(aka "Cemetery on the farm of Elmer Burkhart")
Written by Andy Morris
Cemetery readings by Henry and Linda Dillon
Originally read by Linda Heft and Catharine Foreaker Fedorchak
The stones in this cemetery were originally read in the mid-1960's by Linda Heft. This appeared on page 91 of "Monroe County Ohio Genealogical Records, Volume V" by Catharine Foreaker Fedorchak. When these original readings were done, the property was owned by Elmer Burkhart. The property has since changed hands a couple of times and is now owned by the Farnsworth family. They don't mind visitors to the cemetery, but please let them know that you are going up there, since it is on private property. According to the "1869 Landowners Map of Monroe County, Ohio," the tract of land where the Hamilton Cemetery is located was owned by Jacob Hamilton.
In October 2000, I visited the Hamilton Cemetery with Henry and Linda Dillon of Redlands, California. After realizing that the cemetery had been neglected for several years, we arrived armed with a couple of Weedeaters, a rake, and a lawnmower and tackled the weeds that were waist to chest high (and sometimes higher!). After we finished, we tried to straighten many of the headstones that had fallen face down over the years. At that point, we did a complete inventory of the stones that we found in the Hamilton Cemetery and compared it to Linda Heft's readings. We noted which stones that we did not find that she had on her list, and the stones that we found that were not on her list.
Hamilton Cemetery Photos, page 1
Hamilton Cemetery Photos, page 2
Hamilton Cemetery Photos, page 3
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