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Baptist Rural Cemetery, aka Brick Church
| Historic Site #: | 12-049 (Exists) Type: B1 | Town: | Sodus | ||
| Site Name: | Baptist Rural Cemetery, aka Brick Church | GPS Coordinates: | 43.20012, -77.011729 | ||
| Address: | 5494 South Geneva Rd. Sodus New York | ||||
| Description: | |||||
| Located about six miles north of Lyons village on South Geneva Road, in the town of Sodus. In the restoration of this cemetery, the stones were taken up, the land cleared and leveled, the stones replaced with no regard to family. It is a tragic sight, to observe when copying. The brick church at this cemetery is said to be the oldest in Wayne County. It is not in general use today (circa 1950). [Note: the above was written about 1950, by the unknown reader of the cemetery. In 2005, the old brick Baptist church and cemetery are owned by the Baptist Rural Cemetery Association of Sodus Center, Inc. The phone number on the sign is too small to read. For information about how to contact them, please get in touch with the Office of the County Historian in Lyons NY.] | |||||
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| Photo by Edith Farrington |
| Historic narrative: | |||||||||||
Records indicate 1,296 burials here and there are over 140 honored veterans of domestic and foreign conflicts also laid to rest here. But even earlier than this, Native Americans had used this place even prior to the earliest dated tombstone of 1809. 1824—3 acres land deeded by the Pultney Estate Historic people of note buried here: Asher Warner who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Sodus Point on June 19th, 1813 during the war of 1812. For his story, click this link: http://historicsoduspoint.com/people/asher-warner/ Edward Chandler Delano
Edward Delano was the Founder of Arbor Day (in New York State) and was also on the New York State Board of Education and he perfected uniform examinations for teachers certificates throughout New York State. For more information about him, click this link: http://townofsodushistoricalsociety.org/hamlets/sodus-center/edward-chandler-delano/ To search for an individual, click here: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2137351/brick-church-cemetery For the list of people buried here see: http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/brickcem1.html http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/brickcem2.html http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/brickcem3.html | |||||||||||
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Historic Sodus Point Asher Warner web page
Town of Sodus Historical Society Edward Delano web page
Aug. 3, 1921 Lyons Republican newspaper