Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Sharing an Update - Dean Cemetery, Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio

Scott and Venus Andersen have spent 3 years routinely working at the Dean Cemetery in Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio where some of his ancestors are buried.

The photographs below illustrate the dramatic progress that has been made both with the clean up of the cemetery's grounds and the gravestones that they have located, cleaned, repaired, and re-set during that time.

Thanking Scott Andersen for sharing his most recent photographs taken at the Dean Cemetery:

From Scott Andersen (September 17, 2014):
     "Today, I finally got around to digging up Mary Lawhead's foot stone. We've known where the broken off base was located for some time now, and recently, Venus had located what we have assumed was the rest of the stone buried several inches down, just next to the base. Well, I dug up the whole thing, got the base out of the ground, and the part that had been hidden. What we found though was that pieces were still missing.

     But, after taking a close look at what we had, I realized that at least some of the missing pieces were over in the "junkyard".

     The piece that is the top of the stone, with the rounded edge had been lying over there in the pile. So that was quite a thrill, to match up one of those orphaned fragments with a "known" stone.

     But, there was still a pretty substantial piece of the puzzle missing. After a few minutes of probing the area around the foot stone's location, we found the small piece that you see in the photo."

(Above - Photograph courtesy of Scott Andersen)

Fragments for Mary Lawhead's footstone.

(Above - Photograph courtesy of Scott Andersen)

All of the found fragments of Mary Lawhead's footstone.

(Above - Photograph courtesy of Scott Andersen)

September 17, 2014 longer distance view of the Dean Cemetery

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Below are photographs taken at the Dean Cemetery in September of 2011 courtesy of Scott Andersen

(Scott Andersen above at the Dean Cemetery in September, 2011)

(Below are two random views of the Dean Cemetery in September, 2011)

Upcoming Ohio Cemetery Law Task Force Meetings - September 19 and September 24

REMINDER:

OHIO CEMETERY LAW TASK FORCE MEETINGS COMING UP.

BOTH OF THESE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:

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Friday, September 19, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.:

77 South High Street, 22nd
Floor Hearing Room
Columbus, Ohio 43215

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 9:30 a.m.:

77 South High Street, 22nd
Floor Hearing Room
Columbus, Ohio 43215
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You can direct any questions about the meetings to:
Laura A. Monick
Registration and Resolution Section Chief
Ohio Department of Commerce
Ohio Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing
77 South High Street, 20th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
614-466-5384 www.com.ohio.gov

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Mark Your Calendar for October 4, 2014 - It's "History Day" in Greenfield, Ohio with a Focus on the Restoration Progress at the Old Burying Ground by Greenfield Ohio Historical Society Volunteers

Greenfield Historical Society's "History Day" will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2014 from 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m.

This year it will also feature historical society volunteers discussing the ongoing cemetery preservation work that has been conducted this summer at Greenfield's oldest cemetery - The Old Burying Ground.

(Photograph above taken August 9, 2014)

From the Greenfield Historical Society's website:

"Another volunteer day was held at the Old Burying Ground adjacent Travellers Rest on September 6, 2014, to clean and repair gravestones.

Led again by Scott Anderson, he was joined by his wife Venus, Gloria Losey, John King, Shirley Shields and Michael Gates. There is a tremendous amount of progress being made in this project."