Since my post last week about the Whiskeyville cemetery and the relocation of the remains of the persons buried there, I've unearthed a few more articles about it.
First up is this article by Blanche M. Jenne from the Lorain Journal of May 1, 1931, that describes a giant elm that towered over the cemetery.
"In the tiny cemetery at Whiskeyville, in the rear of the famous Whiskeyville Tavern, Telegraph and Leavitt roads, stands a huge elm tree," it notes. "It has been standing there for over a century now but the peculiar thing about this tree is that it seems to have a grave stone coming out of its base."
The article goes on to tell the story of little Lucia Smith, as it is her marker that is enveloped by the tree. "There was no tree when Lucia Smith was buried, the great elm of today springing up from a seed dropped near the base of the marker.
"The tree to passersby looks as if it had almost unearthed the stone, but the stone seems intact, tho the roots have almost enveloped its base."
Blanche M. Jenne returned to the cemetery twenty years later and wrote this fascinating follow-up story that appeared in the December 13, 1951 Lorain Journal. She interviews the caretakers of the cemetery, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Kay (who lived next door) and even provides a photo of the marker of Lucia Smith and the elm in which it is partially encased.
