“The first death in Wadsworth was that of Daniel Ware, in 1817.  He was buried in the south burial-ground.  The funeral discourse was preached by John Wise, of Chippewa.  His coffin was made by Reuben Warner and others, from puncheons split from a tree, and hewed down to thin planks.”

Reference Data:

History of Medina Co. Ohio, by William Perrin, J.H. Battle and Weston Arthur Goodspeed, 1881, page 430