Somerset Cemetery
August 25, 2025
The DAR conducted a tombstone reading at Somerset Cemetery in 1930. It was published in Volume 49 of the Genealogical Records Committee Reports. As the Somerset Cemetery has over 1800 memorials on Find a Grave, this DAR record is a very small portion of the cemetery as a whole.
FamilySearch has microfilmed the volume and digitized it (DGS 7764394). The tombstone reading is found on image 798 of 914.
July 19, 2025
The Niagara County Historian’s Office (139 Niagara St., Lockport) has a folder 25-04-0079 for the Somerset Cemetery. Located within the folder are a variety of items including an index of names buried, tombstone reading notes, lists of veterans, and more:
The pictures above are shared with permission pending credit given to the Niagara County Historian’s Office. Learn more about the Niagara County Historian’s Office at:
https://www.niagaracounty.com/Departments/Historian
April 4, 2025
The Niagara County Historian’s Office contains many books and vertical files on each of the cemeteries located in Niagara County. One of the items found within the Somerset Cemetery folder 25-04-0079 is the below news article from the Lockport Union Sun and Journal on 9 August 1960.
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Article transcription:
“Town To Take Over Somerset Cemetery
SOMERSET – Cemetery lots will be sold by the Town Board in the future instead of being given away, Supervisor Fred Barnum said today.
“The decision was made so the grounds could be kept clean and neat,” he explained.
At a meeting Monday evening the board approved a request by the Cemetery Assn. that the town take over the Somerset Cemetery, Lake Rd., which will be the fourth cemetery owned by the town.
An ordinance must be ratified before the town can legally take over the land, the supervisor said. Appointed to draw up the document are Arthur Hood, Burton Porter and Roy Haight.
Mr. Barnum said the Cemetery Assn. requested the action because the group could not keep the land up properly. He added that the Somerset Cemetery assets include $7,000 in bonds and about $5,000 in cash.
The matured bonds will be sold and reinvested since they are paying only 2 1/2 per cent interest, Mr. Barnum added.
The new costs of lots will be $30 for singles, $60 for doubles and $120 for four-grave plots.
In other action the board decided to finish paving the lower end of Carmen Rd. from Lake Rd. to Lower Lake Rd. after a tour of all unpaved streets.”
Learn more about the Niagara County Historian’s Office at: https://www.niagaracounty.com/Departments/Historian.
March 26, 2025
The Niagara County Historian’s Office (139 Niagara St., Lockport) has a folder for the Somerset Cemetery 25-04-0079. Located within the folder are a variety are some cemetery maps:
The pictures above are shared with permission pending credit given to the Niagara County Historian’s Office. Learn more about the Niagara County Historian’s Office at:
https://www.niagaracounty.com/Departments/Historian
August 12, 2024
One of the FamilySearch microfilms that has been digitized is the Grace Episcopal Church records. Included in the records is a section titled “Burials” in which there is a chronological listing of deceased members. Information includes:
Between January 1905 and December 1928 there are 515 burials that were recorded in this church record. January 1905 begins on image 307 of 414. The record ends on image 326 of 414. The records are mostly in chronological order, however the book ran out of room for 1927 and 1928, so those records were continued on earlier pages that had space available (such as image 310 of 414).
The beginning of the burials (image 307 of 414) can be found at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS5F-46V6?i=306&cat=52389.
Of the 515 burial listings, the following Niagara County cemeteries were listed: