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individual record

id
first
middle
last
dob
dod
cod
130FrankLeffingwell5/13/1876

veteran
exhumed
purchaser
cemetery
FALSEAdams Street

lot
plot
R10 G5, originally in lot 73. Reinterred in current location?
relations
J. Leffingwell (father) Probable family: Julius Leffingwell (father, b. c1840) Mary Ann Locke/Loch Leffingwell (mother, b. c1850) Willie Leffingwell (half-brother, b. c1866) Charles Leffingwell (half-brother, b. c1868) Bertha Leffingwell (sister, b. c1870) Maud Leffingwell (sister, b. c1872) Eva Leffingwell (sister, b. c1878)

comments
Berea's record of burials for 1876 says "May 13 infant child of J. Leffingwell". There was no notice of the death in the Grindstone Advertiser. A Julius Leffingwell bought half of lot 73, which appears to now be empty. Julius Leffingwell was enumerated in the 1860 census in Middleburg, a 27-yr old laborer in the household of Hannah? Cuppel (Chappel?), neighbors to C. N. Morse and Lyman Baker. He was born in OH and had no property. There is a marriage license for Julius Leffingwell and Mary Ann Locke in Cuyahoga County (vol. 12, p. 156.). Jullius Leffingwell and Mary Ann Loche were married on 8 July 1865. J.S. Smedley joined the couple in marriage. They were enumerated in the 1870 census: Julius "Leffenwell" gave his age as 30, his occupation as carpenter, born in OH. He had no property. Wife Mary Ann was 21, keeping house, born in England. Son William was 4, Charles 2, and Bertha 2 months, born in March. William, and Charles were born to two foreign parents, Bertha to a foreign mother only. All children were born in OH. Also in the household was Thomas Loch, a 24-yr old laborer from England (related to the wife, Mary Ann "Locke"?--if so, that might suggest a relation to the Robert Loch who bought lot 27). In 1870, another Leffingwell household was enumerated in Berea: David and Sarah Leffingwell, ages 65 and 56, a carpenter from NY worth $500 real estate and his wife, born in OH and keeping house. Julius's parents perhaps? Julius Leffingwell's family was enumerated in Berea after Frank's death, in the 1880 census. They lived on Mulberry St. Julius gave his age as 40, a carpenter born in OH. Wife Mary Ann was 30, born in England. Children were Willie (14), Charles (12), Bertha (10), Maud (8), and Eva (2). Neighbors were Charles Francis and Edwards Welch. If Frank had lived, he would have been about 4 at this census, so this could be his family. Julius Leffingwell was enumerated in 1910 as an inmate of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors' Home in Perkins Twp, OH. He gave his age as 72 and his marital status as divorced. He was born on OH of parents from NY and Germany. There are no deeds in the name of Julius Leffingwell on the Cuyahoga County Recorder's Office web site. Frank Leffingwell's tombstone now stands in lot 27, purchased by Leapole Weight and Robt Loch. A transcription from 1904 reads "Frank Leffingwell, b. 1876, d. 1876." A record of transcriptions from 1934 locates a stone between Frank Morden and Mary A. Deming (ie, the stone's location in 2007) that was read as follows: "Lebrinwen ? ------- rest of inscription worn off". Same as InterIDs 644 and 350.

sources
"List of Burials and Names 1856-1871," City of Berea Records "Number of burial lots and price," Adams St Cemetery folder, Berea Historical Society Ground penetrating radar scan, Geosearches Inc., 27 July 2006 1860 US Federal Census, Julius Leffingwell, Series: M653 Roll: 954 Page: 127 Julius Leffingwell-Mary Ann Locke marriage license, vol. 12, p. 156; Cuyahoga County Historical Marriage License Index online 1870 US Federal Census, Julius LeffenwellSeries: M593 Roll: 1193 Page: 421 household, ; David Leffingwell household, Series: M593 Roll: 1193 Page: 418 1880 US Federal Census, Julius Leffingwell household, Series: T9 Roll: 1009 Page: 234 1910 US Federal Census, Julius Leffingwell, Series: T624 Roll: 1178 Page: 22 E. S. Loomis and D. T. Gould, "Inscriptions from the Old Berea Cemetery," 1904, Berea Historical Society "Cuyahoga Cemetery Inscriptions," Vol. I, compiled by the Western Reserve Historical Society, 1934; Berea Historical Society Frank Leffingwell tombstone photograph, Jeremy Feador, 2006.