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id	first	middle	last	dob	dod	cod
181	John		Wallace

veteran	exhumed	purchaser	cemetery
	FALSE		Adams Street

lot	plot
	R8 G9

relations

Mary Wallace (?) McClatchy (d. 1903) James McClatchy (d. 1891) Mary Jane McClatchy (d. 1862)

comments

Berea did not record John Wallace's burial. He is buried in the McClatchy lot, but his relation to them is unclear. His inscription was noted in the 1904 and 1934 surveys. In 1904, the inscription was read as follows: "John Wallace, d. 1887, ae 67." Also recorded with the Wallaces was "Mary, wife of -- McClatchy, d. May 8, 1903, ae 83 yrs 11 mo. 14 da." That suggests a family connection. In 1934, the inscriptions recorded were "Mary McClatchy, died May 8, 1903, age 83 yrs, 11 m, 14 d" [presumably the Mary wife of McClatchy mentioned in 1904, when the authors of the inscription study might have remembered her as a Wallace], Mary Jane McClatchy, born Apr 30, 1843, died Sep 14, 1862," "James McClatchy, died Dec 9, 1891, age 77 yrs," and John Wallace, died --18-7, age 67 (inscription badly worn)." The inscription was found in 2007 on the McClatchy monument, a large sandstone pillar, blackened. In 2007, the inscription was found to say "JOHN WALLACE" in arched incised characters, then "DIED …AGED…" The remainder of the inscription is worn away. Inscriptions for Mary McClatchy (d. 1903), Mary Jane McClatchy (d. 1862), and James McClatchy (d. 1891) are still found on the other faces of the monument. James McClachey [sic] bought lot 20.

sources

E. S. Loomis and D. T. Gould, "Inscriptions from the Old Berea Cemetery," 1904; Adams St Cemetery folder, Berea Historical Society "Cuyahoga Cemetery Inscriptions," Vol. I, compiled by the Western Reserve Historical Society, 1934 John Wallace tombstone inscription photograph, Jeremy Feador, 2006. "Number of burial lots and price," Adams St Cemetery folder, Berea Historical Society