The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-03
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Who DiedjWNhile{y Visiting Here a,l,l.
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no GAINESVILLE,
Her Former Homo, and TO tho Public
Schools Of (which She I.eft valn.
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A. . Wheeling, Graveyard.

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Five or six months ago there was
passed by Council a resolution request:
ing those who had relatives and friends
buried in the old and sadly dilapidated
East Wheeling cemetery, at the corner
oftMcCsllochs and Sixteenth streets, 10
remove the remains Of tho long.ago dc.
parted ones TO come more suitable place,
or rather o more slightly place. In max.
Ing this request Council had no
power behind 1T to enforce the
removal Of the bones Of the .resi.
dents Of years ago, whoswere inferred
in the plot, orthe reason that 1t had no
control goi the property, and a careful
research Of the records failed 10 show.
any way in which the city might gain
control. Under the deeds by which, the
property became a cemetery, 80 long us
1t is used for such purpose 1t cannot be
used for any other purposes, and by d
further provision of these deeds, the
property on ceasing to be used as n ceni-
etery reyerls to! tile original owners,
their heirs and assigns. q q.
4 Council recognizing, as did everyone
else, thatt the. awfully dilapidated place
was disgracelul eye.sore to any com.
munily,and especiallya progressive one
like Wheeling, and having learned'ir
the special committee 1t appointed 10 in.
vestigate the matter and ascertain wheth.
erj the property could be secured for a
park or some other purpose, that such
could not be done, determined to make
the request through the public press
that the bodies be removed. The idea in
doing this was that ii could do no harm,
and that possibly the object aimed OF
might be attained, namely, the Lepopu.
lating OF this city OF the dead SO that In
case the city should find itself unable to
secure possession Of it, the heirs OF the
original owners might be able to do
something with 1t. M, 8 H; 4 \ q
Tho response,this request made by the
city met with has been largely in excess
ofswhat anyone supposed it would be.
1t said that over 0ne-hundred and fifty
bodies have been removed since the re.
quest was first made public. This number
Of removals added 10 those which have
been made in they years that have elapsed
since the old cemetery was in good con.
dition and in use, leave but few bodies
remaining In the ground. A noticeable
feature in connection with the removals
has been the fact that in many in
stances the remains have been found in
a wonderful state Of preservation. 4
The remains OF many people W no were
persons OF prominence and note in theil
day have been removed, but the dis
tnrbing Of their dust has accustomed nc
comment. The memory Of mos,
of3A them e has passed away. 81 Last
Tuesday the last day of 1850, there
was removed Sfrom this old R buryin.
sioupds thesremains Of Miss 5Anelia
Alclntire, the beautiful daughter and
itiress Of the late John McIntire, o.
GAINESVILLE. The removal tJwas 3made
under the superintendency OF Mr.. Wit
liam. Ii. Stanley, OF Zanesville,S rela
ton Of the deceased, and Undertaken
Nader, OF gainesville. /; ~
81 Miss Mclnlire died in this city in the
year 1920, at the residence of that we'll
known oId-time citizen, the late NOAH
Zane, Esq, whose family Miss AlcIntire
was visiting. The Zaue residence refer.
red to was the old stone mansion tina,
stood at the head Of Main street. The
young woman was highly educated and
very popular. s in society,". Realizing
during her sickness that she was on heI
death.bed, she willed the bulk OF her
large estates to the city of GAINESVILLE Ia
be used for public school purposes.
The property left 10 the schools is now
valued at nearly one million dollars. !.
Her remains, with:tho OF her father,
arc to be laid in the ground OF the
McIntire Memorial at GAINESVILLE, one OF
that city's prides, under splendid monu.
ment. The bodies will lie in mas,
siye iron collins enelosed in masonry,
this being the arrangement stipulated
by Judge Granger, the executor of the
McIntire estate. ,s;5 "a
a. The remains OF Miss McIntire
were in y &: a remarkable state
OF g preservation, considering z the
long number of years they have been
buried The gold filling in the teeth was
almost as. artistically done us the work
done by the dentists OF the present day.
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