Michael Nachtrieb was a well-known portrait painter in Wooster, who painted depictions of many of the city's important citizens. He also painted portraits of national celebrities, including Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee.
The McDonald Masoleum was erected by Angus Burns McDonald (son of Angus McDonald, of McDonald Works in Wooster), and celebrates the legacy of the McDonald family.
Elias Compton served as dean at the College of Wooster and had three sons, Karl, Arthur, and Wilson, who went on to gain distinction.
Creator
Anna Claspy
Date
2014.06.03
Rights
Rights held by Anna Claspy
Relation
Cemetery Tour
Format
photograph
Type
image
Identifier
IMG_6814
]]>http://woosterhistory.org/items/show/474Daily Record, July 3, 2009.)]]>2014-06-30T11:57:31-06:00
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Title
James Hill Tombstone
Subject
Cemetery Tour
Description
Tombstone of James Hill. He was born in Scotland and fought for the British Army in the Crimean War. After moving to America, he served in the Civil War and survived Custer's defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn. (Paul Locher, "1st Sgt. James Hill Called Wooster his Hometown," Daily Record, July 3, 2009.)
Edmund Secrest: Known as “the father of forest conservation in Ohio,” this man was made director of the OARDC in 1937. The beautiful Secrest Arboretum on the OARDC campus is named after him.
William Given, who served as Wooster's judge, organized the recruitment efforts in the city when the Civil War broke out. He hosted meetings to encourage young men to join the Union Army, and later joined himself, serving as the colonel of the 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He died a year after returning home from the war, at the age of 47.
Creator
Anna Claspy
Date
2014.06.03
Rights
Rights held by Anna Claspy
Relation
Cemetery Tour
Format
photograph
Type
image
Identifier
IMG_6794
]]>http://woosterhistory.org/items/show/374Wooster of the Middle West, published in 1972.]]>2014-06-30T11:57:31-06:00
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Title
Jonas O. Notestein Tombstone
Subject
Cemetery Tour
Description
One of the College of Wooster’s prominent early professors who taught Latin and Greek from 1873 to 1928. After his death, his daughter, Lucy L. Notestein, compiled a book of his notes on the college, Wooster of the Middle West, published in 1972.
Otto Bardon served in the 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. he was captured by the Confederates along with a large portion of his regiment and sent to a prison camp at Cahaba, Alabama. Upon his release he survived the Sultana Disaster and returned to Wooster, where he became a carriage trimmer.
Background map for the Wooster Cemetery Tour Neatline exhibit.
Source
Bob & Esther Strock, compiler, Wooster Cemetery, 1852 - 2003, More Than Just Tombstone Readings (Wooster, OH: Wayne County Genealogical Society, 2004), 3.