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Jeptha Wade was a financier, philanthropist, and founder of the Western Union telegraph company in 1856. He became the first president of the Lake View Cemetery Association in 1869, donated land to the City of Cleveland for Wade Park, and co-founded the Case School of Applied Science in 1880.
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Raymond J. "Chappie" Chapman
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Burial Place of James A. Garfield
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In Memory of the Teachers and Children Who Lost Their Lives in the Collinwood School Fire
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Sculptors of Guardians / Scultori Dei Guardiani
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Forest Hill Estate / Forest Hill Park
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The Michelson-Morley Experiment
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