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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."

Monday, November 4, 2013

Taking an Autumn Adventure at the Troy Cemetery in Troy Township, Geauga County, Ohio

Thanking my friend, Rick, for sharing his tombstone photographs taken during his recent visit to the Troy Cemetery located in Troy Towship in Geauga County, Ohio.  

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Per the Ohio Genealogical Society Publication:  "Ohio Cemeteries 1803 - 2003" by K. Roger Troutman, Editor, on page 226:

TROY - CENTER - WELSHFIELD - TROY (4207) Bur. Status: A (active). Cond: MM (Moderate or Average Maintenance). Bur Type: MBT (Multiple Burial Types).  Location:  0.3 mile west of SR 700 (Claridon-Troy Road).  South side of and at 13707 Main Market Road (US 422).  ODRE:  982091-T. 
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Currently, there are 1,012 interments listed for the "Troy" Cemetery on "Find A Grave."



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 White bronze monument for Civil War Veteran William Henry Reed
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Gravestone of Civil War Veteran Major B. Cook

 
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 Large gray granite monument for
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Beautiful two-toned gray granite monument for John and Jerusha Poole Welsh
 Scenes below from mausoleum dated 1879



 
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White marble tree trunk type monument for Elijah Weston
 
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Gray granite monument for Eli and Matilda Pool Dayton
 

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Dark gray granite monuemnt for Henry L. Hosmer, Jane L., his wife, and their infant daughter

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White marble tablet type marker for Betsey, wife of T. P. Hunter
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Gray granite monument for Issac and Dolly Torrey Pool (listed on "Find A Grave" as one of his three wives)

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Victorian style gray granite monument for Morris Truman and Jane, his wife