Parker/Lemuel Durfee Cemetery

Historic Site #:	09-063 (Exists) Type: B1	Town:	Palmyra
Site Name:	Parker/Lemuel Durfee Cemetery	GPS Coordinates:	43.09378, -77.23226
Address:	3152 Jeffery Road Palmyra NY
Description:
22 Memorials 2005 Driving Directions - Maple Ave out of Palmyra North. Third right onto Jeffry Rd. just before Walker Road on the Left is a steep embankment. The Cemetery is over embankment about 300 feet back. You must cross PRIVATE property. The Durfees of Palmyra, NY were a most prominent family who came in the early 1790s from RI. It is notable that many, many of our early Ontario/Wayne County, NY ancestors were intermarried with the Durfee family for several generations Lemuel Durfee (a Revolutionary War soldier) is buried here

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Historic narrative:
Lemuel Durfee (a Revolutionary War soldier) is buried here. Read about him here: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11447948/lemuel-durfee For a list of people buried here, click this link: http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/durfee.html To search for an individual buried here, click this link: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/65588/parker-cemetery

References:

NYGENWEB Cemetery web page

Find a Grave web site

Find a Grave Lemuel Durfee page