Town of Friendship, Allegany County, NY
The Sortore Cemetery is located in the Town of Friendship, on East Hill Road, just off Rt 31 heading to Scio. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in the county. The cemetery has been cleaned up and is being maintained. There are about 24 stones visible, only a handful are legible, and many are in delicate condition. An old handwritten paper in the historians office notes that there are two civil war veterans buried here, but I cannot identify their headstones definitively. Henry Sortore's headstone is clearly readable, as well as the metal plate placed on it by the DAR identifying him as a Soldier of the Revolutionary War. (Updated 10/2006 with additional information found at the Friendship Library.)
Henry Sortore, Sabin & Jasper Wight, Thomas Fitzsimmons
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Last Name |
First Name |
Information |
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Baxter |
Elias T. |
Died July 5, 1842 Aged 2 Years |
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Baxter |
Seth |
In Memory of Seth, Son of Albert and |
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Cooley |
Antoinette H. |
Unreadable - Data is below ground |
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Cooley |
D. W |
Died Nov 9, 1852 Aged 51 Years 5 Mo. |
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Cooley |
Laura |
Wife of D. W. Cooley Died Aug 3, 1863 Aged 57 Yrs 8 Mo 12 Days |
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Fitzsimmons |
Susannah |
Daughter of Lewis Fitzsimmons Died June 10, 1840, in her 11th Year |
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Fitzsimmons |
Thomas |
Died Jan 21, 1836 Aged 68 Yrs 8 Mo 20 Days "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the Death of His Saints." |
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Ketchum |
Horace |
Died June 22, 1851 |
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Phiney |
C. |
Dyed March 22, 1834 - One Month Old |
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Phinney |
Jonathan |
Died Sept 11 ? Aged 51 Years 2 Mo and 13 Days |
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Smalley |
Rynear |
Died at Flo Oct 23, 180? Aged 38 Years |
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Sortore |
Eliza M |
Dau of Henry and Sally Died June 5, 1847 Aged 2 Yr and 4 Days |
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Sortore |
Henry |
the Revolutionary War 1757 - 1823 |
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Sortore |
Madison |
Dyed June 3, 1831 Aged 10 M 9 Days Old |
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Sortore |
Marietta |
Dau of Henry and Sally Sortore - Stone is Broken |
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Unknown |
Unreadable |
Son of Morris and ? Died ? 19, 1812 Aged 17 Years and 10 Mo. |
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Wight |
Hasky |
Died Dec 28, 1872 Aged 75 Yrs 1 Mo. In Memory of Our Parents and Daughter |
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Wight |
Jasper |
Died Apr 17, 1836 Age 1 Yr |
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Wight |
Lucy |
Wife of Hasky Died Oct 26, 1872 Aged 68 |
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Wight |
Sabin |
Died June 5, 1843 Age 21 Yrs |