Riverside Cemetery (Rochester, New York)

Infobox_cemetery
name = Riverside Cemetery


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established = 1892
country = USA
location = Rochester, New York
coordinates = coord|43|13|05|N|77|37|33|W|
type = public
owner = City of Rochester
size = 123 acres (498,000 m²)
graves= 250,000
website = [http://www.rochesternycemeteries.com/prhs/Cemeteries/default.htm Riverside and Mount Hope Cemeteries]
findagrave = [http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=city&FScityid=103825 Find-a-Grave]
political = [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO.html#RAR1B76RN The Political Graveyard]

Riverside Cemetery in Rochester, New York 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. [http://www.rochesternycemeteries.com/prhs/Cemeteries/default.htm?CFID=21239402&CFTOKEN=512b900e3f9ebb47-52550E5B-60CF-205B-5767CE8CDF8F1217 Riverside and Mount Hope Cemeteries] ] [http://www.interment.net/data/us/ny/monroe/riverside/index.htm Riverside Cemetery] ]

Notable burials

*Giuseppe Aiello, Organized Crime Figure [http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=city&FScityid=103825 Find-a-Grave Rochester New York] ]
*William Joseph Beldue, inventor of the eyelash curler
*Allen James Oliver, New York State Senator [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO.html#RAR1B76RN The Political Graveyard] ]
*George Frederick Rogers, New York State Senator
*Robert Wilcox, actor

Riverside's Section O is the resting place of American military veterans of the American Civil War and World War I. [ [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymonroe/cem/vets-riverside-o.htm Veteran burials in Section O of Riverside Cemetery] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.rochesternycemeteries.com/prhs/Cemeteries/default.htm Riverside and Mount Hope Cemeteries]
* [http://www.interment.net/data/us/ny/monroe/riverside/index.htm Riverside Cemetery]
* [http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-r/cemeteries/cards/rvc001.html Vintage Views of Riverside Cemetery]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymonroe/cem/#roc Cemeteries of Monroe County]