Levi Cox Grave
Gravestones; Ohio--History--1787-1865
Levi Cox’s grave in the Wooster Cemetery, where he was buried in 1862. His large gravestone is a testament to his legacy left as a rich, elite member of the Wooster community.
Elisabeth Abell
Wooster Cemetery
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2013-07-02
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Wooster Cemetery Civil War Monument
Mustering at Wooster
The Civil War Memorial near the entrance to the Wooster Cemetery.
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Photograph of Annie B. Irish's Gravestone at the Wooster Cemetery
Annie B. Irish
Students, faculty, and trustees paid for the monument that paid tribute to both sisters’ accomplishments and contributions to the University.
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Wooster Cemetery Map
Wooster Cemetery Tour
Map of the Wooster Cemetery
Wooster Cemetery Association
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1904
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Superintendent and Sexton with Force Employed on Ground, 1904
Wooster Cemetery Tour
Photo of men working on the Wooster Cemetery grounds, 1904.
Wooster Cemetery Association Pamphlet, page 40
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Wooster Republican
1904
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Wooster Cemetery Association Pamphlet, 1881
Wooster Cemetery Tour
Front page of a pamphlet on the "History, By-Laws, Rules & Regulations of the Wooster Cemetery Association."
Wooster Cemetery Association
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Wooster Republican
1881
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Section 13, Lot 555: Annie B. Irish
Wooster Cemetery Tour
Annie B. Irish: This woman served as the University of Wooster’s first female professor, starting in 1882.
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2013-06-17
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Section 9, Lot 228: Adam Foss
Wooster Cemetery Tour
Adam Foss: This man was the founder of Wooster Brush Works, now known as Wooster Brush Company. (Notestein book, 11)
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Section 3, Lot 106: Reasin Beall Stibbs
Wooster Cemetery Tour
- Reasin Beall: This prominent Wooster businessman served for many years as a member of the US Congress, and later as the Register of the Land Office for the Wooster Land District. Today, he is probably most well known for the street that bears his name and his large yellow house, which used to be part of his large farm and is currently preserved at the Wayne County Historical Society. (Obituary Notice of Gen. Reasin Beall Wooster Democrat 3/9/1834, “Beall Settlers in Wooster” by Paul Locher, the Daily Record, 6/11/2006)
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2013-06-13
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Section 4, Lot 985: Richard L. Morrison, Sr
Wooster Cemetery Tour
Richard L. Morrison, Sr: One of Wooster’s first african american residents, Morrison made a name for himself in the community as a respected barber at the Morrison Barber Shop and as a leader at second Baptist Church. (“Dick Morrison, Color Man Who Has Made Good, Arrived in Wooster Just Forty Years Ago Today,” The Daily Record, 4/9/1920; William Parker, “Woosterian Barbers Five Generations in Fifty Years,” The Daily Record, 5/2/1962)
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2013-06-28
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Section 2, Lot 748: Col. John B. Sloane
Wooster Cemetery Tour
Col. John B. Sloane: This man held many important roles in the local, state, and federal government levels. Throughout his life, he served as an Ohio State Representative, a Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne County, the Secretary of State of Ohio, a member of the US Congress. The pinnacle of his political career, however, came in 1850 when he was appointed Treasurer of the United States by President Millard Fillmore. His house has been well preserved and still stands North Market Street; a testament to a politician who always had Wooster’s best interests at heart. (Appleton 550, Douglas 320)
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Section 1, Lot 64: Charles Frost
Wooster Cemetery Tour
Charles Frost: This man served as the first Mayor of Wooster, starting when it was incorporated as a City in 1808.
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