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Collins Cemetery

 
 
Collins Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 24, 2023
1. Collins Cemetery Marker
Inscription. Dedicated to the memory of the founders and early settlers of Rumley. Placed June 1994 by Leslie N. Tucker descendant of Joel W. and Elizabeth Cole Goings.
 
Erected 1994 by Leslie N. Tucker.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesSettlements & Settlers.
 
Location. 40° 26.346′ N, 84° 13.839′ W. Marker is near Kettlersville, Ohio, in Shelby County. It is in Van Buren Township. It is on Ohio Route 274 east of County Road 20, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10500 OH-274, Botkins OH 45306, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wenger One Room School (approx. 1.4 miles away); Village of Rumley (approx. 1.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); Shelby County Veterans Who Died While Serving Their Country (approx. 2.8 miles away); Shelby House (approx. 3 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away); Olive Branch United Brethren In Christ Veterans Memorial (approx. 4 miles away); Lois Lenski (approx. 4 miles away).
 
Another marker is no longer nearby.
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Rumley (was approx. 1.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Collins Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 24, 2023
2. Collins Cemetery Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 1, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 257 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 1, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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