Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio

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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, September 8, 2009

Spain Cemetery (AKA Maple Grove/Spain) Cemetery - Rush Township - Champaign County, Ohio

The above two stones are the same, the one on the left is photographed in color and the one on the right re-done in black and white to better bring up the year of death.
Tombstones photographed at the "Spain" AKA Maple Grove/Spain Cemetery on September 5, 2009