We reveal the history of the community through the stories of its dead
individual record

id
first
middle
last
dob
dod
cod
60JohnDewar3/7/18593/6/1862Consumption

veteran
exhumed
purchaser
cemetery
FALSEAdams Street

lot
plot
probably with grandparents near R14 G10, possibly unmarked burial J
relations
James Dewar (paternal grandfather) Katharin Dewar (paternal grandmother) John Dewar (father, b. c1830 in Scotland) Johanna Dewar (mother, b. c1827 in Germany) James Dewar (brother, b. c1860) Jennie Dewar (sister, b. c1865) Minnie Dewar (sister, b. c1869) John Jr. Dewar (brother, b. c1871) William W. (sister, b. c1875) Johanna Wagoner (half-sister, born of Johanna Dewar's previous marriage, b. c1852) Augusta Wagoner (half-sister, born of Johanna Dewar's previous marriage, b. c1854) Dorothy "Hoppy" Wordell (maternal grandmother)

comments
City's list for 1862 says "Mar. 7 John Dewar [age] 3" The Quarterly report to the City council for 1862 said "1862 Mar 7 John Dewar Consumption Aged 3 years" 1904 transcription reads "James Dewar, d. Apr 28, 1889, ae 96 yrs, John, son of John and Johanna Dewar, b Mch. 7, 1859, d. Mch. 6, 1862, Katharin, wife of James, d. Jan 29, 1876, ae 96 yrs" It is unclear whether John Dewar was on this headstone or not, but a John Dewar--likely his father-- bought lot 39, so it seems probable. By 1934, only this remained "James Dewar, died Apr 28, 1889, age 96 Katherin, his wife, died Jan 29, 1876, age 93 grandfather ---grandmother" In 2007, the Dewar monument is still legible but worn, the grandmother and grandfather markers are displaced but present. John Dewar's stone is missing. No obvious marriage license for his parents; there is one for a John Dewer and Johanna Heasle.

sources
"Quarterly Report to Council, April 25, 1862", City of Berea Records James Dewar obituary, Berea Advertiser, 5 May 1889, p.2 c.5 Catherine Dewar obituary, Grindstone Advertiser, 3 Feb 1876. "List of Burials and Names 1856-1871," City of Berea Records Loomis, E. S. 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 1870 US Federal Census, John Dewar household, series M593, roll 1193, p. 396 1880 US Federal Census, James Dewar household, series T9, roll 1009, p. 230.