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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,754

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 17, 2024

This is the grave of Lyman Gage (can't believe I forgot to include this, sorry!) Born in DeRuyter, New York in 1836, he grew up in central New York, and graduated from a high school in Rome, New York in 1853. He then went into...

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