Spotlighting the Smyrna Cemetery Restoration Project in Clermont County, Ohio

It is always encouraging news to read about a "Cemetery Restoration Levy" being passed at an Ohio Township!  

This was the case for Franklin Township in Clermont County, Ohio.  The funds are being used for restoration purposes at the Smyrna Cemetery and the Felicity Cemetery under their care.  

Here is a link to this wonderful story!  

"Smyrna Cemetery Restoration Project" by By Sabrina Schnarrenberg

Sharing an Excerpt from the story.:

"The Franklin Township Historical Society would like to thank the Franklin Township Trustees and the community members for passing the Cemetery Restoration Levy. Cemetery restoration has begun on the Smyrna Cemetery just outside of Felicity. Smyrna was a community founded by the Rankin Family and the Presbyterians in 1808; the most recent stone is of an infant who passed in 1816."

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The Franklin Township Historical Society would like to put together a group of volunteers to help clean up the graves and document stones. 

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If you are interested in volunteering or would like to have more information please contact Jim at 513 673-3253.

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Sharing an additional link for the Smyrna Cemetery:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohclecgs/cemeteries/smyrna/index.html

Sharing a WOSU Public Media Story Spotlighting the Ongoing Restoration Efforts at Columbus' Green Lawn Cemetery

As many of us are aware, Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio has suffered multiple vandalism attacks in recent months that have amounted to $1.25 million in damages - a staggering sum.  The human effort required to repair and reset hundreds of markers and monuments so adversely affected by the repeated acts of senseless vandalism has been ongoing and impressive in so many ways.

This story, compiled by Emily Thompson, is one of the most comprehensive I have read to date.  Included are several photographs of the magnitude of the damage and destruction that occured at many sections of this historic cemetery.  

"To Save Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus State Students Track The Damage"

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143,498 interments are listed for Green Lawn Cemetery on "Find A Grave."

"Receiver Appointed to Troubled Delaware Cemetery" -- The Latest Report for Fairview MemorialPark

A receiver has been appointment to take over Fairview Memorial Park in Delaware County, Ohio per several reports just released.

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From ABC Channel 6 in Columbus, Ohio.:

"Receiver Appointed to Troubled Delaware Cemetery"  

By Kurt Ludlow.