Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio

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"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."

Thursday, November 18, 2021

The Champaign County W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps are on the right sidebar of the blog

The Champaign County W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps are now up on the right sidebar of this blog.  The original map pages are at the Champaign County Recorder’s office. 

Champaign County contains 12 townships.:  Adams, Concord, Goshen, Harrison, Jackson, Johnson, Mad River, Rush, Salem, Union, Urbana and Wayne. 

Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County.

 Oak Dale Cemetery is the large cemetery maintained by the City of Urbana.  

Among those listed as famous persons buried at the Oak Dale Cemetery on the website Find A Grave is Simon Kenton.

This series of W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps for Champaign County are somewhat different from most other Ohio county cemetery maps because the Title Page for the Project itself and Title Pages for cemeteries with more than one page are missing.  

Thus, I have created a composite Veterans Graves Registration Project Title Page for Champaign County with the Legend of Wars and the Legend for abbreviations used to identify the specifics of veterans' burials on the maps. 

The first 8 pages – numbering one through eight – are missing. Number 8 mostly likely was the Title Page for Evergreen Cemetery in Saint Paris which starts with number 9.

 Also missing are the following numbered pages.:

 11  The title page for Honey Creek Cemetery in Christiansburg, in  Jackson Township.

15  The title page for Maple Grove Cemetery in Rush Township  

      – just outside of the Village of  North Lewisburg.

20  The title page for Mt. Tabor Cemetery in Wayne Township.

24  The title page for Mutual Grace Cemetery in Union Township just west of the community of  Mutual.

27  The title page for Nettle Creek Cemetery in Mad River Township.

31  The title page for Oak Dale Cemetery in Urbana – Urbana Township.

46   The title page for Rosedale Cemetery – Adams Township        

50   The title page for Spring Grove Cemetery – Johnson Township – near Saint Paris

56   The title page for Terre Haute Cemetery – Mad River Township  

60   The title page for Woodstock Cemetery – Woodstock in Rush Township

The above- numbered pages might best be identified as title pages that come before the map pages of a larger cemetery having more than one section.  Such a title page typically contains a brief history of the cemetery and its acreage among other possible information.

Note that some map pages with the veterans names listed also contain a separate Supplementary list of veterans’ names. 

Sunday, November 14, 2021

"Renewal for a Delaware County Cemetery" - November 13, 2021 - from the evening newscast by 10TV - WBNS news in Columbus, Ohio - Fairview Memorial Park.

Sharing this video that aired November 13, 2021 during the evening newscast.  

The video is short but it is definitely sweet!  It delivers much needed good news for Fairview Memorial Park in Delaware County, Ohio.  The video is from 10TV news in Columbus - WBNS - reported by Richard Solomon. 

On Monday, November 15, 2021, at 10:00a.m. at Fairview Memorial Park, a check for $13,000 will be presented to the Berlin Township Trustees from the Ohio Department of Real Estate.  These funds are targeted for addressing the massive amount of repairs and other issues needing to be completed at Fairview Memorial Park. 
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There are 1,795 memorials for Fairview Memorial Park on Find A Grave.