Trumbull County OhArchives News.....Elizabeth S. Porter Tombstone 1841 June 30 2002
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Tribune Chronicle
Workers unearth child's tombstone 
By RON SELAK JR. Tribune Chronicle 
WARREN - died when she was only 2 years, one month and 13 days old - in
1841. 
That's according to her tombstone. 
The baby was buried in East Newton Falls Cemetery on North Canal Street,
but the question that lingered Thursday was how did her grave marker end
up buried beneath the storefronts on Pine Avenue S.E. 
Local historian Wendell Lauth thinks he has the answer. 
Workers clearing the debris of old buildings torn down on Monday behind
the Horseshoe Bar on East Market Street discovered Porter's marker on
Thursday. 
''We were digging the footer,'' Carmen Celedonia said. ''Something pulled
on the machine. I went down and began digging, and that's when I found
it.'' 
His father, Michael Celedonia, was operating the excavation equipment
when the tombstone was discovered. 
Porter is believed to be the first of seven children of Dr. James Porter
of Newton Falls, who died in 1894 at age 81. James Porter was considered
the Newton Falls historian, and his brother was a judge, Lauth said. His
will, housed in the basement of the Stone Building, states that Porter
also owned a mill. 
''It was quite a prominent family,'' Lauth said. 
Elizabeth died on Oct. 14, 1841. Porter's second child, also a daughter
and also named Elizabeth S. was born in November 1842. The second
daughter, who assisted in nursing the sick, died of congestive fever in
November 1865, Lauth said. 
At one time, Warren Granite and Marble operated a shop facing East Market
Street - the same location of the Horseshoe, Lauth said. 
An old newspaper photo shows behind the marble works building - the area
being excavated - standing full of tombstones and marble, Lauth said. 
''It may very well be a situation that an earlier tombstone was replaced
and somehow or another that one was turned in,'' Lauth said. 
Or maybe it never was delivered. 
The Porter family occupies a large plot at the cemetery with a large
monument listing both Elizabeth Porter daughters and other family
members. There are also foot markers on the graves, one of which Lauth
said belongs to the first Elizabeth Porter. 
It is unclear what the outcome will be for the discovered tombstone. 
The buildings are being removed to make room for a new outdoor area
behind the bar called. 
rselak@tribune-chronicle.com July 30, 2002



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