Spain Cemetery adjacent to Maple Grove Cemetery - North Lewisburg, Rush Township, Champaign County Ohio

Many thanks to Ralph Coleman, Jr. for providing the following information regarding the inactive, "Spain Cemetery" in Rush Township, Champaign County, Ohio:

"The Spain Cemetery is the older area of the grounds, established about the time the earliest pioneers settled in and around North Lewisburg. It is at the southern end of the cemetery complex, close to Gilbert Road and just north of Spain Creek. Burials began here as early as about 1803. Most of the engravings on the stones have faded away. The grounds are mowed as part of the Maple Grove Cemetery work. There are no known official records for this cemetery and the burials here. Over the years some folks have transcribed the inscriptions on the stones which existed; there are some records in the Champaign County Genealogical Society library. Unless some original records are found in someone's attic or shed, the burials here will be lost to posterity."

Ohio Genealogical Society's "The Ohio Genealogy News" & Cemetery Chronicles Column by Lolita (Thayer) Guthrie

One of my favorite columns in the Ohio Genealogical Society's periodical, "The Ohio Genealogy News" is the "Cemetery Chronicles" column which is published in each of the four issues during the year. "Cemetery Chronicles" is authored by Lolita (Thayer) Guthrie, the O.G.S. Cemetery Committee Chairperson.

*****More about Lolita (Thayer) Guthrie from the O.G.S. website.:

 
"Lolita Guthrie Honored at National Genealogy Conference
Mansfield, Ohio (1 September 2006)--Lolita Thayer Guthrie, of Bowling Green, Ohio, has received the Ruth C. Bishop Family History Living Volunteer Hall of Honor Award from the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) at its annual conference in Boston, August 30-September 2. She was nominated for the award by the Ohio Genealogical Society, headquartered in Mansfield, Ohio.

FGS is the national umbrella organization for genealogical societies throughout the United States of America. The Ohio Genealogical Society is a member society of FGS. The Ruth Bishop award is granted annually by FGS in recognition of outstanding volunteerism in genealogy and family history.

In nominating Lolita for this prestigious honor, the OGS said, "Lolita is one of the most active septuagenarians that we know. Her interest in genealogical research and cemetery preservation has occupied most of her adult life."
Lolita is a former trustee of OGS and long-time chairperson of its Cemetery Committee. Under her leadership, the Cemetery Committee completely overhauled the information in two previous OGS cemetery books and in 2003 published Ohio Cemeteries: 1803-2003 with information on over 14,600 cemeteries and burial sites throughout Ohio.

In April, 2006, OGS honored Lolita by naming her an OGS Fellow at its annual conference. The Fellow of The Ohio Genealogical Society Award is given to an individual who has provided valuable service to the Society and to the field of genealogy over and above the job to which they were elected or appointed through volunteer work, special projects, or their expertise or skill in accomplishing a goal for the Society.
She and her family have been major contributors to OGS's new building campaign.
Lolita has served as President of the Wood County Chapter of OGS and its Projects Coordinator. Working closely with the chapter newsletter editor, she proofreads every edition. Through her efforts, a Living History Project co-sponsored by the Chapter and the City of Bowling Green was presented last summer in Oak Grove Cemetery. She was also instrumental in setting up a Library Trust Fund at the Wood County Public Library, with the interest from the fund being used to purchase genealogical materials for the Library.
Over the years, she has "pushed" the Wood County OGS chapter to:
Read and publish every cemetery in Wood County.

Coordinate with the township trustees regarding cemeteries, as well as township records.
Publish over 30 books, with Lolita donating countless hours at home and on weekends to get those publications ready to send to the printer.
Start a high school volunteer program using high school students as volunteers for the Chapter.

Develop information on all the one-room schools in Wood County.
Develop information on church records in Wood County.
The Ohio Genealogical Society is the largest state genealogical society in the nation, with over 6,000 members in 94 chapters around the state and elsewhere in the U.S. It publishes the OGS Quarterly, OGS Genealogy News, Ohio Records & Pioneer Families, and Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal.
For more information, contact OGS at (419) 756-7294 or ogs@ogs.org."

For anyone with a serious interest in learning about "Ohio cemeteries - all things " - I can highly recommend joining the Ohio Genealogial Society because four times a year, as a member, you will receive in your mail box the "Ohio Genealogy News" with "Cemetery Chronicles" featured in every issue.

https://www.ogs.org/wp-content/uploads/resources/OGN/OGN2009Copy.pdf

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The "Cemetery Chronicles" column in the Summer 2009 issue of the "Ohio Genealogy News" features news from the following Ohio counties:

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Ashtabula

Highland

Jefferson

Lorain

Lucas

Pickaway

Washington

Wood

Green Lawn Cemetery - Columbus, Ohio - Silent Auction Book Sale in July, 2009

Green Lawn Cemetery - from their website:

http://www.greenlawncolumbus.org/

"You're also welcome to call the cemetery office at (614) 444-1123 (fax: 614-444-9815) or stop by the cemetery office at 1000 Greenlawn Avenue in Columbus. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 8:30 to 12:00 noon on Saturday. Green Lawn gates are open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., November-April and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., May-October."