GEAUGA COUNTY OHIO - Burton Township Cemetery Files (Memorial: Section 1) *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in the Ohio USGenWeb Archives by Geauga County Genealogical Society Chardon Library 110 E. Park St., Chardon, OH 44024 (440) 285-7601 raccooan@oplin.lib.oh.us August 2001, Reformatted May 2002 *********************************************************************** Burton Township, Geauga County, Ohio Cemeteries Burton Township, 14821 Rapids Rd., Burton, OH 44021; (440) 834-1500 Memorial; (13851 Memorial Rd.); Inactive Location: Memorial Road turns off (to the west) of Rt. 168 south of the village of Burton. The drive is the same as the one for the sewage treatment plant. The cemetery has had various names: Lower, Valley, and Fox. Seven imposing rose granite obelisks for the Fox family gave it the latter name. There are two sections. Many burials have been made, but no identification of location has been found. No burials have been made for many, many years. Sections and lots have not been identified for those marked "Unknown". Codes for Military Service (Vet.) Number codes were assigned for the various wars as follows: 01 Revolutionary War: 1776-1783 10 War of 1812: 1812-1815 16 Mexican War: 1846-1848 19 Civil War: 1861-1865 25 War with Spain: 1898 31 World War I: 6 Apr 1917-11 Nov 1918 41 World War II: 7 Dec 1941-31 Dec 1945 50 Korean War: 25 Jun 1950-31 Jan 1955 61 Vietnam: 22 Dec 1961-7 May 1975 89 Panama Action: 20 Dec 1989-31 Jan 1990 90 Persian Gulf: 1990-1991 NO None or Unknown PT Military Service not in the time of War Numbers 1 through 31 were assigned by an Official Government Project of the 1930s when cemeteries were surveyed and mapped to locate veterans. Information in parentheses came from other sources; i.e., cr & sr = Clerk’s/Sexton’s Record; c = cremains; (Map), the name appears on the map as owned or reserved. An entry such as: SMITH John ( ) means that there is no stone; at least there wasn’t when the record was compiled. *********************************************************************** ================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= SURNAME First Name Twp./Cemetery Sec. Lot Born Died Age Vet. Service Organ NEE Relation Related to Birthplace ST Deathplace ST Lot Owner Lodge/Club Note ================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= BAIRD Louie (Louis F.) BU Twp. - Memorial 1 1 1882(25Dec1881) 1888(4Dec1887) NO probate record gave different dates HALEY Ellen H. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 2 14 Jan 1898 54y NO SILVERNAIL Calvin T. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 2 1841 1903 19 Army SILVERNAIL Charles E. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 2 1845 (8 Apr) 1905 19 Army SILVERNAIL Maryline BU Twp. - Memorial 1 2 28 Oct 1813 15 Jan 1885 NO DAVIDSON ( ) w/o Philip SILVERNAIL Philip BU Twp. - Memorial 1 2 18 Oct 1812 28 Aug 1891 NO NORTON Caroline M. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 3 4 May 1894 54y9m11d NO SILVERNAIL ( ) w/o James H. NORTON James H. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 3 not cut not cut NO NORTON Sidney Eugene BU Twp. - Memorial 1 3 9 Dec 1861 3y5m1d NO AKINS Prudence BU Twp. - Memorial 1 6 16 Mar 1876 17-Dec-01 NO NORTON ( ) w/o W.A. (Wallace) stone has "Prudence & Son" FOWLER John L. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 17 -1790 8 Feb 1856 66y 10 Army FOWLER W.W. (Wheeler) BU Twp. - Memorial 1 17 (6 Oct 1875) 19 Co H 7th Ohio Inf DAVIDSON Adaline E. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 18 9 May 1873 53y NO DAVIDSON Addison BU Twp. - Memorial 1 18 21 Feb 1839 21y 6m 0d NO DAVIDSON Susanah BU Twp. - Memorial 1 18 29 Nov 1850 60y NO w/o Thomas DAVIDSON Thomas BU Twp. - Memorial 1 18 1 Mar 1871 86y NO ODEL Persis Almina BU Twp. - Memorial 1 19 27 May 1836 3y 2m 2d NO d/o Jacob & Margaret Pioneer History 1880 has ODELL, d. 31 May SPERRY ? Infant son BU Twp. - Memorial 1 19 5 Oct 1844 5d NO s/o B. & P. has another marker SPERRY Bennett BU Twp. - Memorial 1 19 8 Aug 1856 41y NO MN SPERRY Charles BU Twp. - Memorial 1 19 26 Mar 1852 18m NO s/o B. & P. SPERRY Lemuel J. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 19 1842 1906 NO s/o B. & P. SPERRY Phebe BU Twp. - Memorial 1 19 19 Apr 1878 62y NO NETTLETON ( ) w/o Bennett CARLTON Charlotte A. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 21 31 May 1850 25y NO SPERRY w/o Asa: d/o M.J.& M. SPERRY ROSE Martha E. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 21 16 ??? 1837 2y 7m 16d NO d/o Amariah & Betsey Surname not on stone SPERRY Martha BU Twp. - Memorial 1 21 8 Mar 1882 91y 8m 21d NO ODELL w/o M.J. SPERRY Moses J. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 21 20 Sep 1839 66y NO TALMADGE Edward BU Twp. - Memorial 1 21 17 Sep 1868 3y NO s/o I.R. & L.L. TALMADGE Isaac R. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 21 12 Oct 1869 42y NO MELVIN Justin BU Twp. - Memorial 1 22 14 Apr 1876 58y NO DUDLEY Edwin R. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 23 20 Jun 1825 14 Mar 1899 NO s/o Prosper & Mabel east panel missing in Sep 1995 DUDLEY Jane E. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 23 22 Jul 1820 25 Apr 1848 NO d/o Prosper & Mabel east panel missing in Sep 1995 DUDLEY Mabel BU Twp. - Memorial 1 23 18 Jul 1794 3 Feb l883 NO w/o Prosper DUDLEY Prosper BU Twp. - Memorial 1 23 13 Aug 1793 26 Apr 1842 NO DAYTON Abby L. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 24 1836 24 Aug 1853 16y 9m 18d NO d/o L. & R.A. also a separate stone DAYTON Esther L. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 24 1831 1854 NO d/o L. & R.A. also a separate stone DAYTON Harriet A. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 24 1829 7 Feb 1854 24y NO d/o L. & R.A. also a separate stone DAYTON Linus BU Twp. - Memorial 1 24 1794 (16 Nov) 1868 NO DAYTON Rhoda A. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 24 1835 9 Feb 1854 18y NO d/o L. & R.A. also a separate stone DAYTON Rhoda A. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 24 1800 1854 NO w/o Linus MATTSON Ella Susanna BU Twp. - Memorial 1 27 1902 (24 Jan) 1907 (4y 8m 10d) NO BEARD ? Infant daughter BU Twp. - Memorial 1 42 5 Aug 1841 26d ? NO d/o Alfred & Lucreta P. BEARD Lucretia P. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 42 2 Aug (1841) 24y ? NO w/o Alfred N broken BEARD Almey BU Twp. - Memorial 1 43 29 Oct 1839 26d NO d/o Jedediah & Charlotte BEARD Amos BU Twp. - Memorial 1 43 2 Apr 1746 7 Aug 1821 76y 1 Pvt Patterson MA Reg Burton OH govt stone placed 1987 DAYTON Cordelia N. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 44 2 Aug 1832 12-Jun-23 NO KEYES w/o George W. DAYTON George W. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 44 22 Sep 1825 13-Oct-09 76y NO DAYTON Lillie C. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 44 27 Apr 1862 3 Aug 1881 NO s/o George W. & Cordelia N. DAYTON Orrin Eugene BU Twp. - Memorial 1 44 1 Jul 1859 14 Sep 1876 NO s/o George W. & Cordelia N. DAYTON Russell Adolphus BU Twp. - Memorial 1 44 1861 1908 NO WILLIAMS Dewit C. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 46 7 Sep 1834 22y NO s/o J. & M. WILLIAMS Edwin J. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 46 27 Sep 1837 22y NO s/o J. & S. WILLIAMS Justin BU Twp. - Memorial 1 46 29 Jun 1854 61y 8m NO BRADLEY Eliza J. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 47 23 Jan 1873 54y 2m 9d NO FOWLER w/o S.R. BRADLEY S.R. (Stephen) BU Twp. - Memorial 1 47 1818 1896 NO Interment in Oakland, Cal. BRADLEY W.R. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 47 9 Jan 1860 28y 5m 7d NO CONRAD Jedidiah D. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 48 23 Feb 1877 20y NO DAYTON ( ) w/o Edgar A. DAYTON Chloe A. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 48 21 Jun 1862 15y NO d/o R. P. & M. A. DAYTON Martha A. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 48 21 Nov 1867 43y NO FOWLER ( ) w/o R. P. DAYTON R. P. (Reuben) BU Twp. - Memorial 1 48 29 Oct 1873 57y 6m 18d NO HOARD Ellen E. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 48 15 Nov 1868 23y 5m NO DAYTON w/o Harrison HOARD Nelly BU Twp. - Memorial 1 48 20 Apr 1874 2y NO d/o Harrison & Emily Info from Pioneer History TAYLOR Arthur H. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 52 1873 1901 NO TAYLOR Edmund BU Twp. - Memorial 1 52 1810 1873 (1 May) NO with Julian TAYLOR Elizabeth ( ) BU Twp. - Memorial 1 52 1841 (Mar) 1908 NO BETHRIDGE ( ) (w/o) (Giles) Stone just has Mother, 1900 census widow b. Eng. TAYLOR Fred M. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 52 1869 1887 (2 Jul) NO TAYLOR Giles BU Twp. - Memorial 1 52 1834 1890 (21 Apr) 19 Co A 128th Oh Inf has a separate govt marker TAYLOR Julian BU Twp. - Memorial 1 52 1815 1887 (10 Sep) NO with Edmund TAYLOR Lizzie BU Twp. - Memorial 1 52 1876 (3 Dec) 1899 (22 Mar) NO (Cleveland) OH TAYLOR Sylva BU Twp. - Memorial 1 52 1856 (14 Sep) 16y 6m 14d NO d/o Edmund & Julian TAYLOR Willie Our babe BU Twp. - Memorial 1 52 1886 1889 (18 Sep) NO DAILY BU Twp. - Memorial 1 54 1 Sep 1852 7m 10d NO d/o E. & J. stone broken, illegible STRICKLAND Fanny BU Twp. - Memorial 1 54 31 Jan 1841 31y NO TOLLES d/o Ransom & Anne TOLLES STRICKLAND G.W. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 54 1809 (2 Oct 1894) NO STRICKLAND Mary Ann BU Twp. - Memorial 1 54 1821 (31 Mar) 1891 NO FORROW ( ) w/o G.W. TOLLES Ann BU Twp. - Memorial 1 54 14 Sep 1846 59y NO w/o Ransom TOLLES Nehemiah BU Twp. - Memorial 1 54 12 May 1845 27y NO s/o R. & A. TOLLES Ransom BU Twp. - Memorial 1 54 24 Sep 1846 in his 60th yr NO BARNES Mary M. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 55 1848 (22 Nov) 1900 NO STRICKLAND ( ) w/o C.W. (Charles W.) with Albert & Frankie L. BRACE BRACE Albert W. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 55 1850 1878 NO with Mary BARNES BRACE Frankie L. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 55 1875 1890 (1 Feb) NO BRACE Mary M. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 55 1848 (22 Nov) 1900 NO STRICKLAND ( ) w/o (Albert W.), m. 2, C.W. BARNES with Albert & Frankie L. BRACE SLITER Flavy P. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 55 26 Sep 1834 26y 6m 14d NO WELLS ( ) w/o SLITER, D. DRUMM William ( ) BU Twp. - Memorial 1 56 19 Army GOFF James BU Twp. - Memorial 1 58 1762 8 Feb 1849 87y 1 Pvt Chapman's CT Co govt stone placed in 1987 FOWLER Delia BU Twp. - Memorial 1 59 12 Dec 1870 25y 11m 24d NO SANFORD () w/o Caleb has another stone FOWLER Eunice BU Twp. - Memorial 1 59 27 Sep 1883 42y 7m 22d NO KETCHUM () w/o Caleb FOWLER Harry C. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 59 3 May 1883 14y 11m 23d NO s/o Caleb & Delia HAYES Sally H. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 59 14 Nov 1846 36y NO FOWLER w/o Elijah BRADLEY Brooks BU Twp. - Memorial 1 60 15 Oct 1847 53y NO BRADLEY Esther BU Twp. - Memorial 1 60 28 May 1877 82y NO w/o Brooks BRADLEY John S. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 60 7 Mar 1847 6y NO s/o S.R.&E.J.(Stephen R.&Eliza (FOWLER) SPERRY Lemon BU Twp. - Memorial 1 60 25 Jun 1868 73y/75y NO SPERRY Marietta BU Twp. - Memorial 1 60 30 May 1798 21 Nov 1846 NO w/o Leman SPERRY Olive A. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 60 23 Oct 1807 3 Mar 1853 NO w/o Leman SPERRY Zery BU Twp. - Memorial 1 60 11 Apr 1825 1 Oct 1846 NO s/o Leman & Marietta WHITMORE Marietta BU Twp. - Memorial 1 60 6 Mar 1865 31y NO SPERRY w/o Stephen Whitmore CRAMTON Truman BU Twp. - Memorial 1 61 12 Dec 1827 26y 5d NO s/o Abel & Eunice stone broken on ground WILLIAMS John M. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 61 8 Nov 1842 50y NO CRAMTON Eliza BU Twp. - Memorial 1 62 7 Jun 1844 30y NO DAYTON w/o A. CRAMTON Sarah P. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 62 9 Jan 1842 32y 10m NO GOFF w/o Abel, Jr. GAYLORD William E. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 62 6 Sep 1838 21y NO s/o Silas & Malinda GOODRICH Cyrus BU Twp. - Memorial 1 62 24 Nov 1869 38y 19 Army HYDE Freeman BU Twp. - Memorial 1 64 -1774 15 Aug 1847 73y 10 Army TRUMAN Adaline E. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 65 29 Jul 1865 50y 7m NO BROWN w/o Nathan TRUMAN Harvey BU Twp. - Memorial 1 65 10 Mar 1869 NO s/o N. & A. stone illegible TRUMAN Nathan BU Twp. - Memorial 1 65 10 Jan 1813 19 Nov 1882 NO HUFF Ann E. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 69 1811 1906 (16 Sep) (95y) NO w/o Lawrence HUFF Ellen BU Twp. - Memorial 1 69 12 Jan (1867) 36y NO DICKERMAN w/o Lawrence parents Marcus & Rachel HUFF Lawrence BU Twp. - Memorial 1 69 22 Jun 1867 51y 4m 12d NO O'CONNER John BU Twp. - Memorial 1 70 19 Oct 1877 67y 19 Army BROWN Wm. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 76 -1785 (23 Oct 1852) (67y) 10 GREEN Belinda BU Twp. - Memorial 1 78 5 Dec 1848 33y 1m 25d NO LOVELAND w/o Simon LOVELAND Gilbert BU Twp. - Memorial 1 78 5 Oct 1844 34y NO FOWLER Anson BU Twp. - Memorial 1 79 27 Aug 1880 93y 8m 4d 10 Army FOWLER Caleb . BU Twp. - Memorial 1 79 31 Dec 1755 12 Oct 1822 67y 1 Pvt Meigs Conn Regt FOWLER Clarinda BU Twp. - Memorial 1 79 23 Sep 1856 23y NO c/o Anson & Lois FOWLER Jane BU Twp. - Memorial 1 79 3 May 1845 13/18y NO c/o Anson & Lois FOWLER Lois BU Twp. - Memorial 1 79 27 Aug 1854 63y 1m 2d NO w/o Anson FOWLER Lois BU Twp. - Memorial 1 79 5 Sep 1870 40y NO c/o Anson & Lois FOWLER Montgomery BU Twp. - Memorial 1 79 3 Oct 1846 29y 9m NO c/o Anson & Lois LEACH Harriet A. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 79 19 Oct 1846 34y NO FOWLER w/o Solomon PRATT Christopher BU Twp. - Memorial 1 79 26 Apr 1848 80y 6m 9d NO PRATT Olive BU Twp. - Memorial 1 79 26 Apr 1848 80y 6m 9d NO Miegs w/o Christopher former w/o Caleb Fowler FOWLER Abi BU Twp. - Memorial 1 81 5 Aug 1824 25y NO SPERRY ( ) w/o Elias has another stone as Mrs. Abi, w/o Capt FOWLER Abi BU Twp. - Memorial 1 81 13 Nov 1880 49y NO FOWLER Anna BU Twp. - Memorial 1 81 6 Mar 1837 43y 11m NO HOTCHKISS ( ) w/o Capt Elias 2nd wife also has a separate stone FOWLER Charles L. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 81 30 Jun 1851 7y 7m NO c/o Elias & Electa L. FOWLER Electa L. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 81 23 Mar 1874 62y 2m 15d NO RICHMOND ( ) w/o Elias FOWLER Elias BU Twp. - Memorial 1 81 17 Feb 1879 80y 10m 19 called Capt. on Anna's & Abi's stone FOWLER Mira O. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 81 12 Apr 1840 6m 2wk NO c/o Elias & Electa L. FOWLER Eli BU Twp. - Memorial 1 82 (7 Feb 1779) 12 Jan 1865 86y 10 Army FOWLER Martha BU Twp. - Memorial 1 82 23 Jan 1839 59y 10m NO w/o Eli STODDARD Hervey BU Twp. - Memorial 1 83 12 Sep 1839 54y NO STODDARD Nancy A. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 83 20 Sep 1839 27y NO STODDARD Wm. M. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 83 26 Aug 1838 21y NO BISHOP Maria BU Twp. - Memorial 1 84 1833 1906 (11 Aug) (74y) NO CRAMPTON () w/o Enoch SLITOR, m. 2, ? BISHOP SLITOR Enoch BU Twp. - Memorial 1 84 20 Mar 1862 36y 19 Co B 41 Reg OVI stone My Husband SLITOR Maria Mother BU Twp. - Memorial 1 84 1833 1906 (11 Aug) (74y) NO CRAMPTON () w/o Enoch stone has BISHOP WILLMOT Abigail M. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 96 29 May 1841 48y of her age NO DURAND () w/o Asa WILLMOT Asa, Sr. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 96 3 Feb 1786 21 Nov 1858 10 Army WILLMOT Curtiss G. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 96 2 Jul 1812 28 Oct 1862 NO (h/o) (Polly) WILLMOT Esther A. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 96 26 Jan 1817 10 Feb 1841 NO WILLMOT Polly BU Twp. - Memorial 1 96 29 Feb 1816 16 Jan 1856 NO CHARTER () w/o Curtiss G. WILLMOT Thomas C. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 96 2 Dec 1841 11 Jun 1856 NO SLITOR Alice J. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 97 16 Dec 1858 6y 8m 14d NO d/o Enoch & Maria WILLMOT William BU Twp. - Memorial 1 97 30 Apr 1879 56y NO WILLMOTT Burritt BU Twp. - Memorial 1 97 8 Dec 1844 in his 36y NO CRAMPTON Stephen BU Twp. - Memorial 1 98 15 May 1825 3y NO s/o Richard & Temperence CRAMTON Abel BU Twp. - Memorial 1 98 1 Apr 1846 68y NO (h/o) (Eunice) CRAMTON Eunice BU Twp. - Memorial 1 98 23 Oct 1846 68y NO w/o Abel CRAMTON Marcus Father BU Twp. - Memorial 1 98 15 Feb 1882 77y NO (h/o) (Roxana) CRAMTON Roxana H. Mother BU Twp. - Memorial 1 98 23 Sep 1852 46y NO BURK () w/o Marcus NETTLETON John BU Twp. - Memorial 1 101 18 Sep 1827 1y 9m NO s/o John & Maria BARNES Charles BU Twp. - Memorial 1 103 20 Aug 1820 8y NO s/o Asahel & Patty BARNES Lucius BU Twp. - Memorial 1 103 24 Jul 1838 16y NO BARNES Patty BU Twp. - Memorial 1 103 16 Sep 1823 39y NO w/o Asahel DURAND Clarissa M. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 103 14 Sep 1838 1y 2m 5d NO d/o Andrew & Caroline PARKS Lewis BU Twp. - Memorial 1 104 26 May 1868 67y NO with Ruth A. PARKS Mary A. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 104 30 Jan 1831 68y NO MALLORY () w/o Nathan stone broken & illegible PARKS Nathan BU Twp. - Memorial 1 104 6 May 1758 19 Dec 1849 92y 1 Pvt Mass Trp with Mary A. on a broken, illegible stone, govt stone placed 1987 PARKS Ruth A. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 104 18 Oct 1890 76y NO with Lewis PARKS Solomon BU Twp. - Memorial 1 104 -1796 8 Jul 1835 39y 10 Army Left this Sphere DRUM Susanah BU Twp. - Memorial 1 106 25 Mar 1843 6-Jan-11 NO DRUMM on record CONANT Elanor BU Twp. - Memorial 1 107 24 Mar 1882 53y NO w/o A. G. CONANT Willey BU Twp. - Memorial 1 107 (24 Nov 1864) NO s/o A. G. & E. stone illegible DOD in Burton Deaths SPERRY Hannah BU Twp. - Memorial 1 107 27 Sep 1808 13y NO d/o Zeri & Hannah JOHNSON Charlie D. BU Twp. - Memorial 1 108 19 Dec 1863 11y 21d NO s/o D. L. & M. JOHNSON D.L. (Daniel) BU Twp. - Memorial 1 108 1819 1887 (29 Dec) (69y 5m 8d) 19 Army JOHNSON Minerva BU Twp. - Memorial 1 108 10 Apr 1874 49y NO BROWN ( ) w/o D. L. JOHNSON William R. (Rutherford) BU Twp. - Memorial 1 108 1846 1921 (10 Oct) NO SMITH Justus BU Twp. - Memorial 1 109 (21 Oct 1886) 19 Co E 128th Oh Inf (Pvt Co B 88th Reg OVI)