ERASTUS GRANGER
- Program
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- Location
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- Grant Recipient
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NYS Historic
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People
- Sec 20 of Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY
- 42.924203, -78.856326
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Forest Lawn Heritage Foundation, Inc.
ERASTUS GRANGER
Inscription
ERASTUS GRANGERSENECA INDIAN AGENT, JUDGE,
POST MASTER & COLLECTOR OF
PORT, LIVED HERE 1806-1826.
HE RALLIED SENECA TO DEFEND
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2012
The present-day site of Forest Lawn Cemetery was the homestead of Erastus Granger, Seneca Indian Agent appointed by President Thomas Jefferson. Granger also served as a judge, postmaster and was a collector of Port. He lived at this location in Buffalo from 1806 to 1826.
