Sharing this inspiring story about Larry and Bonnie Knox and the Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society

Here is a link to the article published by the "Daily Record" of Wooster, Ohio on December 21, 2019 entitled:

"Resurrecting old cemeteries - Wooster couple with help from volunteers, restore local gravesites"

Excerpt:

"The work the Knoxes of Wooster have done since 2001 to discover, reclaim and restore old gravestones and sites has been in part a scavenger hunt and in part putting together the pieces of a puzzle to preserve the sacred resting places of deceased Wayne County residents. They have dug up bulldozed fields and researched family histories in their quest to literally uncover the past."

The Ohio Genealogical Society offers a link on their website to a PDF file entitled. "Creating a Cemetery Preservation Society in Your County" 

by Bonnie & Larry Knox

Website for the Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society

Thanking Larry and Bonnie Knox and all of the volunteers with the Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society for their long time preservation work at several of Ohio's cemeteries! 

Announcing Upcoming Restoration Work at the Rittman Pioneer Memorial Cemetery in Rittman, Wayne County, Ohio

Sharing great news regarding the Rittman Pioneer Memorial Cemetery located in Rittman, Wayne County, Ohio which has 127 interments listed for it on "Find A Grave."  (Per Find A Grave, the cemetery is 84% photographed.)

The Rittman Historical Society has announced on its Facebook Page:

"Rittman Historical Society / Pioneer Cemetery"    

"A COMPANY RESPECTFUL INTERMENT PRESERVATIONS HAS BEEN APPROVED TO FINISH REPAIRING THE LAST EIGHT HEAD STONES. A MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED BY ALL ATTENDING MEMBERS TO PAY FOR THIS PART OF THE RESTORATION OF THE CEMETERY. MY THANKS GO OUT TO EVERYONE IN RITTMAN & WADSWORTH. I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK EVERY PERSON IN THE RITTMAN,WADSWORTH AREA FOR THEIR DONATIONS."

 Some of the surnames of those buried at the Rittman Pioneer Cemetery include:  

Albers, Blackwell, Calame, Fritz, Garver, Gish, Hatfield, Immel, Johnson, Lance, Leatherman, Miller, Ollinger, Pifer, Savage, Shank, Spitler, Wagaman, Wright, and Yockey. 

Spotlighting the Medina County Cemetery Preservation Society

To learn more about the Medina County Cemetery Preservation Society of Medina County, Ohio click on the title of this post.

The site also includes a link to the Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society of Wayne County, Ohio.

Wayne County Ohio Cemetery Preservation Society

Click on title to access the website of the Wayne County (Ohio) Cemetery Preservation Society.

This is a great site to visit for those interested in Wayne County, Ohio cemeteries.

From the website of the Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society:

"The Wayne County Cemetery Preservation Society (WCCPS) is an organization whose purpose is to find, record, photograph, and protect endangered cemeteries. It is a non-profit grassroots effort consisting of hardworking and dedicated volunteers. Activities can include digging, probing to find headstones, deciphering of writing on tombstones, photography, and obtaining genealogical information. Meetings are held once a month, usually at the Wayne County Public Library. WCCPS has a working relationship with the Program in Archaeology at The College of Wooster; students assist in recording and mapping cemeteries, GPS readings, and locating tombstones."

Wayne County (Ohio) Cemetery Preservation Society

Click on title to link to the Wayne County (Ohio) Cemetery Preservation Society.

The following information is abstracted from the Wayne County Preservation Society's web site:

"Genealogical Research Requests"

"WCCPS is always ready to help when a cemetery is threatened or someone has a cemetery related question, but please do not submit your requests for personal research at this time. We are still busy reading, recording and researching the tombstone inscriptions in all sixteen Wayne County townships. Until our job is complete, we encourage you to contact the Wayne County Public Library in Wooster, Ohio for genealogical requests. WCCPS is dedicating its time toward gathering information in order to be able to present to the public in the near future the most accurate and complete listing of burials within the borders of Wayne County, Ohio. Although we cannot take time to disseminate information, we do welcome incoming information such as the history of a church or cemetery, church or private burial records, word of a lost cemetery or the knowledge of a person’s burial without a tombstone or marker."

Links located on the site:

"ARTICLES:

The Forgotten Ones Preserving our history.

WCCPS Invited to Seneca County Assisting other groups.

Mike McCann Documents and Confirms Information He Finds on Area Graves Success in Medina County by WCCPS member.

Students Looking for Graves Positive association with the College of Wooster.

Graveyard Preservation Some suggestions by Lynette Strangstad."