Person:Ann Seaman (1)

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Ann Eliza Seaman
b.1826 New York, United States
d.19 Dec 1851 Ohio City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
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m. 1 Jan 1848
  1. Edwin Monroe Gardner1849 - 1933
  2. Jenny Lind Gardner1850 -
  3. Alfred Gardner1851 -
  4. baby Gardner1851 - 1851
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Name Ann Eliza Seaman
Gender Female
Birth? 1826 New York, United States
Marriage 1 Jan 1848 Ohio City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United Statesto Monroe Madison Gardner
Death[1] 19 Dec 1851 Ohio City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Burial[1] Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

Family stories say that Ann Eliza (Seaman) Gardner died in Dec 1851 along with her recently stillborn child in the midst of a severe winter. The ground was so frozen that it was impossible to dig a grave at Erie Street Cemetery, so she and the infant were placed in a sarcophagus aboveground. Years ago, in high school, before I knew anything about Ann Eliza, I walked through this cemetery and noticed several aboveground graves with unreadable inscriptions. Sadly, all of them have now disappeared, either through decay or vandalism. A librarian at the Cleveland Public Library told me that a "common grave" was created for them in the 1980s with, as yet...no markers to note Ann Eliza and her child.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Death Records 1840-1973, in Ohio. Probate Court (Cuyahoga County), and Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Clerk of Courts. Marriage records, 1810-1941. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
    vol Erie Street Cemetery p.94.

    No.3787
    Name: Gardner, Mrs.
    Res: Ohio City
    POB: [blank]
    Age: 25
    Sex: Female
    DOD: [1851] Dec 19
    POD: Cleveland
    Cemetery: Erie Street

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