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."

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Getting Ready for Memorial Day - 2012 - Sheep Pen Cemetery - Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio

Extending my appreciation to Scott Andersen for picking up flags and military flag holders from the Highland County Veterans Services and placing them at the gravesites of the veterans buried at Sheep Pen Cemetery.

Here is a great view of the new marker for Civil War Veteran Samuel Crooks with the American Flag flying beside it.  

Thanking Scott also for taking this photograph!


The veterans buried at Sheep Pen (Also Known as Limes or Gustin Cemetery) are:

William Beals - War of 1812

Samuel Crooks - Civil War

Joseph Daugherty - Civil War

William R. Irwin, Sr. - War of 1812

Noah McVay, Sr. - War of 1812

N. T.  (Noah T.) McVay - Civil War