Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio: Remembering the Veterans of the Butcher (AKA Walnut Grove Cemetery) in North Lewisburg, Champaign County, Ohio.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Known also as “Walnut Grove Cemetery” (Walnut Grove Cemetery Association)

Other names:

“Butcher-Garwood Cemetery” (D.A.R. tombstone inscriptions) or “North Lewisburg Cemetery”

Located on the west side of Tallman Street and south side of Spain’s Creek

Village of North Lewisburg, Rush Township, Champaign County, Ohio ©

Information compiled from various sources

and personal visits

By:

Linda Jean Limes Ellis

NAME	DATE OF BIRTH	DATE OF DEATH	AGE AT DEATH
APPLE, Harrison Pvt. Co. “H”, 66^th Reg. O.V.I.	1820 (grave registration card)	October 11, 1885 (G .A. R. Briney Post #293)	About 65
APPLE, William Cpl. Co. “H”, 66^th Reg. O.V.I.	1843 (grave registration card)	July 3, 1872 (H. H. Hardesty record)	About 29
BUTCHER, Capt. James M. S. Son of J.M 30^th Indiana Infantry	October 4, 1837 (stone found 9/5/09 Linda Ellis)	December 1, 1865	28 years 1 mo. 27 days (calculated)
EVANS, Charles E. Co.“C” 132^nd Reg. OV.I.	March 26, 1839 (Evans Family web site)	May 10, 1888 (newspaper story)	49 years 1 mo. 14 days (calculated)
JONES, Loda (Loday?) Co. “D”, 13^th O.V.I.	1843 (grave registration card)	July 2, 1872 (grave registration card)	About 29
TRIBBETT, William Co. “A” 9^th Indiana V.I. & Co. “M” 11^th Indiana V.C.	About 1828	September 28, 1896 (per pension & death records) (G. A. R. Briney Post #293)	68 years (per Champaign Co. death record Vol. 2 Pg. 531)
WAGSTAFF, Sgt. Wm. H. (husband of Melissa Butcher) 54^th Indiana Inf.– F&S.	About 1828	May 6, 1904 (no stone)	76 years