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Submitted: 4/15/06 • Approved: 4/15/06 • Last Updated: 11/12/15 • R5077-G0-S3
Sam Patch 1807 - 1829
The bronze plaque says "The grave of Sam Patch who leaped to his death over the Upper Falls and into the Genesee River at Rochester, N. Y. Friday November 13th, 1829. His remains were found in the lower Genesee River March 17th, 1830, and interred in this cemetery.
Contributed on 4/15/06 by halsey1
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