Lake View Cemetery is a historic

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located at Penn Yan in

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. It is a cemetery property that includes wooded and open acres included in the cemetery's historic landscape plan and developed in two phases between about 1855 and 1906. The property includes the Abraham Wagener Memorial Chapel, a two-story brick

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structure built in 1923–1924.''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1996.

Notable burials

* Morris Brown, Jr. (1842–1864), Civil War

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Recipient *

Samuel S. Ellsworth Samuel Stewart Ellsworth (October 13, 1790 – June 4, 1863) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1845 to 1847. Biography Born in Pownal, Vermont, Ellsworth attended the common schools. H ...

(1790–1863), New York's 26th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1845 to 1847 * Brigadier General Ralph Wilson Hoyt (1849–1920), commander of the Department of the Lakes *

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(1844–1920), Indian Wars

Recipient * Joshua Lee (1783–1841), New York's 27th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1835 to 1837 * Daniel Morris (1812–1889), Civil War US Congressman * Edwin C. Nutt (1868–1933), farmer and politician *

Andrew Oliver Andrew Oliver (March 28, 1706 – March 3, 1774) was an American-born merchant and colonial administrator in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Born into a wealthy and politically powerful merchant family, he is best known as the official respon ...

(1815–1889), US Congressman * Brevet Major General John Morrison Oliver (1828–1872), Civil War general * William Morrison Oliver (1792–1863), New York's 27th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1841 to 1843 * Elijah Spencer (1775–1852), US Congressman from 1821–1823 * Hanford Struble (1842–1903), lawyer, politician, and judge

Gallery

File:Lake View Cemetery, Penn Yan NY 06.JPG, South gate. File:Lake View Cemetery, Penn Yan NY 03.JPG, Ellsworth burial. File:Lake View Cemetery, Penn Yan NY 04.JPG, Hamlin burial. File:Lake View Cemetery, Penn Yan NY 08.JPG, View of the Cemetery.

References

External links

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* {{National Register of Historic Places in New York Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Cemeteries in Yates County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Yates County, New York