Judge issues final order on Fairview Memorial Park - Delaware County, Ohio

Judge issues final order on Fairview Memorial Park

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There are 1,717 memorials for Fairview Memorial Park in Delaware County listed on Find A Grave.  

It has been a long time coming for Delaware County's Fairview Memorial Park to have a viable owner.  Finally, and thankfully, the Berlin Township Trustees are now legally responsible for it's care and regular maintenance. 
Congratulations go out to Mr. Tim Foor who has been tireless since the beginning with his dedication to Fairview Memorial Park and its reaching this important goal of having a full-time responsible owner. 
Tim is the owner of Hallowed Ground Cemetery Preservation, LLC

Minster cemetery receives new marker for well-known native - Johann Anton Goehr

Minster cemetery receives new marker for well-known native

From the Sidney Daily News - Minster - Auglaize County, Ohio.:

Johann Anton Goehr

Soldiers Monument restoration - Cardington, Ohio

Soldiers Monument restoration

Sharing from Morrow County, Ohio. Glendale Cemetery.

Sharing this heartwarming story about the special caretakers of the Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery in Hilliard, Franklin County, Ohio

Here is another touchingly heartfelt story from Holly Zachariah, senior reporter with the "Columbus Dispatch." It spotlights three devoted men - one 95 years old - who tenderly care for the gravesites and grounds of Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery in Hilliard, Franklin County, Ohio.

  

Thanking Holly Zachariah for covering the facts that touch upon the human interest side of the stories.  Many have connections to central Ohio cemeteries.

The Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery on "Find A Grave" with 269 memorials.

The Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery on "GenealogyBug.net by David K. and Leona L. Gustafson"

Northeast Ohio mystery warms up 140 years later and ends in Wilmington — or is it just beginning?

Northeast Ohio mystery warms up 140 years later and ends in Wilmington — or is it just beginning?

October 19: ON THIS DAY in 1952, Truman here, rips Ike on Korea

October 19: ON THIS DAY in 1952, Truman here, rips Ike on Korea: ON THIS DAY IN 1918, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Cemeteries in the Second Ward of Queens Borough are being taxed beyond limit, due to the epidemic of influenza and pneumonia, which has trebled the city’s ordinary death rate. During the past three weeks, there has been a daily average of 300 funerals at Calvary …

Sharing a query from Mr. Bill Trimble.: " Looking for burial location of Philip Van Blaricom who died August 12 1840 in Auglaize County, Ohio"

Sharing this query that comes from Bill Trimble (dmpd248@gmail.com).:

"For over 40 years my family has searched for the burial place of my Great Great Grandfather without any luck whatsoever. I have searched Auglaize Cemeteries on Findagrave and my late aunt had written to someone who was with a Historical Center who informed her that he believed he was buried in a Cemetery that had been reclaimed for farm land.  

My Great Great Grandfather Philip Van Blaricom born 20 October 1809 Wapakoneta, Auglaize County Ohio

Died 12 August 1840 Auglaize County. Married Rebecca Jane Waltz 20 October 1831 in Ross County Ohio. His last child, my Great Grandmother Mary Jane Van Blaricom, was born 05 September 1831 in Fryburg, Auglaize County.

I have Deed information and Probate information for Philip but no death certificate. 

I am not sure of religious affiliation but if I had to guess it would have been either Catholic or Protestant Reformation. Philip Van Blaricom's family line goes back to Blaricum Holland when his ancestor came to this country he did so as Lubbert Gysberten; to the best of our knowledge he was the first one to call himself Van Blaricum. 

The name I have to assume came from those who recorded entry of immigrants. Van means "from" and Blaricum was the town he came from. If I had to hazard a guess most probably they asked his name and he responded with Lubbert then Van (from) and (Blaricum) the town. So he became Lubbert Van Blaricum, who knows they might have thought they gave you a new name when you arrived in the United States."

Updates: Ohio Department of Commerce - The Ohio Cemetery Grant Program Awards for 2021 AND "5 Valley Cemeteries Receiving Funding for Repairs, Improvements" - WFMJ in Youngstown, Ohio

These are the first announcements noted thus far identifying the cemeteries that have received grants from the Ohio Cemetery Grant Fund Program for use in the year 2021. 

Excerpts.:

"The Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing awarded $73,846 in grants today to 45 Ohio cemeteries through the 2021 Cemetery Grant Fund."

"Cemeteries receiving funding from this grant in the Valley included five cemeteries, including two in Mahoning and three in Trumbull County. The Valley will receive a third of all the funds,$25,069 out of $75,000 awarded, which is available for restorations and improvements."

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From the Twitter account of the Ohio Department of Commerce's Department of Real Estate and Professional Licensing.:

We congratulate all of the recipients who received these much needed grants from the 2021 Ohio Cemetery Grant Fund Program! 

"New Green Lawn Monument Commemorates Early Columbus Settlers" - Story from the "Columbus Dispatch" - October 13, 2020

Sharing a link to a story in the "Columbus Dispatch", October 13, 2020 by Fred Squillante about a wolf statue that is newly erected to commemorate the re-interments from Columbus' North Cemetery that had closed in the 1880s to Section R at Green Lawn Cemetery.  

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"When the city's North Cemetery was closed in the 1880s, most of the interments were moved to Green Lawn. The county bought several lots in Section R of the cemetery for these re-burials. But there has never been a dedicated monument to them. One will finally be dedicated. It is a statue of a wolf because our early settlers called the east bank of the Scioto, Wolf's Ridge."  

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The Green Lawn Cemetery on "Find A Grave" 

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Green Lawn Cemetery Association

Scioto Gives slated for this Thursday, October 15th

Scioto Gives slated for this Thursday, October 15th

Note:  The section about the Friends of Greenlawn Cemetery Foundation.  

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Greenlawn Cemetery in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio.:

Announcing Two "Pop Up Tours" that include the Marietta Mound Cemetery - Saturday, October 17, 2020 - 12:00 to 2:00PM and 2:30 to 4:30PM Tours - $10.00 each

 Sharing this news from the "Marietta Times" of  upcoming tours that includes the Mound Cemetery in Marietta. 

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The website of The Castle's Pop Up Marietta Mounds Tour and Registration Page

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12:00PM to 2:00PM Buy Tickets Registration

2:30PM to 4:30PM Buy Tickets Registration

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Excerpts.:

"The Marietta Mounds tour will begin at the Mound Cemetery, located at 5th and Scammel Streets in Marietta and will require transportation to the Capitolium, Quadranaou, and Sacra Via sites.

The cost-per-person is $10.

***Reservations are required in advance and will only be accepted via online registration or over the phone payment by calling 740-373-4180. On-site and cash payments will not be accepted.

The Castle follows all CDC and Ohio Department of Health Guidelines. Masks are required and 6 feet social distancing is mandatory between unfamiliar groups or persons."

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(Photos below from a July 6, 1998 trip to the Mound Cemetery in Marietta, Ohio):

Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr.'s monument above

Spotlighting Civil War Veteran Pvt. Charles William Flowers - born in England; served in the 21st Ohio Infantry during the Civil War; and died and was buried in New Zealand

Sharing this remarkable story from New Zealand about Pvt. Charles William Flowers who served in the Ohio 21st Infantry during the Civil War being the only Civil War veteran buried in Invercargill, New Zealand. 

His Find A Grave memorial also poignantly recounts his unique life.

Excerpts:

"The four photos set on tiles and fixed to Flowers’s headstone are of the union flag used in the civil war, the emblem of the 21st Ohio Infantry Regiment, Charles Flowers and his medal.

Bouquets of red carnations, Ohio’s official state flower, were placed on Flowers’s grave at Saturday’s memorial service."

Students learning, sharing history of local educator

Students learning, sharing history of local educator

Elmer Washington Bryant Curry buried at Oak Dale Cemetery in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio

New Family Section being developed at Oak Dale in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio

New Family Section being developed at Oak Dale

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Sharing from the Urbana Daily Citizen.  

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Be sure to read all the way to the bottom for the Editor's Addendum.:

"Editor’s addendum: According to city officials, the Butcher family is the first to buy into this section of the cemetery."

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Below is a link also to Dr. John Calvert Butcher on Find A Grave.  He was a son of Dr. John Milton Butcher and Nancy Brock Butcher, both of whom were buried at the Butcher AKA Walnut Grove Cemetery in North Lewisburg.  

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29792535/john-calvert-butcher

A Grave Interest: Ledger, Box and Table-type Grave Markers

A Grave Interest: Ledger, Box and Table-type Grave Markers: Ledger Stones Ledger Stone in the Cathedral in Barcelona Ledger stones have been used for centuries to mark graves. Many times the ...

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This is an important blog post to read and view the corresponding videos provided that help identify the different types of "box tombs".  Some are not box tombs at all but table top, or perhaps Pedestal top, Ledger or chest tombs that closely resemble box tombs but are larger.  

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Here are a couple examples:
Maria Dick at the Sheep Pen Cemetery

And

Priscilla Beals Rogers

CCPA to host Oak Dale Cemetery Tour - Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio

CCPA to host Oak Dale Cemetery Tour

Sharing this news.  I do not know if the tour has filled up yet or not.  Oak Dale Cemetery in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. 

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/42484/oak-dale-cemetery