Taking a Scenic Tour of some Seneca County, Ohio Cemeteries with Ron & Sheila Amore.

First, I feel it important to extend my appreciation to Ron and Sheila Amore for sharing their photographs that they have taken during their tours of several North Central Ohio cemeteries.  

They have been regular contributors to the Facebook Group "Preserving Ohio's Cemeteries".  They are helping to preserve cemeteries through their photographic documentation which illustrates the current condition of so many rural burial grounds that dot Ohio's landscape that exist in various areas of the state.
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This post will feature five of such cemeteries located in rural Seneca County.:

Jerusalem Cemetery.:

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Price Cemetery:

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Reisz Cemetery:

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Shock Cemetery:

Jedediah Holmes, Sr.

"Revolutionary War Patriots Buried in Ohio"

"HOLMES, JEDEDIAH, (Seneca County) [41.02256 -83.13214] Born on March 18,1763 in Armenia, Dutchess County, NY to parents Jabez (1723-1797) & Experience Cleveland Holmes (1728-1805). He served as a Private with NY under Capts Graves, Cady, Bostick, Henry, Towne, and Young; also, Cols Waterman, McKinstree, and Willett. He married 1) Unknown, 2) Hannah Brown (1764-1860); children: Deborah, Hiram, Abraham, Cleveland, Martha, Ira, Benjamin, Hannah, Polly, David, Jedediah & Palmer. He died on May 1, 1840 and Buried at Shock's Cemetery, Eden Twp., Seneca County, OH. GM Bronze marker, 1927. Pension # W7772. Roster of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR. 1929. Also, SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004. Also, New York in the Revolution, pg 90. Also, pension W7772. Also, Abstractes of Revolutionary War Pension Files, pg 1688. SAR Ancestor # P-183933. DAR# A057025. Has a tombstone and a 1776 marker. Cemetery number #-2193229. Find a Grave Memorial #-79129601"

Swamp Cemetery (AKA Union Pisgah Cemetery):

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Also:

CARSON, ROBERT, (Seneca County) [41.0095000 -82.8521300]
Find a Grave Memorial for Robert Carson, veteran of the American Revolutionary War.
"Born on May 7, 1762. Served with PA in the Revolutionary War, Served 5 tours as a Ranger in Cumberland Co., PA. Married Margaret Bates (1768-1837); children: George, Samuel & Hannah. Rejected Pension #R2338V (service too short). He died on November 10, 1837 and Bured at (Old Swamp Cemetery) Union Pisgah Cemetery, Attica, Venice Twp. (Use gate opposite church; follow path some 10 rows, grave on right ). GM by Mrs. G. A. Downey, 1027, bronze marker. Tradition says this was the first person buried in Swamp Cem when it was only a spot in the woods. Ref: Mrs. Eva Smith Sutton, Tiffin, OH. Fur infor Dolly Todd Madison Chap. SAR Ancestor # P-129406. DAR # A019836. Has a tombstone &1776 marker. Cemetery number # -2227339. Find A Grave Memorial # -20896883."
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Sharing this story from Seneca County, Ohio - From "The Advertiser-Tribune" in Tiffin - by Vicki Johnson - "Restoring History" - October 29, 2022

Sharing this well written in-depth article from "The Advertiser-Tribune" that covers important elements being addressed during the course of the preservation work slated for the Rock Run Cemetery in Seneca County, Ohio.  

Local historian, Stephen Hartzell, and cemetery preservation professional, Steve Coffman - Monumental Task Cemetery Preservation LLC, both who hail from Tiffin, have laid out a sound plan from the beginning point of this preservation project and concluding with a public plea for crucial donations.

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Excerpt from this story.:

"A $54 donation can pay for a gallon of D-2, the chemical that cleans gravestones without causing damage, or it can help purchase other supplies.

An $85 donation can pay for a package of epoxy for repairing broken stones.

Any donation amount is welcome. Make checks payable to “Eden Twp. Rock Run Cemetery Fund” with “For repair and restoration” in the notes section. Mail checks to Eden Township, c/o Julie Vogel, Fiscal Officer, 4826 E. CR 6, Tiffin, Ohio 44883."  

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White Bronze Markers and Monuments bring Beauty and Wonder to the Attica Venice Township Joint Cemetery and Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery - Attica, Seneca County, Ohio

On July 17, 2018, I visited the Attica Venice Township Joint Cemetery and the adjoining Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in Seneca County, Ohio.  

I had heard that the larger Attica Venice Township Joint Cemetery contains over 100 white bronze markers and monuments!  

So, on my way to Findlay to do some antique shopping, I decided to make visiting these cemeteries my first stop.  

These are not large cemeteries, however, a visitor could easily spend quite a lot of time walking row by row reading the inscriptions and marveling at the grand white bronze (zinc) monuments; some that tower above all of the markers around them. 

At both cemeteries, newly erected gray granite monuments serve as official cemetery signs.

At the Attica Venice Township Joint Cemetery, the cemetery's official name monument is near the Ohio Historical Marker (erected in 2017) that commemorates the life and sacrifice of World War I nurse Clara Edith (Work) Ayres who is buried at the Attica Venice Township Joint Cemetery.  These historical markers are always a welcome sight to any visitor.  They draw you to them to learn more about the cemetery and some of the notable local people who are buried there. 

  

I realize now that my eager rambling through both cemeteries was too brief. I know a second visit is warranted to find even more interesting markers and monuments; including more of those white bronze beauties that have weathered so well through the decades, indeed centuries.

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Above two flat markers:

 Ernest W. Karr (right) and Mrs. Iva Jane Karr (left) 

white bronze flat markers

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Above:

Anna Mina Karr 

White Bronze lamb

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Above:

Large white bronze matching side-by-side plaques

monument for

Henry and Lucinda Briner

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Above three photographs: 

Listed on Find A Grave

at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery

Dr. Alfred Force

and his wife, Lucinda Force 

matching side-by-side plaques on white bronze monument

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  The above nine photographs:
The Griffith family Monument

Sylvanus Griffith, Electa Griffith

and Elizabeth Griffith

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Above:

Dr. William B. Olds and his wife Maggie Olds 

white bronze double marker on base.

Please note:  The stone base is crumbling

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Above three photographs: 

 Clara Edith Work Ayres 

White bronze monument and

close up view of the flag holder at her gravesite.

Learn more about Nurse Clara Edith Work Ayres

from her biographical information 

presented on both sides of the Ohio Historical Marker

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The above three photographs 

Listed on Find A Grave

at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery

Henry Gilmore's tall white bronze monument

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Hamilton White Bronze Monument

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Above two photographs:

Listed on Find A Grave

at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery

White Bronze Monument for Jacob Fisher

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Above:  

The small white bronze marker for Katie Blanch Wyley

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The above four photographs:

Lockie and Clarence Steigmeyer

White Bronze monument with statue

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Above four photographs:
James Howard Clements

and his wife,

Mildred J. Van Wormer Clements
Side-by-side bronze plaques on ornate white bronze monument

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Above two photographs:

White Bronze side by side plaques on monument

for James F. and Jennie (Smith) Clements

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Above two photographs: 

White bronze marker for Mary Allgyre

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Above two photographs:
Milton Eisenhart's white bronze monument

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Above:
Photograph of a log design stone bench.

(Please note:  The right support is collapsing!)

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Above three photographs:
Various views of the Ohio Historical marker

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Above:

Elizabeth Fisher Reichert's white bronze monument

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Above:

White Bronze marker for

Samuel Croxton

and Mattie Croxton

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Above two photographs:
Small size White Bronze marker for

Rosana Songer - wife of John Songer

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Above:  

Warren Hull 's flat White Bronze marker

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