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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."

Friday, January 5, 2024

Tidbits of Treasures Tumble from "Twice Told Tales" - From the Harrison County News Herald - April 24, 1980, by John Campbell -Tuscarawas County's Mears Cemetery

 The Mears Cemetery is indeed located in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. This newsworthy tidbit about it though comes from the "Harrison News Herald" in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, on April 24, 1980. 

Featured in the "County Seat Mirror" by John Campbell are the "Twice Told Tales".  Arranged as a date-by-date listing of "treasured tidbits" that otherwise just might not be re-published for a new and larger audience, we can read them as an unfolding history. 

Here we find short paragraphs that can contain key answers to a researcher's lingering questions.  

Of note in the last two paragraphs is the focus shift to the stonecutter J. W. Glasgow.   

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Leah, consort of Samuel Mairs exquisitely carved grave marker that was perfect in 2011.

Samuel Mairs matching carved grave marker

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July 16, 1825.: The "Harrison Telegraph" unclaimed letters at the Cadiz Post Office.  

Note John Glasgow.:  

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Samuel Mairs (Mears) - Find A Grave Memorial by David, a Find a Grave Contributor. 

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So keep an eye out for those tiny but treasured tidbits about your favorite subject, and when you least expect it, you just might learn all you need to know about it from them!

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