Revisiting the Good Hope Cemetery in Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio

Below are my photographs taken on September 17, 2016 at the Good Hope Cemetery in Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio.  

Of particular interest for me are the gravesites of some of my collateral line Limes ancestors, namely John Limes and his wife Sarah Ann (Cory) Limes. 

John and Sarah Limes' daughter-in-law, Ida Maude (McHugh) Limes, and her baby daughter, Lulu E. Limes, are buried near them.  

Sarah Ann (Cory) Limes' parents, James Cory and Rebecca (Sperry) Cory, and their young daughter, Louisa Cory, are buried nearby.  Their gravesites are marked by a tall gray marble monument. 

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The Good Hope Cemetery is well kept by the township trustees and is an active registered cemetery in the State of Ohio.  

Above are side-by-side photos of the John Limes' gravestone. 

The John Limes' white marble gravestone was quite darkened on a large portion of its surface for many years, even after cleaning it all over with water and a soft bristle brush and generous rinsing.  

In May of 2014 it was cleaned by Scott Andersen with D/2 Biological Solution and rinsed.  Now, just over two years later, the gravestone looks great! Its appearance is improved but not actually altered by any abrasive tools or methods.  It's an old gravestone and it isn't expected to look 'brand new' - nor should it! 

Above is the Cory monument 

Sharing Some Photographs of Gravestones at Good Hope Cemetery in Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio

Sharing some photographs taken on July 21, 2012 at the Good Hope Cemetery in Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio:

Good Hope Cemetery has always appeared well maintained whenever I have visited it.  

The cemetery sections are laid out well and are easily identifiable with large section markers.  

 The Fayette County Genealogical Society has published a wonderful tombstone inscription book for Wayne Township.

(Wayne and Marion Townships are together in one book.)

Published in 2000 by Charles R. Gossett and Peggy Gilmore (now deceased). 

The Fayette County Genealogical Society members have done an outstanding job of documenting burials in their county. They have published all of their transcriptions by township name in books that can be purchased through the FCGS. Included when possible, are previous older readings that may offer transcriptions of stones no longer visible or readable.

Spotlighting John and Sarah Ann (Cory) Limes - buried at Good Hope Cemetery in Fayette County, Ohio

John Limes was the second oldest son of Harmon and Mary (McKee) Limes. His parents were born and married in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. John was born in Fayette County, Ohio on May 3, 1816, per family Bible records.

On March 29, 1838, John was married to Sarah Ann Cory in Fayette County by Reverend John King.

Pvt. John Limes was mustered-in to the 63rd OVI, Co. "E" on September 8, 1861. He was honorably discharged on September 25, 1862 on Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. His discharge papers show his occupation as being a farmer.

Family Bible records and other accounts show the following children for John and Sarah Limes:


Rebecca: Born: February of 1839
Married: July 3, 1858 to Enoch McCord
in Pike County, Ohio

Harmon James: Born: July 3, 1841 - Fayette County, Ohio
Married: February 11, 1862 to

Nancy Margaret Shade
in Pike County, Ohio
Died: October 2, 1932 - Ottawa, Kansas

William Henry: Born: July 23, 1845
Died: July 27, 1922

Mary Nancy Elizabeth: Born: March of 1850

Nathan H.: Born: 1855
Died: 1859

John Leighton: Born: October 20, 1860 in Bainbridge
Ross County, Ohio
Died: August 10, 1948 in Alhambra
Los Angeles County, California


John Limes died on July 1, 1887 in Good Hope, Fayette County, Ohio. He is buried next to his wife, Sarah Ann, in the Good Hope Cemetery.

Sarah Ann (Cory) Limes passed away on June 11, 1901 per her husband's military pension records.

On page 58 of the Harry Harmon Cory book, The Cory Family, it lists Sarah Ann Cory as being born on July 12, 1821. Her parents were James and Rebecca (Sperry) Cory. Her father was a Corporal in the War of 1812, mustered-in at Ross County, Ohio.