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What is known today as Webster Union Cemetery, is the burial ground of the first Webster Settler. Abram Foster was laid to rest in 1859, at the age
of 90. The first burial on the grounds was
that of Benjamin Woodhull on August 23, 1820. Four
years later, in 1824, the  cemetery was established as a burial ground. On September 6, 1851 a meeting was held to
organize a society called the Union Cemetery of Webster, New York. A certificate of corporation was issued to the
society on March 4, 1898, designating the Cemetery a non-profit organization. Since this name caused frequent confusion between
the Union Hill Cemetery, and the Union Cemetery of Webster, an official name change took
place in April of 1954, to the present title of "Webster Union Cemetery." In May of 1999, a
columbarium was erected for
the purpose of entombing cremated remains. The
marble structure is built to accommodate up to 96 burials, and is the first of its kind in
the region.
Many
prominent Webster family members are laid to rest in the Webster Union Cemetery, including
the Burnetts, Curtices', Fosters, Pelletts, Woodhulls, Whitings, and Wrights. Veterans from the war of 1812, through the Vietnam
War are interred on the premises. These
include the Revolutionary war, Civil War, both World War I and World War II and the Korean
War, Consequently, making
Webster Union Cemetery one of the richest historical sites in Webster.
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