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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."

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Friends (Quaker) Cemetery - North Lewisburg, Champaign County, Ohio

Above Photograph:
Robert Hutchinson stone - Friends (Quaker) Cemetery, North Lewisburg, Champaign County, Ohio.
This stone is among three stones that appear to have been recently damaged and broken.
Robert Hutchinson - son of S. & F (Samuel and Fannie) Hutchinson. Died April 19, 1867, age 10 years.

Above Photograph:
David Osborn stone at the Friends (Quaker) Cemetery in North Lewisburg, Champaign County, Ohio. This stone is among three stones that appear to have been recently damaged and broken.
David G. Osborn, son of A. & E. died April 25, 1850; age 24 years, five months and 28 days; per D.A.R. tombstone transcriptions.
Above Photograph:
Levi Winder stone - son of Abner and Hope Ballinger Winder. Levi Winder born September 3, 1846 per Quaker records.
Friends (Quaker) Cemetery, North Lewisburg, Champaign County, Ohio.
This stone is among three stones that appear to have been recently damaged and broken.