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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 20, 2012

Remembering the Veterans of the Butcher (AKA Walnut Grove Cemetery) in North Lewisburg, Champaign County, Ohio.




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”, 66th Reg. O.V.I.
1820
(grave registration card)
October 11, 1885
(G .A. R. Briney Post #293)
About 65
APPLE, William Cpl.
Co. “H”, 66th 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
30th 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” 132nd 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”, 13th O.V.I.
1843
(grave registration card)
July 2, 1872
(grave registration card)
About 29
TRIBBETT, William
Co. “A” 9th  Indiana V.I. &
Co. “M” 11th  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)
54th Indiana Inf.– F&S.
About 1828
May 6, 1904 (no stone)
76 years