First Presbyterian - Oneonta, NY
Posted by: ripraff
N 42° 27.328 W 075° 03.594
18T E 495074 N 4700350
This church and cemetery were created in the early 1800s. There is civil war monument in the cemetery from 1871.
Waymark Code: WMX7A3
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 12/07/2017
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Riverside Cemetery 1358 memorials: (
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"The Union monument is in the center of the Riverside Cemetery in Oneonta, New York. It represents the men of Oneonta, most of whom joined up with the 121st NYVI. "
There are zinc monuments here including that of William and Polly Morenus.
This zinc is topped with a child shepherd carrying a lamb. It has several images: a cross with roses, a wreath of roses, two angels kneeling, a robed figure pointing upward, and a shaft of wheat. text: "All is Well Safe, safe at home. Our mother Our father"
Polly Morenus died Apr. 13, 1883, aged 71 years, (
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William Morenus died Jan. 28, 1879 aged 71 years. (
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