They remained— Others fled
Lorenzo Carter *1767 came to Ohio in 1797. Cleaveland was surveyed the year before. He, and his wife Rebekah, raised a family. His tavern was a trading post on the Cuyahoga, and the only place of meeting. Carter was the chief citizen of Cleaveland. Carter died of cancer in 1814.The swamp diseases of the river killed, or chased off other settlers. For several years the Carters were the only non-Indians in Cleaveland. Others moved to nearby Doan's Corners (to-day University Circle on the east side), or Newburgh (southeast side).
Cleaveland's first graveyard was, on Ontario Street, south of Public Square. In 1826 bodies were moved to a permanent cemetery on Erie Street (now E. 9th). This 1948 plaque notes 15 of the transferred.
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