Mrs. Anna Webster

According to Mrs. Anna Webster's death certificate, available at Family Search Labs, Anna was born in Ontario, Canada on July 19, 1858. (However Anna's tombstone reads 1857.) Her parents were Thomas Meredith and Jane Knight Meredith. Mr. and Mrs. Meredith were both born in England. Erie County Probate Court records indicate that Anna Meredith married James Webster on February 26, 1882.

The September 30, 1922 issue of the Sandusky Register reported that Mrs. Anna Webster passed away suddenly at the residence of her sister, Mrs. E. Baker, of Marion, Ohio. Anna Webster was survived by two sisters, Mrs. Simeon C. Prout of Delaware, Ohio; Mrs. E. Baker of Marion, Ohio; and a brother, R. L. Meredith of Zanesville, Ohio. The Superintendent of Sandusky City Schools, Frank J. Prout, was a nephew of Mrs. Anna Webster. Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Webster were held at Webster residence at 604 Perry Street in Sandusky, and burial was at Oakland Cemetery.

Judge Elisha M. Colver

In Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery is this well worn tombstone honoring Elisha Maffit Colver. A Grand Army of the Republic marker has been placed in front of the stone for Elisha M. Colver.

Elisha Maffit Colver was born in Hudson, New York in 1832. When he was a teenager, he moved with his family to Huron County, Ohio. In 1859 Elisha M. Colver graduated from Cincinnati Law School, and he began practicing law in Wood County, Ohio the same year.

During the Civil War Elisha M. Colver served as Lieutenant in Co. B of the Third Ohio Cavalry. He became Captain of Co. K, Third Ohio Cavalry in 1861. Following the war, Elisha opened a law office in Sandusky. He became City Solicitor in 1868, and was Probate Judge of Erie County from 1870 through 1878. Elisha M. Colver died on September 19, 1895. His stone is situated directly in front of Clara Prout Colver's monument. Patty Pascoe devotes three pages of her book ELECTED TO SERVE to Judge Elisha M. Colver.


The first wife of Elisha M. Colver was Clara Prout. Clara died in 1874, leaving behind several small children. In 1876, Elisha married Caroline T. Wood. Elisha and Caroline had a baby who lived for only three years.



Georgia Elizabeth Colver's tombstone has this inscription at the bottom of her stone: Our darling sleeps sweetly.























The top of her stone reads "At Rest." Georgia was born Nov. 13, (the year is illegible) and "Departed this Life October 28, 1886."

Sand Hill Cemetery

Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Margaretta Township of Erie County. The cemetery is found at the intersection of Skadden and Mason Roads, west of Route 4.

Donald M. Love, who was secretary of Oberlin College from 1938 through 1962, is buried at Sand Hill Cemetery.














Frank J. Prout, who was the president of Bowling Green State University from 1939 to 1951, is buried here with his first wife, Alice Flegal Prout. Prout's Station was named for ancestors of Dr. Prout.












Leon Dewitt Liles, who was Chief Aerographer for the United States Navy, lost his life was in service aboard the U.S.S. Akron, on April 4, 1933. The inscription on his tombstone reads: "In Memory of My Husband" Olive M. Liles.





Over one hundred listings from Sand Hill Cemetery appear on the FindaGrave website.

Dr. Charles Hope Merz

Dr. Charles Merz was born in Oxford, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1861. He attended Miami University and graduated from Western Reserve University College of Medicine in 1885. He was a physician in Sandusky for many years. Charles Hope Merz married Sakie Prout about 1891.

According to the book 10,000 FAMOUS FREEMASONS, by William R. Denslow,Charles H. Merz was the publisher of the Sandusky Masonic Bulletin. He was considered a scholar of Masonic history and wrote many books about the Masons, including GUILD MASONRY IN THE MAKING, available fulltext at Google Books.

Dr. Charles H. Merz died on October 14, 1947. He is buried in Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery. The son of Dr. Charles H. and Sakie Prout Merz was also named Charles Merz. The younger Charles Merz was an editor and author best known for CENTERVILLE, U.S.A., THE GREAT AMERICAN BANDWAGON, and THE DRY DECADE. Charles Merz was the editor of the New York Times from 1938 until 1961. His editorials in opposition to Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950's were influential on American thinking.

A. W. Prout

Andrew W. Prout was born in Bloomingville in 1837. (Prior to 1838, Bloomingville was part of Huron County, but after 1838, Bloomingville was part of Erie County.) He moved to Sandusky in 1856. Mr. Prout was a banker, and also had an insurance business, and was treasurer of many local organizations. Andrew W. Prout was founder of the first interurban electric railway system out of Sandusky. His wife was Sarah M. Richmond. He was survived by a son and daughter, George R. Prout and Mrs. Sakie Merz.

The unincorporated community known as “Prout’s Station” was named for the father of Andrew W. Prout, who had the same name.The elder Andrew W. Prout was an early settler of Prout's Station. Andrew W. Prout died in 1913 and is buried in Sandusky’s Oakland Cemetery. Obituaries for Andrew W. Prout are found in the June 2 and June 3 issues of the Sandusky Register.