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Forest Lawn Cemetery of Buffalo, Erie, New York also incorporates Lakeside Cemetery of Hamburg, Erie, New York. One of the area's largest cemeteries, Forest Lawn has over 165,000 burials. Many of it's more famous residents were politicians and entertainers as well as a few distinguished, Native Americans.
Famous Graves
- Millard Fillmore - Thirteenth President of the United States (1850-1853) Buried in section F of Forest Lawn.
- Brig. Gen. Ely Parker - Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General and Tonawanda Seneca, Wolf Clan. He was born in Genesee County, New York, and educated in two different cultures. Serving as General Ulysses S. Grant's secretary during the American Civil War, Ely Parker wrote out the terms of surrender at Appomattox.
- Chief Sagoyewatha (Red Jacket) - Great Seneca chief and renowned orator, was born at Canoga (on Cayuga Lake in western New York) as member of the Seneca Wolf clan.
- Chief Two Guns of the Seneca - Seneca Chief who fought for the United States during the War of 1812; dying at the Battle of Chippawa on July 5, 1814. He is buried near Chief Sagoyewatha (Red Jacket) along with several other Seneca chiefs.
- Chief Gana-a-gayat-Young-King - Young King or Koyengquahtah was a "Hoyaneh" or revered traditional chief of the Seneca. A renowned warrior, he was elected as a war chief by the Seneca. His grave is among the Seneca chiefs.
- Lewis Bennett - Deerfoot was a Seneca from the Snipe Clan, who was a renowned runner on and around the Reservations. His most famous races took place in Great Britain, however. Fleet of foot, Lewis was named "Deerfoot"; for his flashy outfits, he was likened to and known as " Red Jacket" after the great Seneca chief and orator of the same name.
- Chief John Jacket - Chief John "Jogyoanjaah" Jacket was the grandson of the Great Chief and orator, Sagoyewatha or Red Jacket. The last full blood Seneca of Red Jacket's line, Chief John or "Big Fire" was from the Snipe Clan. He served as President of the Seneca Nation of Indians in 1875.