Sharing from the Crescent-News of Defiance Ohio: " Fulton County Genealogical Society to meet Tuesday" - Tuesday, at 7:00p.m. - October 12, 2021 - Trinity Lutheran Church in Delta.

This short news announcement gives us enough information to know that this event will provide a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the The Toledo State Hospital Cemetery Reclamation Project (TSHCRP)  

One of the presenters will be Kimberly Brownlee who authored the book about the Toledo State Hospital. 

"Fulton County Genealogical Society meetings are held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 410 Taylor St., Delta. Parking and entry are on the back side of the church. We will be utilizing distancing and would appreciate the use of masks for the meeting. Visitors are welcome."

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Toledo State Hospital New Cemetery on "Find A Grave."

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Toledo State Hospital Old Cemetery on "Find A Grave."

Spotlighting a story from the "Toledo Blade" - November 1, 2020: "A time for saluting the past, enjoying the present": By Barbara Hendel - "The Toledo State Hospital Cemetery Reclamation Project"

Facebook Page: Toledo State Hospital Cemeteries 

Website: Toledo State Hospital Cemetery Reclamation Project

"Toledo Blade" Story - November 1, 2020

Excerpt:

"Jane Weber welcomed everyone and said that when the TSH Cemetery Reclamation Project began in 2005, all that they knew was that two cemeteries existed for people who were once patients at Toledo State Hospital, now called Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital. They had the names of 900 people buried there, and almost 1,100 buried in a second cemetery on the University of Toledo campus, but they didn't know where the graves were located, since the numbered markers had all been lost underground. Over the past 15 years, volunteers have found and raised about two-thirds of all markers, researched personal histories, and connected families with lost loved ones who are buried here."

Spotlighting this story: "Local students honor Civil War veteran more than a century after his death."

Sharing this feature story by Lissa Guyton of 13Action News in Toledo, Ohio published on August 26, 2020.  From it, we learn how the local Bowsher High School students achieved a cherish goal to restore dignity and honor to a long forgotten Civil War veteran.  

During his lifetime, this veteran's identity became more associated with a number assigned to him rather than his own name.  The same held true in death.  

Only a lonely looking brick size stone imprinted with his patient number had marked his gravesite - until now.

 The Civil War veteran was Private Joseph Withers, a patient at the Toledo State Hospital who resided there at the time of his death in 1919.  

He was buried at the Toledo State Hospital Cemetery. 

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Excerpt:

“I have been taught that a person dies twice. The first time is their physical death. The second is the last time someone says their name. Today, we are saying Joseph’s name again,” said Robyn Hage, supervisor of the Leading Rebels program. “I have truly enjoyed watching the students get excited about this project. It was a lot of work to raise that money. A lot of them want to be activists in the community, so this was a great way to get involved. For me this is very personal because it connects our past to our future.”

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The Toledo State Hospital Reclamation Project is also included in the article with a link provided to its website. 

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Latest brochure for the Toledo State Hospital Reclamation Project

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The War Veterans Page on the website of the Toledo State Hospital Reclamation Project

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Toledo State Hospital Cemeteries on Facebook

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