The following article possesses sufficient historical interest, I
think, to merit a place in the JOURNAL of the American-Irish
Historical Society. The article was evidently written by some one
well acquainted with the Fawcett family and appeared in the
_Tribune_ of East Liverpool, Ohio, Aug. 9, 1900. It interested me
and I thought it might also interest my fellow-members of the
Society. I therefore send it to you.[39]
There has just been erected and completed a granite memorial monument in
Riverview Cemetery[40] an illustration of which is given below, which is
worthy of mention in the _Tribune_. It will be found to the right of the
main driveway, and about midway in the section which slopes gently to
the south, and faces the city which was founded by Thomas Fawcett about
1800[41] just one hundred years ago. Here, in a beautiful lot, have been
placed the remains of these old pioneers, which were buried in the old
cemetery now going to ruin, and soon to be abandoned. The _Tribune_
takes pleasure in illustrating the memorial and giving the several
inscriptions: