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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."

Friday, June 21, 2019

Old Greencastle Cemetery Preservationists - A Plea for Help! - Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio


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"A neglected cemetery that hadn't been touched in years. My dad and I set a goal of helping to preserve and maintain this forgotten cemetery. We use our own lawn equipment to mow, cut down trees, and weed eat the cemetery. We can always use donations, volunteers, and word of mouth to help preserve this cemetery. Old Greencastle Cemetery is most likely the oldest cemetery in Dayton. The earliest dated tombstone found in the cemetery was inscribed in 1817. Even before the church was erected, the land may have been used as a family graveyard. However, few of the graveyard's records prior to 1913 exist as many of the cemetery's records, graves, and gravestones were destroyed during the 1913 Dayton flood."
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