Schopf Pioneer Cemetery
Also known as Shope Pioneer Cemetery
Clarence, Erie County, New York, USA
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Graves of Pioneers found in Old Clarence Cemetery. Forgotten and neglected for many decades, a small cemetery dating from early years of the last century has brought to life as the results of a proposed real estate development at Clarence.
The plot, 60 by 100 feet, about a eighth of a mile from Main Street, directly north of the Buffalo Automobile Club on property recently purchased by Howard L. Melancon of 58 Progressive Avenue, Buffalo. Many of Clarence's oldest residents were unaware of the burial ground's existence.
It was thought at first to be a private cemetery, and according to Mursett C. Luckner, Clarence attorney, there are probably from 30 - 50 small burial places within a few miles of the village, which were used before state laws regulated burials.
First known burial 1814, last known burial 1852 ; named in Honor of Abraham Shope on whose land the cemetery was located. The cemetery's current signage refers to it as "Schopf Pioneer Cemetery," though photos and records have previously identified it as "Shope" and "Shoppe". The town of Clarence now maintains the cemetery.
Graves of Pioneers found in Old Clarence Cemetery. Forgotten and neglected for many decades, a small cemetery dating from early years of the last century has brought to life as the results of a proposed real estate development at Clarence.
The plot, 60 by 100 feet, about a eighth of a mile from Main Street, directly north of the Buffalo Automobile Club on property recently purchased by Howard L. Melancon of 58 Progressive Avenue, Buffalo. Many of Clarence's oldest residents were unaware of the burial ground's existence.
It was thought at first to be a private cemetery, and according to Mursett C. Luckner, Clarence attorney, there are probably from 30 - 50 small burial places within a few miles of the village, which were used before state laws regulated burials.
First known burial 1814, last known burial 1852 ; named in Honor of Abraham Shope on whose land the cemetery was located. The cemetery's current signage refers to it as "Schopf Pioneer Cemetery," though photos and records have previously identified it as "Shope" and "Shoppe". The town of Clarence now maintains the cemetery.
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- Added: 5 Aug 2006
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2184733
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