Spotlighting the Virtual Cemetery of "Madison Truro Gravestones Found Buried" by Brent Nimmo

The Madison Truro Cemetery in Franklin County, Ohio is listed on "Find A Grave."  It is showing  97 interments.  

This fact does not sound like anything out of the ordinary except when you consider that in reality this 'official listing' reveals only half the cemetery's true story.  

The rest of the story is that Brent Nimmo has created a "virtual cemetery" entitled:  "Madison Truro Stones Found Buried."  

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To date, Brent has uncovered 33 grave markers that have sunken out of sight at Madison Truro Cemetery.  

I am not sure how many of these 33 grave markers that Brent uncovered are also found listed on the cemetery's main "Find A Grave" page, but it is helpful to know that both lists exist for cross-reference purposes; thanks to his extensive efforts. 

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Below are the notes that Brent posted on the Madison Truro's main cemetery page:

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Cemetery notes and/or description:

"Truro graveyard, for many years one of the best kept and one of the most prominent in the county, has also gone down, and no burials have taken place there in several years. Many of the tombstones have fallen over and some are broken."
 

"History of Madison Township", pg. 371
Written by Geo. F Bareis, published 1902

Geo. F. Bareis' Find A Grave Memorial

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A full view version of this publication can be accessed at the Hathi Trust Digital Library.  

Of great interest is Chapter XXIX entitled:  "Graveyards" which begins on page 428.

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Brent continues to explore funding opportunities to properly repair and re-set these long covered gravestones and restore respect to these almost forgotten gravesites at Madison Truro Cemetery.  

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Please check out Brent's "Find A Grave" Contributor Page which includes a total of 120 virtual cemeteries!  

Thanking Wayne Township (Fayette County, Ohio) Trustee, Mr. Jim Cooper

Thanking Mr. Jim Cooper, Wayne Township Trustee in Fayette County, Ohio for his help in obtaining a replacement veteran's flag holder for my collateral line ancestor, Private John Limes of Good Hope, Ohio. 

Jim shared a photograph he took of John Limes' gravesite with the GAR flag holder and the new flags.  John Limes also has a footstone.  He served in the 63rd OVI - Company "E" during the Civil War.  His wife, Sarah Ann Cory, was also buried on the same lot.  Her name reportedly appears on the same stone below and is no longer visible.  She does not have her own separate gravestone.  Her parents are buried nearby, James and Rebecca (Sperry) Cory.

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Jim is doing a fine job with his work at the Good Hope Cemetery.  I appreciate so much all of his efforts on my behalf with caring for my ancestors' gravesites, and for his ensuring that the cemetery grounds are in good condition.

 

Gravestones of Southern Indiana

Sharing this well presented video about southern Indiana gravestones.  Details are given of their inscriptions, carved symbols, and history of the lives of the area's stone carvers of these early pioneer gravestones.  

Most of the stone materials used for creating gravestones in Indiana were also used in Ohio such as limestone, soapstone, and marble.  Also, many of the symbols such as the willow, urn, hand-clasps, fingers pointing up, etc. are found in cemeteries in many states including Ohio.  All of the symbols have meanings pertinent to the deceased that give us clues not only about their lives, but the circumstances surrounding their deaths.