The Old Souls of Saint Vincent Cemetery Traditional Cache

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Pooh 49: It's time to remove this one. It keeps being moved to less than appropriate spots. Hopefully an new cache can go in to this cool little cemetery.

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Hidden : 4/6/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

St. Vincent's is a beatiful old cemetery in downtown Akron.  Take a moment and look at the beautiful headstones as you search for the cache!

St. Vincent Church was established in Akron in 1835. It is Akron’s oldest Catholic Church.  The first building was located on Green Street in the area of the present St. Vincent-St. Mary athletic field.  I went to St. Vincent High School in the 60’s and always wondered about the cemetery.
 
“St. Vincent Cemetery is located about one half-mile west of the church at the intersection of West Market Street and Merriman Rd.  Rev. Francis McGann purchased the old part of the cemetery between 1850 and 1855.  Father McGann also purchased land where the present church is located.  Bishop Rappe blessed the cemetery on January 28, 1858.  In 1879, Rev. T. M. Mahoney bought an additional six acres to enlarge the cemetery.  Former pastors Father Mahar, Msgr. Scullen, Msgr. Conry and Father Corrigan are among the faithful who have St. Vincent as their final earthly resting place.  In addition, there are more than fifty Civil War soldiers buried here.” - from a St. Vincent parish bulletin.
 
For those who are interested in genealogy and want to know who is buried at St. Vincent’s, go to the following link:
http://www.akronlibrary.org/internetresources/sc/Saint%20Vincent.pdf

This is a cemetery so please be respectful.  The cache is not on a grave.  Cache only during cemetery hours; definitely no night caching!  

Please re-hide the cache carefully. There is room for trade items and TB's.

There is a Sacagawea dollar for FTF.

CONGRATULATIONS TO JTracks FOR FTF!!!!!!

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