Find A Grave - Erie Street Cemetery

Allen, John W. b. 1802 d. October 5, 1887
Mayor of Cleveland Ohio from 1841-1843. Graduated from Harvard in 1825 and came to Cleveland Ohio in 1826. His public career began in 1828 when he petitioned Congress for aid to build a harbor in Cleveland. In 1832 he established the city's first board of health during the Cholera Epidemic Of 1832. From 1831-35 he was elected president of the village of Cleveland's board of trustees. He was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1835, and beginning 1836 served 2 terms in Congress. In 1841 Allen became...[Read More] (Bio by: Joyce)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 3 Lot 73 Grave 3
Barr, John b. 1804 d. 1875
Cleveland's first magistrate and local historian. As a promotor of Cleveland as a rail center, he complied and published statistics to demonstrate the city's commercial growth and need for rail transportation. He also helped organize the Western Reserve Historical Society. (Bio by: Joyce)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 3 Lot 77
Bradburn, Charles b. 1808 d. 1872
Merchant and leader in the organization and development of the Cleveland Public Schools. Called the "Father of Cleveland Schools". He helped to establish Cleveland's first public high school, Central High School, which opened in 1846. (Bio by: Joyce)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Carter, Lorenzo b. 1767 d. 1814
Western Frontiersman. Cleveland's first permanent settler, community leader and tavern keeper. Until April 1800 the Carter Family were the only white family in Cleveland. They built a log cabin on the east bank of the Cuyahoga River, whihc was used as an inn, with a garret, and as a jail. Cleveland's first wedding and first social dance took place in his home. He constructed the first tavern in the city, built the 30-ton schooner "The Zephyr" (a trading vessel), built the first frame house in...[Read More] (Bio by: Joyce)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Eldridge, David
Drowned crossing the Grand River June 1797. Oldest known remains of a white person to die in the Western Reserve. (Bio by: Joyce)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Fitch, Jabez W. b. 1823 d. 1884
Cleveland attorney who served as commandant of Camp Taylor in Cleveland during the CIVIL WAR. In 1852 Fitch served as Cleveland fire chief; he was appointed U.S. marshal in 1855 when the seat of the Northern District of the U.S. Federal Court was established in Cleveland. In the spring and summer of 1861, he served as commandant of Camp Taylor, a camp of rendezvous and preliminary instruction. He later enlisted as a private in the 19th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served as quartermaster. After...[Read More] (Bio by: Joyce)
Cause of death: Softening of the Brain
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 3 Lot 95
Joc-O-Sot (Bear) (Walking) b. 1810 d. 1844
Was a chief of the Fox or Mesquakie tribe which resided in the Iowa area. During 1831, he fought in the Black Hawk War against the United States. Following the war Joc-O-Sot made his way east to Cleveland in the early 1830's. Here he began leading hunting and fishing expeditions. He made the acquaintance of a theater promotor, Dan Marble. He joined Marble's theatrical group, touring various cities performing in plays which represented Native American life. In 1844 Joc-O-Sot traveled...[Read More] (Bio by: Joyce)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Malvin, John b. 1785 d. 1880
Social Reformer. Civil Rights Leader. He fought to end Ohio's Black Codes, laws which were designed to keep fleeing slaves out of the state.
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Mills, Joshua b. April 20, 1797 d. April 29, 1843
Pioneer Physician and Mayor of Cleveland. Opened what was to be the most successful pharmacy in Cleveland in 1827. Mills became a public figure in 1832 when his assistance in that year's Cholera Epidemic made him a member of the city's first Board of Health. (bio by: Joyce)

He was born Joshua McFarson Mills on April 20, 1797 in Francestown Township, Hillsboro, New Hamsphire. He was the son of Jonathan Mills and Susanna Davis Mills. His father was a soldier in the War of 1812. The...[Read More] (Bio by: Joyce)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 7 Lot 31 (Head stone no longer present)
Thunderwater (Niagara), Chief (Oghema) b. 1865 d. 1950
Indian Chief Thunderwater, a Niagara Indian, was a Cleveland celebrity throughout much of his life. He toured North America and Europe in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and worked to safeguard his people's rights and culture while also improving relations between Indians and white people. In his adopted hometown he was referred to as "the official Cleveland Indian." (Bio by: Amelia A. Yordy)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Tilley, Madison b. 1809 d. 1887
Black political leader and businessman. Was born in slavery, escaped to Ohio, and came to Cleveland as a boatman and teamster. By 1840, he was one of only 5 African-Americans in the city owning taxable property. He worked as an excavating contractor with 20 wagons, 40 horses, and an integrated workforce - at times numbering 100 men. (Bio by: Joyce)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 4 Lot 6
Weatherly, J. L. b. 1807 d. 1866
Founder and First President The Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. (Bio by: Joyce)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
White, Moses b. 1791 d. 1881
Early Settler and very active in Cleveland's early religious life. Discouraged by the absence of organized religion in Cleveland, he worked to promote Christianity in the settlement. White helped organize the first religious schools in Cleveland. (Bio by: Joyce)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Willey, John Wheelock b. 1797 d. 1841
Cleveland's First Mayor (Bio by: Joyce)
Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 7 Lot 47

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