Update on Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio - "Volunteers struggle to maintain abandoned cemeteries"

Volunteers struggle to maintain abandoned cemeteries

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Sharing this Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) news story about the Floral Hills Memory Gardens cemetery in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. 

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Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Circleville, Ohio on "Find A Grave" - 479 interments. 

Following a Path to the Freshour Family Cemetery in Ross County, Ohio

Robin Holland, a member of the Facebook Group Preserving Ohio's Cemeteries, has shared her photo album of gravestones taken on July 4, 2015 that were still visible at the small Freshour Cemetery; which is a family cemetery, located on Schlegel Road in Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio.  

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"Find A Grave" lists 7 burials at the Freshour Cemetery.  

 Above and below:

Gravestone for Albert M. Freshour, son of Martha and John, 1877 - 1880
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Thanking Ann Davis of the Ross County Genealogy Society Facebook Group for the following reference and information about Albert M. Freshour and the Freshour Cemetery:

"From Twin Township, Ross Co, Oh Tombstone Transcriptions compiled by Ross Co Genealogical Society in 1993. This little cemetery has almost all Freshour burials and a note regarding it says it is in a barnyard and all the stones are lying flat.
Albert M. Freshour, son of Martha & John Sept 14 1877 - June 26, 1880 2yrs 9mo 12 das. On the George Vandemark farm in 1993"

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Gravestone for Daniel Freshour - 1794 - 1880

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Gravestone for Emma Freshour who died August 20, 1884 at age 2 months

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Gravestone for Sarah Freshour, wife of Daniel, who died July 3, 1873 (per Robin Holland)

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Small marker for John Freshour, Jr. - 1798 - 1869, who died at age 70

 Below are miscellaneous photos taken by Robin Holland 

on July 4, 2015 at the Freshour Cemetery:

 

 

 

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A Link to the "Find A Grave" memorial for John Freshour, 

who was born May 13, 1756 and died on Oct 13, 1841.   He was a Revolutionary War veteran listed as buried at the Freshour Cemetery.  

To date, though, no grave marker has been located for this John Freshour at the Freshour Cemetery.
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However, here is a link to a memorial for John Freshour with identical birth and death dates inscribed on a new government issue marker that stands as a cenotaph at the Twin Township Cemetery in Bourneville, Ross County, Ohio. 

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Link to an incomplete burial listing for the Freshour Cemetery on "Rootsweb"

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Below is a link with extensive information for this Freshour Family that is privately compiled and shared on "Rootsweb":

"FreshourFacesOnline"

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Patricia Ann Limes Poundstone (1922 - 2016) - Find A Grave Memorial

Patricia Ann Limes Poundstone (1922 - 2016) - Find A Grave Memorial