The Lorain Journal did a great job covering the April 1959 disinterment and reburial of the people buried in the small cemetery at Whiskeyville. The paper included regular updates of the progress.
This article (which I posted before) appeared in the paper April 7, 1959. It includes the names of some of the people whose remains were identified at that point.
This article noting that the exhumations were complete ran in the
Journal on April 11, 1959.
The next step was the reburial of the remains of the 18 persons at Kendeigh Corners Cemetery on Quarry Road. This poignant photo appeared in the
Journal on April 16, 1959.
Today the reburial site for the 18 is located at the northeast corner (in the rear) of Kendeigh Corners Cemetery.
4 comments:
Dan... A wonderful set of posts - thank you. We've been to the Kendeigh Corners Cemetery and wondered about those old graves, all so neat, in a row. Now we know, thanks to you!
Local history at its best!
I drive by there on 58 at least 2 or 3 times a week... fascinating article!
Superb series, Dan.
It's a wonder some greedy developer doesn't come along and try to buy Kendeigh Corners and build condos on it.I remember in Avon at the Avon Cemetary at Rte 83 and Detroit Rd a few years back some developer wanted to buy that cemetary to build some building or shopping center on it.It didn't go over too well as it never happened thankfully.
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