Owen Monroe Pruitt (1916 - 1997) - Find A Grave Memorial

Owen Monroe Pruitt (1916 - 1997) - Find A Grave Memorial

Please visit the "Find A Grave" memorial for PFC Owen Monroe Pruitt who was the recipient of 7 Bronze Stars for his bravery during World War II.  

The Modest Monument of Caroline S. Pim Stands Upright Again at the Friends (Quaker) Cemetery in North Lewisburg, Champaign County, Ohio

Thanking Rush Township Trustee, Cinda Bailey and her family, for their help to put this mid-size monument back upright on its base.  It now awaits to be secured in place and cleaned.  

Click on title to read Caroline S. Pim's "Find A Grave" memorial.

Awaiting Easter at All Saints Cemetery in Northfield, Summit County, Ohio

Sharing some photographs of portions of Section 8 and a longer shot view of the Babyland area set aside at All Saints Cemetery in Northfield, Summit County, Ohio. 

There were many unique and decorative Easter displays in place at most gravesites that were interesting to see and photograph.  This cemetery is comprised of primarily flat in-ground markers. 

 Looking up the hill in Section 8 at All Saints Cemetery

 Grave marker for Thomas Giuliano

 Family stone for the family of Alfred Ellis (father), Ann Ellis (mother) and Alfred N. Ellis (son)

 Looking up the hill in Section 8 at All Saints Cemetery

View of the Babyland area of All Saints Cemetery with guardian angel standing in the center above.

"All Saints Catholic Cemetery has been serving the Catholic community since 1964. Spanning over 271 acres of rolling grounds with two lakes, All Saints Catholic Cemetery is found near the Cuyahoga Valley National Park."

"Preserving Ohio's Cemeteries" -- A New Facebook Group with a Focus on Bringing Together 'Like Minded" People Who Care and are Concerned About Preserving Ohio's Gravesites and Cemeteries

A new Facebook Group, "Preserving Ohio's Cemeteries," has been created.  

It is amazing how many new Facebook Groups have emerged in the past few months.  I feel now is a good time for a group that focuses on preserving Ohio's gravesites and cemeteries.  To bring together people of "like minds" who desire to share with others their experiences, ideas, and stories on this subject.

"Preserving Ohio's Cemeteries" Facebook Group will act as a 'hub' bringing together those who care, and will in turn, inspire others to participate in expanding awareness of the needs that so many of Ohio's cemeteries and individual gravesites have ranging from improving grounds maintenance, repairing or replacing markers, finding ways to locate lost gravesites, learning proper gravestone cleaning techniques, and helping others to become involved.

 

  Too much Ohio history has already been lost through time and neglect.  That trend needs to be reversed, and only we an do it.

Pleake a moment to check out "Preserving Ohio's Cemeteries" on Facebook and consider joining to participate in discussions, share your experiences, and learn from others.  

Thank you!

J. Hamlin Epps (1876 - 1953) - Find A Grave Memorial

J. Hamlin Epps (1876 - 1953) - Find A Grave Memorial

Sharing this "Find A Grave" memorial.  

J. Hamlin Epps was buried at the Maple Grove Cemetery just outside the village limits of North Lewisburg, Champaign County, Ohio.  

Today, a photograph of the gravestone was posted on this memorial.  

Find A Graeve's "Photo volunteer" program is one of the best benefits of the website!

Cora Lombard Millington (1873 - 1902) - Find A Grave Memorial

Cora Lombard Millington (1873 - 1902) - Find A Grave Memorial

Sharing the Find A Grave Memorial for Cora Lombard Millington

Adaline D. Limes Dailey (1826 - 1898) - Find A Grave Memorial

Adaline D. Limes Dailey (1826 - 1898) - Find A Grave Memorial

Sharing this "Find A Grave" memorial for my great-great Aunt.  Her full name was Adaline D. Limes Winder Winder Ballinger Dailey.  I think you'll enjoy reading the history of her remarkable life!  I would be thrilled one day to see her photograph!  

Harry Limes (1904 - 1988) - Find A Grave Memorial

Sharing my Find A Grave Memorial for my father, Harry Limes, who died 25 years ago today.  

Harry Limes (1904 - 1988) - Find A Grave Memorial

 Harry Limes and Linda - Lorain, Ohio - 1970s

 Harry Limes graduation photograph - McComb High School, McComb, Ohio - 1923

Spotlighting "The Graveyard Rabbit of Northern Virginia"

I would like to take a moment to thank "The Graveyard Rabbit of Northern Virginia" for following "Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in Ohio" and for including it on their blog roll.  

I appreciate so much all of the followers of "Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in Ohio" and wish to thank you all for your kind support, which has meant so much!!

Milo H. Barnum (1843 - 1919) - Find A Grave Memorial

Milo H. Barnum (1843 - 1919) - Find A Grave Memorial

Spotlighting Milo H. Barnum, Civil War Veteran of the 103rd O.V.I. Co. "B", buried at the Bedford Cemetery in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.  

Many thanks to "Find A Grave" contributor "MHB" for posting this memorial and including two photographs of Milo H. Barnum that truly compliment the history of his early and later life.  

His grave is marked with a small flat red granite marker that has become chipped along the edges of the stone.

The Gentle Gentile: Local Catholic Man, Anthony Pisciotta, Volunteers His Time To Fix Up Jewish Bayside Cemetery « CBS New York

Sharing this heartwarming story from "CBS New York" -- a simple lesson anyone can learn from no matter where they live. 

Thanking Jonathan Appell for posting this story.

The Gentle Gentile: Local Catholic Man, Anthony Pisciotta, Volunteers His Time To Fix Up Jewish Bayside Cemetery « CBS New York

Re-visiting the Hale Cemetery in Hardin County, Ohio

Be sure and also check out the Hardin County Genealogical Society's website

for more information about researching your Hardin County, Ohio ancestors.  

Below are the cemetery books available for purchase from the Hardin County Genealogical Society (click at the link at the bottom of their Publication Page for the full listing, which includes:

Buck-Cessna Township Cemetery Book

Calvary Cemetery, Logan County Inscriptions

Dola Cemetery     Dunkirk Cemetery Stone Readings

Hale Township Cemetery Listing  (Including Burial Permits)

Index to Hardin Co Veteran's Graves

Marion Township Cemetery Inscriptions

McDonald Cemetery Inscriptions

Pleasant Township Cemeteries

Preston Cemetery (Marion Twp) Burial Permit Records – Vol 1

Preston Cemetery (Marion Twp) Index to Burials

Roundhead Township Cemetery Inscriptions

St. Mary’s Cemetery

Below are a few photographs from a June, 2012 trip to the Hale Cemetery, in Hale Township, Hardin County, Ohio.  

Currently, there are 647 interments listed for the Hale Cemetery on "Find A Grave" with 7 outstanding gravestone photograph requests. 

Joshua Winder (1810 - 1872) - Find A Grave Memorial

Joshua Winder (1810 - 1872) - Find A Grave Memorial

Read what Joshua Winder wrote in his Will about the burial ground that is his final resting place.  

Spotlighting "Respectful Interment Preservations"

From Jay Russell of "Respectful Interment Preservations - R.I.P.":

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"Is your group or organization making plans for the summer? Be sure to include a presentation by R.I.P.!"

 

"I have just completed a Powerpoint presentation on vintage medines, devices and disease names. Now booking preservation work and presentations for the summer season. Contact R.I.P. to reserve your time now."

Taking a Detailed Look at "Sexton Records" on Familysearch.org

Sharing from the "March 2013 - FamilySearch Wiki Contributor Newsletter" that just 'popped up' in my in-box today!:

Read First:

"Wiki Tip - Get to Know the Sexton"

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Next, click on the link at the bottom of the article for the full details (link here below):

Sexton Records - From Familysearch.org

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Be sure to also read:

United States Cemeteries

A Call for Help! Logan County Genealogical Society Plans to Update Cemetery Transcription Books

Deb Allison, "Find A Grave" contributor and current President of the Logan County Genealogical Society, has posted that the society plans to re-print updated versions of their Logan County cemetery books that were originally published in the 1980s.  However, extra help is needed from additional volunteers who could join them in walking Logan County cemeteries and recording gravestone inscriptions.

There are two email addresses attributed to Deb:

From her "Find A Grave" member page:   

debsearches4fam@aol.com
 

or

debalogangs@embarqmail.com

(from the Logan County Genealogical Society's website.) 

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Thus, if you live in the Logan County, Ohio area and wish to participate with helping transcribe gravestone inscriptions at local cemeteries, please contact Deb Allison. 

Per "Find A Grave" there are over 100 cemeteries listed on their website for Logan County, Ohio. 

Spotlighting "Ohio Cemeteries" on "Cyndi's List"

If you are like me and have been researching your ancestors for a number of years, you have utilized "Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet"

Cyndi is Cyndi Ingle Howells.  Cyndi has almost 4,000 followers on Twitter!

You can spend hours browsing "Cyndi's List" and enjoy every minute of it because new links are added quite often.  

Today, I am spotlighting "Cyndi's List" for our purposes of researching the topic of Ohio Cemeteries.  

A few good general categories to start your "Cyndi's List" cemetery search are:

"Cemeteries and Funeral Homes"

"Preservation and Conservation"

"Ohio Cemeteries and Funeral Homes"  -- (Thank you Cyndi for including "Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in Ohio" in your Ohio Cemeteries link!)

With over 326,000 links on "Cyndi's List," I am confident you will locate several that will help you to learn more about available resources on the Internet that you may have overlooked or are new. 

Thank you, Cyndi, for continuing with your magnificient website that has been a rare genealogical gem indeed and has withstood the test of time on the world's ever-changing Internet.

John Peter Shirk (1787 - 1873) - Find A Grave Memorial

John Peter Shirk (1787 - 1873) - Find A Grave Memorial

Featuring the "Friends" Cemeteries in Champaign County, Ohio listed on "Find A Grave"

As most of us who have ever searched on "Find A Grave" have come to learn quite often we see two cemeteries listed with the same name. A few examples come to mind and one is in Champaign County, Ohio

The title links to the "Find A Grave" listing of two "Friends" Cemeteries in Champaign County. The top one just states it is in Champaign County and the lower one listed also includes the identification of "North Lewisburg."

If the top listed "Friends" Cemetery is accessed we learn that it also is known by other names which are Lapham-Ryan Cemetery or Old Mount Tabor Cemetery. No location, however, is provided for it. Unfortunately, "Find A Grave" does not offer the ability to include a township name in a description when a cemetery is located in a township but not a town.

Spotlighting Ohio's Rufus Putnam

To learn more about Revolutionary War Continental Army Brigadier General Rufus Putnam, who was buried at Mound Cemetery in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio visit his "Find A Grave" memorial:

General Rufus Putnam

 General Putnam's original gravestone is not located at his gravesite.  

For details about it, click on title to learn where his beautiful original gravestone is today. 

Spotlighting Maple Grove Cemetery - Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio

Once again, I'm sharing some photographs sent to me by Diana Goodes, "Find A Grave" contributor.  Diana visited some of Ohio's cemeteries in November of 2010 and photographed various gravestones, Civil War monuments, and cemetery landscapes.  

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Today, I'm posting photographs Diana took at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio.  

There are three famous interments listed on "Find A Grave" for Maple Grove Cemetery in Mechanicsburg:
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William Bart Saxbe, U. S. Ambassador and Ohio Senator.

"Find A Grave" contributor, Bill McKern, has posted a nice photograph of Senator Saxbe on his memorial. Bill credits the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum for the photograph.  

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Thomas W. Thompson, "Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient."  

 "Find A Grave" contributor, Rob Weller, has posted a wonderful Civil War era photograph of him on his memorial.  

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  Addison White, "A runaway slave."  "During the Civil War, he served with the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, before returning to Mechanicsburg where he worked at the city's street department."  

"Find A Grave" contributor, Bigwoo, has posted a wonderful early photograph of Addison White on his memorial.  

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 Currently, there are 4,993 interments listed on "Find A Grave" for the Maple Grove Cemetery in Mechanicsburg.  Fifteen gravestone photo requests are waiting for photo volunteers to fulfill them by walking Maple Grove Cemetery, taking the gravestone pictures, and posting them on their corresponding memorials.  

The photo volunteer program is a fantastic feature of "Find A Grave" and has helped so many of us see gravestones of relatives, friends, and even early ancestors that we might not see otherwise.  

 

Thank you Diana for sharing your photographs with us!

Sharing a Story from the Blog "Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia" and the "Morning Journal" -- "Brownhelm Tombstones Disclose Segments of State's Political Past"

I admit it, I'm a 'blog nut" -- I enjoy composing posts for this blog and presenting, to the best of my ability, information relating to cemetery preservation in Ohio.  Along with the preservation aspects of tombstones, gravesites and cemeteries, I feel it is worthwhile to stay focused on the fact that almost every day almost forgotten gravesites in our Buckeye State are being re-discovered; and those stories need to be shared as well.

Also, I enjoy reading other people's blogs and have included permanent links to several here.  Please review them because from time to time I will be updating and adding new ones.  When I note that a blog has not posted any recent activity, it is subject for removal, however.  

But, today, I am proud to share here a blog post from one of my favorite blogs:

"Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia"

"VINTAGE ADS, PHOTOS, POSTCARDS & REMINISCING!"

 Hosted by Mr. Dan Brady 

 

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First, just a word or two about me.  I was born and raised in Lorain, Ohio.  It is, from all accounts, the largest city between Cleveland and Toledo that sits on Ohio's Lake Erie shoreline.  

Unfortunately, Lorain's past is far more glorious and glamorous than its present.  

However, those of us who are native Lorainites remain proud of it despite the negative press it often receives.  Or, in many cases, no press at all!!  I say this because to my mind, for many reasons, Lorain sits in the shadows of its much larger neighbor -- Cleveland.  For example, many Eastsiders in Cuyahoga County (where Cleveland is the county seat) know there is a Lorain Road running east to west on the west side of the county.   

If you just say "Lorain" some folks may think you are speaking of Lorain Road.  Their next thought might be "Lorain County."  But, when I say "I'm from Lorain," I mean the city itself.  

Both Lorain City and Lorain County have a rich past.  Personal histories for each have often overlapped from city to county and vice versa.  I try to keep that thought in mind too.

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 Thus, today it is my pleasure to present an October 19, 2012 "Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia" blogpost entitled (please click on title below): 

"Brownhelm Tombstones: What's in a name?"

The post spotlights a Lorain "Morningjournal" news story:

"Brownhelm Tombstones Disclose Segments of State's Political Past"
By LEE BERTON

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You can learn more about the Brownhelm Cemetery and those interred there on "Find A Grave" which currently has 1,607 burials listed for it.