Hi,
Does anyone know anything about the Leonard Case mentioned in this
message? Thanks,
Sharon hutch(a)juno.com
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From: "Lynne C 13" <lynnec13(a)pdq.net>
To: OHCUYAHO-L(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:31:50 -0600
Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO-L] Erie Street Cemetery
Message-ID: <013101c0aa9c$99d58020$e32a76d8(a)pdq.net>
References: <10.9ebd07e.27dd852e(a)aol.com>
I don't have any more definitive information about Erie Street Cemetery
than
what is below from the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. I have lived
away
from Cleveland for over 20 years, but about 35 years ago I had the
privilege of
walking through the Cemetery. What a wonderful experience filled with
the rich
heritage of Cleveland. I encourage anyone who has the time to do the
same.
ERIE ST. CEMETERY, preserving E. 9th St.'s original name, has been a
municipal
cemetery of controversy since 1826. Cleveland village trustees, desperate
to
replace the informal community burial ground south of PUBLIC SQUARE with
a
permanent site, purchased the location for $1 from LEONARD CASE, SR. So
remote
and spacious was the land that the council permitted a gunpowder magazine
(1836)
and a poorhouse-hospital on the unused portion. Disgruntled heirs of the
original lot owners, claiming infringement of a covenant restricting use
to
burials, fruitlessly sued Cleveland in federal court (1836-42). Since
there were
no other church or private CEMETERIES nearby, this city cemetery buried
all
faiths until the Israelitic Society established WILLETT ST. CEMETERY
(1840).
Even after WOODLAND CEMETERY opened in 1853, the old city cemetery
retained
favor with Cleveland's pioneer generation; but no improvement--such as
plantings, fencings, and a formal gateway--could disguise Erie St.'s
infirmities. For Progressives, beginning with Mayor TOM L. JOHNSON, the
cemetery
mocked an efficient city. His administration, which developed Highland
Park
Cemetery (1904), reinterred bodies there, not without opposition, and
reclaimed
land from Erie St. for city streets. The struggle resulted in the
Pioneers'
Memorial Assn. (1915), which was influential in the decision of City
Manager WM.
HOPKINS in 1925 to build the proposed Lorain-Carnegie Ave. Bridge around
rather
than through Erie St. Cemetery. Following this, serious attempts to
remove the
cemetery ended. Complaints of neglect inspired WPA action, including
erecting a
fence fashioned from the demolished Superior Ave. viaduct's sandstone. In
1940
the refurbished cemetery of historic graves, including that of Sauk Chief
JOC-O-SOT, was rededicated.
Lynne
----- Original Message -----
From: <Maurs97(a)aol.com>
To: <OHCUYAHO-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 7:49 PM
Subject: [OHCUYAHO-L] Erie Street Cemetery
I have passed the Erie Street Cemetery in downtown Cleveland, across from
Jacobs Field, many time, but today had an opportunity to drive thru for a
few
minutes. Can anyone tell me the history of it, how old it is and whether
or
not there is an index of those buried there?
thanks,
Maureen
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