This article also appeared in the Canton Repository.

Ghost hunters to clean Canton Cemetery

By Lori Monsewicz
Photo by Stan Myers


Posted May 19, 2010

CANTON, OH — As many as 65 people, with a love for ghosts and respect for the dead, will invade the city Saturday to clean up its oldest cemetery.
The N.E. Ohio Ghost Society will begin working at Rowland Cemetery at 8 a.m. They plan to clean the grounds of litter, mow the grass, and place about 40 toppled headstones back on to their bases.
“I visited the cemetery and was appalled,” said Andy Pearson, of Medina, who’s president of the Society.
The organization, he said, has completed similar projects, including complete restorations, in the past.
Rowland is located along Tuscarawas Street E., just east of Hartford Avenue. With burials dating to the early 1800s, it’s believed to be the oldest cemetery in the city. It’s the final resting place for members of some of Canton’s earliest families, such as the Trumps and the Sherricks.
The most recent burial on the 2.3-acre site was in 2002. Funds for its upkeep come from a small endowment fund controlled by a volunteer association. Pearson wants to get neighbors involved in the cleanup, too.
Anyone interested in helping can contact him at: haunthunter2000@gmail.com