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."

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Spotlighting Robert Dickey buried at the Dean Cemetery in Ross County, Ohio

Click on title to view Capt. Robert Dickey's memorial on "Find A Grave"

Per Scott Andersen, the photograph of the Robert Dickey Stone and the row of new government gravestones is actually at the South Salem Cemetery. 

"I believe someone put up that row of memorials to honor the men of Ross County who fought in the Revolution, but did not have a known Grave site."

"At least two of the memorials are for men buried less than a mile away in the Dean Cemetery." 

Sunday, August 28, 2011

WWI veteran Edward George Klaus' gravesite at Elyria's Brookdale Cemetery is unmarked no more

Click on title to read the wonderful Elyria Chronicle-Telegram story of August 28, 2011 about how the gravesite of WWI veteran, Edward George Klaus, is now finally marked with a gravestone at Elyria's Brookdale Cemetery.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Spotlighting Guilford Township Cemeteries in Medina County, Ohio

Click on title to link to a website about the Mound Hill Cemetery in Seville, Ohio and River Styx Cemetery in Wadsworth, Ohio.

Both cemeteries are located in Medina County. 

Much history is provided for these cemeteries.

Floral and ground regulations are also stated. 

Links are provided to "Find A Grave" memorials posted for these two cemeteries.