Riverside Cemetery (Rochester, New York)

Cemetery in Rochester, New York, US

For other cemeteries with the same name, see Riverside Cemetery (disambiguation).

Riverside Cemetery

Details
Established| 1892
Location|

Rochester, New York

Country| US
Coordinates| 43°13′05″N 77°37′33″W﻿ / ﻿43.21806°N 77.62583°W﻿ / 43.21806; -77.62583
Type| public
Owned by| City of Rochester
Size| 123 acres (498,000 m²)
No. of graves| 250,000
Website| Riverside and Mount Hope Cemeteries
Find a Grave| Riverside Cemetery
The Political Graveyard| Riverside Cemetery

Riverside Cemetery in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, was founded in 1892 to serve the growing population in the northern part of the city. Situated on 123 acres (498,000 m²) (0.2 square miles) of land between Lake Avenue and the Genesee River, the cemetery is the permanent resting place of over 250,000 people. Since 1942, the cemetery has been owned and operated by the City of Rochester.[1][2]

## Notable burials

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* Giuseppe Aiello, organized crime leader
* William Joseph Beldue, inventor of the eyelash curler
* Virgil Warden Finlay, renowned illustrator of science-fiction and fantasy during the Pulp Era
* Kate Gleason, engineer and businesswoman
* Martha Matilda Harper, businesswoman, inventor
* Harold C. Mitchell, lawyer and New York State Assemblyman
* Lee Morse, jazz musician and singer from Oregon[3]
* Allen J. Oliver, New York State Senator[4]
* George F. Rogers, New York State Senator[4]
* Blanche Scott, woman aviator
* Robert Wilcox, actor

Riverside's Section O is the resting place of American military veterans of the American Civil War and World War I.[5]

## References

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1. ^ Riverside and Mount Hope Cemeteries
2. ^ Riverside Cemetery
3. ^ Spevak, Jeff (2011-04-29). "Lee Morse: Rochester's forgotten star". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester Arts Blog. Archived from the original on 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
4. ^ a b The Political Graveyard
5. ^ Veteran burials in Section O of Riverside Cemetery

## External links

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Media related to Riverside Cemetery (Rochester, New York) at Wikimedia Commons

* Riverside and Mount Hope Cemeteries
* Riverside Cemetery
* Vintage Views of Riverside Cemetery
* Cemeteries of Monroe County

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