Axtell Cemetery First Burial 1801
Harvard Grove First Burial 1880
Est 1881
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History:
Axtell Cemetery being the oldest cemetery in the county started in
1801. In 1880 Conotton Railroad wanted and purchased the
land.
The bodies needed to be removed and reintered to another
cemetery.
Hence the city looked at another track of land to purchase for a burial
ground. Harvard Grove Cemetery was founded in 1880. Approx.
September or October 1880 the bodies were disintered and reintered to
Harvard
Grove Cemetery. Many families did not reintered their family at
Harvard
Grove; therefore, some were reintered to Erie Street or Woodland
Cemetery.
| Location: | 6100 Lansing Avenue Cleveland, OH |
| Acreage: | 20.82 Acres |
| Status: | 31,367 interments (inactive) |
| Cemetery Hours: | Gates are open Monday through Sunday dusk to dawn. |
| Records are located at:
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Highland Park Cemetery 21400 Chagrin Boulevard Cleveland, OH 44122-5308 216.348.7210 |
| Research hours in person: | Closed, mail requests only |
| Questions or concerns? Write to: | Manager of Cemeteries |
Genealogy research through mail: Currently free. Please send a LONG self addressed stamped envelope (LSASE) with your request. Please don't forget to include your snail mail address in the letter, sometimes the envelopes get separated from the request. Requests take approximate 4 to 6 weeks for response.
Would you like a photograph of a headstone? I will do City of Cleveland (owned) Cemeteries. If someone else would like to register in doing requests at other cemeteries, please let me know. I get a lot of requests for other cemeteries and I am not capable of doing them all. (I am independent from the City of Cleveland. They are in no way participating in photographs of headstones and are not liable for such services I render.)
NOTE:
- Please have grave location before visiting the cemetery. Maps for all City of Cleveland (owned) cemeteries are at Highland Park Cemetery and some can be downloaded including other surrounding cemeteries.
- The City of Cleveland (owned) Cemeteries does not have birth information, next of kin, death certificates or cemetery inscription information.
- Before writing to the cemetery, make sure you have the following information: Full name of deceased, date of death, cemetery where buried. Do not send general requests such as, "please send me a list of all Smiths buried in your cemeteries." The records are not computerized at the cemetery at this time.
Do you need a headstone for a grave?
See the list of monument
and headstone dealers in the local area.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohclecem/monument.html
Wanted: I would be most interested in sharing bios and/or pictures of the inhabitants of this cemetery. If you would like to share some history about a loved one buried in Harvard Grove Cemetery, please email me. I will post the information on this web site to share.
I am also looking for pictures, old pictures if possible of what this cemetery looked like long ago and of graves at this cemetery.
Who's Who in Harvard Grove Cemetery:
Hanna, William Frederick Hanna and Company
Carriage Builder
Schoepfle,
Otto B Inventor of Beeman's Chewing Gum
| Links to cemetery pages: | Links to "other" pages: | |
| Cleveland Cemeteries Main Page | Biography (compilation) | |
| Alger Cemetery | Cemetery Maps | |
| Brookmere Cemetery | Genealogy Research Resources | |
| Denison Cemetery | Cleveland Manx Gravestones | |
| Erie Street Cemetery | Cleveland Area Lost & Found | |
| Highland Park Cemetery | ||
| Monroe Street Cemetery | ||
| Scranton Road Cemetery | ||
| West Park Cemetery | ||
| Woodland Cemetery |
| © 2001-2003 by Michelle
A Day Established: 25 December 2001 Last updated: 12 October 2003 |
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