Sharing this TV news story from WHIOTV Channel 7 in Dayton, Ohio.:
The news video tells the most current situation showing just how severely neglected the grounds are surrounding the gravesites at the New Greencastle Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio. Thankfully, volunteer landscapers have stepped in to do the job the owners of the cemetery have failed to do on a regular ongoing basis.
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The New Greencastle Cemetery, which is an active cemetery, has a lapsed registration per the Ohio Department of Commerce's website:
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From the "Dayton Daily News" Report of September 23, 2016:
"Cemetery Supt. Headstone Concerns Unfounded"
"Cemetery Supt. Headstone Concerns Unfounded"
by Mark Gokavi, Staff Writer
Excerpt:“It’s not going to look like a million-dollar cemetery,” Boykins said. “We’re there to serve a purpose for that community.”
Harrison Township Cemetery Association / Greencastle Cemetery Records
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Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives
Phone: 937-775-2092
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/ | |
Harrison Township Cemetery Association | |
1868-2005 | |
1940-1989 | |
6 linear feet (3 boxes) | |
The collection contains handwritten and typed documents of burial plots and grave records, maps, financial reports and receipts, deeds, ledgers, meeting minutes, photographs, and correspondence. The records pertain to both New Greencastle Cemetery and Old Greencastle Cemetery, which are burial grounds of some of the founders of Dayton. | |
MS-366 | |
The records are in English
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Resources for Old Greencastle Cemetery:
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