Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio

Dedicated to cemetery preservation in the great state of Ohio


"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, June 6, 2022

Eli Allen's photos on Google Maps & Find A Grave - The Friends (Quaker) Cemetery and Butcher (Walnut Grove) Cemetery in North Lewisburg, Champaign County, Ohio

 Below is Eli Allen's photograph of the original William Wright Fell marker not identified before. 

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Below: 

A panoramic view of the Butcher Cemetery from the rear of the cemetery.:

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Adaline D. Limes Winder Winder Ballinger Dailey - buried at the Butcher (AKA Walnut Grove) Cemetery in North Lewisburg.:

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Thanking Eli Allen, creator of "WanderingAppalachia" for taking photographs (see examples above and below) at both the Friends (Quaker) and Butcher (Walnut Grove) cemeteries in North Lewisburg, Champaign County, Ohio; including some 360 degree panoramic type photographs which really help tell the story of these two early Ohio cemeteries and their current condition. 

 Unfortunately, neither cemetery is in good condition.  Both are located wholly within the boundaries of The Village of North Lewisburg so they are not the responsibility of Rush Township.  

Sadly, the Butcher Cemetery is in worse condition due to severe lack of routine care.:

-- The landscape is in need of regular grass cutting; trimming weeds around markers and monuments; as well as repairing and re-setting markers and monuments for those that need it.  

-- Also, dead trees and tree branches lying on the ground need to be removed. 

-- The cemetery sign needs to be painted or replaced due to peeling paint.  

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Eli has shared his photographs on "Google Maps": 

The Friends (AKA Quaker) Cemetery on Google Maps.

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The Butcher AKA Walnut Grove Cemetery on Google Maps

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Eli Allen has also so kindly posted his new photographs on many of the Find A Grave memorials for both the Friends Cemetery and the Butcher Cemetery

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Additional photographs shown below:

Olive Brown - Friends Cemetery 

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Susan Victoria Dickerson - Friends Cemetery

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Unknown - death year 1856

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I invite you to check out Eli Allen's Wandering Appalachia website

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