GENESEE COUNTY, NEW YORK
VILLAGES / AREAS:Bethany Center, East Bethany, Linden, West Bethany, Little Canada
ORGANIZATIONS / PEOPLE:Town Clerk, 10440 Bethany Center Rd., East Bethany, NY 14054
585-343-1399
Town Historian:
Helen Milroy - Co-Historian
10510 Bethany Center Road
E. Bethany, NY 14054-9706
585/343-0022
tob-clerk@townofbethany.com
Debbie Douglas - Town Clerk - Co-Historian
Bethany Town Hall
10510 Bethany Center Road
East Bethany, NY 14054
585/343-1399(Town Hall)
Bethanytc@yahoo.com
CEMETERIES:Putnam Ssettlement Cemetery, Putnam Rd. on west side, abandoned, first buarial 1812, last 1876
Bennett Cemetery, North side of Little Canada Rd. , lone burial under stone under maple tree, abandoned
Paradise and Francis Rd. Cemetery, southeast corner of Paradise and Francis Rd., abandoned
Presbyterian Cemetery (East Bethany Cemetery), Behind East bethany Presbyterian Church on Rt 63, incorporated active cemetery, first burial about 1820
West Bethany Cemetery (West Bethany Rural Cemetery), southside fo Brown Rd., opposite the old school stones on both sides of the road., incorporated active cemetery, first burial 1859
Maple Lawn Cemetery (Maple View Cemetery), west side of Bethany Center Rd., north of Rt 20, incorporated active cemetery, first burial 1812
Transit Road Cemetery, West side of Transit Rd., abandoned, first burial 1811, last 1901
Genesee County Home Cemetery (Potters Field), Five tenths mile form Bethany Center Rd. on lane way, three tenths mile on south side of Raymond Rd. , abandoned.
CHURCHES:Bethany Center Baptist, 10420 Bethany Center Rd., E. Bethany 344-0837
E. Bethany United Presbyterian, 5735 Ellicott St. Rd., E. Bethany 344-2931
FIRST SETTLERS:
BOOKS:"A History of the Town of Bethany" This book has been re-published in 2001; it was first compiled and published for the 1962 Sesquicentennial. New copies are now available for sale for $5.00! The town's history is included as originally written by the Sesquicentennial Committee; readers will also find a few additions--for example, a listing of all surnames contained within the book and a partial map of the town of Bethany circa 1866. Copies are available for sale at the Genesee County History Center and at the Holland Land Office Museum in Batavia. For further information or how-to's on how to order a copy by mail, please contact Linda Schmidt at donlinda@2ki.net
The Gazetteer and Business Directory of Genesee County, N.Y. for 1869-70; Compiled and published by Hamilton Child, Syracuse, NY, 1869.
Beers Gazeteer and Biographical Record of Genesee Co., N.Y.1788-1890 Vose & Co., Pub., 1890
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