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Rutledge Cemetery is located in Conewango, Cattaraugus County, New York. Also known as Rutledge Rural Cemetery and Conewango Cemetery, this well maintained burying ground has recorded burials from 1801 through to the present. Rutledge is active.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2133485/rutledge-cemetery
"It is said that a child of Robert McGlashen was the first to die in town. In 1821 the wife of John Farlee departed this life, being the first adult to die. In 1822, the second adult, a Mrs. Crumb, died, and was the first person interred in the Rutledge Cemetery. There is now growing upon her grave a black cherry tree, nearly two feet in diameter.
The first ground for this cemetery was donated by Sampson Crooker, but it has since been enlarged by purchases. It is well fenced and tolerably well kept, and is controlled by a board of trustees." The Rutledge Cemetery is overseen by the Rutledge Rural Cemetery Corp. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nycattar/towns/connew.htm