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Endorsing the Submittal of South Bend City Cemetery Being Nominated to be Placed on the National Register of Historic Places
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2/10/2014
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4320-14
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Resolution Endorsing South Bend City Cemetery <br />Page 2 <br />the Common Council notes that a "National Register of Historic Places <br />Registration Form" has been completed which would formally nominate the South Bend City <br />Cemetery for this high and prestigious honor, a copy of the form is attached to this Resolution; <br />and <br />Ql" the South Bend City Cemetery, founded in 1832, is our City's oldest cemetery <br />and is located just west of current downtown South Bend, and is on property donated to the City <br />by South Bend's founders Alexis Coquillard and Lathrop Taylor with a very majestic entry gate: <br />G on June 24, 2013, the South Bend Common Council adopted Resolution No. <br />4263 -13 which recommended the establishment of a five (5) year Action Plan for the <br />revitalization and preservation of South Bend City Cemetery, a copy of that Resolution is <br />attached; and <br />arme, as noted in that Resolution, not only is the South Bend City Cemetery of great <br />historic value in light of its location, historic beginnings, distinctive artistic plat design, <br />architectural design of the Sexton's cottage, and the majestic gate and fencing; it proudly is the <br />final resting place which is very well known for being one of the few non - segregated cemeteries <br />of its time where persons were buried regardless of their religious affiliation, their race, their <br />status in life, or type of death; and <br />awu, within the South Bend City Cemetery, you will see the final resting places of <br />Peter Roof, a Revolutionary War Veteran; many African-American including but not limited to <br />the Bryant, Farrow and Powell families; South Bend's first Mayor William G. George; Mary and <br />James McKinley, the paternal grandparents of the 25di President of the United States William <br />McKinley; John Auten, the first soldier from St. Joseph County killed during the Civil War; <br />Norman Eddy who served as a Colonel during the Civil War and later as a U.S. Congressman; <br />Lewis Keller, a South Bend Police Officer killed in the line of duty in 1898; Howard C. Wagner, <br />a South Bend Police Officer killed in the line of duty by John Dilliger's gang in 1934; Schuyler <br />Colfax, the 17a' Vice - President of the United States and many of his family members including <br />his son, Schuyler Colfax, Jr., who served as Mayor of the City of South Bend from 1899 -1902; <br />and Private Enoch R. Wei, who was a Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient —just to name a <br />few; and <br />
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