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Cemetery inscriptions and burial records can provide a great deal of useful information for the genealogist or historian. Early settlers in Union County continued the tradition of marking the graves of deceased family members. In the nineteenth century, cemeteries often began informally on family farms, sometimes a settler allowed neighbors to be buried in the same place subsequently donating the land to the township for use as a cemetery. In other cases, cemeteries began in connection with a church. Some cemeteries still maintain a connection with a church while others have been transferred to the township for maintenance and use as a cemetery. In some cases, a cemetery which began on family farm was never used by more than one or two families and is still on private property. Family farm cemeteries are often the most difficult to find and have often disappeared through neglect and destruction.

Researchers will notice that nineteenth cemeteries often have meandering rows, splitting and merging, although graves generally face west. The planned and surveyed cemetery commonly thought of today began in the latter part of the nineteenth century. In Union County, cemetery monuments from the 1810s through the 1840s are usually slender and made of a brownish sandstone. From the late 1840s through the 1880s, cemetery monuments are usually made of white marble, often slender from the 1840s through the 1860s and frequently large towering monuments from the 1870s through 1880s. Beginning in the late 1880s, machine-cut granite stones came into common use. These vary in size, but the most common type lists the names of a husband and wife. Also, during the 1880s, ornate metal monuments appeared for a short time.

Descriptions, Inscriptions, etc.

Descriptions of all known cemeteries are organized by township and found on the pages linked in the table below. If you know the name of a particular cemetery, you can also access the description via the Directory section below. Cemetery inscriptions which are available online are linked as part of the description of each cemetery. Information included for each cemetery is outlined in the Description Key section below.

Directory

Descriptions of all known cemeteries are found on pages organized by township on this web site. If you know the name of a particular cemetery, you can also access the description via the directory below. Available online cemetery inscriptions are linked as part of the description of each cemetery. Information included for each cemetery is outlined on the Key page.

Publications, Records, etc.

The following bibliography lists items related to cemeteries in Union County. Entries on this list are arranged by author or compiler and title. These items are available at repositories listed on the Archives and Libraries page per the holdings information following each entry. Some of these items may also be available at other libraries within Ohio and elsewhere.

Microfiched items held by the LDS Family History Library are usually available for interlibrary loan through the LDS family history centers. Make a note of the microfiche numbers needed in order to place a request.

Bigelow Pioneer, Boerger/Burgher or Weaver Cemetery.
p. 56-58.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
The cemetery is located in Pike Township, Madison County, Ohio.
In Union echoes. Vol. 5, no. 6 (Nov. 1985).

Bouic, Margaret Main, 1911-
Cemetery records, Union & Delaware county, Ohio. — [Ostrander, Ohio : M.M. Bouic, 197-]
[59] leaves.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
Contents: Africa Cemetery — Cheshire Cemetery — Gavitt Cemetery — Oller Cemetery — Watkins Cemetery, Union, Millcreek — Bouic Cemetery, Union, Millcreek.

[Burleigh Brown and Uhriah G. Wood gravestones].
p. 33.
Information and transcript of the Burleigh Brown and Uhriah G. Wood gravestones located in Union County, Ohio.
Lacks title.
In Union echoes. Vol. 3, no. 4 (July 1983).

Cary, Julia V.
Ewing Cemetery, Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio / compiled by Julia V. Cary (Mrs. Frank) ...
p. 16.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
Copied by Dorothy Jenks Robinson.
For a later transcript, see: Lower Liberty Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Jerome Twp., west side of Plain City, Ohio.
In Union echoes. Vol. 14, no. 2 (Apr. 1994).

Cemeteries, Claibourne Township, Union County, Ohio / recorded by members of the Union County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society. — Marysville, Ohio : The Chapter, c1989.
156 p. : maps.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
Cover title: Claibourne Township cemetery records.
Includes index.
Contents: Claibourne Cemetery (Bethlehem/Richwood) — Stony Point — Richwood Cemetery (old) — Hamilton Cemetery.

Microfiche. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. 3 microfiches.

Cemeteries, York Township, Union County, Ohio / compiled by members of the Union Co. Chapter of the Genealogical Society of Ohio. — [Marysville, Ohio?] : The Chapter, [1981]
135 p. : maps.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
Cover title: York Township cemetery records.
Includes index.
Contents: East York Cemetery — Southardtown Cemetery — Somersville Cemetery — York Center Cemetery.

Microfiche. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. 2 microfiches.

Cemetery record, Plain City, Darby Township, Madison County, Ohio.
1 v.

Congrove, Jean.
Cemeteries - Claibourne Township, Union County, Ohio / tombstone inscriptions read and copied by Jean Congrove and Mary Carr ; other helpers on this project, Nellie Davis ... [et al.]. — Richwood, Ohio : Ancestrails Study Group, c1990.
xi, 114 leaves : ill.
Cover title: Claibourne Township, Union Co., OH, cemetery inscriptions.
"March 1990."
Includes index.

Darby and Jerome townships, Union County, Ohio, cemeteries / recorded by members of the Union County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society. — Marysville, Ohio : The Chapter, c1982.
158 p. : maps.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
Cover title: Darby-Jerome townships, cemetery records.
Includes index.
Contents: Mitchell Cemetery — St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery — Unionville Center Cemetery — St. John's Lutheran Cemetery — Trinity Lutheran Cemetery — Old St. John's Cemetery — New California Cemetery — Old Jerome Cemetery (Brock Rd.) — Jerome Cemetery (formerly IOOF) — Lower Liberty Cemetery.
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located in Paris Township, Union County, Ohio.

Microfiche. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. 2 microfiches.

Dover, Jackson, Leesburg, Millcreek townships, cemetery records / recorded by members of the Union County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society. — Marysville, Ohio : The Chapter, c1986.
134 p. : maps.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
Includes index.
Contents: Buxton — Mount Herman — Cheney — Price — Price Farm — Temple — Brannon — Blues Creek — Hopewell — Maple Dell — Scott — Smith — Hildreth — Bouic — Watkins.

Microfiche. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. 2 microfiches.

[Dr. Ira Wood and Isabel H. Wood gravestones].
p. 32.
Information and transcript of the Dr. Ira Wood and Isabel H. Wood gravestones located in Marysville, Ohio.
Lacks title.
In Union echoes. Vol. 2, no. 6 (Sept. 1982).

Gray, John, 1938-
Mt. Zion EUB Cemetery, Paris Twp., Union Co., Rd. 141.
p. 8.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
Copied by John and Pat Gray in 1982.
In Union echoes. Vol. 3, no. 1 (Jan. 1983).

Jones, Michael.
Madison County, Ohio, Pike [i.e. Darby] Township, Smith Cemetery.
p. 36-38.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
"Inventoried May 10, 1987, by Michael Jones."
In Union echoes. Vol. 7, no. 4 (July 1987).

Liberty, Paris, Taylor, Washington townships, Union County, Ohio, cemeteries / recorded by members of the Union County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society. — Marysville, Ohio : The Chapter, c1986.
164 p. : maps.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
Cover title: Liberty, Paris, Taylor, Washington townships, cemetery records.
Includes index.
Contents: Baughn — Clark — Clegg — Old Mill Creek — Bear Swamp — New Mill Creek — Raymond — Judy — Our Lady of Lourdes — Mt. Zion — Potter's Field — Amrine — Asbury — Broadway — Ford — Union (Hamilton) — Maskill — Burnside — Byhalia — Rush Creek.

Microfiche. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. 2 microfiches.

Lower Liberty Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Jerome Twp., west side of Plain City, Ohio.
p. 21-[22]
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
For an earlier transcript, see: Cary, Julia V. Ewing Cemetery, Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio.
In Union echoes. Vol. 2, no. 4 (May 1982).

Oakdale Cemetery, Marysville, Union County, Ohio / copied by members of Union County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society. — [Marysville, Ohio?] : The Chapter, 1984.
2 v. : maps.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
Cover title: Marysville, Oakdale, cemetery records.
Includes indexes.

Microfiche. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. 6 microfiches.

Ohio cemeteries / compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society ; editor, Maxine Hartmann Smith. — Mansfield, Ohio : The Society, c1978.
vii, 414 p. : ill.
Includes a list of cemeteries in Union County, Ohio (p. 337-340).

Pennington, Carl.
[Weaver Road Cemetery inscriptions].
p. 3.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
Lacks title.
Copied by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pennington about 1950.
The cemetery is located on the Vern Phellis Farm, Weaver Road, Pike Township, Madison County, Ohio.
In Union echoes. Vol. 5, no. 1 (Jan. 1985).

Plain City Cemetery.
4 pts.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
Fourth part lacks title and lists corrections for the preceding parts.
In Union echoes. Vol. 7, no. 5 (Sept. 1987)-v. 8, no. 1 (Jan. 1988); v. 8, no. 4 (July 1988).

[Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Union County, Ohio].
p. 60.
Lacks title.
In Union echoes. Vol. 6, no. 6 (Nov. 1986).

Robinson, Dorothy Jenks, 1914-
Forest Grove Cemetery, Plain City, Ohio / recorded by Dorothy Jenks Robinson and Helen Ummel Harness. — Marysville, Ohio : Union County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society, c2000.
183 p. : map.
Cover title: Plain City, Forest Grove Cemetery records.
Includes index.

[Saphronia Graham gravestone].
p. 32.
Information and transcript of the Saphronia Graham gravestone located in Plain City, Ohio.
Lacks title.
In Union echoes. Vol. 2, no. 6 (Sept. 1982).

Seslar, Mary, 1921-
Liberty Township cemetery record. Otterbein United Brethren Church.
p. 5.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions by Mary and David Seslar.
In Union echoes. Vol. 7, no. 1 (Jan. 1987).

Seslar, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1929-
Master index, cemetery books / [compiled by Richard H. Seslar]. — Marysville, Ohio : Union County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society, c1996.
243 p. : map.
Cover title: Index, Union County, Ohio, cemetery books.
Running title: Combined cemetery index.

Special project.
p. 23.
List of Revolutionary War soldiers believed to be buried in Union County, Ohio.
In Union echoes. Vol. 4, no. 2 (Mar. 1984).

Union and Allen townships, Union County, Ohio, cemeteries / recorded by members of the Union County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society. — Marysville, Ohio : The Chapter, c1983.
116 p. : maps.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
Cover title: Union-Allen townships, cemetery records.
Includes index.
Contents: Woods (or Reed, or Upper Liberty) Cemetery — Milford Center Cemetery — Milford Center Cemetery additions — McDonald Cemetery — Hathaway Cemetery — Broderick Cemetery — Buck Run Cemetery.

Microfiche. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. 2 microfiches.

Veterans' graves registration. State of Ohio. [Union County] / operated by Works Progress Administration ; sponsored by Department of Adjutant General ; co-sponsored by American Legion Department of Ohio. — Scale 1:240. — [S.l. : The Administration, 1942]
75 sheets : maps.
"Official project nos. 465-42-3-467 & 665-42-3-232."

Wagner, John H.
The old Plain City Cemetery. — [S.l. : s.n., 1943]
13 leaves.
Transcript of cemetery inscriptions.
Cover title: Darby Township Cemetery.
Copied June 3, 1943 by John H. and Charles W. Wagner.

Indexed in: Schnees, Nancy. Index to the Darby Township Cemetery / indexed by Nancy Schnees. Plain City, Ohio : N. Schnees, 1986. 1 v.