CLERMONT COUNTY OHIO - Calvary Cemetery
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Calvary Cemetery's newer section nearly surrounds the church.The old section is across the road. 
It is on the land where William Buchanan made a clearing and settled in 1795.It is said that the 
family gave the land for the cemetery.Many names of the old settlers can be found;one,Alexander 
Buchanan - Ohio Revolutionary War M.B.1813. At this grave site is a small fieldstone with the 
date 1805.

The church was erected in 1872 as the Clavary M.E. Methodist Church.

Family names listed in the old section include ALEXANDER, PURKHISER, GREGG, TERWILLEGAR, MOYER, RIGGIN, 
THOMPSON, TAYLOR, ABRAHAM, ITCH, RICHARDS, GILBERT, THOMAS, CAMERRA, FISHER, PHILLIPS, PENN, PLANCK, 
SWOPE, UHLENBROCK, WILLER, BARBER, CLARISA, SELBY, POE, RICHARD, BARTLEY, PAGE, IRETON, PADGET, LAYCOCK, 
HALL, BRANNEN, HILL,and HOLTER.