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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, July 24, 2023

Sharing this Public Notice from the Columbus Dispatch - July 24, 2023 - Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus - intent to reclaim 50 year old abandoned lots in the cemetery.

 "Public Notice: Green Lawn Cemetery, 1000 Greenlawn Ave, Columbus, Ohio, hereby announces its intent to reclaim the below listed interment rights which have been abandoned for over 50 years. 

Claimants who can prove Next of Kin blood relationship status with the owner have 120 days from this notice to contact the cemetery at the above address or 614.444.1123 to establish successor-in-interest rights."
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Section M Lots:

26N Geo. Evans; 
26S John Newkirk

Section 111 Lots:

14 Wm. E. & Betty Blair; 
29 Esther Hoffman; 
300 Wm & Jewell Slater; 
348 John Cooper; 
383 Geo. & H. Norma O’Hara; 
459 Samuel and Avenell Bentley; 
573 Sallyann Lovsey

Section H Lots:

 6 David Davis; 14W Henry Mallory; 
32W Stephen Covert
Section I Lots: 

9 Zilpha Bailey; 
38 Thos. Sparrow; 
42 Robert Campbell; 
58 David Jones; 
61 Edwin Shoemaker; 
62 Elijah & Wm White; 
75W Henry Pringle; 
75E Jonathan Peters; 
83 James Hoge

Section J Lots:
 
8 Christian & Eliza Barringer; 
62 CC Coburn & John Beal; 
74 SD Thacker; 
88 Mrs. Frederick Salada; 
97 John Miller; 
107 Evan Lewis; 
116 Thos. Willis; 
127 Hare Orphan Home; 
133 Jacob Kechla; 
140 Augusta Sufford; 
150S Annie Morgan; 
168 Kate Brown

Section 63 Lots:
 
8 Margaret Rorty; 
43 Isaac Hughey & Noble Rockley; 
45 Elsie Eckert

Section 68 Lots:

39 Edwin Brown; 
62 Lena Schneider; 
69 David Watson & Dickson Moore;
79 Henry Ossing; 
193 Rachel Pixler; 
258 Wm. Barrett; 
271 Isabelle Sharp; 
348 Bible Literature Intl.; 
386 John Ebright; 
393 Wm. Jones; 
396 Edgar Abbott; 
4459 Irving Grant"
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