Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio

Dedicated to cemetery preservation in the great state of Ohio


"A cemetery may be considered as abandoned when all or practically all of the bodies have been Removed therefrom and no bodies have been buried therein for a great many years, and the cemetery has been so long neglected as entirely to lose its identity as such, and is no longer known, recognized and respected by the public as a cemetery. 1953 OAG 2978."

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Admiral Noble E. Irwin of Greenfield, Ohio - Where was he buried?



Admiral Noble E. Irwin died August 10, 1937 in Warner Springs, California, but according to family correspondence his ashes were buried at a small unnamed cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland. 

His grandmother, Priscilla Beals Rogers, was buried at Sheep Pen Cemetery located on the Highland and Fayette Counties border (Ohio).

Thursday, March 25, 2010

The Caldwell & Beals Families Genealogy

Below are scanned images of the pages from the Carolina Coffey Book, compiled in 1910 - Greenfield, Ohio - about The Genealogy of the Caldwell & Beals Families
(My apologies as they are out of order!)

Monday, March 22, 2010

William Beals buried at the Sheep Pen Cemetery - Highland/Fayette Counties Ohio

Click on title to link to William Beals' memorial posted on "Find A Grave."  My thanks to Caroline Jane Taylor Higgins for submitting the photo of William Beals who was a War of 1812 Veteran.  The photograph was taken in 1981.