Click on title to access the Cleveland Street Cemetery on "Find A Grave" where currently 2,270 interments are listed:
Sharing a link to Amherst City Councilman-at-Large, Phil Van Treuren's website with 'before clean-up' and 'after clean-up' photographs taken at the Cleveland Street Cemetery in Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio.
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Remarks by Councilman Van Treuren from his website about the cemetery clean-up that took place on Saturday, September 24, 2011:
"Thanks to everyone who showed up for our Cleveland Street Cemetery cleanup project this morning, it was a huge success! Our group cleaned up trash, pulled weeds and trimmed invasive growth away from several historical grave sites. We even uncovered a century-old gravestone that had been hidden by invasive growth for decades!
NOTE: Our volunteers did NOT cut down any vegetation that was planted by people. We removed a few mulberries that were invasive (not planted by people). Planted evergreens that obscured gravestones were trimmed down, but not removed.
I’d also like to give a very special thanks to organizer Linda Turley, City Council At-Large candidate Joe Miller, and First Ward Council candidate Albert Bereznay for coming to help. Your efforts to spruce up one of Amherst’s greatest historical treasures are much appreciated . . . what a great way to celebrate Amherst’s 200th birthday!
I personally have several ancestors buried in the Cleveland Street Cemetery."
