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  • Опубліковано 17 лис 2024

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  • @jeffreykoger3978
    @jeffreykoger3978 3 роки тому +34

    "There's nobody famous buried here. But these people were famous to somebody." I love that! Very well said.

    • @exploringwithjason151
      @exploringwithjason151 2 роки тому

      Not true! There's some famous that are buried there. For example, Bob Berdella the infamous serial Killer, you have the very first founders buried there and others.

    • @exploringwithjason151
      @exploringwithjason151 2 роки тому

      If he would have done a little bit more digging into the research he would find them.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you for watching and commenting

  • @Ferret8185
    @Ferret8185 2 роки тому +4

    I feel exactly like you do. I go to our cemetery nearly everyday with my dog. I love wondering about those buried there. I love being alone in the peacefulness. Thank you!

  • @Madcapp
    @Madcapp 2 роки тому +1

    I love the amount of trees and bushes they have here!

  • @karenswartz8280
    @karenswartz8280 2 роки тому +10

    Just discovered your channel this evening and have been binge-watching episodes. I’m kind of a history nerd, especially local and Ohio history. I too love cemeteries-so peaceful. The cemetery where my family is buried actually has paved walking paths, and people walk there daily. Here is my “paranormal “ story. You decide. My mom passed away on a Thursday evening. The Showing was on Monday, funeral was on Tuesday. I took my bereavement days and had the rest of the week off, returning to work on Friday night. (I worked 7pm-7am.). I got home, and my answering machine was beeping with a message. I had cleaned it the previous day, so there were no mess on it when I left for work. I pressed play, and I heard, distinctly, my mother’s voice, saying, “It’s Mom!” I was speechless! I’ve played it for all my siblings, who agree it’s mom’s voice. I felt very comforted, like it was her way of telling me she was okay, and watching over me. I still play it from time to time.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      Chills Karen! Literal chills!
      I’m glad it’s a source of comfort for you. Such an amazing woman your mother must have been to reach out to comfort you during that time! Beautiful!
      Thank you for sharing this! I hope to see you here again soon!

    • @jamesTBurke
      @jamesTBurke 2 роки тому +1

      Same here I'm listening to them while makin donuts

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      Donuts!?!? 👀👀👀

    • @jamesTBurke
      @jamesTBurke 2 роки тому +1

      @@CuriousHistoryYT yea weekend baker at dunkin

    • @shakinmama2233
      @shakinmama2233 2 роки тому +1

      @@CuriousHistoryYT just found your channel. I love cemeteries!! A few years back while visiting my sister-in-law in Colorado, I drug my husband down to the other end of the state so I could see where my great grandmother was buried. I'm glad to see others share this love of history. Thank you for producing these videos.

  • @Trudy_Stumpt
    @Trudy_Stumpt 2 роки тому +2

    This cemetery is a great example of how we are all one! 🙏🏼🫶🏼
    What a great video!

  • @sunnsag2654
    @sunnsag2654 2 роки тому +2

    This is another wonderful video. What a fine narrative, Mr.Ayres. Your manner and thoughts are to be commended.

  • @lisamartinese1247
    @lisamartinese1247 11 місяців тому +1

    I’m a taphophile myself and just stumbled across this video- great work 👏🏼

  • @teresalaface8534
    @teresalaface8534 2 роки тому +2

    What a beautiful place and so well spoken and informative. I've always loved a walk through a cemetery, great place to reflect on life and death.

  • @pamelashiflett5281
    @pamelashiflett5281 2 роки тому +1

    I love cemetery strolling.❤

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      Glad to hear that! I will be doing more of that in the months ahead!

  • @jossykerflossy915
    @jossykerflossy915 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for sharing this. I have many beloved family members and friends buried there. My hometown. 🖤💛🥰

  • @robs.9598
    @robs.9598 2 роки тому +2

    I recently found your channel, I am enjoy watching . Thank you for sharing ! Looking forward to more.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      Thank you Rob! I appreciate the kind words!
      And thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @kiwisunshine9631
    @kiwisunshine9631 2 роки тому +5

    "There's nobody famous buried here, but they were famous to somebody", very touching words. I was surprised there was no-one visiting any gravesites. It seemed to be so 'lifeless', (no pun intended) until you notice all the cars going by on the road behind you. Almost as if they were ignoring the Cemetery. Every grave stone has a story to tell. Many thanks for another great video:-)

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому +1

      Yep Kiwi, very quiet. Cemeteries used to be a very social place back in the day. People used to picnic and party in cemeteries but those days are gone.
      I wonder what happened to change that?

    • @jamesTBurke
      @jamesTBurke 2 роки тому

      Some people probably don't even know their relatives are there. For instance I font know anything about my family

    • @jamesTBurke
      @jamesTBurke 2 роки тому +1

      @@CuriousHistoryYT my theory is that for the past 50 years or so people started having to work more and more just to make ends meet, so their free time slowly started becoming more and more engulfed in taking care of their immediate family when not going on vacation and people at some point in time stopped making records and as the records stopped they eventually forgot about their deceased ancestors. Which now leaves those of us in our 20s struggling to find out who we are kin to and trying to find our roots

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      Makes sense to me.

    • @Quandry1
      @Quandry1 2 роки тому

      @@jamesTBurke Our Ideas about Death have also changed a lot, Particularly in the last 100 years or so. If you look at older practices, there is something kind of celebratory about it in a kind of somber way, and that was just for your average person, There are little remnants of that like the funeral procession that linger on in some places. But, it's become something much more shunned and avoided these days rather than something that is part of our lives and forefathers we give some attention to.
      That's not caused just by working more but also in a general change in our societal attitude about things, some of it brought about by things like the increasing rise and utility of hospitals and advances in medicine instead of these things happening in our own homes like was commonplace just a century or 2 ago compared to being very rare and almost strange sounding today.

  • @MeMe-nw9mq
    @MeMe-nw9mq 2 роки тому +8

    Cemeteries are peaceful places. I have always loved walking through cemeteries, especially old ones. I walk through, read the names and dates and wonder who they were, what their everyday lives were like. I have always loved history and am enjoying your videos immensely.

  • @amiegee3134
    @amiegee3134 Рік тому +1

    I know this place well, hung out here as a kid, know all of the roads, every area of it, that is what a lot of Falls kids did, I grew up 2 blocks away, my daughter and father are buried here on the hill near the 6th street entrance as well as other family members, in other parts of the cemetery if you go up on the hill known as 6th street hill there are some of the oldest head stones there, just as an FYI there was a lake in this cemetery back in the 1800's , you can find pictures of it online, it was next to the chapel , also every year there is a memorial day parade that comes down portage trail, turns onto Oakwood and goes down into the cemetery, then there is a memorial service for the military soldiers where they are buried.

  • @cassiemacdonald7431
    @cassiemacdonald7431 Рік тому +1

    I just found your channel an hour ago as I was looking for ghost history. I'm really enjoying this. There's something about the music you use and your voice that sounds soothing as I learn what you have to say. Truly enjoying.

  • @brandyjean7015
    @brandyjean7015 2 роки тому +1

    I've visited old cemeteries in so many places. There is so much history to be learned there.

  • @rockchick1111
    @rockchick1111 2 роки тому +3

    I used to live in a graveyard! My dad said I'd be in one long enough! It was a caretaker's house historically. I could sense male and female spirits at different times, but it was very peaceful.

  • @cherjohnson6808
    @cherjohnson6808 Рік тому +1

    I love old cemeteries👍🏽

  • @JulsB63
    @JulsB63 2 роки тому +2

    Beautiful cemetery. I like to drive through cemeteries just to look at the stonework, there is amazing stone cutter art. Also, I feel a lot of folks don't visit anymore and put out flowers like they used to. Every year I do the family cemetery run that is 167 miles round trip visiting 6 different cemeteries in Illinois.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      I agree Juls. So many cemeteries are missing visitors. Makes me sad.
      Love that you visit yearly! Excellent! 😊

  • @emmajanewatts4388
    @emmajanewatts4388 2 роки тому +1

    This video is so beautiful and relaxing but very sad, thank you

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      You’re welcome EmmaJane! Thank YOU for watching and commenting! 😊😊😊

  • @jananderson672
    @jananderson672 2 роки тому +1

    I'm pushing really hard on birthday 70 and part of me is sad that the number is high, and grateful that I've made it this far when many haven't. Taking the walk with you is bittersweet, knowing that all of us face this outcome and happy that I'm still above ground
    Great video.

  • @chriswhittington294
    @chriswhittington294 2 роки тому +2

    I too love cemetaries. I find them peaceful and love to notice the different styles and names. I walk daily in a country cemetary down the road from me.
    You should check out Lakeview Cemetary in Cleveland, it is beautiful and so interesting! Many famous people are buried there and has a gorgeous mausoleum for President Garfield that is so beautiful.
    It is like an arboretum with so many beautiful trees and shrubs too.

  • @CrossbredManiac
    @CrossbredManiac 2 роки тому +2

    This feels like how I share Ferndale's cemetery history
    It feels enlightening to not be the only one to know similar stories... Thank you.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому +1

      Perianna is the cemetery you speak of in Ferndale California? Or is a different town?

  • @ashleywagner227
    @ashleywagner227 Рік тому +1

    My ancestor, Private Hubbard Blaylock, died at Camp Sumter (Andersonville Prison) of an abscess. His brother, Corporal Michael Blaylock, was one of the few members of the 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry to make it out alive. They were captured at the Battle of Big Creek in Rogersville on November 6, 1863. Hubbard died July 30, 1864. His brother was exchanged and sent back to his unit. I go to the Camp every winter and visit the site and my ancestor’s grave. I hope he knows that him, and all of the others who were lost there, are still remembered all these years later. I will be going back again this winter to stop by and remember him.
    My husband’s Granny’s ancestor died aboard the Sultana. I don’t know much of that information but it’s crazy how intertwined all of our stories are.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  Рік тому

      So true Ashley! Thanks for sharing your family history! Love it!

  • @donnamerriman4323
    @donnamerriman4323 2 роки тому +1

    Loved this video. When I go back to my hometown I always go visit my Grandparents final resting place. My Mother is still alive and she is the keeper of my Dad's ashes.

  • @paulgrimm
    @paulgrimm 2 роки тому +3

    I wish they could stand by their graves and talk about their lives

  • @michelleboyes1873
    @michelleboyes1873 Рік тому +1

    I love your videos thanks for making them..

  • @johndavies1090
    @johndavies1090 2 роки тому +3

    I've long felt sorry for the men on board the 'Sultana'. Glad that some of them have a memorial.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому +1

      Such a tragedy indeed. Imagine being those men or the loved ones waiting for their return. The war is over and this happens. How devastating.

  • @barbaraprest783
    @barbaraprest783 2 роки тому +1

    A beautiful place - thank you so much ❤

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      Thank you Barbara for commenting! I agree it is beautiful there!

  • @joanwilliams1376
    @joanwilliams1376 2 роки тому +1

    You are so close to my hometown. I have walked it also. Every year the local armed forces march there on Memorial Day . It is an awesome sight.

  • @charlenegodard564
    @charlenegodard564 2 роки тому +1

    Sacred Ground, truly.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      Amen Charlene.
      Thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @bearvassar6690
    @bearvassar6690 2 роки тому +1

    That monument is around $130 to $140,000 depending on the type of stone used and height and ornamental properties thats now. The cemetery i worked at were millions of dollars on a few but weighting 8 to 35 ton. Our Confederate circle has 2000 poor souls some dead some dying buried in mass pit and covered over in 200ton stone monument. Even today people are killed by accidental detonation of cannon balls sometimes just a tap will cause the spring detonator inside the fracture cannonball.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      Woah that’s incredible Bear!
      Thanks for sharing this! 😊😊

  • @howardemery1443
    @howardemery1443 2 роки тому +2

    i worked 7 years of my life at morrisville pa cemetery i learn a lot respect i was 14 when they hired me love job got to know at lot of people in the town and how much there loved ones meant to them and i have many friends there if you want to fell good go clean up a grave site that has no attention the person will appreciate it

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому +1

      I have great respect for people who spend their time restoring gravesites and headstones Howard. It’s such a selfless act and helps preserve the history of the loved one who’s at rest.
      Thanks for this comment Howard. I really appreciate it.

  • @cassfracassi7825
    @cassfracassi7825 2 роки тому +1

    Myself, I love cemetery's...first thing that comes to mind is each one of these head stones represents a living breathing human being just like myself. One day we all get to rest in peace. Thank you.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому +1

      Cemeteries are awesome! I wish people would gather in them for picnics or gatherings like they used to ages ago. How fun would that be!

    • @cassfracassi7825
      @cassfracassi7825 2 роки тому +1

      My daughter and I have gone and did tombstone rubbings they come out great! Next put them in a black frame and they are beautiful. Love to show you them.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      That would be AWESOME Cass! Holy cow! I would love to know what materials you use too! Super concept for high end Halloween art too! Love it!
      Wow I’m actually excited about this!!!!!

    • @cassfracassi7825
      @cassfracassi7825 2 роки тому +1

      @@CuriousHistoryYT how do I send pics and what I use to do this process?

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому +1

      Cass you can email me at
      CurioushistoryYT@gmail.com
      Thanks

  • @soniastevens4406
    @soniastevens4406 2 роки тому +1

    I've been to Spring Grove Cemetery, there is a Johnny Appleseed statue.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому +1

      Nice! I will need to check it out! Thanks Sonia!

  • @pamyuhnke8143
    @pamyuhnke8143 2 роки тому +1

    My favorite is Mt. Hope in Rochester, NY.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      I’m going to have to check it out Pam. What is it that makes it your favorite!

  • @jenniferhawkins8169
    @jenniferhawkins8169 Рік тому +1

    Really like your channel 😊

  • @rachelwelch5548
    @rachelwelch5548 2 роки тому +1

    I love cemeteries my parents has a child constantly fighting. I would find a place at the. Cemeterie and sit for hours not wanting to go home.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      I’m sorry you had such trouble with your parents Rachel but glad you were able to peace somewhere.
      For me, cemeteries are such a peaceful place.
      Thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @josephrobichaud5198
    @josephrobichaud5198 Рік тому +1

    I was told long ago when my wife passed in 2000 by the funeral director that funerals are for the living and he's so right.
    Why spend thousands on a steel casket, huge head stone, flowers, Ect.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  Рік тому

      Yep I agree Joseph. I’ve told my family many times that when I die they should do whatever they need to do with me. Big funeral, small gathering, casket burial or cremation. It doesn’t matter to me cause I will be dead. They should do what’s best for them.

    • @josephrobichaud5198
      @josephrobichaud5198 Рік тому +1

      Two real life story's. When my mother died it was at home in NH after a long battle with cancer. We had bad snow storm and there was no way they could come and get her, so we had to roll her up in plastic and sit her on on the back porch for 2 days until the roads could be plowed. The second story was the strangest funeral I've ever been to. There was only 5 people there. This guy weighed over 400 LB. and had not had a job in at least 15 years. They rolled him out on a gurney with just sheet over him. His POS sister walks over and lifts the sheet to see it there was anything worth stealing, and even pulled his shoes off, then starts taking pictures. I had to walk out!

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  Рік тому

      Unreal. Sorry about your mother.
      As for the funeral…I don’t think I’ve ever heard something that bad before

  • @Knight-of-Sarcasm
    @Knight-of-Sarcasm 2 роки тому +1

    Well, YT answered my question! :D Just left the High Bridge. :)

  • @venomxo4075
    @venomxo4075 Рік тому +1

    Despite the fact that some cemeteries are haunted we just can't help at how beautifully attractive and you just want to explore them , like that one .

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  Рік тому +1

      I agree Venom! We are currently looking at exploring a very small Irish Cemetery that many in Ohio have no idea exists.
      Thank you for watching!

  • @michaelvs.scorpio7676
    @michaelvs.scorpio7676 2 роки тому +1

    Eichenholz Friedhof (Oak wood Peace yard [cemetery]) -- der Grabstein (Grave stone)

  • @ehrinah_al-jeordhi
    @ehrinah_al-jeordhi 5 місяців тому +1

    Is this the one in Warren or Cuyahoga falls?
    Also, I very much enjoyed the video. You just earned a subscriber.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  5 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much for subscribing! I really appreciate it! This Oakwood Cemetery is in Cuyahoga Falls.

  • @randywhite3958
    @randywhite3958 2 роки тому +1

    Cemeteries are such interesting places so much history so many lives you think of all the children buried there what they could have been if they had lived Always thought that about the civil war so many young men struck down their lives just starting so 😢

  • @ryanmichael1298
    @ryanmichael1298 2 роки тому +1

    I have two grandparents buried there.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      Do you get there on occasion to visit them Ryan?

    • @ryanmichael1298
      @ryanmichael1298 2 роки тому +3

      @@CuriousHistoryYT Now that I've watched your video, I'm going to make a point of going there this spring.

  • @yvonnekirk3625
    @yvonnekirk3625 2 роки тому +1

    What a nice place to be laid to rest.

  • @clarkstone-bear7742
    @clarkstone-bear7742 2 роки тому +1

    Looks like a very nice and peaceful Cemetery and yeah that's odd that the dates are all mixed together. But Unique and cool.

  • @sheilaisaacs981
    @sheilaisaacs981 2 роки тому

    I love old cemetaries here in Tennessee people just buried their family members in their yards and we have all these over grown ancient cemetaries some of the tombstones are shaped like tree trunks so we have all these concrete tree stumps lol

  • @michelleboyes1873
    @michelleboyes1873 Рік тому +1

    I Love old history thanks for sharing , could you do one on old mausoleums!!

  • @jasonhammond4640
    @jasonhammond4640 2 роки тому +3

    The wonderful thing with that cemetery is how well kept everything is. I've found in other cemeteries I've visited and helped clean up is when someone plants a special flower at their loved ones graveside, the caretakers stop mowing up close to the headstone. Eventualy trees and brush start growing around it and the stone becomes lost in brush or poison ivy.
    It looks like Oakwood cemetery is a beautiful place.
    Oddly enough I may have a great uncle buried in Oakwood with his wife. My wife and I need to drive up and try to find him. Do you know if they have an office with burial plot records we could check out?

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому +1

      Well Jason I might be able to help you with this personally. If you can provide me a name and estimated day of death, if he’s buried there I can find him.

    • @jasonhammond4640
      @jasonhammond4640 2 роки тому +1

      @@CuriousHistoryYT I truly appreciate that. However, I went back through my paperwork last night and they are buried in Floral Hill Cemetary up the road in Canton. I apologize for the mix up.😳😳
      Thank you Sir for the offer though.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому +1

      No problem! 😊

  • @JohnClarke808
    @JohnClarke808 Рік тому +1

    You should take a look at Westlawn in Canton

  • @elizabethmcglothlin5406
    @elizabethmcglothlin5406 2 роки тому +1

    There's a gorgeous cemetary overlooked by the downtown area in Akron with some very fine mausoleums. It had a wonderful chapel the glass of which was destroyed by a chemical explosion due to illegal waste dumping. I lived just up the hill in 'Sugar Hill' when that happened. It also blew up manhole covers, and the only fatality was a crushed racoon. That might make an interesting episode if you are an admirer of cemetaries. I still grieve for the chapel.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому +1

      Is this Glendale Cemetery that you are speaking of? I love that place!
      Thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @ericdrews5050
    @ericdrews5050 Рік тому +1

    Each of those people had a story. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if somehow they could pass their stories on.

  • @kellybiggs3548
    @kellybiggs3548 3 роки тому

    The grounds are beautiful❤️

  • @Susan-zb9it
    @Susan-zb9it 2 роки тому +1

    I think cemeteries are cool to walk around in. I like looking for old dates. They are peaceful, there are spirits. Oakwood is huge. Not crowded yet. I am enjoying many of your videos. Just found you recently.

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      Thank you for watching and commenting Susan.
      I love cemeteries. The history is amazing and you’re audience is fairly non judgmental! 😊

  • @ryanmichael1298
    @ryanmichael1298 2 роки тому

    Now my father is buried there next to his parents and grandparents.

  • @shirleyleichliter4487
    @shirleyleichliter4487 2 роки тому +1

    Could you do Glenmont in akron my son n law was laid to rest this month and while we were there this place is amazing I've never been there,I use to walk in my neighborhood when I was growing up it was peaceful . I like your videos

    • @CuriousHistoryYT
      @CuriousHistoryYT  2 роки тому

      Will do Shirley.
      My condolences to you and the family.

  • @margotango1507
    @margotango1507 2 роки тому +1

    i own a cemetary

  • @meadowrat8610
    @meadowrat8610 2 роки тому +1

    👍♥️🙏🙏🙏

  • @jamessones4044
    @jamessones4044 2 роки тому +1

    Get an evp meter

  • @bazerkly907
    @bazerkly907 2 роки тому

    Reusing Graves???

  • @josephflask7346
    @josephflask7346 3 роки тому +1

    Wonderful tour through a history-packed place that may not be as well known or regarded as it perhaps should be. Thank you for sharing it with all of us.

  • @josephflask7346
    @josephflask7346 3 роки тому

    Wonderful tour through a history-packed place that may not be as well known or regarded as it perhaps should be. Thank you for sharing it with all of us.