Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo

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Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York was founded in 1849. It covers over 250 acres and over 150,000 are buried there, including U.S. President Millard Fillmore. One of the most lavish monuments at Forest Lawn is the Blocher memorial.

[edit] Others buried here

• Lawrence Bell
• John Brent, architect
• Willis Carrier
• Shirley Chisholm
• Frederick Cook
• William Fargo
• Abigail Fillmore
• Caroline Fillmore
• Barbara Franklin, mother of singer Aretha Franklin
• Anna Katharine Green
• Red Jacket
• Rick James
• Albert J. Myer
• Ely S. Parker
• Kristen Pfaff
• George N. Pierce, founder of Pierce-Arrow
• Charles Rohlfs
• Alfred P. Southwick, MDS, DDS, inventor of the Electric chair
• Mary Burnett Talbert

[edit] Links

• Forest Lawn Group, the official cemetery website
• Forest Lawn Cemetery on the Web