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Canosia Cemetery The
Proctor American Legion Post #106 comes each year at 1:30 PM on Memorial
Day to honor veterans buried in the Canosia Cemetery.
Land was donated on the
corner of Martin and Seville Roads for the cemetery and the oldest
burial recorded is 1892.
The Historical Society
worked with the Town Board to install a special monument for the
veterans on the west side of the cemetery. A wooden cross with the names
of Canosia Veterans on a plaque, donated by Proctor American Legion Post
#106, is in the same area. Four trees planted at the Pike Lake School in
honor of former students who lost their lives in World War II had to be
removed because of school expansion. Albert Trettel planted four new
evergreen trees, in their place, on the west side of the cemetery.
The original pillars that
are standing at the entrances were built by the WPA during the
depression years.
Animals used to graze
among the tombstones. Through the years the Town Board has made many
improvements - grass is cut regularly, rocks and brush removed,
tombstones straightened, and most recently the road has been paved.
There is a misspelled
word (pionier instead of pioneer) on one of the old tombstones among the
142 burials on record.
One of the laws written
in the Town minutes says “…only human beings are allowed to be buried in
the Canosia Cemetery.” This came about after one party buried his dog
there, and the Town Board demanded that it be removed.
Audrey Eaton and
Millicent O’Connell
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