A Find A Grave Update for the Walnut Grove Cemetery (Butcher Cemetery) in North Lewisburg - Champaign County, Ohio.: Three additional burials were added.

 For several years the Butcher Cemetery (AKA  Walnut Grove Cemetery) in North Lewisburg, located in Champaign County, Ohio has had 100 memorials posted for it on the website Find A Grave.  However, recently a check was made on this cemetery on the Find A Grave website that led to the discovery that now it has 103 memorials posted on it!  

Thus, the three new memorials were reviewed to learn who the memorials were created for and what information was posted on them.  This occurrence is highly unusual for the Butcher Cemetery because it has been inactive for burials for over 100 years, and the cemetery has been on Find A Grave since January 1, 2000.   

Thus, listed below are links to the three most recent memorials posted to the Butcher Cemetery on Find A Grave.:

Robert J. Monroe - Father 

Clarence Monroe - Son

Florence Mendenhall Monroe (later Williams and Becks) - Mother 
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Robert Monroe - Both the marriage certificate and the newspaper notice of marriage show his name as "Robin" Monroe.

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Posted below are the death certificates for Robert, and Florence Monroe, who were the parents of Clarence,  Also shown below is the death certificate for Clarence Monroe.:  

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A point worth noting from studying each of these death certificates is that Robert J. Monroe; the first to pass away in 1915, that his burial location is listed as having been at the "Walnut Grove Cemetery".   Florence, who married again twice after his death, her burial was stated only as being in "North Lewisburg".  The same is true for their son Clarence Monroe.  

All were buried by the M. F. Freeman Funeral Home in North Lewisburg.  M. F. Freeman was Marion Floyd Freeman.  

Unfortunately, many of the burial records from this funeral home have been lost over the years, per the current funeral home located in North Lewisburg, the Freshwater, McDonald & Vernon Funeral Home.

From what is known, no one in this Monroe family has a marker on their grave. 

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Below are the local newspaper death notices for Robert J. Monroe, his wife Florence (Mendenhall) Monroe, and their son, Clarence Monroe.: 

(Source: The online newspapers provided by the Champaign County Public Library.)

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Clarence Monroe's short life nevertheless had significant twists and turns during his early childhood that are chronicled in the news reports below.: 

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Further, the records from the Champaign County Children's Home provide additional details for Clarence Monroe and his siblings Emma, and Merl (AKA Mearl / Merle) Monroe who were also admitted to it on September 4, 1908. (Source:  FamilySearch).  

  

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There are U. S. Census records for 1910 and 1920 for this Monroe family.:

1910 U. S. Census

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1920 U. S. Census

Beginning on Line 40:  

Joseph Williams, his wife Florence Williams, Merle Monroe - step-son age 15, and Lester Monroe - step-son age 13. 
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The notification below brings a sad ending for the dwelling where Robert J. Monroe and his wife Florence (Mendenhall) Monroe once lived with their children in North Lewisburg.: 

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May everyone from the Robert Monroe and Florence (Mendenhall) Monroe family rest in eternal peace.  They are not forgotten.

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Sharing a June 29, 2023 update from John King - The Old Burying Ground Preservation Project - Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio

"John King and Mike Anderson worked at the OBG Thursday, June 29th." 

"We cleaned out slots in the base of some gravestones, remounted a fallen gravestone, straightened and leveled some gravestones and did some cleaning of a couple gravestones."

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(Above)

Michael Lee Anderson cleaning a monument at the Old Burying Ground in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio.

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 "We also determined what we would work on during our next session."

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"OBG" Preservation History.:

"Since 2014, the Old Burying Ground (OBG) in Greenfield, Ohio, has been undergoing work by a group of dedicated volunteers. Throughout each year, work sessions have been held by key volunteers Scott and Venus Andersen, John King, and Michael Anderson.  

 We encourage your continued support in this effort and your sharing of this information with your friends." 

Remember we have a website - -

"A website has been created to highlight our preservation efforts and to use as a vehicle to provide more information about the OBG."

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The Old Burying Ground on Find A Grave

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The Old Burying Ground on BillionGraves

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Old Burying Ground - Greenfield Historical Society

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The Old Burying Ground and other Greenfield and vicinity cemeteries

From the Ohio Department of Commerce - Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing: The Cemetery Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2024 is now open - taking On-Line Only Applications - through July 31, 2023

The  "Ohio Cemetery Grant Program for 2024"  is now open starting June 30, 2023 through July 31, 2023 to apply for Fiscal Year 2024.

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Quoted from the website.:

"CEMETERY GRANT"

"The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (REPL) is pleased to announce the availability of the FY2024 Cemetery Grant for qualifying not-for-profit and local government cemeteries. 

Allowable grant requests include those to defray costs of exceptional cemetery maintenance or training cemetery personnel in the maintenance and operation of cemeteries. Eligible applicants shall be cemetery operators properly registered with REPL, be a documented not-for-profit entity under the IRS tax code and be in compliance with any applicable endowment and/or preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust accounts. The REPL Superintendent is accepting only online applications.

Please gather all information prior to application entry. Once you start the application, the information entered cannot be saved and if you exit out of the application you will lose all information previously entered. 

The Cemetery Grant application instructions are being provided as a worksheet guidance document only. This will allow you to gather all of the necessary information prior to submitting the grant application online.

***You can find the grant instructions here.***

The application must be answered completely to be considered for grant funds and submitted no later than July 31, 2023."

Contact: 

CemeteryGrants@com.state.oh.us. 

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Main Page for Cemeteries.:

https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/real-estate-and-professional-licensing/cemeteries

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Link to the Guides and Resources for the cemetery grant program.:

https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/real-estate-and-professional-licensing/cemeteries/guides-and-resources/cemetery-grant

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****As in years past, the Cemetery Grant Program is only open to Active Cemeteries (those that have had interments in the past 25 years) that are Registered or those that Should be Registered AND are Not-For-Profit Cemeteries.

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****Please keep in mind as was true for previous years, 

the For Profit Cemeteries -- such as those owned and operated by StoneMor, for example -- are NOT eligible to receive any funds from the Cemetery Grant Program in Ohio. 

Nor are any family cemeteries or Inactive / Abandoned Cemeteries in Ohio.  

(D) Sections 4767.02 to 4767.04 of the Revised Code do not apply to or affect a family cemetery or a cemetery in which there have been no interments during the previous twenty-five calendar years. As used in this division, "family cemetery" means a cemetery containing the human remains of persons, at least three-fourths of whom have a common ancestor or who are the spouse or adopted child of that common ancestor.

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****If you have any questions or require additional assistance, please contact the Division at 614-466-5384 or CemeteryGrants@com.ohio.gov.****

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