An inside the stone fence view of a partially completed section of the reconstructed stone wall enclosing the Old Burying Ground in Greenfield, Ohio. You can see the stones and partial stones that have been reset within the framework of the wall itself.Above is a link to my Facebook page for the Old Burying Ground photographs that were submitted to me by Earlene Scott of Greenfield, Ohio. (Click title)
Earlene has worked tirelessly on many fronts to spearhead all of the efforts of restoring the Old Burying Ground in Greenfield, Ohio.
Thank you, Earlene, for all you and other volunteers have done and continue to do to preserve tombstones that have broken and fallen from their original burial locations in this early pioneer cemetery.
Quoting Earlene:
"Workers salvaged pieces and parts of tombstones and framed them within the wall so that they were preserved and could still be part of the cemetery. These pieces were lost from their graves thru the years and were stored. This project has allowed the wall to become a living memory for those early settlers and citizens."
A great post, Linda. So inspirational. A great big thank you to all volunteers who work so tirelessly at cemetery preservation.
ReplyDeleteHi Judith! Thank you for posting your kind comments and thoughts. Yes, I wholeheartedly agree that volunteers can never be shown enough appreciation as they are the backbone of endeavors such as cemetery preservation projects.
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda, maybe this is a lead where my gg-grandparents are buried. My cousins and I just found out they are buried in Greenfield, Ohio. Most of their lives they lived in Paint Township, Highland, Ohio. Does anyone have a list of who is buried here? We are looking for the graves of Noah and Nancy Johnson Abbott both died around 1895-1896?
ReplyDeleteI checked on-line for the Greenfield cemetery and also the McBride book I have for Highland County, Ohio and I did not locate any names with Noah or Nancy Abbott. Have you checked findagrave.com or Ohiogravestones.org? Greenfield is in Madison Township in Highland County. I'll see what else I can do to help you.
ReplyDeleteMore information to the question posted on the comments section here about Noah and Nancy Johnson Abbott.
ReplyDeleteThanks go to my dear friend, Marianna Morgan, for the following researched information about this couple:
Regarding your question. Noah Abbott was in Paxton Twp., Ross Co.., Ohio in 1850.
In Paint Twp., Highland Co., Ohio in 1860. In Madison Twp., Highland Co., Ohio in 1880.
However, according to information I found on Ancestry.com. He died in Illinois in 1895.
He was married to Nancy Johnson. I do not know where they got married. I checked
both Ross, Pike & Highland Counties and they weren't married in either of these counties.
He was born in 1810.