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Mary Emery LbNA #35756 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Oct 3, 2007
Location:
City:Cincinnati
County:Hamilton
State:Ohio
Boxes:1
Planted by:Lindsays Snowman
Found by: Eidolon
Last found:Dec 28, 2007
Status:FFF
Last edited:Oct 3, 2007
May 2008 - MIA

Mary Muhlenberg Emery is the founder of Mariemont, a village on the east side of Cincinnati in Ohio. Mary was born in New York City on December 19, 1844 and moved to Cincinnati around 1865. She met and married Thomas Emery on June 15, 1863. Thomas was considered one of the wealthiest men in the country at the time, having obtained his wealth from real estate, chemicals and lard oil processing. Thomas and Mary had two sons (Albert and Sheldon; for whom two streets in Mariemont are named after). The Emery’s lived at Edgecliffe in East Walnut Hills, which overlooked the Ohio River. Their home no longer exists. During the summers, Mary lived in Newport, Rhode Island at her summer estate called “Mariemont.” In 1907, after the death of Thomas, Mary inherited a fortune of about $20M that she used to benefit many people through the building of new hospitals, orphanages, schools and colleges. Around 1913, Mary started buying up the land that would become Mariemont. The official groundbreaking took place on April 23, 1923 on Plainville Road just east of the Ferris house; the site is presently identified by a marker. In 2007, Mariemont was officially designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Park Service.

Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum is located at 4521 Spring Grove Blvd. From I75, exit on W. Mitchell Blvd and drive west to Spring Grove Blvd. Turn left, continue past Winton Road to the entrance to the cemetery on the right.

Spring Grove Cemetery was founded in 1845 and is the second largest cemetery in the US. In 2007, it was dedicated as a National Historic Landmark by the US Park Service.

A map to the cemetery can be found at: http://www.springgrove.org/sg/maps/maps.shtm

Or you can obtain a map at the Visitors Center after entering the main gates of the cemetery.

Follow the white lined road straight to section 36. In this section you will find an intricately carved cross marking the gravesite of the Emery family. The plot belonging to the Emery’s is marked off at the corners with short markers indicating that they occupy lots 80 and 81 and that this site was originally in the name of T. Emery.

On the back of the cross it indicates that Thomas J. Emery, Mary M. Emery (Dec. 19, 1844-Oct. 11, 1927) and their two sons (Albert Thomas and Sheldon) are buried here along with several other members of the Emery family. You will notice that the site has individual markers for each family member.

Find the marker for Mary M. Emery. The Mary Emery letterbox is about 3 feet away in the tall grass.