The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-15
MEMORIAL.

4 or NeW England M9u-GfaVe or Moses Cleveland Will be Marked by Western City.
 After lying in his grave in a little New England cemetery for a century with his tomb long neglected, the memory of Uncle Nose will at last be f1ttingly honored at his burial place by the grateful city that he founded
 On Friday, Nov 16 on the one hun dreth anniversary of the death of Moses Cleveland, a granite and bronze monument will be unveiled by the chamber of commerce in behalf of the city of Cleveland Ohio, in the burial place in Canterbury, this state the quiet country village in which General Cleveland was born and where he found his last resting place.
 The exercises in connection with the unveilllng of the monument will be in charge of a chamber of commerce com mittee consisting of President Francis F. Prentiss, ex-President Ambrose Swasey,, Dr. M. Avery, Hubert B. Full Ter and Secretary Havens of Cleveland Mayor Johnson has been asked to go with the committee, but reply to his invitation has not yet been received. l.. B. Holden, president of the Western Reserve Historical society, will also take part in the exercises.
 It. is expected that Gov. Henry Rob- erts will attend the ceremony and de- liver an address in behalf of the state. The old village of Canterbury has a population of less than 500 and is still far distant from railroad. The cene- tery at the edge of the town is now unused. It has long been in a most neglected condition and the Cleaveland lot was found oyergrownt with weeds The stones over the graves of Moses Cleveland and his wife are sunken and displaced as the result of the frosts of 100 winters.
 ] At the September meeting of the Cleveland chamber of commerce the dilapidated condition of the cemetery and of the Cleveland lot was shown by the means of sterop ,ie5n views, and the chamber unanimously approved the idea of placing a proper memorial to 1 General Cleaveland in the cemetery. ' An investigation showed, however, that the cemetery was so full of graves that it was not feasible to erect the monument in the cemetery itself. It so < happened that the cemetery is separat- ed from the public highway by nar- row strip of land about 30 feet wide and with frontage of 50 feet. This strip of land has been purchased by the chamber and on it the monument will be erected, fine view of the l memorial being had from the roadway.
 After the dedication the land will be l conveyed to the village of Canter- | bury and the deed delivered to the selectnen of the village by the cham f Der committee.
 As soon as the chamber decided to erect the memorial, committee was ! appointed to take charge of the mat [ ter and carry out the plans, The ! committee decided tpterect granite boulder, rock-faced, six feet high, four and a half feet broad and three feet thick In this boulder there will be set bronze tablet three and one-half feet high and two feet wide. On this tablet vii appear the following in- Ecription:
 In This Cemetery. Rests the
 Remainshf
 MOSES CLEVELAND
 Founder of the City of
 Cleveland.
 He was born in Canterbury, Jan
 uary 29, 1754, and died there Noveem-
 Der IS, 1906.
 He was a Lawyer, a Soldier, a
 Legislator and a Leader of Men.
 In grateful recognition of his ser
 vices this Memorial is erected by
 the Cleveland Chamber of Com-
 merce on November 16 1906, the
 One Hundredth Anniversary of his
 death.
 The Cleaveland lot occupies cen- tral position in the Canterbury ceme- tery, which is only three-quarters of an acre in extent. A plain white mar ble stone marks the resting place of the founder of the city of Cleveland. The inscription on the monument Is not easily legible and it makes no refer ence to his connection with the found- ing of Cleveland The inscription reads simply: "Moses Cleveland, Esq. Died Nov, 16, 1SO6 Aged 52,"
 On the right of this stone is the stone marking the resting place of General Cleaveland's wife, with the inscription; Esther Relick of Moses Cleaveland, Died Jan, r, 1S4O. Aged "A" This is followed by a scriptural quotation expressive of her hope of immortality.
 In front of these stones are the tombs of the father and mother of Moses ECleaveland and his wife. Thankful The quaint inscription in the white marble plate set in the tomb of the father records his birth and death, This long illness and then adds that The was employed in sundry honorable offices, both civil and military.