Memorial Cards for George and Lomira Cady

Victorian-era memorial cards were often distributed at funerals or mailed to relatives as keepsakes. George Washington Cady died September 2, 1911 aged 81 years (born Dec. 14, 1829). He is buried in Highland Cemetery. Lomira Cady (wife of David B. Cady, 1818-1913) was born March 3, 1818 and died November 27, 1887. David and Lomira are buried together in Canton''s Kinyon Cemetery. I did see David's family tree but did not see a George with the correct dates, or even close, so I don't know the relationship between David and George, if any.

The Mystery of the Aray Graves

Dusty D happened across this little tidbit in the Archives. It is a memorandum written in 1952 by onetime city historian (back when this was a paid position) Louis White. He notes the existence of Aray family graves on the Cady farm near the present-day Meijer's on Carpenter Road. As you can see on this Google map, 4280 Ellsworth is now the site of a subdivision. What happened to these graves? Why did Mr. Cady tell Mr. White to "keep [his] nose out"? Dusty D did a bit of checking on the Aray family and saw that there was an interracial marriage in the family, in an era when that was pretty much unthinkable. Is this why? Was Mr. Cady a relative who didn't want this publicized? Where are the graves now? It's one of those mysteries that starts tugging at your sleeve: "Please, tell our story..."