynolds Funeral Home in Lockport, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 93 cemeteries we list in Niagara County, and 44 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 93 listings in Niagara County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lockport. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Glenwood Cemetery
Among them: 7 musicians, 4 US representatives, 2 artists, 2 scientists, 1 actor, 1 governor, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 writer.
- William G. Morgan1870-1942Inventor of volleyball
- Washington Hunt1811-1867American politician
- Raphael Beck1858-1947American artist and painter
- Burt Van Horn1823-1896American politician
- Richard Crowley1836-1908American politician
- Thomas T. Flagler1811-1897American politician
- Burr H. Nicholls1848-1915American painter
- Frances W. Graham1857-1940American author, editor, singer, temperance activist/leader
- William R. Kenan, Jr.1872-1965American businessman
- Thomas H. Norton1851-1941American chemist and diplomat
- Dora Sutherland1860-1926American vaudevillian singer
- Elizabeth Stebbins1875-1949American actress
Show all 19 notable burials
- Grace Sutherland1854-1946American vaudevillian singer
- Isabella Sutherland1852-1914American vaudevillian singer
- Mary Sutherland1862-1939American vaudevillian singer
- Naomi Sutherland1858-1893American vaudevillian singer
- Ray Francis1888-1966Female impersonator and comedian
- Sarah Sutherland1845-1919American vaudevillian singer
- William Keep1812-1865
People whose Wikidata entry gives Glenwood 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 Glenwood 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 Patricks CemeteryLockport, NYCemetery0.6 mi
- Saint Peters CemeteryLockport, NYCemetery0.9 mi
- Saint Mary's Catholic CemeteryLockport, NYCatholic cemetery0.9 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeterySouth Lockport, NYCemetery1.9 mi
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran CemeteryLockport, NYLutheran cemetery2.2 mi
- Pomeroy CemeteryLockport, NYCemetery2.4 mi
- Cold Spring CemeteryLockport, NYCemetery2.5 mi
- Wright's Corners CemeteryLockport, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Stahler CemeterySouth Lockport, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Weaver Cemetery Number 1South Lockport, NYCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Glenwood Cemetery
- Taylor & Reynolds Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Lockport · (716) 434-1020
- Lange Funeral Home Inc1.4 miFuneral home · Lockport · (716) 434-1081
- Prudden & Kandt Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Lockport · (716) 433-6300
- Ross Funeral Home Gaul Chapel1.5 miFuneral home · Lockport · (716) 433-6911
- Sherrie Bream & Kenneth H. Sherrie Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Gasport · (716) 772-2410
- Kenneth H Sherrie Funeral Director7.0 miFuneral home · Newfane · (716) 778-8546
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