The town cemetery, Seneca Union Cemetery, was established December 27, 1814 with the interment of Elizabeth Bloomer Lamoreaux (1778-1814), first wife of Daniel Lamoreaux (1771-1853), on what was then the Smith family farm in North Hector, N.Y. This is the first known interment in what eventually became the Seneca Union Cemetery. Between her interment in 1814 and incorporation of the Seneca Union Cemetery Association in March 18, 1861, there were 118 additional interments.
There are seven Civil War veterans interred at the Cemetery. In addition, in the Cemetery South Section there is a monument for Selah Smith who died in the Andersonville Prison Camp on July 2, 1864. There are another 129 veterans of all wars interred throughout the Cemetery.
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