Pleasant Grove Review | 1937-07-23 | Page 3 | Cleaveland's Burial Place

Cleavcland's Burial IMace Moses Cleaveland, founder of the city of Cleveland, is buried in an acre-large cemetery at Canterbury, Conn. His grave is marked by a monument placed there by citizens of the community he founded. The monument is inscribed: "In this cemetery rests the remains of Moses Mos-es Cleaveland, founder of the city of Cleveland. He was born in Canterbury, Can-terbury, January 29, 1754, and died there November 16, 130G. He was a lawyer, a soldier, a legislator, and a leader of men. In grateful recognition of his services this memorial me-morial is erected by the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, on November Novem-ber 16, 1903, the 100th anniversary of hii death."