Champaign County OhArchives Photo Tombstone.....Blue, John ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Johnson gapeachprtnerz@bellsouth.net September 18, 2010, 12:59 pm Cemetery: Mount Zion Cemetery, Jackson Township, Champaign County Ohio Name: John Blue Date Of Photograph: January 1, 2007 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/champaign/photos/tombstones/mountzion/blue5079ph.jpg Image file size: 75.9 Kb death 27-Nov-1871 aged 79y 11m 25d GAR monument by stone inscription was written as follows His toils are past, his work is done, And he is fully blest, He fought the fight, the glory won, And entered into rest" Additional Comments: Location: Jackson Township, Champaign County Ohio http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=144856 History:This was cemetery adjoined with the Mt. Zion Church. Mt Zion church was formed in 1841 in the house of John Johnson. Mt. Zion Church was formed by Elder Fuson(former pastor of Myrtle Tree Church). The church was built in 1851. Mt. Zion Baptist church as a branch from the Honey Creek Church. John Beaty donated the land for the church as well as the land for the cemetery File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/champaign/photos/tombstones/mountzion/blue5079ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb