Age at death from lot register: Age 55.
A Justice of the Peace for County of Niagara, then Erie County, created from Niagara County in 1821.
From the Buffalo Historical Society Publications, Volume Twenty-Six (XXVI) Published 1922.
Recalling Pioneer Days
Pages 169 to 314
THE WILLIAM HODGE PAPERS
... in April 1818, at the instance of citizens of Buffalo, an act of the Legislature was passed, authorizing a survey of the creek, at the expense of the County of Niagara, which then included it, with reference to determining the feasibility of constructing a harbor; and William Peacock made the survey in the following summer, gratuitously. Although the report of this survey was favorable, neither the General Government nor the State would assume the work. But the latter, in 1819, by law, agreed to loan $12,000 for its construction, on being secured by bond and mortgage for its repayment. Oliver Forward, Charles Townsend, George Coit and Samuel Wilkeson gave the required security in the fore part of 1820, and a stone pier was forthwith commenced. It was prosecuted and finished under the superintendence of Samuel Wilkeson in 1821, in two hundred and twenty-one working days, and extended into the lake for about eighty rods, into twelve foot water.
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My note: the above engineering feat allowed for the terminus of the Erie Canal to be in the Village of Buffalo instead of the Village of Black Rock which had a natural harbor, but was on the Niagara River and not on Lake Erie. The Erie Canal was completed in 1825, the Village of Buffalo became a city in 1832, and the Village of Black Rock was annexed into the City of Buffalo in 1853.
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From Cindy (Swarthout) via geni.com:
Husband of Sally Forward
Father of Julia Forward
Judge Forward was one of the leading men of Buffalo in the early days of the city. He removed there from Ohio in 1808, and at once became assistant postmaster and assistant collector under his brother-in-law, Judge Erastus Granger In 1812 he became collector of the port, in 1814 judge of the court of ...
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This lot was a burial place on the Granger Farm. Erastus Granger died in 1826 and was buried in the family burial lot, known to family members as "the turnip patch." In 1849, Buffalo attorney Charles Clarke purchased 80 acres of land from Granger's widow and two sons and designated it for use as a cemetery. Today, Forest Lawn consists of 269 acres; the Granger family lot – the "turnip patch" – remains in what is now Section J.
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On June 20, 2023, member Nancy B, #49121276, suggested the links to his parents.
A Justice of the Peace for County of Niagara, then Erie County, created from Niagara County in 1821.
From the Buffalo Historical Society Publications, Volume Twenty-Six (XXVI) Published 1922.
Recalling Pioneer Days
Pages 169 to 314
THE WILLIAM HODGE PAPERS
... in April 1818, at the instance of citizens of Buffalo, an act of the Legislature was passed, authorizing a survey of the creek, at the expense of the County of Niagara, which then included it, with reference to determining the feasibility of constructing a harbor; and William Peacock made the survey in the following summer, gratuitously. Although the report of this survey was favorable, neither the General Government nor the State would assume the work. But the latter, in 1819, by law, agreed to loan $12,000 for its construction, on being secured by bond and mortgage for its repayment. Oliver Forward, Charles Townsend, George Coit and Samuel Wilkeson gave the required security in the fore part of 1820, and a stone pier was forthwith commenced. It was prosecuted and finished under the superintendence of Samuel Wilkeson in 1821, in two hundred and twenty-one working days, and extended into the lake for about eighty rods, into twelve foot water.
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My note: the above engineering feat allowed for the terminus of the Erie Canal to be in the Village of Buffalo instead of the Village of Black Rock which had a natural harbor, but was on the Niagara River and not on Lake Erie. The Erie Canal was completed in 1825, the Village of Buffalo became a city in 1832, and the Village of Black Rock was annexed into the City of Buffalo in 1853.
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From Cindy (Swarthout) via geni.com:
Husband of Sally Forward
Father of Julia Forward
Judge Forward was one of the leading men of Buffalo in the early days of the city. He removed there from Ohio in 1808, and at once became assistant postmaster and assistant collector under his brother-in-law, Judge Erastus Granger In 1812 he became collector of the port, in 1814 judge of the court of ...
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This lot was a burial place on the Granger Farm. Erastus Granger died in 1826 and was buried in the family burial lot, known to family members as "the turnip patch." In 1849, Buffalo attorney Charles Clarke purchased 80 acres of land from Granger's widow and two sons and designated it for use as a cemetery. Today, Forest Lawn consists of 269 acres; the Granger family lot – the "turnip patch" – remains in what is now Section J.
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On June 20, 2023, member Nancy B, #49121276, suggested the links to his parents.
Age at death from lot register: Age 55.
A Justice of the Peace for County of Niagara, then Erie County, created from Niagara County in 1821.
From the Buffalo Historical Society Publications, Volume Twenty-Six (XXVI) Published 1922.
Recalling Pioneer Days
Pages 169 to 314
THE WILLIAM HODGE PAPERS
... in April 1818, at the instance of citizens of Buffalo, an act of the Legislature was passed, authorizing a survey of the creek, at the expense of the County of Niagara, which then included it, with reference to determining the feasibility of constructing a harbor; and William Peacock made the survey in the following summer, gratuitously. Although the report of this survey was favorable, neither the General Government nor the State would assume the work. But the latter, in 1819, by law, agreed to loan $12,000 for its construction, on being secured by bond and mortgage for its repayment. Oliver Forward, Charles Townsend, George Coit and Samuel Wilkeson gave the required security in the fore part of 1820, and a stone pier was forthwith commenced. It was prosecuted and finished under the superintendence of Samuel Wilkeson in 1821, in two hundred and twenty-one working days, and extended into the lake for about eighty rods, into twelve foot water.
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My note: the above engineering feat allowed for the terminus of the Erie Canal to be in the Village of Buffalo instead of the Village of Black Rock which had a natural harbor, but was on the Niagara River and not on Lake Erie. The Erie Canal was completed in 1825, the Village of Buffalo became a city in 1832, and the Village of Black Rock was annexed into the City of Buffalo in 1853.
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From Cindy (Swarthout) via geni.com:
Husband of Sally Forward
Father of Julia Forward
Judge Forward was one of the leading men of Buffalo in the early days of the city. He removed there from Ohio in 1808, and at once became assistant postmaster and assistant collector under his brother-in-law, Judge Erastus Granger In 1812 he became collector of the port, in 1814 judge of the court of ...
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This lot was a burial place on the Granger Farm. Erastus Granger died in 1826 and was buried in the family burial lot, known to family members as "the turnip patch." In 1849, Buffalo attorney Charles Clarke purchased 80 acres of land from Granger's widow and two sons and designated it for use as a cemetery. Today, Forest Lawn consists of 269 acres; the Granger family lot – the "turnip patch" – remains in what is now Section J.
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On June 20, 2023, member Nancy B, #49121276, suggested the links to his parents.
A Justice of the Peace for County of Niagara, then Erie County, created from Niagara County in 1821.
From the Buffalo Historical Society Publications, Volume Twenty-Six (XXVI) Published 1922.
Recalling Pioneer Days
Pages 169 to 314
THE WILLIAM HODGE PAPERS
... in April 1818, at the instance of citizens of Buffalo, an act of the Legislature was passed, authorizing a survey of the creek, at the expense of the County of Niagara, which then included it, with reference to determining the feasibility of constructing a harbor; and William Peacock made the survey in the following summer, gratuitously. Although the report of this survey was favorable, neither the General Government nor the State would assume the work. But the latter, in 1819, by law, agreed to loan $12,000 for its construction, on being secured by bond and mortgage for its repayment. Oliver Forward, Charles Townsend, George Coit and Samuel Wilkeson gave the required security in the fore part of 1820, and a stone pier was forthwith commenced. It was prosecuted and finished under the superintendence of Samuel Wilkeson in 1821, in two hundred and twenty-one working days, and extended into the lake for about eighty rods, into twelve foot water.
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My note: the above engineering feat allowed for the terminus of the Erie Canal to be in the Village of Buffalo instead of the Village of Black Rock which had a natural harbor, but was on the Niagara River and not on Lake Erie. The Erie Canal was completed in 1825, the Village of Buffalo became a city in 1832, and the Village of Black Rock was annexed into the City of Buffalo in 1853.
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From Cindy (Swarthout) via geni.com:
Husband of Sally Forward
Father of Julia Forward
Judge Forward was one of the leading men of Buffalo in the early days of the city. He removed there from Ohio in 1808, and at once became assistant postmaster and assistant collector under his brother-in-law, Judge Erastus Granger In 1812 he became collector of the port, in 1814 judge of the court of ...
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This lot was a burial place on the Granger Farm. Erastus Granger died in 1826 and was buried in the family burial lot, known to family members as "the turnip patch." In 1849, Buffalo attorney Charles Clarke purchased 80 acres of land from Granger's widow and two sons and designated it for use as a cemetery. Today, Forest Lawn consists of 269 acres; the Granger family lot – the "turnip patch" – remains in what is now Section J.
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On June 20, 2023, member Nancy B, #49121276, suggested the links to his parents.
Gravesite Details
Based on lot register map, this burial (#15) is located in the northwest quadrant of lot near the center and is unmarked.
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