LE ROY PENNYSAVER & NEWS - JUNE 19, 2022 by Lynne Belluscio The Buell cemetery is located east of LeRoy, on the north side of Route 5. Some people call it the Limerock Cemetery and it’s the oldest known burying ground in the Town of LeRoy. This year, just before Memorial Day, the Town Highway Department installed a flagpole at the cemetery in commemoration of those people who served this country in uniform. Some of the stones are illegible. Others have fallen. A few years ago, the Town designated money to reset stones and it looks much better. Several years ago, grant money was given to the Historical Society to survey the cemetery. It was divided up into 20 foot squares. Within each square, the stones were photographed, and any writing or engravings were noted. The Historical Society has a notebook of this survey. The cemetery is named for the Buell family who lived in the area. A written record of the burials in the Buell Cemetery has never been found. At some time in the 1800s, William Annin put together a list of gravestones and his undated list was found in his papers after his death in 1895. That list and a list made by Frances Witmer of the LeRoy Daughters of the American Revolution gives us the best record of burials in this cemetery. George McMahon made a survey of the cemetery in 1986 which was published in the LeRoy Gazette. According to his survey, he was able to identify 85 gravesites and noted that the most recent burial was in 1943. The most notable person buried in the Buell cemetery is Brig. General Daniel Davis who was killed during the War of 1812. A new book, written by Michael A. Ponzio, “The Mystery of the Two Swords: Brigadier General Davis and the War of 1812” is being published and traces the story of Daniel Davis. (Proceeds from the sale of the book will benefit the LeRoy Historical Society.) The Davis family, at a family reunion last year, agreed that Daniel Davis’ sword should be presented to the LeRoy Historical Society. This presentation will be made on July 2. Brig Gen Daniel Davis Of the NY Militia Who was killed back of Fort Erie At the sortie from the fort On the 17, Sept 1814 Aged 37 years Secure he stood his front undaunted shows, And bravely fought amidst a host of foes. Far more than death he feared a sull’d name And now he’s fallen his days are closed with fame. Oh wide destroying death thou pale affright, How couldst thou take this hero from our sight. Brig. General Daniel Davis War of 1812 Memorial stone placed at the foot stone of General Davis’grave Jake Williams cleaning the Generals stone Original headstone for General Davis
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