MERLEY VAULT NICHOLAS MERLEY 1842-1911 MARIA A MERLEY 1838-1928 JOHN A MERLEY 1865-1921 ANNA C PAGE 1866-1924 ALFRED E SCHICKER 1864-1947 LEMMIE C SCHICKER 1867-1926 ADAM J MERLEY 1874-1955 NANCY A MERLEY 1878-1952 CHARLES F MERLEY 1877-1951 NELLIE L MERLEY 1879-1946 CARL N SCHICKER 1897-1968 BARBA A PHILLIPS 1927-1998 JOLLY FORREST E SHAUB 1887-1921 DANIEL G JOLLY 1852-1915 CAROLINE JOLLY 1853-1941 SLUTTER WILLIAM B. CPL CO. G 2ND REGT. O.H.A 1839-1913 MARY A 1840-1916 UNION MEMORIAL DEDICATED TO THE MEN WHO SERVED IN THE UNION ARMY AND NAVY 1861-1865. ERECTED BY THE CANTON SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. MANY CIVIL WAR STONES LOCATED BEHIND THE MONUMENT IN MEMORY OF DOCTOR CONN R OHLIGER SURGEON US ARMY BORN OCT 18, 1876 DIED ON THE ISLAND OF SAMAR, PHILIPINE ISLANDS AUG 21, 1901 INESSA KHACHATUROV JUNE 3, 1949 OCT 16, 1992 CIVIL WAR MONUMENT ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE CIVIL WAR VETERANS 1861-1865 BY SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS, CITIZENS AND SCHOOLCHILDREN OF CANTON, O. THE MONUMENT IS SURROUNDED BY TOMBSTONES OF OHIO INFANTRY. AULTMAN/MILLER MONUMENTS AULTMAN MONUMENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TEXT AROUND IT: SLEEP IN JESUS REJOICING IN HOPE NO NIGHT THERE AT REST MARSHA B MILLER JULY 26, 1851 JUNE 26, 1945 RICHARD BOSTWICK MILLER DEC 21, 1876 MAY 25, 1884 LEVI L MILLER JULY 22, 1842 DEC 26, 1931 THOMAS ROGERS TONNER DIED MARCH 20, AD 1865 AGE 39 YRS 8 MOS CATHERINE B AULTMAN BORN APR 28, 1828 DIED AUG 26, 1902 CORNELIUS AULTMAN BORN MAR 10, 1827 DIED DEC 26, 1884 ELIZA AULTMAN BORN AUG 19, 1827 DIED FEB 3, 1866 ELIZABETH AULTMAN HARTER BORN MAY 14, 1847 DIED OCT 25, 1932 THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM HARTER GEORGE DEWALT HARTER BORN DEC 25, 1843 DIED DEC 6, 1890 ELIZA AULTMAN HARTER BORN JAN 4, 1870 DIED JULY 30, 1870 CORNELIUS AULTMAN HARTER BORN OCT 28, 1875 DIED MAY 17, 1880 CHILDREN OF GEORGE D. & ELIZABETH A. HARTER McDOWELL SURROUNDED BY MANY McDOWELL STONES LARGE MONUMENT LISTS FOLLOWING PERSONS & DATES: JAMES MCDOWELL 1809-1890 ELISABETH MCDOWELL 1812-1868 SUSAN MCDOWELL 1848-1875 HENRY MCDOWELL 1836-1878 HIRAM W. FIRESTONE 1839-1881 ELISABETH MCDOWELL 1850-1885 SARAH MCDOWELL 1867-1885 THOMAS C MCDOWELL 1847-1887 MARGARET FIRESTONE 1838-1888 HORACE C MCDOWELL 1853-1907 ADAM C MCDOWELL 1844-1911 CATHERINE J MCDOWELL 1846-1914 JAMES K MCDOWELL 1841-1922 WEST LAWN RECEIVING VAULT - 1893 WERTS RECEIVING VAULT IN 1893, THE BOARD OF THE CANTON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION VOTED TO BUILD A RECEIVING VAULT FOR TEMPORARY INTOMBMENTS DURING WINTER WHEN FROZEN GROUND PREVENTED THE DIGGING OF GRAVES IN WEST LAWN CEMETERY. UPON COMPLETION OF THE VAULT, MRS. FRANK M. WERTS OFFERED TO PAY THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS IN RETURN FOR A PLAQUE ON THE VAULT MEMORIALIZING HER LATE HUSBAND. THE WERTS RECEIVING VAULT WAS USED AS A RESTING PLACE FOR WILLIAM MCKINLEY FROM SEPTEMBER 19, 1901 UNTIL THE MCKINLEY NATIONAL MEMORIAL WAS COMPLETED IN 1907. DURING THOSE SIX YEARS THE RECEIVING VAULT WAS PROTECTED BY AN HONOR GUARD OF FEDERAL ARMY SENTRIES. IDA MCKINLEY VISITED THE WERTS SITE DAILY UNTIL HER DEATH IN MAY 1907. THE MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1907 AND THE BODIES OF WILLIAM AND IDA SAXTON MCKINLEY WERE REMOVED FROM THE WERTS RECEIVING VAULT AND PLACED IN THE CENTRAL SARCOPHAGI OF THE MEMORIAL ON OCTOBER 10, 1907. ON THAT SAME DATE, THE MCKINLEY'S DAUGHTERS KATIE AND IDA, WHO HAD DIED AS CHILDREN, WERE REMOVED FROM WEST LAWN CEMETERY AND PLACED IN THE NORTH WALL OF THE MEMORIAL. THIS HISTORIC WALK IS PRESENTED BY THE MCKINLEY MUSEUM. A WALK WITH THE PRESIDENT. CEMETERY WEBSITE: WWW.WESTLAWNCEMETERY.ORG