Charles Dudley Smith (born in 1870; died on December 3, 1886, at the age of 16 years, 9 months, and 13 days) is recorded as the first burial in the Highland Cemetery. He was the son of Erastus and Clara P.[Person] Smith, first settlers in Ravenna. This report comes from the August 1, 1889 issue of the Ravenna News:
"A beautiful and costly Scotch Granite tombstone is being erected over the last resting place of Charley Smith. The burial lot is being surrounded with a handsome picket fence of iron to protect the spot from invasion. This is the first monument erected in the Ravenna Cemetery." (The picket fence no longer exists.)
"A beautiful and costly Scotch Granite tombstone is being erected over the last resting place of Charley Smith. The burial lot is being surrounded with a handsome picket fence of iron to protect the spot from invasion. This is the first monument erected in the Ravenna Cemetery." (The picket fence no longer exists.)
Charles Dudley Smith (born in 1870; died on December 3, 1886, at the age of 16 years, 9 months, and 13 days) is recorded as the first burial in the Highland Cemetery. He was the son of Erastus and Clara P.[Person] Smith, first settlers in Ravenna. This report comes from the August 1, 1889 issue of the Ravenna News:
"A beautiful and costly Scotch Granite tombstone is being erected over the last resting place of Charley Smith. The burial lot is being surrounded with a handsome picket fence of iron to protect the spot from invasion. This is the first monument erected in the Ravenna Cemetery." (The picket fence no longer exists.)
"A beautiful and costly Scotch Granite tombstone is being erected over the last resting place of Charley Smith. The burial lot is being surrounded with a handsome picket fence of iron to protect the spot from invasion. This is the first monument erected in the Ravenna Cemetery." (The picket fence no longer exists.)
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