Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio

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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, October 19, 2020

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 …
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