Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo
- Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo
Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York was founded in 1849. It covers over 250 acres (1 km²) and over 150,000 are buried there, including U.S. President Millard Fillmore. One of the most lavish monuments at Forest Lawn is the Blocher memorial.
Others buried here
* William Farquhar Barry
* Lawrence Bell
* [http://www.buffaloresearch.com/essays/brent.html John Brent]
* Willis Carrier
* Shirley Chisholm
* Frederick Cook
* William Fargo
* Abigail Fillmore
* Caroline Fillmore
* Barbara Franklin, mother of singer Aretha Franklin
* Anna Katharine Green
* Nathan K. Hall
* Red Jacket
* Rick James
* Mitchell Mark
* Albert J. Myer
* Ely S. Parker
* Kristen Pfaff
* George N. Pierce
* Charles Rohlfs
* Alfred P. Southwick
* Elbridge G. Spaulding
* Alfred P. Stone
* Mary Burnett Talbert
Links
* [http://www.forest-lawn.com/ Forest Lawn Group] , the official cemetery website
* [http://ah.bfn.org/a/forestL/forestindex.html Forest Lawn Cemetery on the Web]
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