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"A cemetery may be considered as abandoned when all or practically all of the bodies have been Removed therefrom and no bodies have been buried therein for a great many years, and the cemetery has been so long neglected as entirely to lose its identity as such, and is no longer known, recognized and respected by the public as a cemetery. 1953 OAG 2978."

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Plat Map of (North) Lewisburg in 1857 in Rush Township, Champaign County, Ohio

Click on Title to access the government website for The Village of North Lewisburg

Click on 1857 plat map below for a larger view of (North) Lewisburg, Ohio



Two cemeteries are wholly within the Village of North Lewisburg's boundaries, the Butcher AKA Walnut Grove Cemetery on Tallman Street, and the Friends (Quaker) Cemetery on the property of the former Friends Church on Winder Street. 
Findagrave.com link to Butcher Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=40119&CScn=Butcher&CScntry=4&CSst=37

Findagrave.com link to Friends Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2199365&CScn=Friends&CScntry=4&CSst=37



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