Famous Residents Lewis Allen Dr. Ida Catherine Bender Louis L. Berger, Sr. Dorothy Goetz Berlin Louise Blanchard Bethune John Blocher Wilson S. Bissell Al Boasberg Willis Haviland Carrier George Cary Shirley Chisholm George Clinton Dr. Frederick Cook Jessica Brown Cornelius Joseph Dart August Esenwein Millard Fillmore Millard Powers Fillmore Mary Abigail Fillmore Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore Frank H. Goodyear Erastus Granger Charles W. Goodyear William Hengerer Katharine Pratt Horton Kathleen Howard Red Jacket Rick James Mary Elizabeth Johnson Rev. Leeland Newton Jones Jr. Edward Austin Kent Irvine Kittinger Edward Kleinhans Seymour H. Knox II Northrup Knox William P. Letchworth Daniel Lockwood Maria Love Brigadier General Albert Myer John R. Oishei Dr. Roswell Park Ely Parker George N. Pierce Samuel F. Pratt George Rand Mary Jane Rathbun Major General Bennet Riley Anna Katharine Green Rohlfs Aaron Rumsey Rev. Willie Brown Seals John N. Scatcherd Jacob Schoellkopf Col. George H. Selkirk Prince Kyril Scherbatow Sidney Shepard Elvin J. “Shep” Shepherd William J. Simon Jr Annie Singleton Rev. Bennett Smith, Jr. Alfred P. Southwick Elbridge Spaulding Margaret St. John Victoria Sutherland Mary Burnett Talbert Edwin R. Thomas Charles Townsend Margaret L. Wendt America Pinckney Peter Williams William Fargo Cyrus Lazelle Warner Eidlitz William Buchanan Charles Reidpath Lawrence Bell John E. Brent James Tillinghast Ehrhardt Koch John Dover Grant "Home Run" Johnson Marian de Forest Elizabeth Coe Marshall Anna Katharine Green Rohlfs.

George Clinton

Governor of New York

George W. Clinton died on September 7, 1885.  He was the son of DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York, and was born in New York City while his father was serving as that city’s mayor.  Young William accompanied his father on the first ride on the Erie Canal.  He first went to medical school where he acquired his interest in science and botany.  Later he would study law and was admitted to the bar in 1831.  In 1836 he arrived in Buffalo.  Here he would be appointed U.S. district attorney and collector of customs.  In 1842 he became the first Democratic mayor elected in Buffalo.  In 1861, being a botanist, he helped establish the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences.  Mr. Clinton would be the first president of the Society and hold the position for 20 years.  In 1881, he was appointed Park Commissioner of Buffalo.  On September 7, 1885 while walking through an Albany Cemetery visiting his ancestor’s graves, he would die when he bent over to pick some clover.  George W. Clinton is buried in section D in Forest Lawn.