Celebrating Black History Month at the Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum in Dayton - Saturdays - February 7 and 21 - 2:00p.m. - 2 hour tours

 Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum 

Black History Month MausoleumTours 

"Join us for Black History month to celebrate the lives of individuals

 who are resting peacefully in our mausoleum.  

We are offering this special tour in the indoor mausoleum, 

featuring beautiful stained glass windows and telling the stories of 

George C. Cooper, James Parsons, W. S. McIntosh , 

Bob and Norma Ross and many others.

The tour will be offered on two Saturdays, 

February 7th and 21st at 2:00 pm. 

The tour will last two hours and if weather permits, 

will include a walk to James H McGee, 

Jordan Anderson, Paul Laurence Dunbar

 and other gravesites.

Meet at the main entrance to the Mausoleum. 

Parking is available in front of the building. 

The building is climate controlled and handicap accessible. 

Visitors will be walking on both carpet and marble floors.

All tours require a reservation and there is a suggested $5 donation. 

All donations support the Woodland Arboretum Foundation

 which focuses on the restoration, preservation, horticultural

 and educational projects needed to keep Woodland a

 cultural resource for Dayton and Ohio."

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Destination Dayton
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Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum in Dayton on Find a Grave

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Sharing this story from the Dayton Daily News -- The Stranger buried at the Old Greencastle Cemetery in Dayton

As we begin reading this article we soon learn it was known that the deceased was a woman who died on January 4, 1851 at age 24 years, yet her name was not known. Instead she has been 'identified' as "The Stranger" for 170 years.  Only those two words were carved on a small white marble marker where one would expect to see a person's name.  The tombstone appears to have been toppled over years ago and lies flat sinking each year lower and lower into the ground at the Old Greencastle Cemetery in Dayton. 

To commemorate her short life and the 170th anniversary of her death, this news story spotlights what can be made of her time on earth in this fitting tribute thanks to Dayton Daily News reporter Lisa Powell.  

Be sure to check out the photographs of the marker and older news stories that were published about it also in this article. 

Well-known Dayton historian and author Curt Dalton, who has authored several books, was interviewed for this story. Perhaps through some means like conducting a DNA study on her remains, this young lady's story in a future anniversary spotlight article will indeed finally tell us her identity. 

 

Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum continues with basic and advanced cemetery preservation workshops - Instructor Misti Spillman

The Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum in Dayton, Ohio is again offering both beginner and advanced cemetery preservation workshops. Misti Spillman returns as the instructor for this 2020 series of classes. 

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"Classes include hands on, one-on-one and group instruction on headstone preservation and proper cleaning techniques. 

Two class types will be provided including a basic beginners class featuring basic headstone cleaning techniques and demonstrations on headstone repairs. 

The advanced class will delve into base production, up-righting monuments, mortar mixing and hoisting.

Each attendee will receive a class instruction booklet and tools to take home. You will receive detailed instructions and a map via e-mail about a week before the class on where to meet and park at the cemetery." 

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 Click HERE to enroll in workshops of your choice.:  

 Beginner's Classes:

Saturday - May 16, 2020 - 10 to 3 - $30.00

 Saturday - August 15, 2020 - 10 to 3 - $30.00

Advanced Classes:

Saturday - June 20, 2020 - 10 to 3 - $50.00

Saturday, September 19, 2020 - 10 to 3 - $50.00

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  Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum in Dayton, Ohio has 113,092 memorials posted for in on "Find A Grave."

Sharing a Link to the "Dayton Daily News" October 24, 2019 feature story about the Dayton Memorial Park being among the first cemeteries in Ohio to receive the HB168 cemetery grant - $5,000

Sharing a link to the "Dayton Daily News" story published online on October 24, 2019 by Chris Stewart.  

The article includes a photograph of 

Mark Davis, Dayton Memorial Park's General Manager.  He stands next to Anne Petit, Superintendent for the Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing at the Ohio Department of Commerce. Mr. Davis is seen explaining the extensive tornado damage the cemetery suffered.

The Dayton Memorial Park lists 55,630 memorials on the website:  "Find A Grave." 

Link to the Real Estate and Professional Licensing's Forms.

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Scroll down the link to "CEMETERY FORMS":

CEMETERY FORMS

COM 3659 - Burial Permit Fee Report
COM 3660 - Cemetery Complaint Form
COM 3661 - Cemetery Renewal Endowment Care Trust Annual Report
COM 3662 - Cemetery Registration Form
COM 3663 - Persons Authorized to Sell Interment Rights
COM 3665 - Cemetery Change Application
COM 3670 - Cemetery Merchandise&Services Fund Annual Report
COM 3671 - Cemetery Endowment Care Trust Affidavit
COM 3672 - Cemetery Merchandise&Services Fund Affidavit
REPL-18-011 - Cemetery Ceased
Cemetery Grant Application Instructions
REPL-19-0022 - Cemetery Grant Application

Old Greencastle Cemetery Preservationists - A Plea for Help! - Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

Old Greencastle Cemetery Preservationists

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About: 

"A neglected cemetery that hadn't been touched in years. My dad and I set a goal of helping to preserve and maintain this forgotten cemetery. We use our own lawn equipment to mow, cut down trees, and weed eat the cemetery. We can always use donations, volunteers, and word of mouth to help preserve this cemetery. Old Greencastle Cemetery is most likely the oldest cemetery in Dayton. The earliest dated tombstone found in the cemetery was inscribed in 1817. Even before the church was erected, the land may have been used as a family graveyard. However, few of the graveyard's records prior to 1913 exist as many of the cemetery's records, graves, and gravestones were destroyed during the 1913 Dayton flood."

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Old Greencastle Cemetery on Find A Grave

"All events for Headstone Cleaning and Restoration Classes at Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum"

"Woodland" "Historic Cemetery, Arboretum & Foundation"

Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum on "Find A Grave"

Both Old Greencastle and New Greencastle Cemeteries in Dayton Rely on Volunteers to Get Needed Clean Up Help

Sharing this TV news story from WHIOTV Channel 7 in Dayton, Ohio.:

"Local landscaping company steps in to clean up overgrown cemetery" 

The news video tells the most current situation showing just how severely neglected the grounds are surrounding the gravesites at the New Greencastle Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio.  Thankfully, volunteer landscapers have stepped in to do the job the owners of the cemetery have failed to do on a regular ongoing basis.

Per the website, "Find A Grave" there are 4,558 interments at the New Greencastle Cemetery.

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The New Greencastle Cemetery, which is an active cemetery, has a lapsed registration per the Ohio Department of Commerce's website:

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Link to "Google Reviews" for the New Greencastle Cemetery.

Link to United States (USA) Business Database for the New Greencastle Cemetery

From the "Dayton Daily News" Report of September 23, 2016:
"Cemetery Supt. Headstone Concerns Unfounded"

by Mark Gokavi, Staff Writer

Excerpt:“It’s not going to look like a million-dollar cemetery,” Boykins said. “We’re there to serve a purpose for that community.”

"Guide to the Harrison Township Cemetery Association

Greencastle Cemetery Records"

	Harrison Township Cemetery Association / Greencastle Cemetery Records
	Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives Phone: 937-775-2092 http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/
	Harrison Township Cemetery Association
	1868-2005
	1940-1989
	6 linear feet (3 boxes)
	The collection contains handwritten and typed documents of burial plots and grave records, maps, financial reports and receipts, deeds, ledgers, meeting minutes, photographs, and correspondence. The records pertain to both New Greencastle Cemetery and Old Greencastle Cemetery, which are burial grounds of some of the founders of Dayton.
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Additional Information for: Clean Up Day at Old Greencastle Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio - March 18, 2017

**Sharing additional information from Traci Muller Rylands**:

"I have more information about the March 18 cleanup day at Dayton's Old Greencastle Cemetery 

From Fred Lynch of the SUCVW:

"SUVCW and other community volunteers will be at Old Greencastle Cemetery from 9 a.m. to noon Sat., March 18. 

Anyone wanting to help welcome, but need bring own weed whackers, rakes, pruners, brooms etc. to use. 

No electricity or water at cemetery. Dress for the weather as it might be chilly. 

Work day will be cancelled if raining. 

Additional work days scheduled from 9 a.m. to Noon April 15, May 20, June 14, Aug. 17, Sept. 16, and Oct. 14. All are “weather permitting.” 

All assistance appreciated."

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Traci is the author of the Blog:

"Adventures in Cemetery Hopping"

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Other Links for the Old Greencastle Cemetery: 
From OhioLink:Harrison Township Cemetery Association / Greencastle Cemetery Records

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MS-366: Harrison Township Cemetery Association / Greencastle Cemetery Records

Announcing Spring Clean up Day, March 18th, at the Old Greencastle Cemetery - Dayton, Ohio

Sharing from Traci Muller Rylands:

"The Sons of Union Veterans, Sherman Camp #93, are having a cleanup day at Old Greencastle Cemetery in Dayton on Saturday, March 18, and are in inviting the public to join them.

These fellows (some pictured below) do a great job, so I hope they will get a big turn out.

 Many of my ancestors are buried there so it has a special place in my heart." 

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The Old Greencastle Cemetery in Dayton is on Find A Grave with 8,018 interments.

"Hear the Silent Speak II - An Ohio CW 150 Learning Experience" - at Dayton's Historic Cemetery and Arboretum - Sunday, October 7, 2012 - 6:00p.m. to 9:00p.m.

"Sponsored by Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman Camp No. 93, Dept. of Ohio"

WHERE: 

Grand Army of the Republic Section of Dayton's Historic Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, 118 Woodland Ave.,
Dayton 45409.

WHY: 

Ohio played a pivotal role during the American Civil War (ACW) with about 320,000 men serving in 230 regiments.

Nearly all were volunteers; only 8,750 were drafted. 

There were more than 5,000 African-American ACW soldiers and sailors from Ohio. 

Over 200 Ohioans reached the rank of general or admiral. 

Examples from all these veterans' categories
are buried in Woodland Cemetery. Their voices are too long silent and their contributions too long forgotten.

HOW: 

"Hear the Silent Speak" is a free and open to the public living history event to inform people concerning Ohio U.S. military veterans who served 1861-65 and the valiant work done by U.S. Military Forces during the American Civil War.

Some of the veterans that will be highlighted are famous, some are not. 

All are buried at Dayton's Historic Woodland Cemetery. 

The event will feature living historians who are members of the Sons of Union Veterans "giving them voice" through well researched representations and related discussions."

 

     Currently, Dayton's Historic Woodland Cemetery  has 52,245 interments listed for it on "Find A Grave."

Woodland Cemetery Historic Cemetery and Arboretum