Cornplanters Cemetery
(on Pennsylvania New York border)

Submitted by Liane Freedman


Moved from Onoville NY during construction of the Kinzua Dam in 1964
This cemetery is co-located with the Riverview cemetery & the Corydon cemetery. The driveway to the cemeteriea starts in New York, but it curves back into the PA line. The three cemeteries sit on the banks overlooking the Alleghany river and is a beautiful sight.
The cemetery is all enclosed with a chain-link fence and well-cared for.

The original cemetery was located on the Kinzua River between Corydon, PA, to the west, and Kinzua, PA to the east. It was flooded by the Allegheny Reservoir when Kinzua Dam was built in 1964.The map of the graves and names of the original cemetery were given to me by George Plesko, retiree Corps of Engineers (Real Estate Division) in Pittsburgh.
The earliest known burial was 1836 and the latest 1930.

New Cornplanter Cemetery is in Corydon PA. Burials taken to new cemetery each have a number on the stone. (See photos online at
www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/warren/tsimages/corn.htm)




Photos by Mary E. Bryant - click on photos to enlarge

s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornplanter">More on Cornplanter

NAME Spouse Birth Death Age Comments
SILVERHEELS, Hanna
BLACKSNAKE, ??
BLACKSNAKE, Jennie
PIERCE, Infant
PIERCE, Infant
PIERCE, Infant
REDEYE, Chester 1879  1960
TITUS, George
HALFTOWN, Alfred
HALFTOWN, Lovett
JIMERSON, Lafayette
VARNAM, Rosa
REDEYE, Robert
REDEYE, Herbert
REDEYE, Lynn
LOGAN, Alpheus
LOGAN, Paul
LOGAN, Sherman
LOGAN, Alice
LOGAN, Charles S.
LOGAN, Jesse
LOGAN, Susan
BOWEN, Wellman
BOWEN, Infant
BENNETT, Geraldine
JAMISON, Infant
JAMISON, Baby
BOWEN, Hattie
BLACKSNAKE, Jackson
BLACKSNAKE, Lydia
LEE, Morris
JACOBS, Owen
JACOBS, John
JACOBS, Ruth
JACOBS, Susan
JACOBS, Harvey
BLACKSNAKE, Infant
PIERCE, Mary
PIERCE, Lewis
PIERCE, Smith
PIERCE, Susan
LEE, George Jr.
LEE, Minnie
LEE, Bertha
LEE, Hazel
JACOBS, Allen
PIERCE, Elon W.
REDEYE, James 1873 1930 alias Gahnyonsah
LEE, Carl
LEE, Dewey
GORDON, Josephine
CROUSE, Florence
CROUSE, Baby
PARKER, Abbie
PIERCE, Ely Spenser
GORDON, Mary
GORDON, Charles
LEE, Elizabeth
ANDERSON, Edith Lee
LEE, George
LEE, Lawrence
LEE, Almeda
CROUSE, Baby
JACOBS, Baby
JACKSON, Joselyn
BENNETT, Iva
BENNETT, Dwight
BENNETT, Betsy
JACOBS, Ezra
LOGAN, Milburn
LOGAN, Rebecca
PIERCE, Jonathan
PIERCE, Hanna
PIERCE, Adam
PIERCE, Julia
O'BAIL, ??
FATTY, Lillie
FATTY, Alice
FATTY, Eugene
FATTY, Anderson
PIERCE, Scomer
PIERCE, ??
PIERCE, Marsh Jr.
PIERCE, ??
PIERCE, Cordelia
PIERCE, Markes
PIERCE, Augusta
PIERCE, Cassandra
PIERCE, Marsh
O'BAIL, John 1740 2-18-1836 Alias Gyantwahia Cornplanter uncle of Governor Blacksnake
JA-WA-YUH
REDEYE, Leonard Sr #1 Eleanor, #2 Jeanette 7-20-1912  2-9-2006  93 b. Quaker Bridge to Howard & Hattie Nephew Redeye- Seneca Nation Deer Clan- was a tribal Counselor m.2nd Jeanette Peters Holmes d. 1995 Leonard was a role model for all.
REDEYE, Eleanor Leonard Sr 1908 1976
REDEYE, Lillian 1906 1983
REDEYE, Roger J. 3-11-1918 12-4-1969   
BOWEN, Llyod C. 1-9-1903 3-14-1983 US Army WW II   
BOWEN, Merrill, W. Sr. 1910 1986
TOME, Edward Lorraine Billy 2-21-1918 11-14-2006 88 Son of O. Jay & Bessie Blair Tome buried in Riverview Corydon cem Cornplanter Run 
BRADY, Sandra Faye Redeye Leo Brady 11-28-1938 9-21-2010 71 Dau of Leonard & Eleanor (Bowen) Redeye, b. Salamanca-NY, d. Salamanca-NY, Husband d. 6-1996, Member Seneca Nation Heron Clan

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