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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."

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Butcher Cemetery - North Lewisburg, Champaign County, Ohio - stone found for Jonathan B. Jenkins

The (partial) stone for Jonathan B. Jenkins was found at the Butcher Cemetery in North Lewisburg on September 5, 2009. 
The stone is no longer at the original burial site, however. 
Per the D.A.R. stone reading records done in 1959: 
"JENKINS, Jonathan B. son of J. & F., died May 23, 1869, aged 2 years, 3 months, 12 days."

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