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Miamisburg Mound, the largest conical earthwork in Ohio, originally was sixty-eight feet high with a diameter of three hundred feet. One excavating attempt in 1869 reduced the height to its present sixty-five feet. The mound was then partially . . . — — Map (db m166080) HM
This is the highest and largest of the many conical burial mounds in Ohio. Erected in prehistoric times by the so-called Mound Builders. It stands as an imposing memorial to those first Ohioans.
The mound is 70 feet in height; 877 feet in . . . — — Map (db m164256) HM
The mound is thought to belong to the Adena culture because of its conical shape and the character of the
burials said to have been found within it. Adena mounds, unlike those built by the Hopewell culture which
followed them, tended to be . . . — — Map (db m166077) HM
The first church in Moraine was Zion Memorial Church of Christ established in 1820. The first church was built of logs with a stone foundation. The cemetery also was started at this time. Between 1820 and 1826 the first ministers were circuit riders . . . — — Map (db m104616) HM
Following the American Revolution, the new Federal government, in need of operating funds, sold millions of acres of western lands to land companies. One such company, the Ohio Company of Associates, brought settlement to Marietta in 1788. Two years . . . — — Map (db m16713) HM
The Windsor Township Baptist Association was organized January in
1818 by Elder William Davis with 35 members who met in homes, barns
and schoolhouses. At the death of the six-year-old granddaughter of
Samuel and Tabitha Davis Henery, this plot . . . — — Map (db m224990) HM
In honor of the following Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in Chester Baptist Church Cemetery Peter Doty - Private, NJ Born 1757 - Died 18 Mar 1848 Evan A. Holt - Drummer, PA Born 1762 - Died 24 Oct 1846 John Kinney - Scout, PA Born Circa 1755- . . . — — Map (db m236797) WM
History of Alum Creek Friends Settlement. The first settler was Cyrus Benedict, his wife, three children, and Adam Vanduser in 1809. He built a cabin near South Woodbury in 1811. Meetings were held in a house from 1813 – 1815. The first . . . — — Map (db m85263) HM
This garden is a living tribute to all of America's veterans and their families. In silence and respect, this is a place to remember why millions of Americans have fought and died for our liberty and our freedom.
Here we renew our promise to . . . — — Map (db m205870) WM
Israel Harrington (1779-1841) established a tavern at Lower Sandusky (now Fremont) shortly after the War of 1812. As a judge and land speculator, Harrington influenced the organization of much of northwestern Ohio. In 1824 he traded the tavern for . . . — — Map (db m177750) HM
Confederate Prison On November 15, 1861, the War Department leased one half of Johnson’s Island, in Sandusky Bay, Ohio, and began constructing a 15-acre prison camp on the southeast shore. When complete, the prison complex included a . . . — — Map (db m165777) HM
In this hallowed ground, surrounded by the iron fence and gates that date to 1912, are two hundred six marble grave markers. These markers were placed in 1890, courtesy of the citizens of Georgia, replacing the original hand carved wooden markers, . . . — — Map (db m165782) HM
Johnson's Island Civil War Prison and Fort Site
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance as an important depot for the confinement of Confederate prisoners of war during the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m170784) HM
The Johnson’s Island Committee, composed of Ohio Division United Daughters of the Confederacy®, The Lieutenant General James Longstreet Camp 1658, Sons of Confederate Veterans and others loyal to the cause, in the course of its mission, discovered . . . — — Map (db m165780) HM
SOUTHERN 1910 Erected by the Robert Patton Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy of Cincinnati, Ohio, in memory of the southern soldiers who died in the Federal prison on this island during the War between the States. . . . — — Map (db m165779) HM
The Lockwood farm is now East Harbor State Park. Edward and Lydia Lockwood are buried in marked and
maintained graves here within the park. The grave site is maintained by the State of Ohio.
Grave markers bear the following inscriptions:
. . . — — Map (db m170791) HM
[Marker Front]:
In memory of
Mason, Simonds, & Mingus.
Who fell near this place
in battle with the Indians.
Sept. 29, 1812.
[Marker Side]:
This Monument was erected in 1857 by Joshua R. Giddings . . . — — Map (db m18978) HM
Dedicated to those
who gave their lives
in the cause of freedom
Homer D. Gardner
Post 2480 V.F.W.
Port Clinton Post 113
American Legion
Perry Wargo
Chapter 29 D.A.V. — — Map (db m171846) WM
Within this enclosure reposed for a century the remains of
Three American and three British officers killed in the Battle of
Lake Erie, September 10th, 1813. They were disinterred
September 11th, 1913, and re-interred in the crypt of Perry . . . — — Map (db m46808) HM
Side 1 Payne Cemetery (1852-1945) is the only remnant of a freed African American community known as Paynes Crossing. Research indicates that the area was involved in the Underground Railroad Movement, and may have been established expressly . . . — — Map (db m86103) HM
Lutheran congregations formed in Perry County beginning in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth century. The Mother Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, sent missionary pastors to Ohio to preach to the growing number of . . . — — Map (db m13094) HM
This site marks
the location of
Zion Evangelical
Lutheran Church
Erected in 1808
to the glory of
the Triune God
Services were held
until 1942 — — Map (db m188370) HM
Zion (Ribel's) Church was built on this site in 1808. The log structure was located in the Zion Ridge Cemetery, adjacent to the first school in Thorn Township. The congregation of Zion Reformed Church is the oldest in Perry County still in . . . — — Map (db m16260) HM
In Memoriam
to honor the many brave soldiers
who served our country in time of
war and rest here in eternal peace.
To those that made the supreme
sacrifice whereby we can enjoy
freedom in our great country.
Revolutionary War 1775-1783 . . . — — Map (db m14271) HM
Ted Lewis, 1890-1971
“Is Everybody Happy?”
One of the outstanding American showmen of the twentieth century, Ted Lewis was born Theodore Leopold Friedman in Circleville to a prominent business family. Stagestruck at an early age, . . . — — Map (db m173292) HM
Side A: PP African American Settlement
Thirteen African American families migrated to Pebble Township in Pike County in the early 1820s from Virginia. Some of the families were former slaves while others were freeborn people of color. Their . . . — — Map (db m25350) HM
In 1817, Revolutionary War veteran and Camden co-founder James Moore Sr. and his wife, Mary, deeded a plot to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) to erect a place of worship. Although a church was not built until 1825, the . . . — — Map (db m183257) HM
Historic Hopewell. The Hopewell Associate Reformed Church and Cemetery, now known as Historic Hopewell, was founded in 1808 in a log building that was replaced in 1826 with the present building. It was built by the area's first settlers, mainly . . . — — Map (db m84715) HM
Glandorf. ”Little Germany", was founded in America
in 1834 by settlers from the area of Glandorf,
Niedersachen, Germany, under the leadership of the
Rev. Johann Wilhelm Horstmann, they were part of
the largest ethic immigration to America . . . — — Map (db m196808) HM
Although small and rather ordinary, this mound (Mound 8) contained a remarkable find. Nearly 200 pipes-mostly broken-were discovered here. Skillfully carved from stone, the pipes faithfully detailed human heads and indigenous animals. The pipe . . . — — Map (db m20994) HM
With the building of Camp Sherman, the army leveled this mound-Mound 13-to three feet above ground and built a barrack over it. In 1920 Ohio archeologists led by William Mills excavated the mound and were astonished to uncover the cremated . . . — — Map (db m20996) HM
Some 2,000 years ago the Mound City Group contained the highest density of mounds of any of the Hopewell earthworks, 24 in a 13-acre area. Today 22 can be counted. One of the missing mounds (Mound 15) is present in outline only, marked by the . . . — — Map (db m20839) HM
When Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, and Jesus lived, the Hopewell culture built and used Mound City Group. We do not know what the Hopewell called this sacred place, but early archeologists named it for the great number of mounds found here. In 1846 . . . — — Map (db m21023) HM
Named for Major General James B. McPherson, buried here July 29, 1864. Here also are graves of George Burton Meek, U.S.N., first American serviceman killed in the War with Spain; Congressional Medal of Honor recipients Charles H. McCleary, Civil . . . — — Map (db m25926) HM
Notable Statues and Markers Include:
1. General James B. McPherson, Highest
ranking Union officer to die in the Civil War
2. McPherson Family Graves
3. Jacob Daggett, Died 1836
Revolutionary War Veteran
4. Emma Anderson, Died 1895
Mother . . . — — Map (db m199806) HM
In honor of Grover Cleveland 22nd President of the United States and President-Elect for the Term 1893 - 1897 and William McKinley Governor of Ohio 1892 - 1896. Later 24th President of the United States 1897 - 1901. Mourners at the Funeral of their . . . — — Map (db m91955) HM
"Your Servise Is Not Forgotten"
A
1. Albee William H. CW •
2. Anderson Stephen Mexican •
3. Anderson William Mexican •
4. Ash John W. CW
B
5. Beier Daniel CW •
6. Benton George W. CW •
7. Boyer John CW •
8. Brown . . . — — Map (db m219220) WM
[North Side of Monument]
To him who hath
Borne the battle
And to his widow and his orphans.
Erected by the people of
Sandusky Co., 1885
————
[East Side of Monument]
Liberty and Union now . . . — — Map (db m41893) WM
On May 11, 1912 Sister Mary Bernardine McMullen and Sister Mary Anthony McMullen established a foundation of the Sisters of Mercy in the Diocese of Toledo at the invitation of Bishop Joseph Schrembs.
This property including the Sisters . . . — — Map (db m219090) HM
100 years ago this coming December my paternal grandmother, Hazel Thomas Hathaway, died as a consequence of the great influenza epidemic, leaving her five children with her husband.
My grandfather, James Blain Hathaway, was then living with . . . — — Map (db m187730) HM
First Catholic Cemetery of Sandusky County
In memory of these known and those unknown buried here:
Bisnett, Rosaline 1839-1872 •
Bisnette, Augustus 1854-1864 •
Bisnette, Catherine Connie 1815-1893 •
Bisnette, Joseph 1849 •
Bisnette, . . . — — Map (db m219029) HM
Sugar Creek Cemetery was established in 1836 and was known as Collins Cemetery. This land was purchased in 1826 by C.B. Collins and is the oldest burial ground in Woodville Township. According to the "History of Sandusky County" published in 1882 by . . . — — Map (db m187728) HM
Lucasville Cemetery
Lucasville Cemetery was originally established as the Lucas Family burying ground, with Susannah Lucas as the first recorded burial on May 4, 1809. Susannah's husband, Captain William Lucas, a Revolutionary War veteran, is . . . — — Map (db m25410) WM
Branch Rickey, a pivotal figure in the history of baseball, was raised in this house with his brothers, Orla and Frank. Rickey started baseball's farm team system while he was president, vice president, and manager of the St. Louis Cardinals from . . . — — Map (db m25367) HM
The Underground Railroat. The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery were sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, . . . — — Map (db m221322) HM
(front)
They gave their lives to Preserve the Union
Michael Sprout
Co. F, 55 Rec. O.V.I.
Killed May 24, 1862 at Chanc'rville Va.
William F. Edwards,
Co. F. 55 Rec. O.V.I.
Killed Aug. 3, 1862 at Bull Run Va.
David A. . . . — — Map (db m199354) WM
(side 1)
1776
Revolutionary
Gettysburg
Tribute from Pleasant Township to her loyal Sons.
World War I
1917-1918
Persian Gulf
1990 -
(side 2)
1898
Spanish
Shiloh
Erected 1900.
World War II . . . — — Map (db m195236) WM
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. — — Map (db m238517) HM
Dedicated to the Veterans of all wars and or conflicts who honorably served and to those
who gave their lives in the service of
our country.
May 30, 1993 — — Map (db m29923) HM
Membership 70
Hardin Presbyterian Church Building
1865 – 1925
38’ x 50’
Note: this brick building
was badly damaged in a
windstorm on July 25,
1925 and was torn down — — Map (db m119326) HM
The earliest settlers to Lexington Township were members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, many who came from Virginia and New Jersey between 1805 and 1807. They chose this site for its proximity to the Mahoning River, which in early days held . . . — — Map (db m164469) HM
Final resting place of William McKinley Twenty-fifth President of the United States of America A government like ours rests upon the intelligence, morality and patriotism of the people. Speech delivered by President William McKinley . . . — — Map (db m88523) HM
William McKinley served the nation as president, the people of Ohio as governor, and the citizens of his congressional district as a representative. McKinley was shot by an assassin in Buffalo, New York, in September 1901 and died several days . . . — — Map (db m67439) HM
Deer Creek Quaker Cemetery was established on land donated by Isaac Coates, who brought his family from Chester County, Pennsylvania to settle in Lexington Township in 1820. The name Deer Creek comes from the nearby stream and it signifies the . . . — — Map (db m78946) HM
The Marlborough Society of Friends Meeting was established in 1813 by the Salem Quarterly Meeting at the request of the Springfield (Damascus) Meeting. The Marlborough Friends and Lexington Friends combined to become the Alliance Friends in 1865 and . . . — — Map (db m78948) HM
During the Civil War in 1863, twenty-year-old Massillon farmer Robert Pinn enlisted in the 5th Regiment, Company 1, United States Colored Troops (USCT) at his first opportunity, saying "I was very eager to become a soldier, in order to prove by my . . . — — Map (db m61478) HM
A soldier in Company A, 148th Infantry, 37th “Buckeye” Infantry Division. Cicchetti was part of the assault on the first important line of Japanese defense at South Manila, Luzon, Philippines on February 9, 1945. He died of wounds . . . — — Map (db m62686) HM
This burying ground was the first public cemetery located within Akron's boundaries. It was also known as the "Old Cemetery" and the "Newton Street Cemetery." Deacon Titus Chapman donated this land in 1808 as a burying ground, and he was probably . . . — — Map (db m43444) HM
Bath Township Hall. A log meeting house, which also served both the Presbyterians and Congregationalists, was constructed here circa 1818. In 1839, a frame structure replaced the log house and served the community and the congregations until . . . — — Map (db m137210) HM
This cemetery is the resting place of many of the Hale, Hammond, and Cranz family members who were integral in founding and developing Bath Township. Connecticut natives Jonathan Hale and Jason Hammond were the first to purchase land in the area . . . — — Map (db m134588) HM
In 1928, Samuel and Charlotte Hale Shaw came to Bath Township from Bristol, New York. They purchased 145 acres of land where Samuel, a carpenter, built a two-story frame house. They had six children; two died in infancy. Their two year old daughter, . . . — — Map (db m134607) HM
Designated a state scenic byway in 2000 by the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Heritage Corridors of Bath encompass 39 miles of scenic Bath Township county roads.
1. Bath Nature Preserve 2. Hale Farm and Village 3. . . . — — Map (db m229087) HM
We Died For Our Country
B. Soovacol Co. K 19. Regt. O.V.I.
G. Sincletary Co. E 41. Regtt. O.V.I.
E. C. Ranney Co. C 52. Regt. O.V.I.
A. C. Lamb Co. B 7. Regt. O.V.I.
I. S. Tupper Co. K 19. Regt. O.V.I.
R. Cook Co. K 19. Regt. O.V.I. . . . — — Map (db m228499) WM
To those who know war best-who have suffered its horrors in the service of their country. This memorial was erected and dedicated in 1947, under the sponsorship of The United Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and . . . — — Map (db m228876) WM
President - Mrs. T. F. Heath •
Vice-President - Mrs. L. Bonesteel •
Secretary - Mrs. H. W. Carter •
Treasurer - Miss Rose C. Kittelberger
And to ally citizens of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio who took part in developing This beautiful cemetery . . . — — Map (db m228879) HM
Five Forks
Presented to Boston Tp. by Arthur Latham and Emily Bronson Conger to commemorate the bravery and patriotism of the soldiers who served in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865
Cedar Creek
Robt. L. Andrew • E. R. Andrew • . . . — — Map (db m229901) WM
1756 Main Street - The land for Cedar Grove Cemetery was deeded to Boston Township by Hermon and Mary Bronson in 1850 and is the resting place of many of the area's original settlers. Within the cemetery is Boston Township's Soldiers' Monument . . . — — Map (db m228503) HM
Cemetery vaults were used to store bodies in winter when the ground was too frozen to break manually. Locust Grove's vault was constructed of locally quarried sandstone in 1872. The interior showcases the mason's skills: the walls are smooth and . . . — — Map (db m43417) HM
Originally part of the Casterline farm, this cemetery was once the site of the 1824 Bazetta Presbyterian Church, the first church in Bazetta Township. Ziba Casterline deeded .75 acres for the cemetery to the church in 1829 for five dollars. When . . . — — Map (db m237831) HM
Vienna Township Green and Cemetery
Vienna Township Green and Cemetery were created on June 20, 1810, when Ephraim Root and Uriel Holmes, Jr., deeded to Vienna Presbyterian Church members eight acres of “cleared & improved” land “North West . . . — — Map (db m225408) HM
Trumbull Red Cross Chapter House
Administration Building built in 1931. Chapter House built in 1962. Commemorating American Red Cross Centennial, 1881-1981.
Pioneer Cemetery
Early Western Reserve burial grounds, 1804-1848. Grave sites . . . — — Map (db m65453) HM
Twenty-one men died at Fort Laurens and were buried here, the fort cemetery. Several remains were in single or double burials, but a mass grave of at least 13 individuals is the resting place of an ill-fated wood-gathering party who were ambushed by . . . — — Map (db m163038) HM
The 1976 Bicentennial of the American Revolution was the occasion for the reburial of the remains of the first Fort Laurens soldier excavated in 1973. This fallen defender of the fort was buried with full military honors by the Ohio National Guard . . . — — Map (db m163041) HM
Infantry Service
Erected in 1910, in memory of the defenders of our country.
Gettysburg
Cavalry Service
Bunker Hill
Artillery Service
Santiago
Marine Service
Monterey — — Map (db m209493) WM
Here, in what has been described as "God's Acre," is the final resting place of members of the Society of Separatists of Zoar (1817-1898) as well as today's descendants and residents. The early Zoarites' simple religion forbade headstones, . . . — — Map (db m224985) HM
Mitchell Cemetery
In this cemetery is buried
the first female white child
born in Ohio
Mary Hawn born March 5, 1791
Died June 21, 1861
Born in a blockhouse
where Cincinnati now
stands, and the first
white female child
born in . . . — — Map (db m93544) HM
Robinson Pioneers
Near this rock are the remains of the Robinson Pioneers
Samuel 1770- 1848 M Martha Hunter 1785- 1825
James 1774-1823 M Jane Morrison 1773- 1848
Thomas 1777-1860 M Sarah Modderwell 1789- 1825
M Ann Morrison 1779- 1843 . . . — — Map (db m93545) HM
Legend
This David Mitchell,
head of our line of
Mitchells in America,
born in 1681, probably
near Dromore, County
Down, N.E. Ireland, settled
in SW. Lancaster County,
Pa. Drumore Twp. about
1713, and was buried in the
Morrison . . . — — Map (db m93546) HM
