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| Erie Street Cemetery, 2251 East 9th Street |
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| Of course, this is only a partial listing of those graves at Erie Street Cemetery. This cemetery was one of the first cemeteries in Cleveland, second only to Ontario Street Cemetery, I believe, which was closed up, and the graves were moved to Erie Street. As the downtown area grew, many graves were also moved to Highland Park Cemetery. The one's I've seen were moved around the 1920's. I think Erie Street was started around 1826, but they didn't start keeping records at the cemetery until 1840. The records are kept at Highland Park Cemetery in big books that are accessible to the public. The telephone number for Highland Park Cemetery is (216) 348-7210. The Erie Street Cemetery grounds are accessible Monday - Saturday 9am - 3pm. There were originally almost 18,000 burials here. |
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| Here are a few of the residents of Erie Street Cemetery: |
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| Politicians buried here: |
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| MILLS, Joshua (1797-1843) mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1838-40, 1842-43; defeated, 1840, 1841. Died in Cleveland, Ohio, April 29, 1843. |
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| ALLEN, John William (1802-1887) Son of John Allen. Born in Litchfield, Conn. Member of Ohio state senate, 1836; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1837-41; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1841-42. Died in Cleveland, Ohio, October 5, 1887. |
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| HARRIS, Josiah former Mayor. buried in a vault. |
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| HOADLEY, George (1781-1857) Father of George Hoadly. Born in Connecticut, December 15, 1781. mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1846-47. Died in Cleveland, Ohio, February 20, 1857. |
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| WILLEY, John d. 1841 elected the first mayor of Cleveland Village on April 11, 1836 |
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| Other people buried here: |
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| 20 passengers of the vessel C.P. griffith that burned and sank in 1853 near Willoughby. buried Sec. 12 |
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CARTER, Lorenzo d. 1814. he was Cleveland's first permanent resident. he built a log cabin at the Cuyahoga River in May 1797. and traded with the Indians. died from cancer of the lip?
CARTER, Rebecca, daughter of first settler of Cleveland, Lorenzo Carter. died in 1803. This is the oldest grave in the cemetery. |
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| CHIEF THUNDERWATER, an Oghema-niagara Indian who became known as Cleveland's "official Indian" serving at ceremonies and official events. also made appearances in Buffalo Bill shows |
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| ELDRIDGE, David d. 1797 Cleveland's first fatality. He fell off his horse and drowned while crossing the river with Moses Cleaveland's first surveying party. |
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| FENTON, Gemaliel 1763-1849 Rev. War Soldier. (See my favorite headstone page, there is a picture of this headstone there...) |
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| FORMAN, Barbara 1848-1856 died after a severe whipping by her teacher. Her death shocked Cleveland residents. |
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| JOC-O-SOT 1810-1844, a Sauk Indian Chief who lived during the Black Hawk War. aka Walking Bear. he performed Wild West shows in Europe and the US. In traveling, he became ill in Cleveland on his way to Missouri. He died penniless at age 34. |
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| MALVIN, John 1795-1880. he came to Cleveland as a freed slave and worked as a canal boat operator.He was a Civil rights leader. He fought to end Ohio's Black Codes, laws which were designed to keep fleeing slaves out of the state. He is considered one of the most important African Americans in the state. |
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| STOICA, Nicolae d. 1916, had a wife and 9 children in Romania. worked building a tunnel under Lake Erie that provided drinking water. tunnell exploded July 25, 1916 and killed 19 men. Stoica and four others were buried in a common grave. |
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TUTTLE,Asahel 1767-1837 Rev. War Soldier |
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| WHITE, Minerva daughter of Deacon Moses White, first grave in cemetery. she died in 1827. |
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CALLOW, John d. 6/1/1851 of St. Clair St. age 32 of Erysipelas (moved to Woodland)
CALLOW, Isabella d. 12/6/1861 of St. Clair St. age 68 (moved to Woodland)
CALLOW, William d. 9/10/1867 of St. Clair St. age 36 from "Manx" of heart disease (moved to Woodland)
CALLOW, Thomas d. 1/9/1880 of 34 Academy St, from "Manx" age 85 of old age (moved to Woodland)
CALLOW, Amelia d. 6/26/1894 of 31 Jackson St. age 66 of enterocolitis
CALLOW, Thomas d. 8/18/1893 of 31 Jackson St. age 62 of England of "nervous prostration"
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| WHITE, Moses. 1791-1881. He moved to Cleveland with his wife Mary in 1816, and he was a charter member of the First Baptist Church, and in 1833 he helped to organize the first religious school in Cleveland. wife Mary, he had 8 children, only 2 survived to adulthood. |
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| WILLIAMS, Alfred 1889-1900 orphan newsboy. died from poisoning, (suicide). His fellow newsboys pooled their money and bought him a lot at Erie St. A local headstone dealer donated a monument. A seated figure of a newsboy holding papers. |
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