Woodvale Union Cemetery

Woodvale Union Cemetery (HM2H0H)

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N 41° 21.565', W 81° 49.511'

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Woodvale Cemetery was established in the mid-1800s in Middleburgh Township, Ohio. The oldest marked grave holds Fred G. Klink (1833-1858), whose family donated a half acre of land for burials. In 1786, Frank M. Stearns (1832-1911) suggested the unnamed cemetery be called Woodvale, after the wooded vale beside it. In 1908, a fire destroyed the caretaker's house and many cemetery records. Woodvale became a non-profit union cemetery in 1931, owned by Berea and the Village of Middleburg Heights and covering 33 acres at 7535 Engle Road. Pioneer families buried here: Fowles, Draft, Lovejoy, Sprague, and Stearns. Also buried here: John Baldwin (1788-1884) founder of Baldwin University and James Wallace (1878-1933) founder of German Wallace College (merged in 1913 to become Baldwin Wallace College).

Other notable burials here include William Engle (1814-1897), a
constable, township trustee and school director who built the
township's first log house in 1848; Veterans of every U.S. war and
some conflicts including Second Lt. Albert E. Baesel (1890-1918), a
WWI soldier from the 148th Infantry Division who received the
Congressional Medal of Honor; Children from Berea's "Home for
Children," as far back as 1890. Graves were dug by hand by caretakers, including one-armed Fred Beavis (1907-1989),



until equipment
was used in 1955. In 2010, Woodvale covered 50 acres, bordered
by Cleveland Metroparks, Big Creek Pkwy., Fowles and Engle Roads.
A Board of Trustees of both cities governs the Cemetery.
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HM NumberHM2H0H
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Year Placed2010
Placed ByWoodvale Union Cemetery and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 at 2:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 430978 N 4578985
Decimal Degrees41.35941667, -81.82518333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 21.565', W 81° 49.511'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 21' 33.9" N, 81° 49' 30.66" W
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