The Historic City Cemetery

 old resident colonist of colony of Connecticut  McDole married great granddaughter ida Phillips not living together

Lorenzo P Rose 1819-1901 flour and feed business  part of prohibitionist party  Ira M Rose builder of boats and boatman on Erie canal began career at age 17 established first express system in Tonawandas 1847-1934 Henry Rose  1847-1903 one of largest coal and wood dealers in tonawandas Name: Henry A Exact Rose Exact Enlistment Age: 18 Birth Date: 1846 - 1  year Enlistment Date: 20 Feb 1864 Enlistment Place: Whitefield, New York Enlistment Rank: Private Muster Date: 20 Feb 1864 Muster Place: New York Muster Company: F Muster Regiment: 10th Cavalry Muster Regiment Type: Cavalry Muster Information: Enlisted Casualty Date: 30 Jul 1864 Casualty Place: Lee's Mills, Virginia Type of Casualty: Wounded Casualty Information: Severe wound in left leg, amputated Muster Out Date: 7 Feb 1865 Muster Out Place: Harewood Hosp, Washington, District of Columbia Muster Out Information: disch wounds Side of War: Union Survived War?: Yes

 In 1898 georges house in Tonawanda was hit with a tornado. His porch stairs flew over a mile ending up on the shores of the creek. 

 George Rogers ? - 1840 Florence Rogers ?-1820 Edward H Rogers 1835 - 1909 William Rogers ?-1892 William J Rogers 1862-1917 Fannie Rogers ? - 1917 Anna Oldenburg Rogers ?-1917

 In the early 1900's, a Tonawanda woman, Mrs. Rudolph Ismer, became central to a series of events that revealed how uncertain death could be.  In 1907, believing she recognized the description of a suicide victim found on a train in Nebraska, Mrs. Ismer identified the body as that of her son, Arthur Perry. The remains were brought back and buried in the family plot in Tonawanda. But the identification was wrong. Perry later returned alive, revealing that another man had been buried under his name. By that time, his wife, believing him dead had already remarried. That experience shaped everything that followed.  In 1910, when a body was recovered from the Niagara River and thought to possibly be her husband, Mrs. Ismer was asked to identify it. This time, she hesitated. Newspapers reported that she examined the body carefully but refused to make a definite identification, fearing she might repeat her earlier mistake. The body was buried as unknown. Soon after, another twis...