Virtual Cemetery Tour: Buckeye Cemetery from "Wandering Appalachia"

Buckeye Cemetery, Jackson County, Ohio on Find A Grave

Reporting the sad news of a recent attack resulting in major vandalism at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio

 It is so heartbreaking to share this link to the "Findlay Courier" online news story, published July 28, 2021, with details and photographs of toppled over and lying on the ground broken 19th century grave monuments.  

All that is known, according to the report, is that an unknown vandal or vandals launched the vicious attack seriously damaging grave markers and monuments at several gravesites at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Findlay.

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Excerpt:

"According to the Findlay Police Department, the vandalism occurred overnight from Monday into Tuesday. Thirty tombstones were either toppled or damaged, all in the northeast section of the cemetery."

"The police department continues to investigate the incident, and anyone with information about who may be involved is asked to call the department at 419-424-7150 or Hancock County Crime Stoppers at 419-425-8477. Callers may be eligible for a reward."

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The Ohio Revised Codes that pertain to vandalism at cemeteries is 2909.05

2909.05 [Effective 9/30/2011] Vandalism

(A) No person shall knowingly cause serious physical harm to an occupied structure or any of its contents.

(B)(1) No person shall knowingly cause physical harm to property that is owned or possessed by another, when either of the following applies:

(a) The property is used by its owner or possessor in the owner’s or possessor’s profession, business, trade, or occupation, and the value of the property or the amount of physical harm involved is one thousand dollars or more;

(b) Regardless of the value of the property or the amount of damage done, the property or its equivalent is necessary in order for its owner or possessor to engage in the owner’s or possessor’s profession, business, trade, or occupation.

(2) No person shall knowingly cause serious physical harm to property that is owned, leased, or controlled by a governmental entity. A governmental entity includes, but is not limited to, the state or a political subdivision of the state, a school district, the board of trustees of a public library or public university, or any other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities only in geographical areas smaller than that of the state.

(C) No person, without privilege to do so, shall knowingly cause serious physical harm to any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other similar structure that is used as a memorial for the dead; to any fence, railing, curb, or other property that is used to protect, enclose, or ornament any cemetery; or to a cemetery.

(D) No person, without privilege to do so, shall knowingly cause physical harm to a place of burial by breaking and entering into a tomb, crypt, casket, or other structure that is used as a memorial for the dead or as an enclosure for the dead.

(E) Whoever violates this section is guilty of vandalism. 

Except as otherwise provided in this division, vandalism is a felony of the fifth degree that is punishable by a fine of up to two thousand five hundred dollars in addition to the penalties specified for a felony of the fifth degree in sections 2929.11 to 2929.18 of the Revised Code. 

If the value of the property or the amount of physical harm involved is seven thousand five hundred dollars or more but less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars, vandalism is a felony of the fourth degree. If the value of the property or the amount of physical harm involved is one hundred fifty thousand dollars or more, vandalism is a felony of the third degree.

(F) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Cemetery” means any place of burial and includes burial sites that contain American Indian burial objects placed with or containing American Indian human remains.

(2) “Serious physical harm” means physical harm to property that results in loss to the value of the property of one thousand dollars or more.

Amended by 129th General Assembly File No. 29, HB 86, § 1, eff. 9/30/2011.

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Effective Date: October 1, 2020

Ohio Revised Code 2929.18

(a) For a felony of the first degree, not more than twenty thousand dollars;

(b) For a felony of the second degree, not more than fifteen thousand dollars;

(c) For a felony of the third degree, not more than ten thousand dollars;

(d) For a felony of the fourth degree, not more than five thousand dollars;

(e) For a felony of the fifth degree, not more than two thousand five hundred dollars.

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There are 33,468 memorials posted on Find A Grave for the Maple Grove Cemetery in Findlay, Ohio.

Lay Me Down to Rest: Ep. 29 Fetters Cemetery

A Link to Clinton County WPA Cemetery Plat Maps has been Posted on the Blog's Right Sidebar

Images of the Clinton County, Ohio WPA Cemetery Plat Maps have been posted on the right sidebar of the blog in alphabetic order among the other Ohio counties listed.  These images were saved in the .JPG format.  

Most Clinton County map pages have page numbers in the lower right corner, but a few do not.  There are a few newer maps included as well and noted as such.  

This set of maps was created in a similar format adopted for the maps of other Ohio counties.  

For each photo album, the title arrangements from left to right are the project title name, followed by the township name, and name(s) of the cemeteries in that township.  

The descriptions for each township album show the actual names given each map page in ascending number order. 

The map pages that contain more than one cemetery with more than one township represented on the same page are saved separately under the title: "Multiple Townships - Smaller Cemeteries" and placed at the end of the Clinton County Cemeteries Collection created for the county.

Clinton County Cemeteries listed on Find A Grave 

Clinton County Genealogy available on FamilySearch 

Save the Date! ~~ Saturday, August 21, 2021 - 9:00AM - 3:30PM - Location: Green Lawn Cemetery - Columbus Ohio - "The 48 State Tour" - Jonathan Appell - Cemetery Preservation Workshop

Check out this year's FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC "48 State Midwest Tour"cemetery preservation workshop conducted by nationally known cemetery conservator, Jonathan Appell, of Atlas Preservation.  

This first workshop on the Midwest 2021 tour schedule will be held at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus on Saturday, August 21st, 2021. It is being co-hosted by the Green Lawn Cemetery Association.

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***Please be sure to scroll down on the FAQ page to learn more about the focus of this workshop, what to bring with you, etc.***

FAQS About this event

MAP

48 State Tour website 

48 State Tour on Facebook

Green Lawn Cemetery on Find A Grave

Green Lawn Cemetery Association

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Cohosted by The Green Lawn Cemetery Association

"We will be meeting at the Huntington Chapel. When you pull into the cemetery, keep driving straight until you see the Chapel. There is plenty of parking & restrooms are available. Bring some water and a chair for breaks!"

The workshop will be held in Section "O".

For further questions about this event contact 

Green Lawn Cemetery at:  614-444-1123

(Below are some photos taken by this author in 1998 for the 150th Anniversary celebration held at Green Lawn Cemetery.)

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Honoring Greenville VFW’s earliest beginnings

Honoring Greenville VFW’s earliest beginnings

Sharing from the Daily Advocate - Greenville, Darke County, Ohio.

Genealogical Society to hold WWI heritage tour

Genealogical Society to hold WWI heritage tour

Washington Cemetery - Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio

Happy Fourth of July 2021! & Remembering America's Revolutionary War veterans who found peace and rest in Ohio.

As we return to partaking in more activities to celebrate this July 4th 2021 American Independence Day, we reflect on those Revolutionary War veterans who made it possible for us to enjoy the freedoms we have. 

As most of us know many American Revolutionary War veterans were buried right here in Ohio.  

We can turn to the  Ohio History Connection which offers online links that help us better understand how Ohio became a destination for many of those veterans who chose to stay in the Buckeye State to the end of their lives and were laid to rest on its soil.  

Spotlighting one of Ohio's premier early cemeteries, the Mound Cemetery in Marietta, we learn that it contains a large number of burials of American Revolutionary War officers. During our travels throughout the state, we have come to learn that Ohio's smaller and more obscure cemeteries also contain burials of those who served in the American Revolution.  Hopefully, their graves are marked and American flags were put in place that denote their patriotic service to America. We thank them all for their service and sacrifices; and may they rest in eternal peace.       

Virginia Wheeler Martin Family History and Learning Center: Mortality Schedules - an Alternative to Death Records

Virginia Wheeler Martin Family History and Learning Center: Mortality Schedules - an Alternative to Death Records: Photo courtesy of Linnaea Mallette on PublicDomainPictures.net Death records of our ancestors are one of the primary sources that family his...

Lay Me Down to Rest: Ep. 26 Beaver Creek

ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2022 Ohio Cemetery Grant fund application is now available per the Ohio Department of Commerce

 "CEMETERY GRANT"

"The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (REPL) is pleased to announce the availability of the FY2022 Cemetery Grant for qualifying not-for-profit and local government cemeteries. 

Allowable grant requests include those to defray costs of exceptional cemetery maintenance or training cemetery personnel in the maintenance and operation of cemeteries. 

Eligible applicants shall be cemetery operators properly registered with REPL, be a documented not-for-profit entity under the IRS tax code and be in compliance with any applicable endowment and/or preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust accounts. The REPL Superintendent is accepting only online applications.

****Please gather all information prior to application entry. Once you start the application, the information entered cannot be saved and if you exit out of the application you will lose all information previously entered.****

The Cemetery Grant application instructions are being provided as a worksheet guidance document only. This will allow you to gather all of the necessary information prior to submitting the grant application online.

****The application must be answered completely to be considered for grant funds and submitted no later than August 2, 2021."****

Contact: Laura A. Monick at (614) 466-5384 or CemeteryGrants@com.state.oh.us

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