TWO MAJOR coupled with holiest memories, where strong men go to meditate and widows and orphans "Men of Color! To Arms!" NEW EXHIBITS go to weep. We have met to strew choice AT MOUNT HOPE flowers, with lavish, loyal, loving hands, Marilyn Nolte. who leads a Civil War CEMETERY GATE- upon the green graves of our brave young tour in Mount Hope each season. prepared men, who, in the hour of national peril, went the "Men of Color! To Arms!" exhibit. It is HOUSE forth and nobly gave their lives, all that men filled with photographs and historical mater by Richard O. Reisem can give, to save their country from dis- ial about the black regiments that were memberment and ruin." recruited and trained, and who fought in the mends of Mount Hope Cemetery Jean Czerkas selected the quotation, Civil War. The exhibit emphasis is on black trustees Jean Czerkas and soldiers and their white officers buried in Marilyn Nolte have prepared two Mount Hope. major exhibits now on display in the north gatehouse of the cemetery . One is At the beginning of the Civil War in called "Men of Color! To Arms!" The 1861, the Union Army consisted of white other is "Within the Sacred Inclosure." troops only. As casualties increased and which is about Frederick Douglass and available white men diminished, it was his family, who are buried in Mount decided to increase the ranks with all Hope Cemetery. The exhibits can be able-bodied men, regardless of color. seen on Sunday afternoons from 1 :30 Black troops, however, did not fight p.m. to 5 p.m. through the last Sunday alongside white buddies; they were in October. It will also be part of a spe- formed into separate regiments. The cial program on Saturday, May 10, at United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) 1 :30 p.m. when a reenactment of was created with white commissioned Frederick Douglass' funeral service will officers to lead them. Many black men in be performed by a group of costumed Monroe County enlisted because of the actors and singers. recruiting efforts of Frederick Douglass . Altogether, 178,985 U.S .T.C. troops Czerkas and Nolte have worked fought in the Civil War. They fought in steadily on these exhibits since last Jean Czerkas and Marilyn Nolte, creators of 449 engagements, 34 of which were major September. They obtained historical infor two new exhibits at Mount Hope Cemetery Civil War battles. Among the 37,300 black mation and visual materials from 25 histori- stand in front of a portion of the men who died in the war, there were 21 ans, Civil War collectors, university "Men of Colors To Arms!" Medal of Honor recipients. libraries, historical societies, and other indi- exhibit . Photo by Eric Logan. viduals. Friends trustee Frank Gillespie pre- If you have questions or comments pared photographs of related cemetery mon- "Within the Sacred Inclosure," from about these exhibits, call uments and historical artifacts. Douglass' tribute to Rochester's Civil War Jean Czerkas at 585-342-1516 or dead as her theme for the exhibit about the Marilyn Nolte at 585-621-3529 . "Within the Sacred Inclosure." Douglass family. Besides the remains of Frederick Douglass himself, the Douglass Frederick Douglass On May 10, 1882, Frederick Douglass plot in Mount Hope contains the bodies of Commemoration Service. wrote the following about Mount Hope his first wife Anna Murray Douglass, his Cemetery: "We call attention to the tact that second wife Helen Pitts Douglass, and his On Saturday, May 10, 1 :30 p.m., the within the sacred inclosure (sic) of Mt. daughter Annie Douglass . In the exhibit, Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery will stage Hope, a place well named and well suited to photographs and biographical information a commemoration service for Frederick the solemn purpose to which it is devoted, is are presented on all four of these individu- Douglass . It will be a reenactment of the ground hallowed by affection, adorned by als. There are several documents on view funeral service given him in Rochester after art, beautified by wealth, skill and industry, that have never been seen by the public. his death in 1895. DEATH AT SEA : There were funeral ser- vices for Frederick Douglass THE McCRAKEN in Washington, D.C., on FAMILY AND THEIR February 24, 1895, and in LOSSES ABOARD Rochester, New York, on February 26, when his body STEAMSHIP ARCTIC arrived by train. In Rochester, by Al Robinson flags were at half-mast, schools were closed, and n a small hill in Section W of throngs of people filed by his Mount Hope Cemetery sits a mod- casket in City Hall and lined est stone obelisk. Two sides of this the streets as the hearse slowly monument record the names of five children led the funeral procession to of0Gardner and Eunice McCraken . Only two Central Presbyterian Church of these children, however, are actually (now Hochstein Music buried in Mount Hope. One is buried in School). Milwaukee, and two, Lavinia and Carlisle, lie at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean Five hundred seats in the among the retrains of the steamship Arctic . church were reserved for fami- The events that led to those deaths on the ly, friends, bearers, officials, Arctic shocked our nation . and special organizations. The Frederick Douglass is featured in one of two new exhibits public overflowed the remain- at Mount Hope Cemeterv. The McCraken Family ing seats in the large sanctuary. Copy of historic photo by Frank Gillespie. The service included speeches Gardner McCraken was involved in by Rochester Mayor Merton local Rochester politics throughout his life. Lewis, Mary Anthony, two In 1829, he was a delegate to the Anti ministers, and hymns sung by Masonic County Convention. The Anti- a male chorus. It is this service Masonic party was a political party founded that will be reenacted at the in Rochester in 1828 as part of an anti- old chapel in the north Masonic movement that was growing due to entrance area on May 10. suspicion and dislike of secret societies, Please join us for this event including the Freemasons. The party grew which will include male rapidly and managed to hold a number of singers from Third seats in the U.S. Congress until 1834 when Presbyterian Church. There many of its members broke away and found- will be a reception at the gate- ed the Whig party. Gardner continued his house after the service. and association with the Whigs, and local news- you can view the new exhibits papers reported his attendance at Whig on display there.

Colonel Nathan P. Pond was a Rochesterian who led one of the black regiments in the Civil War. He is buried in Section C. Lot /0/, near Susan L3 . Anthony. county conventions in 1835 and 1842 as a every single stone in that whole section is delegate for the 2nd Ward area of Rochester. facing east . Christians were often buried with their heads to the east so that they Gardner died on April 30, 1845, atage could rise facing in that direction when the 59 . His cause of day of Resurrection came . The west-facing death is listed as headstones are probably meant to symbolize "Affection Brain" in the journey west to Wisconsin of the two cemetery records. brothers . His wife, Eunice, followed him in The other three siblings all died in death twelve days 1854. Tracy died on May 21, at age 42 . He later, on May 12, a is listed on the western face of the family victim of tuberculo- monument but does not have a headstone in sis. She was 62 . the family plot . Lavinia and Carlisle, the last surviving members of their immediate fami- Gardner and ly, died months later on the steamship Eunice had five chil- Arctic . dren : Tracy (a son), born in 1811 or The First Titanic 1812 ; Lavinia, born in 1813 or 1814 ; It is hard to overemphasize the impor- Nelson, born in 181 8 tance to the pride of or 1819, Carlisle, American people in the born in 1823 or first few transatlantic 1824 ; and Charles steamships . The 1800s Wright . born in 1825 saw a growing competi- or 1826 . All five sur- tion between Britain and vived their parents, America to build bigger, which is somewhat taster, and more unusual; the death luxuri-ousshipswithwhichto rate of children in cross the ocean. By the that time period was The McCraken family monument late 1840s, Britain had exceptionally high . The in Section IV hegun to produce consis- first of the siblings to tently better boats, so it die was also the youngest . Charles Wright was with great acclaim died on July 9, 1848, when he was 22 . that America welcomed Though he is not listed in the Mt . Hope the launching by the Cemetery records, he has a headstone on the Collins Line of four new family plot . His inscription says that he died ocean-lining steamships . in Milwaukee, which means that he went west to Wisconsin, probably before his par- The largest and ents died . most luxurious of these ,hips was the Arctic, a Nelson also died in Milwaukee, of ship 284 feet long and tuberculosis ; he probably went west with his 2,856 tons in weight . younger brother. His date of death is listed She was built to accom- on his inscription as June 13, 1853, and his modate over 200 passen- The westernface of the McCraken burial date is listed in cemetery records as gers, and the massive obelisk lists Lavinia McCraken Scott and her June 17 . This means they brought his body 35-foot paddle wheels brother. Carlisle McCraken, who died in the from Wisconsin in four days . Nelson has a that flanked her on either sinking of the ARCTIC steamship. headstone in the family plot as well . The side were capable of get- stones of both Nelson and his brother ting her from New York to Liverpool in a Charles are facing west rather than east ; this record-breaking nine days . Her launching is unusual not just because their father's was such an important event that over six headstone is facing east, but because almost percent of the population of New York City turned out to watch it . Carlisle McCraken and and drove it directly under the massive spin- his sister Lavinia had, like ning paddle wheel of the Arctic. The passen- their siblings . moved from gers on board watched in shock as the wheel Rochester to Milwaukee, tore apart the small boat and dismembered Wisconsin . Lavinia was now the people aboard it. a widow of Colonel Martin Scott, a military hero who Ironically, the decision to head for died in the Mexican War in shore would ultimately doom not the Arctic's 1847. and in 1854, she was crew but its passengers. The Vesta, of a traveling with her brother in slightly more modern design than the Arctic, Europe. When the two had separate watertight compartments mak- boarded the Arctic in ing up its hull . so the damage to the bow Liverpool, on September 19, only flooded the front part of the ship . The to return home, the ship had Arctic, on the other hand, had a completely been in the water for almost open hull, and so the entire ship was slowly four years. filling up with water.

The captain of the The weight of this water began forcing Arctic since its launch had the ship deeper and deeper into the ocean, been Captain James C. Luce. reducing the efficiency of its paddle wheels Luce was well respected for and slowing it down. It was clear that land being an unusually kind and would never be reached . and the mood effective captain, and his among the passengers and crew, already reputation had earned him heightened by the tragedy aboard the one of the most sought-after lifeboat, escalated from fear to panic as they jobs in the shipping industry . ordered a hard left turn to attempt to get out realized the gravity of their situation . On this particular trip, Luce had traveling of the way before a collision, but the effort with him his son Willie, age eleven, a crip- was in vain : the two ships collided head on . Captain Luce also understood what was pled boy who normally spent much of his happening and knew that the flooding would time confined to their house in New York The damage to the Arctic at first soon extinguish the boiler fires and halt the City . appeared to be slight : a small hole near the ship's slow progress . He began organizing bow. The bow of the Vesta. however, was an effort with the officers to move passen- The trip across the Atlantic was completely crushed and water began pouring gers onto lifeboats . Though there were only smooth. Lavinia Scott was socially promi- in as boxes and debris spilled out into the five remaining boats, he calculated that there nent, so she and her brother were no doubt ocean. Captain Luce, horrified and certain was more than enough space to save all the enjoying first-class accommodations and that the Vesta would soon sink, immediately women and children aboard the ship. passing their time socializing and drinking got some of his crew together and sent them with other wealthy passengers. Captain Luce on a lifeboat to the Vesta to try to rescue These efforts quickly proved to be in later recalled interacting with her on the people . While those men were gone, further vain . Luce had little experience interacting voyage. assessment was made of the damage to the with the rough engine crew of his ship: that Arctic, and its crew realized that the damage job was normally left to an officer who was On the morning of September 27, the was much more threatening than they had killed in the lifeboat accident hours earlier. Arctic approached the Grand Banks area off initially assumed . There was a five-foot hole The crew soon began defying orders openly, the coast of Newfoundland and entered a in the front of the ship that was slowly and fighting broke out on deck among the thick fog . Despite the dangers such a situa- flooding the hull . crew and male passengers over access to the tion presented, Luce and his crew were lifeboats . under strict orders from management to con- Fully aware that there were not enough tinue at full speed regardless of weather con- lifeboats on his ship to accommodate every In the end, only one boat actually made ditions, so they didn't slow down despite the person, and fearing first for the safety of his it out with women and children aboard. One poor visibility . passengers, Captain Luce made the difficult other boat was flooded and destroyed during decision to abandon the Vesta to steam for the fighting, and the other three were taken Suddenly, at 12:15 p.m., a ship popped shore, 50 miles away, as quickly as possible . by force by members of the crew and a few out of the fog a few hundred yards ahead, The men on the lifeboat, seeing their ship male passengers . The ship was left with steaming on a straight collision course abandoning them, began rowing frantically almost all of its passengers and a small frac- toward the Arctic . That vessel was the Vesta. toward it to try to save themselves . tion of its crew standing on deck, waiting a propeller-driven steamer much smaller Suddenly . a surging wave grabbed their boat for the prolonged sinking of the ship into the than the Arctic . A ship's officer immediately ocean to end their lives. Frantic efforts began to construct a raft It was not until late on the night of out of pieces of the ship, but it was clear to October 10 that the first ship carrying sur- Captain Luee (as he would later tell newspa vivors - 31 crewmen and a single cabin pers) that the attempt would probably be passenger, rescued from their lifeboat - futile . A large number of male passengers Pulled into port in New York City. Reporters were greedily eyeing the raft-building were quick to pick up the story, and the front process, biding their time until they could page of the next day's issue of the Nest . York overpower everyone else and steal it for Daily Times was dominated by the startling themselves . And that is exactly what hap- news of the ship's sinking. The city was pened; once the raft was lowered into the stunned by the news, and for well over a water, a surging mass of bodies piled onto it week the entire front page of the Times was as quickly as possible, fighting to stay devoted to printing recounts of the sur- aboard. Almost everyone was eventually vivors . The first group to arrive told the pushed off into the water to freeze and be media a number of lies about their experi- PRESIDENT'S eaten by sharks. The panicked struggle for ence in an attempt to cover up the extent of survival outweighed any sense of honor or their cowardly behavior. It was only later REPORT, 2002 duty that these men might normally have when more survivors (and in particular, Presented at the had. Captain Luce) were found alive that the April 2, 2003 Annual Meeting truth came out about what had happened It should be noted that not everybody after the collision. Greetings to all. I am pleased to report on board acted in this way. Luee would later that 2002 was a very successful year. Our give numerous examples of families, partic In the end, there were 87 survivors of mission states: The purpose of the Friends of ularly among the first-class passengers, that the wreck, and only 22 of them were passen- Mt. Hope Cemetery is to optimize the ceme- stoically resigned themselves to death gers. Every woman and child aboard the tery's potential as a cultural resource aboard the ship and maintained dignity until boat died. through education, preservation . and promo- the last moments. It is likely that the tion of Mt. Hope Cemetery's unique her- McCrakens were among this group, given The October 14 issue of the Times itage. During the past year the Friends have that Carlisle was traveling with his widowed printed a number of short notice scommem- accomplished this mission in many ways: older sister. His obligation to protect her orating those thought dead, and first among probably would have outweighed any selfish these was a reprint from the Rochester motivations to fight for his own position Union: "Among the lost were two persons MEMBERSHIP of aboard a boat. who formerly resided in this city, and were As December, 2002, membership well known: the wife of Col . Martin Scott, numbers were: So, when the ship finally sank into the daughter of the late Gardner McCracken. 355 paying members in good standing water late on the night of September 27, it Also her brother Carlisle McCraken . It will 17 life members was with many of its passengers aboard . be remembered that Col. Scott was killed in &7 new members added in 2002 Captain Luce ended up separated from his the Mexican war. His widow, in company child by a wave, and as he was swimming with her brother, had been in Europe on a PUBLICATIONS forward to reach him, the airtight paddle- tour of pleasure, and embarked on the ill- COMMITTEE. wheel box broke free from the sinking ship fated Arctic on the . homeward passage As Author, Richard Reisem, and photogra- and shot up into the air. The box landed no mention is of made their being saved, we pher, Frank Gillespie, produced and market- directly on the head of Luce's son, killing are forced in the melancholy conclusion that ed Buried Treasures in Mount Hope him instantly. In a strange twist of fate, the they have perished. They had latterly resided Cemetery, a 176-page field guide. The book box stayed afloat in the water, and Luce at Milwaukee." was introduced on October 7. Prepublication managed to crawl into it - frozen, injured, sale was offered to members, and the book and despairing over the loss of his boy. Over It is not clear who paid to have a is now available at bookstores, gift shops, the next two days, he drifted around trying memorial message engraved on the and at the cemetery office and gatehouse. to bring as many people on board the box as McCraken monument in honor of Lavinia, possible, but one by one they almost all who was 40, and Carlisle, who was 30, but Four issues of our newsletter, the passed out from cold, fatigue, and hunger their loss was clearly felt by Rochester soci- Epitaph, were produced and distributed. and dropped off into the ocean. When, a few ety. days later, a passing ship finally noticed the (AI Robinson is a University of wreckage and stopped by to pick up any sur- Rochester student who prepared this essay RESTORATION vivors, Luce was one of the last people left for the course. Religion 167: Speaking and ADOPT-A -PLOT alive, Stones. taught by Prof. Emil Homerin, a Marilyn Nolte reports that the Sylvan Friends of Mount Hope trustee.) Waters fountain was restored : trees were cleared in Section A; the Smith family Celtic LIBRARY. ENGRAVED MEMORY cross monument was stabilized . and the John Pearsall purchased three new Medina sandstone cross in Section C was bookcases to replace old shelving and to hr Kristi Lynn Martin removed to Brigden Monument for rebuild- accommodate all our books including bound ing. volumes of serials and cemetery records. The funerary architecture of Mount Most of the books have been cataloged with Hope Cemetery attests to the changing rela- and the dead. 74 sites were adopted and maintained Dewey Decimal numbers and arranged on tionships between the living narrative during the past year. shelves in numerical order. Each monument and marker has a to be read - some more clearly than others. Stone figures and engraved inscriptions GARDENING. PUBLICITY. invite interpretation, and stand memorial to Under the chair of Pat Corcoran, the Nancy Uffindell successfully managed the lives and beliefs of the dead and those committee continued to plant and maintain publicity for tours and publications . Multiple they left behind. historic plots, numerous planters, and gar articles appeared in the Democrat & dens around cemetery buildings. receivedcoverage in City Chronicle . We also On February 3, 1857, George "Clare" Messenger Post and Newspaper, the purchased lot 78-C in Mount Hope New projects in 2002 included: Freetime. TV and radio spots provided pub- Cemetery. He was 32 years old. According " The repair of erosion damage near "Visionaries and Inventors- licity on the to the City Directory for the census year the Susan B. Anthony grave Buries! Treasures publica- tours and on the 1861, George Klar owned a meat market and " The triangle garden in Section MM tion. house at 78 North Clinton Street. A few " A new oval garden in Section C years later, in July of 1862, the cemetery " Three small circle gardens in SECURITY. plot that he had purchased in foresight Sections K and G Arrangements were made with would be used. There is no stone to mark the " Plantings at the Johnson wall in Northeastern Security Services to provide grave of the child buried in lot 78-C on July Section C security during tours . There were no auto 18, 1862. The cemetery interment records, " Development of a system for break-ins during our 2002 season, and we however. document the inhumation of Ann watering Section C were very pleased with the services provided Klar, aged two years and eight months, resi- by Northeastern . dent of Clinton Street, having perished of a TOURS. .'sore throat ." . Under the coordination of Dennis Carr OTHER. our regularly Sunday tours continued to be Sadly, a long-term member, former The absence of a marker may testify to the popular background of our educational trustee, and tour guide, Paul Malczewski, a need to forget the painful loss of the mission. Theme tours were offered monthly, passed away suddenly in November. His child's life, this -given the Victorians' sen and in collaboration with the Rochester remains have been interred in Section G. timent and attachment to the promises of Museum and Science Center, a new actors' childhood - is, however, unlikely . It is tour, "Visionaries and Inventors," was As we look forward to the 2003 season, more probable that George Klar did not have . Total tour attendance for 2002 was added some of our plans include: Participation in the opportunity to commission a memorial 2442 visitors. the celebration of the 140th anniversary of for his deceased child, before his life, too, Frederick Douglass' "Call to Arms to Men ended. Less than a year later, on May 25, GENEALOGICAL of Color." 1863, he would, likewise, be interred in lot 78-C, victim of a diseased heart. RESEARCH/OTHER FRANK Continuation of our association with PROJECTS. lot, there GILLESPIE RMSC with a full schedule of actors' tours. In the center of the cemetery Frank responded to 232 requests for stands todav. a monument, notable for its with information on 1,116 genealogical data Co-sponsorship with the Rochester original character. Elevated by a pedestal is interments; completed I I new lot location in an Cemeteries Heritage Foundation in the figure of a seated woman, clothed maps, bringing the total to 72, and revised 9 garment, "Descendant's Day"-an event planned for abundant substance of classical existing maps; oversaw and coordinated . The dense, September. rendered in sumptuous folds microfilming and digitizing of 5000 pages of plentiful fabric puddles around her waist, interment records and burning them to CDs. she is Respectfully submitted, Joan M. Hunt, and drapes down the sides of the cairn president seated upon. Her feet, revealed beneath the Photographed and researched data for hem of her robes, are bare. The short sleeves all 81 mausoleums (with assistance of R. of her gown are fastened with three buttons, Reisem). the collar embroidered with a simple zigzag stitch, and a cord is tied around her waist. The figure's abundant, wavy hair is fastened in a knot and. then. let to trail down her sesses the knowledge of life, but she does descends . Plant imagery indicates hope for back. The expression of her down-turned not share it. Notably, the pen is at rest on her an afterlife, in which the soul, like a plant, face is poised and gentle ; her mouth is knee and the tablet is inclined, indicating once dead, will live again. upturned into a subtle smile, and her eyes that the narrative has finished ; life has welcome the gaze of the living visitor, greet- ended. Mov ing Drum left to right, the stones ing them with cheerful sympathy. Positioned read a" fol 1()w in the figure's right hand is a quill pen, the tip resting against her " Husband Herman Cassebeer knee. With her other hand, she 1848-1924 holds a tablet. She grasps it at the " Wife Elizabeth F Klar Wife of top, tilting it toward her lap. Herman Cassebeer 1861-1947 " Father George J. Klar 1825- The date of the monument's 1863 erection is ambiguous. apparently " Mother Elizabeth Murr 1822- not in accordance with any date of 1896 burial within the lot. A marker at " Fredrick Murr 1832-1917 the front right corner of the lot is inscribed with the date "1876," evi- The inclusion of familial rela- dently indicating the year in which tionship roles on each of the stones the lot was fenced ; it may, likewise, emphasizes biological connectivity, an be cautiously assumed that the immortality or continued life, monument was also erected at this achieved through kinship, by relation- date. However, it should be noted ships that exist beyond temporal exis- that the central fence marker bears tence. The particular usage - the name "G Man" while the base Husband/Wife and Father/Mother - of the monument is additionally suggests that Elizabeth F. Klar inscribed with the names: Cassebeer commissioned these stones . "Cassebeer" and " F Mum" It is possible that these names, engraved Elizabeth Murr died on October on the right and left sides of the 6, 1896. Her will was admitted to pro- base, flanking "G J Klar" on the bate, leaving the larger part of her front, may have been added at a estate, "$10,(X)0 real and $2,500 per- later date, yet this can not be sonal property," to her daughter, absolutely assumed. The monu- Elizabeth Cassebeer. Elizabeth F. ment's date is, however, arbitrary to Cassebeer is thus biologically linked its essential function : to symboli- to George Klar, not only by the inclu- cally reconnect the living with the sion of her maiden name on her own dead, and to provide solace to the gravestone, but the inscription of bereaved . "Mother" and "Father" on Elizabeth The KIar/Cassebeer family monument in Section C. Murr's and George Klar's headstones . The classical representation of a female figure is common to 19th-century funerary The pedestal is embellished with a Fredrick Murr was the husband of architecture . Alternately, she may represent course of egg-and-dart, accented with shells Elizabeth Murr, Elizabeth Klar Cassebeer's sorrow or hope; consistently, she is a protec- at each corner. The classical egg-and-dart mother, at the time of her death . Fredrick tive and nurturing presence. The pen, imple- motif represents life in the egg and death Murr, like George Klar, was a butcher and ment for inscribing knowledge, is symbolic with the dart, while the shell signifies a pil- owner of a market in the Clinton Street of learning and the creation of destinies. grimage or journey. Given the classical ele- neighborhood . Although the date of mar- Significantly, the pen is a feather, associated ments of the monument . the shell may indi- riage between the Murrs has not yet been with wind, air, birds. and flight, indicative of cate the crossing of the River Styx, to the identified, it is reasonable to assume that the soul. The tablet, the ancestor of bound afterlife. George Klar and Fredrick Murr would have books, represents material incarnation of known each other, and that Fredrick Murr knowledge and wisdom or the book of life. Classical imagery of life and death is then married George Klar's widow. The tablet is elevated above the viewer's continued on the row, of five stones situated perceptible eye-level, retaining the enigmat- at the back of the lot. From the front, top Herman Cassebeer also owned a busi- ic nature of life's meaning. The figure - corners of each stone a decorative leaf pat- ness on Clinton Street from 1884 to 1894. functioning. perhaps, as spirit guide - pos- tern, possibly a variant of acanthus, Advertisements for his hardware store appear in the City Directory in 1884 and daughters on Culver Road. She was aged 86 1885. and the Rochester Union and years, 5 months, and 9 days, when she suf- Advertiser reported on August 9, 1887, that fered cerebral thrombosis . or a blood clot in it had been broken into the night before, her head. and died on December 31, 1948. "two dozen revolvers and a quantity of knives" stolen. In 1894, he apparently sold Herman and Elizabeth Cassebeer had MEMBERS' his hardware business and took a position as five children . One of them, Edmund Herman treasurer of the American Brewing Company Cassebeer, is also buried in lot 78-C at BENEFIT on Hudson Avenue. a position he retained Mount Hope, having died at the age of 4 Members of the Friends of Mount for the next four years during which time he years after being taken by diphtheria. Hope Cemetery receive a 10 per- took up residence at 28 Clinton Place where cent discount on all purchases Fredrick Murr also resided. From this date Elizabeth Frederika Klar Cassebeer from our merchandise selection, on, the two men would continually live at lived her entire life in Rochester, New York, which includes books, note cards, the same residences, variously on Clinton where she was born on July 22, 1861, and mugs. T-shirts, etc. For example, Street or Avenue. Cumberland Street. and married on December 6, 1882. Her five chil- buy a copy of our new book Seneca Parkway, until Fredrick Murr moved dren were born in Rochester, and when she "Buried Treasures in Mourn Hope permanently to Mount Hope Cemetery in buried one of those children, he was memo- Cemetery" for S19.00 including 1917 . rialized, as were her husband. her parents, tax. Elsewhere, it is $21 .55 with and herself, with imagery that acknowledged tax. Check it out any Sunday Following his treasury position at the death, but emphasized continued life in the afternoon between 1 :30-5:00. Brewery, Herman Cassebeer worked as a hereafter. The funerary architecture of lot bookkeeper at City Hall from 1899 to 1906, 78-C in Mount Hope Cemetery stands as a when he became a clerk at the Old German monument, still connecting the living world Insurance Company, in the Insurance and those persons who chose to contemplate Building. He, himself, died on March 24, it, with the dead, which it remembers. 1924. His widow, Elizabeth Klar Cassebeer, would remain in the family home at 190 (Kristi Lynn Martin is a student at the Seneca Parkway for at least another year, University of Rochester and prepared this through 1925. At the time of her death, how- essay as a course requirement for Religion ever, she was living with one of her married 167: Speaking Stones.)