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Mount Hope Cemetery Rochester NY Memorial Day Ceremony

Memorial Day – 2021

May 31, 2021

Memorial Day – 2021 featured a ceremony conducted by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. It was held at the site of our “Defenders of the Flag” […]

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The “Patriots of the American Revolution” was a fascinating historic commemoration of the Boyd and Parker Ambush during the Sullivan Campaign of the Revolutionary War.

The “Patriots of the American Revolution”

May 29, 2021

The “Patriots of the American Revolution” was a fascinating historic commemoration of the Boyd and Parker Ambush during the Sullivan Campaign of the Revolutionary War. We met at the American […]

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Peter Ellison - Restoration at Mount Hope Cemetery

Cleaning Iconic Stones – Wow. What a Difference!

May 24, 2021

We currently have stone cleaning going on in two locations.  The first is at the gravesite of Lillian Wald, where all of her five family stones are being cleaned by […]

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Chester Dewey School

Chester Dewey

May 17, 2021

Section A Vignette # 7  If you have the occasion to travel into downtown Rochester, look for 200 University Ave, Rochester, NY 14605 at the corner of Scio Street. There […]

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Ezra Andrews - Mount Hope Cemetery

Ezra R. Adams

May 6, 2021

Section A Vignette # 6 At the southern-most point of Section A, tucked between the boundary fence and West Avenue, lies the gravesite of Ezra R. Andrews.  Mr. Andrews was […]

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George Washington Goler - Friends of Mount Hope

Two George Washington Golers – A Confusing Duo

May 5, 2021

Section A Vignette # 5 There were two men named George Washington Goler, uncle and nephew. Only the uncle is buried in Mt Hope Cemetery. For years we believed that […]

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Reverend Zebulon Hebard

Reverend Zebulon Hebard

May 4, 2021

Section A Vignette #4   Zebulon Hebard was born August 1, 1793 in Amenia, Dutchess County, NY, a small town northeast of Poughkeepsie next to the Connecticut border.  He was a […]

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Leonard Henkle (1834 – 1904)

Leonard Henkle

May 3, 2021

Section A Vignette # 3 While many of us are content living quiet lives of peace and simplicity, others look back on lives teeming with adventure, extraordinary accomplishments, and peppered […]

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Louise Stowell Mount Hope Cemetery Rochester, NY

Louise Stowell

May 2, 2021

Section A Vignette # 2 M. Louise Stowell was a well-known artist in her time, but has since fallen out of view. Born in 1861, she moved with her family […]

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Colonel Josiah Bissell - Mount Hope Cemetery Rochester, NY

Colonel Josiah Bissell, 1818-1891

May 1, 2021

Section A Vignette # 1 Josiah Bissell was an engineer and  the state contractor in charge of constructing the second Erie Canal Aqueduct over the Genesee River.  When he demolished […]

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