Introduction
THE CEMETERIES:
CUYAHOGA COUNTY:
Acacia Masonic Memorial Park: Mayfield Hts.
Adams Street Cemetery: Berea
Alger Cemetery: Cleveland
Baxter/Baxter Avenue/Chevra Kadisha/Old Bohemian Jewish Cemetery: Cleveland
Bedford Cemetery: Bedford
Berger/Bergers Cemetery: Parma
Bet Olam Cemetery: Beachwood
Brainard/Broadview Cemetery: Brooklyn
Brooklyn Heights Cemetery: Cleveland
Brookmere Cemetery: Brooklyn
Butternut Ridge Cemetery: North Olmsted
Calvary Cemetery: Cleveland
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist: Cleveland
Chesed Shel Emeth/Ridge Road #1/True Loving Kindness Cemetery: Brooklyn
Chestnut Grove and Turkey Foot Cemetery: Olmsted Falls
Cleveland Firefighters Memorial: Cleveland
Cleveland Memorial Gardens: Highland Hills
Cleveland Memorial Park (Potter’s Field): Highland Hills
Crossview Cemetery: Seven Hills
Darrow Cemetery: Independence
Denison Cemetery / Brooklyn Union Burying Ground: Cleveland
East Cleveland/East Cleveland Township Cemetery: Cleveland
Erie Street Cemetery: Cleveland
Euclid Cemetery: Euclid
Evergreen Cemetery: Westlake
Evergreen Hill Cemetery: Chagrin Falls
Fairview Park/Old Rockport Cemetery: Fairview Park
Fir Street/Peach Street Cemetery: Cleveland
Foote/Wolf Memorial: Cleveland
Fowles Cemetery: Middleburg Hts.
Alan Freed’s cremains: Cleveland
Froehlich Family Cemetery: Seven Hills
Gates Mills North/Riverside North Cemetery: Gates Mills Village
Gates Mills South Cemetery: Gates Mills Village
Glenville/Anshe Chesed/Temple on the Heights Cemetery: East Cleveland
Harvard Grove Cemetery: Cleveland
Hemlock/Hemoga Cemetery: Independence
Hepburn Cemetery: Middleburg Hts.
Highland Drive Cemetery: Brecksville
Highland Park Cemetery: Shaker Hts.
Hillcrest Cemetery: Bedford Hts.
Hogsback/River Road Cemetery: Orange
Holy Cross Cemetery: Brook Park
Holy Spirit/Holy Ghost Cemetery: Brooklyn
Immanuel Evangelical Cemetery: Cleveland
Jackson Burial Plot: Pepper Pike
Jesuit Retreat House: Parma
Knollwood Cemetery: Mayfield Hts.
Lake Side/Lakeside Cemetery: Bay Village
Lake View Cemetery: Cleveland, Cleveland Hts.
Lakewood Historical Society: Lakewood
Lakewood Park Cemetery: Rocky River
Lansing/Fremont/Newburgh Cemetery: Cleveland
Lutheran Cemetery: Cleveland
Mayfield Cemetery: Cleveland Hts.
Mayfield Union Cemetery: Mayfield Village
Amy Mihaljevic Memorial: Bay Village
Monroe Street Cemetery: Cleveland
Mt. Hope/North Solon Cemetery: Solon
Mt. Olive Cemetery: Solon
Nelaview/First Presbyterian Cemetery: Cleveland
North Royalton Cemetery: North Royalton
Parma Heights Cemetery: Parma Hts.
Polish National Catholic Cemetery: Parma
Pritchard Cemetery: North Royalton
Rice/Barr Road Cemetery: Brecksville
Ridge Road #2 Cemetery: Brooklyn Hts.
Riverside Cemetery: Cleveland
St. John Cemetery: Cleveland
St. Joseph Cemetery: Cleveland
St. Mary Cemetery: Cleveland
St. Theodosius Cemetery: Cleveland
Scranton Road Cemetery: Cleveland
Shaker Burial Ground: Shaker Hts.
Strongsville Cemetery: Strongsville
Sunset Memorial Park: North Olmsted
Tinker’s Creek/Pilgerruh Cemetery: Valley View
Benjamin Waite Marker: Brecksville
Warrensville East Cemetery: Beachwood
Warrensville West Cemetery: Shaker Hts.
West Family Cemetery: Independence
West Park Cemetery: Brooklyn
Whitehaven Memorial Park: Mayfield Village
Willet Street Cemetery: Cleveland
Woodland Cemetery: Cleveland
Woodvale Cemetery: Middleburg Hts.
Workman’s Circle/Lincoln Cemeteries: Parma
York Street/Parma Public/German Lutheran Cemetery: Parma
ASHTABULA COUNTY:
Alexander Harper Memorial Cemetery: Harpersfield Twnsp.
Center/Conneaut City Cemetery: Conneaut
Chestnut Grove Cemetery: Ashtabula
East Conneaut/East Lakeville/Furnace Cemetery: Conneaut
GEAUGA COUNTY:
All Souls Cemetery: Chardon
Lower Cemetery: Burton
Quirk/Center/Woodside/Chester Crossroads Cemetery: Chester Township
South Newbury Cemetery: Newbury
Welton/Burton Union/Roselawn Cemetery: Village of Burton
LAKE COUNTY:
Evergreen Cemetery: Painesville
The “Griffith” Disaster Memorial: Willowick
Hall of Heroes: Brook Park
Historic North Kirtland/Kirtland Temple/Mormon/Maple Cemetery: Kirtland
Mentor Municipal Cemetery: Mentor
North Mentor Centenary Methodist Church: Mentor
Edward Paine Memorial: Painesville
Perry Township/Center Road Cemetery: Perry
Do Cemetery: Willoughby
SOM Center/Willoughby Ridge/Willoughby Center Cemetery: Willoughby Hills
Willoughby Cemetery: Willoughby
Willoughby Memorial Gardens / Willoughby Municipal Cemetery: Willoughby
LORAIN COUNTY:
Charleston/Charleston Pioneer Cemetery: Lorain
Cleveland Street Cemetery: Amherst Township
Elmwood Cemetery: Lorain
Greenwood Cemetery: Wellington
Riverside Golf Club Cemetery: Olmsted Falls
Westwood Cemetery: Oberlin
MAHONING COUNTY:
Oak Hill Cemetery: Youngstown
MEDINA COUNTY:
Maple Hill Cemetery: Hinckley
Mound Hill Cemetery: Seville
Myrtle Hill/Hardscrabble Cemetery: Valley City
Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery: Rittman
Old Town Graveyard/Pioneer Cemetery: Medina
Ridge Cemetery: Hinckley
Spring Grove Cemetery: Medina
OTTAWA COUNTY:
Johnson’s Island Confederate Cemetery: Marblehead Peninsula
PORTAGE COUNTY:
Aurora Center Cemetery: Aurora
East Lawn Cemetery: Mantua
Mantua Pioneer/Sanford/Old South Burial Cemetery: Mantua
Maple Grove/Evergreen Cemetery: Ravenna
Restland Cemetery: Brimfield
Standing Rock/Breakneck/Shirtliff Cemetery: Kent
Westlawn Cemetery: Mantua
STARK COUNTY:
Alliance City Cemetery: Alliance
Brookfield/West Brookfield/Levers Cemetery: Massillon
Brumbaugh Cemetery: Hartville
Massillon City Cemetery: Massillon
Sixteen/Saint Johns Sixteen Cemetery: Massillon
West Lawn Cemetery: Canton
SUMMIT COUNTY:
All Saints Cemetery: Northfield
Chapel Street Cemetery / Olde Hudson Township Burying Ground: Hudson
Doodlebug Memorial Garden: Cuyahoga Falls
Glendale Cemetery: Akron
Hale/Ira Road/Cranz Cemetery: Bath
Markillie Cemetery: Hudson
Mater Dolorosa Cemetery: Boston Hts.
Mt. Peace Cemetery: Akron
Northfield/Macedonia/Chestnut Hill Cemetery: Northfield
Oakwood Cemetery: Cuyahoga Falls
PET MEMORIALS & CEMETERIES:
Memorial Field: Lakewood
Wilson Mills Pet Cemetery / Animal Kingdom: Highland Hts.
Police Officers’ Memorial: Jefferson
War Dog Memorial at Woodland Park: Eastlake
Boston Hills Pet Memorial Park: Hudson
Acknowledgments
Photo Credits
Appendix A: Genealogical resources
Appendix B: Gravestone Rubbing
Appendix C: Revolutionary War Veterans Buried in Northeast Ohio
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Index by Special Interest
