Sharing from the "Scioto Valley Guardian" - "Fire destroys a Ross County Cemetery" - The cemetery is the Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Ross County , Ohio,

Sharing this sad news from the Scioto Valley Guardian regarding the Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Ross County, Ohio. 

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Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Ross County, Ohio has been featured in this blog with links to several newspaper articles for a number of years, however, not for the reason it is being covered in this story. 

It appears from the reports provided in this account, a fire stemming from an undocumented origin raged through the grounds of Floral Hills Memory Gardens located in Huntington Township, Ross County, Ohio. 
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The accompanying pictures show the large area of damaged scorched earth that devastated "nearly an acre" of the cemetery property.  Sadly, close up images show flat bronze markers that were severely blackend. 

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Per Find A Grave, 3,721 people are interred at Floral Hills Memory Gardens. 

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Hoping for an update soon to learn exactly how this fire was caused and by whom. 

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The looming unanswered questions are how and when will all of the vast damage to the grounds and markers be repaired; keeping in mind also that Floral Hills Memory Gardens has no owner responsible for it?

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Clean Up Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Facebook

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Offering some current links from the Ohio Department of Commerce - Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing - Ohio Cemetery Registration Guide & More

 Sharing some links to keep handy for those who have an interest in Active / Registered Cemeteries in Ohio. 

This Ohio Government website would be of interest to those who own and operate an Active / Registered cemetery - and/or those who are contemplating submitting a complaint pertaining to an Active / Registered cemetery.:  

 CEMETERIES

The Ohio Cemetery Registration Guide

2023 Ohio Cemetery Dispute Resolution Commission Meeting Dates

Applications and Forms

Cemetery Grants

Filing a Complaint Against a Cemetery

Contact Us

"STOP--Before contacting the Division of Real Estate, please check to see if your question is answered in our Frequently Asked Questions: FAQ.  This is the fastest way to get your question answered.  Due to our small staff, we cannot respond to inquiries that are already answered in the FAQ."

The W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps for Morgan County, Ohio have been added to the right sidebar on the blog.

A link to the .jpg conversion W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps for Morgan County has been added to the right side bar of the blog. 

This collection of maps has a Cemetery Index.  

All of the pages are numbered.

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The Morgan County Recorder also has a link to their original .pdf versions of these maps on their website. 

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These map pages are in fair to a more diminished condition for viewing and reading the names of the veterans.  

Enlarging the pages to 25% or larger, if needed, would be helpful for reading the names and war designation numbers in the listings on maps pages.

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There are 21 map pages in the category for the "Multiple Townships - Smaller Cemeteries" where more than one cemetery appears on a map page and there is more than one township represented on the page.

Otherwise, cemeteries are listed under the name of the township they are located in.

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McConnelsville is the county seat for Morgan County.

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Find A Grave currently lists 147 cemeteries located in Morgan County, Ohio.

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It is indeed good news these Morgan County W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps are added to the listing with other Ohio counties having these useful historical maps made accessible to the public to view and utilize for research.

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