Mercer County Ohio - W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps - Update to the right sidebar of the Blog for these cemetery plat maps.

The .jpg versions of the Mercer County W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps have been added to the right sidebar of the blog. 

As is the case with other W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Map collections for other Ohio counties, the smaller cemeteries on a page, with multiple townships on one page, are saved in their own album. 

Names of the cemeteries appear in the Album Description section since there are several of them - too numerous to list in the title.
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Links to the  original .pdf versions that are held at the Mercer County Recorder's Office have already been added to the right sidebar of the blog along with other links that the Recorder is also offering on their website.  Be sure to check them out! 

Julie Peel, Mercer County Recorder, and her team, have done an excellent job of uploading their .pdf W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps to their website.  I encourage anyone who is researching these cemetery plat maps to reference them.
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Sharing also a small sampling of the Legend of Wars / History Box images in this Mercer County collection. These double outlined boxes appearing in the lower right-hand corner of a cemetery plat map page, are worth referencing because they can contain additional information pertinent to the cemetery.  

Also, normally there is at least a short listing of the numbers associated with the wars Americans served in - i.e. number 1 for the American Revolutionary War; number 10 for the War of 1812; number 19 for the Civil War, etc. that will be needed when referencing the veteran burials listed on the map page for each cemetery.
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On Page 31 - The Murlin Cemetery lists Henry Leasor as having been buried there who was an American Revolutionary War veteran.:

  
Please reference Karen Miller Bennett's wonderful blog post regarding American Revolutionary War veterans buried in Mercer County.:

The Macedon Cemetery lists two American Revolutionary War veterans buried there. Amos Spencer and James Shoonover.  Neither veteran is shown on Find a Grave for the Macedon Cemetery, however. 

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One more key identification for these W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps is that each one clearly shows:

"The Official Project Nos. of 465-42-3-467 & 
665-42-3-232" which verify they are authentic W.P.A. Cemetery Plats created by the Works Progress Administration program.
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There are two cemeteries with the single name of "Township" - one is for Gibson Township, and the other one is for Marion Township.:

Sharing Terry Pluto's October 12, 2025 story about visiting grave sites. Relating his own experiences "started it all"!

 Terry Pluto's October 12, 2025 Story about visiting grave sites.
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Relating that one week prior to Terry Pluto's October 19, 2025 story, he shared his personal story that "started it all" about his experience visiting the grave site of someone close to him. 

At the end of his story he provided his contact information.  Hed invited his readers, who would choose to, write to him and share their stories with him and his readers.:

"But if you go, tell me about it. Why do you go? What do you get out of it? 

This for a follow-up story."
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Terry may or may not return to this subject once again; and he may or may not ask his readers to share as they have now, however, I feel one vital point was made with Terry's story and those who related theirs in response to his request to do so as well. That is how meaningful the reasons and experiences are for them who take the time to visit cemeteries and grave sites. Their willingness to share their reasons demonstrates how important it is for them to publicly express them.  They are deeply personal and powerful.  

God Bless them all! 

Sharing news of upcoming November 19th, 2025 event at Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery - 11:00a.m. to 12:00p.m.

Here is the link for information about this upcoming November 19th, 2025 event at Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery.

From Kathy Goss.:

"On Tuesday, November 19th, starting at 11:00, we will be commemorating the birthday of President James A Garfield and Ohio's newest holiday, James A. Garfield Day. This involves a wreath sent from the White House, special guests from the military, music, and patriotic words to honor the life and legacy of our 20th president. "