Dean Richmond was noted for standardizing the size of railroad tracks. He was second president of the New York Central Railroad and died in 1866. In 1869, Batterson, Canfield and Company of Hartford, Connecticut erected a mausoleum at a cost of $28,000 (over $500,000 when adjusted for inflation!), In 1886, due to structural defects, Smith Granite Company of Westerly, Rhode Island was employed by Mrs. Richmond at a cost of $12,000 to repair and enlarge the mausoleum. One hundred and fifty tons of new granite blocks were brought from Rhode Island. The floor blocks are 10 inches thick, 6 feet wide and 10 feet long. The roof covering the north and south vaults are one solid piece of granite 28 feet long, 7 feet wide and weigh 13 tons each. The original single window was replaced by a window in the front gable and two in the rear, one on each side. They are set in brass to prevent staining of the granite.

Major Philemon T. Tracy was a Confederate soldier killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862. He is reputedly one of a very few Confederate officers killed in a Civil War battle who is buried in a northern cemetery. Also buried here is Judge Phineas L. Tracy, lawyer, U.S. Congressman, county judge, and Philemon’s uncle.

Addy was the faithful servant of Reverend Lucius Smith and family for 46 years. Died January 28, 1857.

Jacob Otto was the second land agent of the Holland Purchase from 1821 to 1826.

William Morgan disappeared in 1826 after threatening to reveal Masonic secrets. The monument was erected in 1882 by the National Christian Association.

David E. Evans was the nephew of Joseph Ellicott, clerk in the Land Office, elected to State Senate in 1818 and became the third land agent in 1826

Ebenezer Cary was a surveyor with Joseph Ellicott, an early merchant and the second postmaster. Trumbull Cary was an early merchant, postmaster, founder of the Bank of Genesee, and a member of the State Legislature.

Albert and Arthur Brisbane were the sons of James Brisbane. Albert was a noted lecturer and writer and married Phoebe Cary of Buffalo. Arthur inherited his father’s love of travel and adventure and became a world-famous newspaper columnist and editor. He gave $110,000 for the wading pool in Austin Park in memory of his father.

James B. Brisbane was the first merchant and first postmaster in the Village of Batavia.

Joseph Ellicott was a surveyor and first land agent for the Holland Land Company. The Ellicott monument was erected in 1849 by Rachel Ellicott Evans, in memory of her brothers Joseph and Benjamin, and restored by Deo-on-go-wa Chapter D.A.R. of Batavia and relatives of the Ellicott family in 1931. The inscription upon the bronze plate of the west side is in memory of Joseph. who is buried on the south side of the monument. The bronze on the north side commemorates Benjamin. who was buried on that side in the same grave with is twin sister, Rachel Ellicott Evans. A double marker stands at the head of their grave bearing the names Benjamin and Rachel. The inscriptions on the bronze plates are exact copies of the original inscriptions.

George Washington Lay was a lawyer who was elected to Congress in 1832, and to the State Assembly in 1840. He was Charge-d’affaires to the courts of Norway and Sweden in 1842.

Reputedly, this Greek Revival style storage building was originally a bank in Alexander, New York. It was moved to Batavia and again used as a bank. Later, it was moved to the cemetery where it was used as an office for the sale of cemetery plots for many years.

Daniel W. Tomlinson moved the Exchange Bank of Genesee from Alexander to Batavia in 1850. In 1855, he helped organize the Batavia Gas and Electric Company, Batavia’s first public utility.

Joseph Hunt was a Union soldier who died January 7, 1862 of camp fever near Mount Vernon, Virginia. Thomas Hunt, brother of Joseph, was a Union soldier who was wounded in the leg at Gettysburg during Pickett’s charge. He died July 24, 1863.

John Yates was a writer of poems and hymns. When the cemetery was incorporated in 1880, he and John Terry were the first superintendents. In 1936, the Library Club erected this monument to him.

Libbeus Fish, an early settler and maltster, helped to build the first St. James Church. His son, Eli H. Fish, continued the malt business and had a grocery store. Eli was vice-president of the National Bank and owned a large brewery at Elm and Main Streets.

Henry I. Glowacki was born in Poland in 1816. He was exiled by the Austrian government for political reasons. He met David E. Evans in Ghent, Belgium and was offered a job in the Holland Land Office. After reading law with Herman J. Redfield, he was admitted to the bar in 1840. He was a trustee of the Institution for the Blind and introduced stone sidewalks to the Village of Batavia.