Sandusky, OH
Installed June of 2006, the monument is located in Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, OH
The Sandusky Monument traces the Pomeroy Family in America from its progenitor, Eltweed Pomeroy down to Bill Pomeroy and follows the movement of Bill Pomeroy's ancestors from Pompey, NY to Sandusky, OH in the early 19th century.
InscriptionThe Pomeroy Anvil is symbolic to the Pomeroy family in America. First given
to Medad Pomeroy by the town of Northampton, Massachusetts in 1660, it was passed down through many generations of Pomeroy blacksmiths and gunsmiths.
This replica anvil is dedicated to all the descendants of Eltweed Pomeroy, who was born in Devonshire, England, and immigrated to Dorchester, Massachusetts about 1630.
| Eltweed | 1585 - 1673 |
| Deacon Medad | 1638 - 1716 |
| Hon. Maj. Ebenezer | 1669 - 1754 |
| Lieut. Daniel | 1709 - 1755 |
| Pliny | 1734 - 1804 |
| Spencer | 1781 - 1833 |
| Francis W. | 1807 - 1881 |
| Francis Austin | 1846 - 1932 |
| Edwin Guilford | 1886 - 1970 |
| William Guilford | 1913 - 1989 |
| William Guilford Jr. | 1944- |
Francis W. Pomeroy, born in Pompey, New York, settled in Sandusky about 1841 with his wife Matilda Brown, where they raised five children:
| Mary Ann | 1839 - 1882 |
| Julia | 1841 - |
| Edwin C. | 1843 - 1864 |
| Francis A. | 1846 - 1932 |
| Charles M. | 1849 - 1923 |
Francis W. Pomeroy purchased this 16 grave family plot to re-inter, in 1865, his son Edwin, who died in Chattanooga from wounds received Jun 21 1864 near Kennesaw Mountain.
Erected in 2006 by William Guilford Pomeroy, Jr.
