East Palmyra Cemetery

Historic Site #:	09-058 (Exists) Type: B1	Town:	Palmyra
Site Name:	East Palmyra Cemetery	GPS Coordinates:	43.082357, -77.14838
Address:	About 1999 Whitbeck Road, Newark, NY
Description:
Note: There does not seem to be an official street address, but if you put 1999 Whitbeck Road, Newark, NY into a GPS, it should get you there. The GPS coordinates listed are correct. 1,679 Memorials 2005 Driving Directions - From Rte. 31 West toward Palmyra from Newark. Turn Right onto Port Gibson Rd. Right onto South Creek Rd. Follow South Creek around bend. Cemetery is on the Right hand side down Whitbeck Rd about 1/10 mile. In the quiet countryside, bordered by a wheat field on one side and a road on the other, the East Palmyra Cemetery is located only a couple of blocks off Whitbeck Road. The first person buried there was Mary Durfee Sherman, the daughter of early pioneer Gideon Durfee. She died in 1794 only a short time after she, her husband Humphrey, and their children arrived to live near the Durfees in Palmyra. Historical accounts indicate that one day Mary walked up the hill about two blocks from her home, stood under maple tree, and requested that she be buried on that spot when she died. Since that time in 1794 many early Wayne County pioneers and later residents have been buried there. Indeed, the cemetery continues to operate today.

Mary Durfee Sherman. Photo added by Daryl VerStreate

Historic narrative:
Click here to read about Mary Durfee Sherman: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17175364/mary-sherman For a list of those buried here, click these 7 links: A - C http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/epal1.html D - G http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/epal2.html H - L http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/epal3.html M - P http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/epal4.html Q - S http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/epal5.html T - Wa http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/epal6.html Additional Names: http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/eastpalmyranewcem.html To search for an individual buried here, click this link: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/64394/east-palmyra-cemetery

References:

NYGENWEB Cemetery web page Part 1

NYGENWEB Cemetery web page Part 2

NYGENWEB Cemetery web page Part 3

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NYGENWEB Cemetery web page Part 7

Find a Grave web site

Find a Grave web page for Mary Durfee Sherman