Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic

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located at

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. In June 1884, officers and trustees were elected and the original of land were purchased from Lucius Wilcox. Over the years, people left adjacent land to the cemetery which now totals in the city and in the town of Canandaigua and serves as a burial site for more than 13,000 people. The Woodlawn Cemetery chapel was dedicated in 1910. In 2014 it was listed on the

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Notable burials

* Myron Holley Clark (1806–1892) –

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(1881–1928) –

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, antimilitarist,

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, and worker safety pioneer. Co-founder of the

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* Francis Granger (1792–1868) – Member of the

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and U.S. Postmaster General; candidate for

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(1836) * Gideon Granger (1767–1822) –

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and U.S. Postmaster General *

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(1923–2004) – legendary Jazz Guitarist * Stanton Davis Kirkham (1868–1944) –

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* Elbridge Gerry Lapham (1814–1890) – Member of the

and

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(1840–1909) –

and member of the

Frederick Ferris Thompson Frederick Ferris Thompson (June 14, 1836 – April 10, 1899) was a prominent United States, American banker and railroad president who co-founded the First National Bank and what is now Citibank.

(1836–1899) – notable

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, co-founder of predecessor banks to

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and

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Mary Clark Thompson Mary Clark Thompson (1835 – July 28, 1923), born Mary Lee Clark, was a philanthropist and wife of banker Frederick Ferris Thompson. Early years Mary Lee Clark was born in Naples, New York, in 1835 to Myron Holley Clark (1806–1892) and Zilpha ...

(1835–1923) –

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* Edward Francis Winslow (1837–1914) – a Civil War general, who died at Sonnenberg while visiting Mary Clark Thompson and her banker husband, Frederick Ferris Thompson

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* {{National Register of Historic Places in New York Cemeteries in Ontario County, New York Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) 1884 establishments in New York (state) Canandaigua, New York National Register of Historic Places in Ontario County, New York

Notable burials

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