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Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basom, Genesee, New York

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Abrams, Blackchief, Maybee and Sundown
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    Chief Chauncey 'Nis-Hea-Nyah-Nant' Abrams (1838 - 1906)
    Tonawanda Seneca/Snipe Clan Chief of the Tonawanda Seneca, 1890 Head Sachem of the Snipe Clan Nis-Hea-Nyah-Nant 'Falling Day' Grandson of Chief Blacksmith Son of George and Julia Ann (Smith) Ab...
  • Hiram Blackchief (1880 - 1932)
    Tonawanda Seneca/Bear Clan "... Hiram Blackchief, a member of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1892 and departed on July 3, 1899." Married Emily Hatch Thei...
  • Irving Elwood Sundown, Jr. (1942 - 1979)
    Tonawanda Seneca United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch ( : 7 January 2021), Irving Sundown, Mar 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, datab...
  • Fayley Sundown (1896 - 1965)
    Tonawanda Seneca Sachem Chief Son of Simeon and Nancy (Blackchief) Sundown Married 1st: Fleeta Doctor (1898-1916); their son, Roger Sundown (1915-1974) Married 2nd: Amy Blackchief (1903-1975)...
  • Amy Sundown (1903 - 1975)
    Tonawanda Seneca Married Fayley Sundown Their Children: Irving Elwood Sundown and Doris Sundown Scroggs Daughter of Allen and Gertrude (Poodry) Blackchief "United States, Native Ameri...

Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located within the hamlet of Basom, in the town of Alabama, Genesee, New York. The cemetery resides on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation, along the west side of Meadville Rd, behind the old Presbyterian Church.
Burials date back to as far as the 1700s and many gravestones are in disrepair or missing.


https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1861265/presbyterian-church-cem...


Records from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have these gentlemen as laid to rest here:

MOSES, Leon Bruce, b. 08/24/1942, d. 07/21/2005, US AIR FORCE, VIETNAM
PARKER, Edmund C. Sr., b. 07/23/1928, d. 03/15/2007, US AIR FORCE, MSGT, KOREA, VIETNAM
POODRY, Neal, b. 08/11/1946, d. 09/25/2005, US ARMY, SP4, VIETNAM
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