Harvard Grove Cemetery - Cleveland, Ohio USA
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N 41° 27.144 W 081° 38.835
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Harvard Grove Cemetery is located at 6100 Lansing Ave. Cleveland OH
Waymark Code: WM5D9A
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2008
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Harvard Grove Cemetery:
28 acres
over 31000 interments
first burial 1882 (Frederick Herrington)
It was not until the February 27, 1882 City Council meeting that an ordinance was passed naming the new 18th ward cemetery "Harvard Grove Cemetery. The property was originally a farm belonging to Issac Reed.
The opening of Harvard Grove Cemetery necessitated the removal of all the remains interred in the old cemetery (Axtel)to the new cemetery, as well as the monuments and headstones. It was a massive task that was successfully accomplished without any accident or hard feelings on the part of the friends of the departed whose remains were entrusted to the care of the Cemetery Board.
A building for the Cemetery Superintendent of Harvard Grove was nearly complete. This, along with the removal of the remains, monuments, and headstones, and laying out the new ground cost $7,938.45.16
Near the main gate of Harvard Grove Cemetery at 6100 Lansing Avenue, shaded by a towering poplar tree, five headstones stand, each marked with a cross and the name of a New England soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War. They are:
Joseph Upson, Skinner's Connecticut Militia, December 21, 1855.
Abner Cochran, private, Shepherd's Massachusetts Regiment, December 17, 1849.
Charles Miles, captain, Seventh Connecticut Regiment, 1813.
Nathan Broughton, private, Rossiter's Massachusetts Regiment, 1820.
Joshua Palmiter, private, Rhode Island State Troopers, 1839.
Zinc (white bronze) markers were found for the families of Shattuk and Chott.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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