Near Centerville in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Sugar Creek Friends Cemetery

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 12, 2015

1. Sugar Creek Friends Cemetery Marker

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Inscription. After attending monthly meetings in Waynesville and Springborough for many years, members of the Society of Friends built a log meeting house facing Clyo Road on two acres of land purchased from Solomon Miller in 1823. Abandoned as a church in 1858, when most members had moved out of the township, the structure was converted to a house only to be destroyed by fire soon after. The burial ground contains nine markers for eleven members of three families, but Quaker records show more interred here. In 1979 this cemetery was deeded over to Washington Township and is currently maintained by the township.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1823.

Location. 39° 37.231′ N, 84° 8.368′ W. Marker is near Centerville, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It is on Clyo Road, on the right when traveling south. Marker is in wooded area off the west side of Clyo Road, between Quaker Way and Ole Quaker Court. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8507 Clyo Rd, Dayton OH 45458, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro

and in the Miami Valley.

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: New Centerville Cemetery (approx. 1.1 miles away); Sugar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

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(approx. 1½ miles away); Centerville Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Normandy Farms (approx. 2.3 miles away); Brigadier General Edmund Munger (approx. 3½ miles away); David's Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.2 miles away); Mad River Road / Road From Cunningham's to Mad River (approx. 4.3 miles away); Remembrance Circle (approx. 4.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Centerville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Washington Presbyterian Church Cemetery (was approx. 3.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Additional keywords. Society of Friends

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 12, 2015

2. Sugar Creek Friends Cemetery Marker

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Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 12, 2015

3. Sugar Creek Friends Cemetery Marker

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Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, June 12, 2015

4. Sugar Creek Friends Cemetery Marker

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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 15, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 786 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 15, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.