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Riverside Cemetery

at 1,000 ft, once the longest straight road in any American cemetery

until 1974, all graves dug by hand

originally 102.5 acres, but now just 90 acres due to freeway and other developments.

sections 19 and 29 are where CWRU cadavers are buried

Notable interments

 * William Jacob Astrup (1845-1915), founder of Astrup Awning, the largest maker of sails and sailcoth in the nation
 * Diode Clark (1798-1876), settled in Cleveland in 1807, first male schoolteacher in Cleveland, four-time county commissioner, first manufacturer of lime in Cleveland; Clark Avenue namesake
 * James M. Coffinberry (1818–1891), Admitted to the bar in 1841. Became the Prosecuting Attorney of Lucas County; editor and owner of the Whig journal, the "Findlay Herald." In 1861, he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. President of the Cleveland City Council. He was one of the backers of the Cleveland Viaduct, and ensured the bridge was free of tolls. Lost a foot when a freight train struck his carriage on April 8, 1875. His wife sued, and forced the railroad to erect the first railroad crossing safety gate in Cleveland. A Founding Trustee of Riverside Cemetery.
 * Amos C. Cross (1860-1888), Major League Baseball catcher for the American Association Louisville Eclipse club from 1885 to 1887
 * John N. Daykin (1829-1892), Conductor on Abraham Lincoln's funeral train. Purchased the land that would later become Daykin, Nebraska. A Founding Trustee of Riverside Cemetery.
 * Linda Anne Eastman (1867-1963), fourth Head Librarian of the Cleveland Public Library and the first woman in the world to head a library system of this size. Oversaw construction of Main Library Building.
 * Claude Haunscomb Foster (1872-1965), Inventor of "Snubber" shock absorbers and the "Gabriel" auto horn. A pioneer in automobiles.
 * Carl E. Gehring (1830-1893), German immigrant who produced the first lager beer in Cleveland. Founded the Gehring Brewery, which by 1874 was the largest in Cleveland. Gehring Avenue is named in his honor.
 * Dr. Carl Gerstacker (1885-1945), chairman of Dow Chemical, his grave is covered with artifical turf section 6 behind Heffner-Miller stone
 * Avery Hopwood (1882-1928), Playwright who wrote "The Gold Diggers", "Getting Gertie's Garter", "Ladies' Night In a Turkish Bath", "Fair & Warmer", "Nobody's Widow", and "The Bat". At one time he had four hit plays running simultaneously. University of Michigan Avery and Julie Hopwood Creative Writing Awards.
 * Carlos Jones (1827-1897), Farm equipment manufacturer; mayor of Brooklyn, Ohio; in 1886 incorporated the Jones School and Home for Friendless Children.
 * Isaac P. Lamson (1832-1912), Founder of the Cleveland Nut Co., which became one of the nation's leading fastener companies, Lamson & Sessions. The company acquired Youngstown Steel Door Co., Medso Inc., Midland Steel Products Co., and Forest City Foundries. Co-founded the Visiting Nurse Association, Pilgrim Congregational Church, and the first domestic science classes in schools.
 * Thomas H. Lamson (1827-1882), With brother Isaac and cousin Samuel Sessions, formed Lamson & Sessions in Connecticut to manufacture bolts. Established the Cleveland Nut Company which manufactured industrial fasteners and became Lamson & Sessions Co. The company acquired Youngstown Steel Door Co., Medso Inc., Midland Steel Products Co., and Forest City Foundries.
 * Isaac Leisy (1838-1892), Founded the Leisy Brewery in 1873. When it closed in 1959, it was the oldest Cleveland brewery and one of the oldest family-owned breweries in America.
 * Robert Lockwood, Jr. (1915-2006), Blues guitarist and singer, popular session musician for Chess Records.
 * George V. Muth (1834-1899), Founder of Muth Brewing Co., later known as Star Brewing Co.
 * Roberto Ocasio (1955-2004), Leader of Latin Jazz Project.
 * Frederick W. Pelton (1827-1902), Shipping supply salesman, artillery captain during the Civil War, and Secretary of Buckeye Insurance Co. In 1865, he was elected to the Cleveland City Council and served as its President from 1866-1869. He was elected and served as Mayor of the City of Cleveland from 1871-1873. He chaired the committee which chose the site of the Superior Viaduct Bridge. In 1868, he founded and was president of Citizen's Savings & Loan Assn. He was later a Director of People's Savings & Loan Co., as well as President of Masonic Mutual Life Insurance Co. He also served on the Board of the House of Correction from 1886-89 and as a Director on the Board of the City's Workhouse from 1889-91. He also was Cuyahoga County Treasurer. A Founding Trustee of Riverside Cemetery.
 * James Ford Rhodes (1848-1927), 1918 Pulitzer Prize winner for his "History of the Civil War, 1861-1865". Co-founded Rhodes & Co. with his father. Sold the firm to brother-in-law Marcus A. Hanna in 1885 and it was reorganized as the M.A. Hanna Co. President of the American Historical Association. Rhodes High School his namesake.
 * John Newton Richardson (1837-1902), Architect, founder of Cudell & Richardson, one of Cleveland's most important architectural firms in the 1870s and 1880s
 * Leonard B. Schlather (1834-1918), Founder in 1903 of Schlather Brewery, largest in Cleveland; President of Peoples Savings Bank, Director of Society Savings, and Director of Union National Bank. Co-founded St. Luke's Hospital; major donor to Goethe, Schiller, and Richard Wagner statues.
 * Samuel W. Sessions (1826-1902), Founded the Cleveland Nut Co., which became one of the nation's leading fastener companies, Lamson & Sessions. The company acquired Youngstown Steel Door Co., Medso Inc., Midland Steel Products Co., and Forest City Foundries. Co-founded the Visiting Nurse Association, Pilgrim Congregational Church, and the first domestic science classes in schools. A Founding Trustee of Riverside Cemetery.
 * Margaret Taylor, first burial
 * John Christian Weideman (1829-1900), German immigrant who founded Weideman & Co., a wine and liquor business, in 1861. Expanded into groceries in 1871, and was one of Cleveland's largest firms and one of the largest wholesale grocery companies in the U.S. in the 1890s. He founded Savings & Trust Co. in 1883, the Union National Bank in 1884, Forest City Savings Bank in 1890, and the Ohio Abstract Co. Elected Cleveland's first Police Commissioner in 1876.
 * Colette Price Maerlander Widders, famous Ziefeld dancer (her legs were insured for $50,000) section 6