Relatives Known to be Interred at Glendale in Akron

To follow up on my Glendale Cemetery postings, listed below are relatives known to be interred at Glendale:


Emma Louise Brueggeman Bischoff
Walter Bischoff 
Ruth Bischoff (their daughter who died as a child)
Rev Ernst August Brueggeman (Plot: Sec. S, lot 11, #159)
Emma Lange Brueggeman (Plot: Sec. S, lot 11, #159)
Walter Martin Brueggeman (Plot:  Sec S, lot 11, #???) 

Glendale Cemetery Part 2

Listed below is a short history of Glendale Cemetery in Akron:

Established in 1839, Glendale Cemetery (Original name: Akron Rural Cemetery), originally was inspired by Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Mass. At the beginning, Glendale was comprised of 88-acres. In 1850, Oak Openings, a smaller 8-acre cemetery was incorporated into the site. Then in 1891, another area called the "western section" was added. When driving through the main gate of Glendale, several structures catch your attention. To the left on the hill, is the Bell Tower, then there's the office, the Gate Lodge and the Civil War Chapel. The Civil War Chapel was built to commemerate Akron's Civil War dead. Names of those who did not return are inscribed on the interior walls. The basement is a tomb for those who did return. There are hundreds of veteran's graves from all the wars at Glendale. But what makes Glendale Cemetery stand out are the graves and family plots of Akron's famous. Industrialists, bankers, businessmen, tycoons, people of politics, etc. Names like Miller, Robinson, Saalfield, Seiberling, Perkins, Sherbondy, Young, Howard, the list goes on. Cypress Ave., the main road through Glendale is lined on both sides with the stately mausoleums of the turn-of-the-century wealthy. Designs range from gothic, egyptian, and modern to rustic, colonial and Victorian.


When researching the cemetery, I learned that Dr. Commin was worried about public health in downtown Akron so he started this cemetery.  The first mausoleum was built for his son in 1860.
I also learned that Glendale was a tourist attraction as early as the 1880's  and a place that was much like a park where Akronites would picnic and enjoy the outdoors.

Caretakers Cottage built 1869

Civil War Chapel built 1876

Identifying Where Photos were taken

I have two photos of Sid Riley and his friend, Bill Whittaker .  I don't know when they were taken (maybe someone who knows cars can help here) but I have figured out where they were taken!  Again, the internet is an amazing thing for the arm chair genealogist.   These photos were taken at the Glendale Cemetery in Akron.  I will write more about the Cemetery later.

I started with this picture since the name "Hill" was so prominent.  I found this picture from an Akron resident who photographed most of the mausoleums at Glendale.

The Hill family were involved in the sewer pipe manufacturing industry in Akron.

 

In the second picture, there wasn't a name, it wasn't as easy to find.  The picture was taken on the same day as the other after looking carefully at their clothing.  This mausoleum is also in Glendale.  It is the oldest one.  It was built by the "developer" of the cemetery, Dr. A. Commins to inter his son.

from an 1880 photograph