W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps posted for Allen County, Ohio on the right sidebar of the blog

The W.P.A. -  Works Progress Administration cemetery plat maps for Allen County, Ohio have been posted on the right sidebar of this blog.  The link to the collection is at the top of the listing for these types of maps.  

This collection of plat maps is unusual because it does not include every map that was drawn. That is because several pages of cemetery plat maps are drawings of the cemeteries themselves but contain no text on them.  That means there are no veterans names listed or shown on the map to denote the location of burials.  

Also, only a few of these map pages have page numbers on them.  As a whole, the appearance of most of these maps suggest that at some point they may have been re-drawn at a later date.  

Thus, only the maps that contain veterans names and their burial locations are included in this collection. 

Announcing News of a Walking Tour at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Lima, Ohio - Saturday, June 18, 2016 - 2:00p.m.

"The Allen County Genealogical Society will be giving a walking tour of the Old Lima Cemetery section of Woodlawn Cemetery on Saturday, June 18, at 2:00pm.

The Old Lima Cemetery section is located at the south end of the cemetery. We will be sharing information on various people buried there and the history of the move.

This meeting is open to the public and all are welcome! 
In fact if you have family buried there, we would like for you to come share with us. See you June 18th!"

*~*~*~*~*~*

Woodlawn Cemetery website

Still Saving Shannon Cemetery in Bluffton, Ohio Despite Any Setbacks!

Despite the setbacks faced by the "Friends of Shannon Cemetery Committee" throughout their protracted fight to have gravestones returned to their rightful gravesites, this steadfast group of descendants, concerned residents, and many other people and groups who have worked together for this cause, have accomplished important progress to save their small pioneer cemetery in Bluffton, Ohio. 

They are making a progress that others can learn from as well.  The steps they have taken serve to inspire those with cemeteries of concern of their own that face the same or similar issues where too much history has already been lost, and they recognize that what is left needs to be saved and preserved.   

The latest news report from "The Courier" in Findlay regarding the Shannon Cemetery lists the recommendations for its future. They are clear and concise.  Now, the Village of Bluffton needs to work as a partner with the "Friends of Shannon Cemetery" to see that they are properly implemented to ensure that the Shannon Cemetery stays a cemetery. 

The "Friends of Shannon Cemetery" have come a long way to save their beloved burial ground from being turned into a "cemetery park" where no gravestones would stand over their proper gravesites.  It doesn't have to end that way!
  

Upcoming Allen County Genealogical Society Meeting of Pre-Recorded Cemetery Preservation Workshop -- April 17th, at 2:00p.m. - at the Folsum Auditorium in the Allen County Museum, 650 W. Market St., Lima, Ohio

Sharing from the Allen County Chapter of OGS, upcoming for April 17th, 2p.m. chapter meeting open to the public -- pre-recorded presentation of Misti Spillman and her 2015 OGS cemetery preservation workshop.

"You know us genealogists and family historians, we love cemeteries! and our next ACGS meeting will fill the bill!

On April 17th at 2pm the Allen County Genealogical Society presents:

OGS Cemetery Restoration & Preservation Workshop

The Cuyahoga Valley Genealogical Society in collaboration with OGS and Misti Spillman has released a DVD presentation on Cemetery Restoration and Preservation. Misti Spillman, cemetery preservationist, demonstrates how to clean, repair, and reset headstones in this presentation. Sources for appropriate cleaning solutions and tools as well as a manual written by Misti are also presented.

You won't want to miss this info packed event! Join us and learn the real facts on cemetery preservation and restoration. You won't want to miss this meeting! See you April 17!"

Chapter meetings are held at 2:00 PM at the Folsum Auditorium in the Allen County Museum, 650 W. Market St., Lima, Ohio 45801. The public is always welcome and invited to attend."

"Shannon Cemetery Future Remains Uncertain" -- The Latest Update from the "Lima News" about the Shannon Cemetery in Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio

****Please Leave a Comment in Support of the Friends of Shannon Cemetery in the Comment Section that follows the Story in the Link Below****: 

*****************
"Shannon Cemetery future remains uncertain"

First Posted: 9:38 pm - April 4th, 2016

By Craig Kelly - ckelly@civitasmedia.com

************

Please visit the Friends of Shannon Cemetery's website and Facebook Pages:

Friends of Shannon Cemetery Website

Friends of Shannon Cemetery Facebook Page

**************************

Below are some of the Letters of Support Received by the Friends of Shannon Cemetery Committee:

Sharing the Ground Penetrating Radar News Story - Shannon Cemetery, Bluffton, Ohio

The front page of the "Bluffton News" today:  "Graves Scanned at Shannon Cemetery" by Paula McGibben. 

The Shannon Cemetery on Find A Grave.

Sharing the Documented Surnames of People Buried at the Shannon Cemetery in Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio

Thanking Mr. Ray Mumma of  "Save Shannon Cemetery" for the information listed below:

"Here is a list of 70 plus names and surnames we have documented, sources not listed, of some of those buried in Shannon Cemetery Bluffton, Ohio. 

We have since May 2015, and still are researching names for, those buried there.

Why is it that the Village and or it's agent not made public ALL the names they have researched in the 15 years they say they have worked on this project.

We have sources documenting 12 rows of graves. We have documented the location by row and plot number of 41 known individuals. Of the 42 stones the Village removed, we have the location by row and plot number for 27 of those stones.

We can reestablish the 12 rows and place 27 of those stones back on their graves. The Village is worried about Liability, where was this concern when they removed the 42 stones?
                         If anyone has an ancestor with a listed name, please contact us at:
                         saveshannon@outlook.com


SHANNON CEMETERY SURNAMES AND NAMES:

Anderson, William; Arnold;
 
Battels; Battels, Caroline; Battels, John; Bentley; Berry, John; Boedicker, Martin; Bryan, Tabatha; Bryan, Wesley; Bufford;

Casey; Clifford, A.B.; Clifford, J.H.; Clifford, M.F.; Clifford, Rosann; Clifford, S.E.; Clifford, S.M.; Commer, Hannanh; Commer, Issac; Conkle, Lydia S.P.; Connell, Mary;

Dearth, Daniel; Dearth, Nancy; DeFord, Joseph – Government Issued Gravestone; Drumm, Emma Belle Clemings; Dunlap, Caroline; Dunlap, Eli;

Easton; Edder; Elder; Elizabeth Hoffman; Ewing, Elizabeth Clemmens; Ewing, John Henry;

Fitzgerald, Martha Linn Goble; Fenton, Delia; Fenton, Robert; Ford; Foreman; Gardner, Samuel – stone reads: Gardener; Gaskill, John E.;Gaskill, Katherine; Gaskill, Minerva; Gaskill, Moses; Gaskil, Phoebe McHenry; Gatter; Goble, Daniel C.; Gufford; Gutman, Jacob;

Harberhauer; Hipsher, Samuel – Government Issued Stone; Hipsher, Wm. (William) – Government Issued Stone; Huber, Barbara; Huber, Jacob L.; Hurter; Husher;

Iden, Rosanna Clemings; Kipfer;

Long, William; Long, Rachel A.; McDowell, Alonzo;

McHenry, Eliza; Murray; Murray, George W.;

Owens, Infant; Owens, James K.; Owens, Martha J.;

Phillips;

Smith; Stratton, Daniel; Stratton, J.;

Wilson, Montgomery; Wilson, Susan; ????, Sarah; ????, Rosann."

Sharing the Petition to Save Shannon Cemetery of Bluffton, Ohio on "Change.org"

Click HERE for the Save Shannon Cemetery Petition on "Change.org."

Sharing an Update from the Members of "Save the Shannon Cemetery" - Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio

Sharing some of the latest information from the "Save Shannon Cemetery" committee in Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio.  

The "Save Shannon Cemetery"organization has been working tirelessly during this past year to ensure that gravestones will be returned to their rightful gravesites at the Shannon Cemetery following their removal that was permitted by the leaders of the village of Bluffton.  

(There are 44 burials listed for the Shannon Cemetery on Find A Grave.)

Recommendations sent to the Commander In Chief and Council of Administrations of the Sons Of Union Veterans of the Civil War by Bruce D. Frail, PDC, National Graves Registration Officer SUVCW. Copies were sent to us and Mayor Augsburger.


Office of the National Graves Registration Officer
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
19 Briar Point Avenue, Coventry, Rhode Island 02816
401-464-2119/suvcw_ngro@suvcwdb.org

To: Commander-In Chief & Council of Administration
Date: 12 October 2015
Re: Report on Shannon Cemetery and proposed plan

Dear Brothers,

      I have been in contact with all parties involved with the Shannon Cemetery issue, who would return my emails or phone calls. The issue that was brought to our attention on 24 August 2015 by Mr. Ray Mumma thru the SUVCW Executive Directors Office is stated as follows.

      The cemetery was determined to be an eyesore to the incoming visitors coming from Rte 75 and plans were made to remove the headstones and create a park/picnic area over the graves, which are not planned to be removed and relocated. This action has caused a desecration to the graves of all of those who had their headstones removed, but I will center my concerns the two graves of two brothers who gave their all during the American Civil War, William and Samuel Hipster.

      The brothers are buried in Row 8, Plots 05 & 04 respectfully and are not in an unknown location as the Mayor states in her conversation and emails; she also stated to me that the man Dick Boehr who started this whole problem logged the locations of the headstones as he removed them. Then, she has also stated that no one knows for sure where they really go, that they could have been moved before but she didn’t go into any detail.

      The people who have started the Friends of Shannon Cemetery/Save Shannon Cemetery Facebook group and contacted the SUVCW have their documents in order and offer them to all that wish to learn more about the desecration that is being committed by the Village of Bluffton in regards to Shannon Cemetery. I have talked with several other groups that support the Friends of Shannon Cemetery/Save Shannon Cemetery Facebook group and their plan to restore the cemetery to its original condition. I throw my support to them as well. They have been straight forward with their plan and haven’t attempted to deceive me in any way.

      I have an email from the Mayor to prevent meetings of the Commission in which members of the Friends of Shannon Cemetery/Save Shannon Cemetery Facebook group would be allowed to speak and to try to delay the Commission that she put in place, until after the election in November, in which she is running for office as Mayor. This is not a reelection as she was appointed by members of the council. The Shannon Cemetery Commission which was appointed by Mayor Augsburger consists of the following members: John Murray, Evan Skilliter, Fred Rodabaugh, Bob Amstutz, Nathan Ulrey, Sammuel Diller, Richard Boehr (the man who committed the desecration), Harriett Moyer, Jesse Blackburn (this man holds village employment at the pleasure of the Mayor and the council), David Steiner (the mayor’s former boss and current council president) and the mayor, the commission recorder is Paula Scott, the Commission has no representation from the Friends of Shannon Cemetery/Save Shannon Cemetery Facebook group. 

      The mayor told me in a telephone conversation that there was no approved project for any work at Shannon Cemetery, than about a week later she said in an email that the Shannon project was approved in 2013. She has also stated that there is no relevance to the cemetery project towards political issues, but as stated above she doesn’t think there will be a Commission meeting until after the election because of interruptions and outbursts from the public, personally, I don’t see how there is a difference in how to control a meeting whether it is held before or after a election. If there are no political issues tied to the cemetery project why can’t it be held prior to an election? The mayor has gone from someone who wishes to work with others to correct the issue to being defensive and paranoid over my use of information she was providing me as well as towards other groups that support Ray Mumma. She went from praising me for contacting her to get both sides to stating that she thinks I am feeding her answers to the Save Shannon Cemetery Facebook group, or Ray Mumma in particular because of my use of the word “desecration”.

      I informed her that I was not forwarding her answers to anyone and that her answers would only be used for the purpose of this report to the Council of Administration and that I would forward her a copy and I would do the same for Ray Mumma in the interest of fairness to both parties. I did reach out to Nathan Ulrey who was appointed the Chairman of the Shannon Cemetery Commission by the mayor, he choose not to reply to my attempts to hear the commission’s view.

      With the above background, I have the honor to submit my report and recommendations to the Commander-in-Chief and the Council of Administration of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

1. That the SUVCW draft a letter of support for the Friends of Shannon Cemetery/Save Shannon Cemetery Facebook group’s plan, as their plan will end the current desecration of the graves of Shannon Cemetery that have been striped of their headstone and return the proper identification to the graves within the cemetery.

2. That the SUVCW draft letters against the Village of Bluffton’s park project and the four groups that have been mentioned to be in support of this desecration, by Fred Steiner in his letter to local clergy dated 6 Oct 2015, to their National components, the four groups are as follows: Bluffton American Legion, Bluffton Boy Scouts, Bluffton Tree Commission and the Bluffton Chamber (the Chamber of Commerce has gone as far as to create an award to give to Dick Boehr for in part and as listed, “currently working developing Jefferson Street-Shannon Cemetery into a park” They gave this man an award for desecrating graves, how wrong is that.

3. Release a statement to the local and national press detailing this desecration and those who are pushing for its completion.

4. That the SUVCW file a written complaint with the Department of Veteran’s Affair’s of this disregard of their VA policy on the mis-use and removal of government headstones that has occurred at Shannon Cemetery, by the removal of three veteran’s headstone, two (2) Civil War and one (1) Rev War who was also a village founder.

      I am unaware of the true reason Dick Boehr has chosen to commit this unthinkable act of desecration or why the mayor and some other members of the community have also taken part, but I am against it and I believe the SUVCW should voice to our membership and to the general public, that this type of desecration will not be accepted. 

In Fraternity, Charity & Loyalty,
Bruce D. Frail, PDC
National Graves Registration Officer
SUVCW
Veteran USMC

Update: The "Friends of Save Shannon Cemetery" are Making Significant Strides Thanks to Support from the S.A.R. and G.P.S.

The "Friends of Save Shannon Cemetery" continue to forge ahead with their plans to have gravestones that were removed from original gravesites returned to them, among resolving other outstanding issues that have loomed large that would significantly alter Bluffton's pioneer cemetery into becoming something it never was -- a village park with gravestones set in concrete in a central location elsewhere on the property that would create a "headstone display" rather than being put back where they belong -- at their rightful places, over their proper original gravesites at the Shannon Cemetery.   

*******

 

You can also read about the plans and goals of the Friends of the Save Shannon Cemetery HERE.  

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Update on Shannon Cemetery Burials: 

"The Friends of Shannon Cemetery have documented 70 names, from various documented sources, of those buried at Shannon Cemetery. 41 of these names identified with row and plot numbers. 43 graves stones we have been told are in storage. Four of those stones are from Veterans, one militia captain, two civil war veterans and an American Revolutionary War veteran. We also have a letter which was in the Boehr file that states that another civil war veteran who served with his great grandfather's civil war unit is buried in Shannon, still looking for more confirmation and research on that name. We have the G.P.S. coordinates of 43 stones, we have identified 16 graves and 6 rows with a sample Ground Penetrating Radar Scan. We have known burials in all 12 rows, we can reestablish the 12 rows, A full G.P.R. scan of the cemetery is proposed. Its time that these pioneers, veterans, founders of the Shannon community and all those buried in Shannon Cemetery get the respect they earned and deserve. Bring these grave stones back to the cemetery and put them back on their graves. Why would anyone want anything less?"

The Shannon Cemetery on "Find A Grave"

Update on the Status of Saving Shannon Cemetery in Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio

From the "Bluffton Icon" - September 7, 2015:

First, The "Shannon Cemetery Commission" of the Village of Bluffton Government IS NOT to be confused with "Save Shannon Cemetery Committee" which is an organized group of concerned descendants of those buried at the Shannon Cemetery, and others who also are working with them to ensure that the burial grounds be returned to its original condition as a recognizable cemetery with gravestones; including the return of purposely removed gravestones from their respective gravesites.  Please keep that in mind when reading the letter below.  

My assessment is that the Village of Bluffton is not itself committed to returning the Shannon Cemetery to being a cemetery -- with wording that purposely makes that "Concept Choice" appear to be the least attractive and listed as the last one on the four concept choices offered by the Village of Bluffton.  

~*~*~*~*~*~

***Thus, I am appealing to those to whom this survey shown below is directed:

To:

 
• American Legion Post
• Bluffton Lions Club• Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce members
• Bluffton Area Ministerial Association

Please consider your choices carefully when you mark them on the survey.  The results will reach beyond the Village of Bluffton in the State of Ohio as the final outcome can be cited as a precedent for deciding the future of cemeteries faced with similar situations as those of the Shannon Cemetery. 

Consider also how you would feel right now if one of your ancestors was buried at the Shannon Cemetery -- what choices do you think they would wish you to make on their behalf?:

 

 

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

A partial view below of what the Shannon Cemetery looked like before remaining standing gravestones were removed.

 

Thanking the Ohio Society Sons of the American Revolution for Their Support of Save Shannon Cemetery in Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio

Thanking the Ohio Society of Sons of the American Revolution for their public support of the Save Shannon Cemetery organization. This dedicated group of descendants and other concerned citizens have been tirelessly trying to get reversed what has already been done, and the plans proposed, by the officials of the Village of Bluffton who have allowed the removal of gravestones from their original gravesites at the Shannon Cemetery in Bluffton to be returned to those original gravesites. 

This post is a companion to the one posted earlier today that details the plans put forth by the Save Shannon Cemetery organization, which is independent of the city of Bluffton, (Bluffton has formed their own cemetery group excluding any  Save Shannon Cemetery members.) 

The members of Save Shannon Cemetery do not want Shannon Cemetery to be turned into a park where gravestones would be put in concrete and made into a display apart from the cemetery area itself -- forever leaving the gravesites without the gravestones that were removed from them.    

Sharing The Plan as Put Forth By the "Save Shannon Cemetery" Group -- Shannon Cemetery, Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio

"Our Plan and Links to all news articles and blogs written on the Shannon Cemetery Park Project in chronological order. If you are new to our cause please take a look it's all there in black and white. Please help us Save Shannon Cemetery!"

*This list will be updated as new things are published.
“FRIENDS OF SHANNON CEMETERY”
THE SAVE SHANNON CEMETERY PLAN

I. OUR GOAL
To Preserve, Restore and Memorialize Shannon Cemetery. Return and restore the removed gravestones
to their grave sites. Have a full Ground Penetrating Radar Scan performed in an attempt to locate graves.
To preserve and restore stones where no grave site is known and put them in a memorial area. To work
with a cemetery conservationist so that work is done in the proper manner. Continuing the research of
cemetery history, burial history, family history. Continued contact of families of those buried here,
so they may visit here. To work with any group or individual(s) and be willing to compromise our
efforts to obtain our goal to return this property at the entrance of downtown Bluffton, Ohio back to its
intended use, a Cemetery, an Ohio historic pioneer cemetery.

II. PRESERVE
A. That the development and renovation of the property known as Shannon Cemetery be stopped
under the present plan known as Shannon Cemetery Park. That this plan established under,
Village of Bluffton Resolution No. 07-13, is modified, per Section 2 of said resolution. And that
any and all modifications are done per Section 1, in a manner to memorialize those buried there
in a respectful manner. That the name of the plan known at Shannon Cemetery Park be changed,
to what Resolution No. 07-13 refers to, Shannon Cemetery. The property known as Shannon Cemetery
shall be protected, maintained and preserved for what it was meant to be and what it has always been,
a cemetery; an Ohio historic pioneer cemetery.

B. That a sample G.P.R. (ground penetrating radar) scan be performed on the Shannon Cemetery
property, as surveyed and or originally platted, in an attempt to locate all unmarked and unknown
graves. Pending positive results of this sample scan in locating grave(s), a full G.P.R. scan will be
recommended to be done.

C. That all known graves be marked, both with or without gravestone in a manner to memorialize
those buried there.

D. That all know gravestones be cataloged and individually photographed prior to any move, under
the instructions and or directions from a Cemetery Conservationist.

E. Research will be done on both the cemetery and those that are buried there, both known and
unknown. In an attempt to identify those interred at Shannon Cemetery.

F. Attempt will be made to identify each row and plot (lot) number located at Shannon Cemetery.

G. Members of the Save Shannon Cemetery group shall be appointed as members to the Shannon
Cemetery Commission.

H. That we all and foremost realize and respect that this property we wish to protect and preserve is
a cemetery of the founding fathers of Shannon, Ohio; which one day became Bluffton. An historic
cemetery in Bluffton, Ohio.

III. RESTORE

A. Restoration workers before restoring gravestones agree to take a class conducted by a cemetery
Conservationist. To be trained in the proper methods and products to use in restoration efforts.

B. That all restoration efforts be under the advice, direction and guidance of a professional cemetery
conservationist.

C. Restoration will be done in a professional and respectful manner.

D. All gravesites. Rows, plots (lots) will be ground marked and charted to a master chart for future
location and identification.

E. Stones will be reset onto their original gravesite, if located, in a respective manner which is
prescribed by a professional cemetery conservationist.

F. Gravestones which are restored and their original gravesite can’t be located will be placed at a
permanent memorial site in Shannon Cemetery where no graves are known to exist.

G. When a gravestone from the memorial site has been identified to belong on a specific grave
it will be removed from the memorial site and placed upon the specified grave.

H. Any partial gravestone will also be preserved; no partial stone will be discarded and or destroyed.

I. Partial gravestones and or pieces shall also be displayed at the said memorial site respectfully.

J. All restoration efforts and work performed on the Village of Bluffton property known as Shannon
Cemetery will be performed in a safe and respectful manner.

IV. MEMORIALIZE

A. Every attempt will be made to relocate each and every stone on their respective grave site.

B. An application should be applied for to have Shannon Cemetery an Ohio Historical Society
site and marked with an historical marker. With local historians writing what should be said
of both the town of Shannon and those buried here.

C. A memorial plaque with names of those buried here both known and unknown could be erected.
This plaque could include the row and plot (lot) number if known. Memorial should only memorialize
those interred here; not any village, business, organization or public participant in this endeavor.

D. Any veteran with no gravestone on their grave should have a government stone applied for.

E. A flag pole would be very appropriate on the cemetery grounds, but not over any grave(s).

F. While parking may be nice it has not been an issue in the past, would be an added expense and
would have to be maintained; if built it must and can’t be built over any known or unknown.
grave area.

G. Walking trails, rain gardens, gazebo, service club wall are not needed and detract on how we
feel that Shannon Cemetery should be memorialized, after all this is a Cemetery.
Remembering to preserve, restore, and memorialize Shannon Cemetery in a respectful manner.

http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/mayor-announces-shannon-cemet…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/shannon-cemetery-commission-g…
http://www.blufftonnews.com/local-parents-children-weigh-in…
https://www.change.org/p/bluffton-village-council-bluffton-…
http://www.blufftonnews.com/stick-richard-boehr
http://www.blufftonnews.com/cemetery-alley-vacations-still-…
http://thecourier.com/…/residents-criticize-cemetery-proje…/
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/letter-richard-boehrs-project…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/letter-give-richard-boehr-sup…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/bluffton-council-meeting-more…
http://limaohio.com/…/residents-speak-out-on-shannon-cemete…
http://www.jenealogy.biz/…/local-volunteers-make-headway-a…/
http://limesstones.blogspot.com/…/save-shannon-cemetery-fac…
http://www.blufftonnews.com/debate-over-old-shannon-cemeter…
http://wkxa.com/…/renovation-of-cemetery-in-bluffton-quest…/
http://wfin.com/renovation-of-cemetery-in-bluffton-questio…/
http://thecourier.com/…/bluffton-cemetery-restoration-proj…/
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/various-opinions-aired-concer…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/shannon-cemetery-mondays-coun…
http://limaohio.com/…/Now-that-concerns-answered-why-not-vo…
http://limesstones.blogspot.com/…/shannon-cemetery-in-bluff…
http://limesstones.blogspot.com/…/shannon-cemetery-plans-de…
http://limesstones.blogspot.com/…/save-shannon-cemetery-on-…
http://limesstones.blogspot.com/…/shannon-cemetery-bluffton…
http://www.jenealogy.biz/…/the-latest-on-shannon-cemetery-…/
http://m.limaohio.com/…/home_to…/153664383/A-state-of-unrest
tp://m.limaohio.com/…/home_to…/153664383/A-state-of-unrest
https://disqus.com/…/shannon_cemetery_plans_debated_blufft…/
http://www.jenealogy.biz/…/paved-paradise-and-put-up-a-par…/
http://limesstones.blogspot.com/…/shannon-cemetery-bluffton…
http://www.blufftonnews.com/tree-plantings-highlight-arbor-…
http://www.blufftonnews.com/village-council-looks-fill-vaca…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/saturdays-arbor-day-celebrati…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/sr.citizen-newsletter-12528.p…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/support-shannon-cemetery-proj…
http://www.blufftonnews.com/shannon-cemetery-project
http://www.blufftonicon.com/feature/201406/honoring-our-past
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/council-packet-5-4-15-15066.p…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/council-packet-4-20-15-14945.…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/dick-boehrs-vision-shannon-ce…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/council-packet-9-23-13-9632.p…
http://www.blufftonnews.com/monday-september-9-2013-bluffto…
http://www.blufftonnews.com/monday-august-26-2013-bluffton-…
http://www.blufftonnews.com/monday-august-12-2013-bluffton-…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/richard-boehr-updates-senior-…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/july-sr-citizens-newsletter-8…
http://www.blufftonnews.com/monday-february-25-2013-bluffto…
http://www.bluffton-ohio.com/index.php…
http://www.adaherald.com/…/Bluffton-group-turn…/-2/-2/105265
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/richard-boehr-recipient-bluff…
http://www.explorebluffton.com/richard-boehr-recipient-bluf…
http://www.blufftonnews.com/old-shannon-cemetery-be-revital…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/uncovering-blufftons-past-one…
http://www.blufftonicon.com/…/local-group-interested-making…
http://www.blufftonnews.com/local-man-waits-bring-life-hist…
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=noS-6Ouz5-A
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=43378

"Save Shannon Cemetery" Facebook Page & "Change.Org" - Shannon Cemetery, Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio

**Click HERE for "Change.org": 

"Restore Shannon Cemetery, put back the headstones!"

See:  "Save Shannon Cemetery on Facebook"

  

 Photographs above from

 "Save Shannon Cemetery" Facebook Page

Shannon Cemetery in Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio to be Discussed at City Council Meeting at 8:00p.m. on Monday, June 1st, 2015

This is a plea, particularly to those who live in or near Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio to please consider attending the Bluffton City Council Meeting on Monday, June 1st, 2015 at 8:00p.m. 

Please visit:

"Save Shannon Cemetery on Facebook!"

"Please attend and show your support. Let the mayor and council hear how the desecration of this cemetery must be made right!

The Bluffton Village Council meets the First and Third Monday of each month at 8:00 PM in the Community Room on the Third Floor of the Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Main Street."

Click HERE to read the agenda.

Click HERE to link to the Shannon Cemetery on "Find A Grave." 

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Below:

What the Shannon Cemetery looks like today after existing gravestones were removed:

 

Below:

What the Shannon Cemetery looked like in February of 2012:

 

 Below: 

What the Shannon Cemetery looked like in November of 2010:

Below:

 What the Shannon Cemetery looked like in November of 2014: