Wesleyan Cemetery, Samuel Pollock Burial Records

Samuel Pollock

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Name	Samuel Pollock
Grave Location	Section I, Lot 91
Death/Interment Date	D: 13 January 1870 I: 16 January 1870
Age at Death	59 Years
Birth Date
Spouse	Isabella Farrell Pollock
Source of Info	Carole Williams

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Photo of the tombstone of
Samuel & Isabella Pollock.

Tombstone Inscription:

Father and Mother
at Rest

Samuel Pollock
died
Jan 13, 1870
aged
59 years Isabella Pollock
died
May 4, 1890
aged
79 years

Their happy spirits rest with God, above this world of care.
Lord guide us by His Holy Word, that we may meet them there.

Submitted by Rob & Carole Williams.

Notes:

More info from Carole Williams:

SAMUEL POLLOCK
Pottery Manufacturer of Cincinnati
1811-1870

Samuel Pollock, a Potter of Scots-Irish descent, immigrated to the United States from Scotland in 1850. His second wife, Isabella Farrell, their children Isabella, Samuel Jr., Mary and a daughter Agnes, from his first marriage, accompanied him.

Settling in Cincinnati the family lived at 30 Dayton Street. In 1859, Samuel Pollock established the Dayton Street Pottery, at Dayton and Whiteman Streets, a few blocks from his residence. Under the management of Samuel and with the assistance of family members, the Dayton Street Pottery produced articles for domestic use in the home, ale and porter bottles, tobacco pipe heads, garden vases, flower pots, stove linings and furnace bricks. The products were of yellow ware and the Rockingham glaze was used. This operation provided employment to many in Cincinnati.

An unknown hazard of the pottery industry was lead poisoning; the lead in glazes being absorbed through the skin. In 1870, Samuel Pollock succumbed to lead poisoning. The Cincinnati Daily Gazette reported on January 14th and 15th:

"POLLOCK - On the 13th inst., after a long and painful illness, Samuel Pollock, in the 59th year of age. Funeral from York Street, Methodist Episcopal Church, on Sunday, the 16th inst., at 2 o'clock P.M. Friends are respectfully invited to attend."

Samuel Pollock was buried at the Wesleyan Cemetery in the Pollock Plot, Section I Lot #91.

The Pollock family continued operating the Pottery until 1874 at which time they sold it to Patrick L. Coultry. In 1880, the family moved from Cincinnati to East Liverpool, Ohio and there used their skills in established potteries at that locale.

Reference: Dayton Street Pottery, Lehner's Encyclopedia of U. S. Marks on Pottery, Porcelain & Clay by Lois Lehner.

Other family members buried in the Pollock Plot at Wesleyan Cemetery are:
Elizabeth Pollock - 1850-1858 Isabella Field - 1842-1858 Isabella Pollock Hodgson - 1841- 1866 Robert West Elliott - 1871 Andrew S. Pollock - 1870-1872	Edward S. Pollock - 1870-1872 Robert G. Pollock - 1870-1873 Infant Elliott - 1874-1875 Martha J. Elliott - 1874-1875 Isabella Farrell Pollock - 1812-1890

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