Forest Hill Cemetery (Utica, New York)

Forest Hill Cemetery

Gatehouse
Shown within New York
Details
Established	1850
Location	2201 Oneida St, Utica, New York
Coordinates	43°04′41″N 75°15′14″W / 43.07806°N 75.25389°W / 43.07806; -75.25389Coordinates: 43°04′41″N 75°15′14″W / 43.07806°N 75.25389°W / 43.07806; -75.25389
Style	Gothic Revival
Website	www.foresthillcemetery.org

Forest Hill Cemetery is a rural cemetery in Utica, New York founded in 1850. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.

^[1]Forest Hills Cemetery is located at 2201 Oneida Street, Utica, New York 13501. It is a non-sectarian cemetery, which means anyone of any religion can be buried here.^[2] Over the years some nationally and locally recognized people have been buried here. Some of the local people are Theodore Faxton, the Proctor Family, and nationally are some politicians such as Ellis Roberts, Ward Hunt and many more.

Notable burials[]

• Ezekiel Bacon (1776–1870), represented Massachusetts's 12th congressional district from 1807 to 1813.
• William J. Bacon (1803–1889), represented New York's 23rd congressional district from 1877 to 1879.
• Samuel Beardsley (1790–1860), represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1831 to 1836, from 1843 to 1844.
• John Warren Butterfield (1801–1869), founder Butterfield Overland Express.
• Alfred Conkling (1789–1874), represented New York's 14th congressional district from 1821 to 1823.
• Roscoe Conkling (1829–1888), represented New York in the United States Senate from 1867 to 1883.
• Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr. (1880–1957), Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1929 to 1957.
• Harold Frederic (1856–1898), writer.
• James G. Grindlay (1840–1907), Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient.
• Thomas Hill Hubbard (1781–1857), represented New York's 17th congressional district from 1817 to 1819, and from 1821 to 1823.
• Ward Hunt (1810–1886), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1873 to 1882.
• Joseph Kirkland (congressman) (1770–1844), represented New York's 16th congressional district from 1821 to 1823. Mayor of Utica in 1832.
• James H. Ledlie (1832–1882), general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
• Orsamus B. Matteson, (1805–1889), represented New York's 20th congressional district from 1849 to 1851, and from 1853 to 1859.
• Rutger B. Miller (1805–1877), represented New York's 17th congressional district from 1836 to 1837.
• Ellis H. Roberts (1827–1918), served in the United States House of Representatives from 1871 to 1875.
• John Savage (1779–1863), Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1823 to 1836.
• Theodore S. Sayre (1837–1916), mayor of Utica in 1874, New York state senator from 1876 to 1877.
• Horatio Seymour (1810–1886), Governor of New York from 1853 to 1855 and from 1863 to 1865.
• James S. Sherman (1855–1912), Vice President of the United States from 1909–1912, who died in office.
• Charles A. Talcott (1857–1920), represented New York's 27th congressional district and New York's 33rd congressional district from 1911 to 1915. Mayor of Utica from 1902 to 1906.
• Edward W. Townsend (1855–1942), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district from 1911 to 1913, and the 10th district from 1913–1915.^[3]
• Benjamin Walker (representative) (1753–1818), represented New York's 9th congressional district from 1801 to 1803.
• Jedediah Sanger (1751–1829), founder of New Hartford and Sangerfield, first judge of Oneida County.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Forest Hill Cemetery at Find A Grave
• Forest Hill Cemetery at Forest Hill Cemetery