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."

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Lakeside Cemetery - Bay Village, Ohio

Clicking on the title will take you to the listing of burials at the Lakeside Cemetery in Bay Village, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Quoted from the website:

"Lakeside Cemetery was the first public burying ground in Dover Township, which is now Bay Village, Westlake, and the northern portion of North Olmsted, Ohio. The historic cemetery is located in Bay Village on the shores of Lake Erie in Northern Ohio".
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Link to video about thefts and damage at Forest Cemetery in Circleville, Ohio

Please click on the title above for a WBNS 10-TV report about recent thefts and damage at Forest Cemetery in Circleville, Ohio. This was brought to my attention by Beth Santore. Thank you Beth. Hopefully, the perpetrator(s) will be caught and prosecuted.
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