GEAUGA COUNTY OHIO - Chester Township Cemetery Files (Surnames DEGR to GEH) *********************************************************************** 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 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 *********************************************************************** Chester Township, (Range 9, Township 8), Geauga County, Ohio Cemeteries Chester Township 12701 Chillicothe Rd., Chesterland, OH 44026: Phone (440) 729-7058 Archer; 7125 Brook Lane (private property) Inactive Chester Township; 12266 Chillicothe Rd. Active Location on the west side of U.S. Route. #306, about 1 ½ miles north of the intersection of U.S. Route #322 and U.S. Route #306, north of Sherman Road. Jackson Farm; 117?? Chillicothe Rd. Inactive Location: on the east side of Chillicothe Road, about 150 yards south of Mulberry Road. Most of the stones were moved to the township cemetery. Only a few bases remain. Old Settlement: 9545 Mayfield Rd. (U.S. Route #322) Inactive Location: on the south side of U.S. Route #322, between Sperry Road and Kenyon Drive. Quirk: 12703 Woodside Dr. Inactive Location: on the east side of Woodside Dr.; north of U.S. Route #322. These cemeteries are not included in this compilation: Western Reserve Memorial Garden; 11521 Chillicothe Rd., Chesterland, OH 44026 (440) 729-9465 Chesterland Memorial Park (Jewish) 11521 Chillicothe Rd., Chesterland, OH 44026 (440) 831-6555 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 Gr. Birth Death Age Vet. SER_ORG NEE Relation Related to Birthplace ST Deathplace ST Lot Owner Lodge/Club Note ======================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= DEGREEN Doreen Peg CS Chester Township B 15 1911 (cr 3 Sep) 1985 NO w/o Marvin DeGREEN Mother & Grandmother DEGREEN Harry CS Chester Township B 13 3 Sep 1891 29 May 1956 31 OH Pvt Co L 348 Inf. Mrs. Roy SHERMAN DEGREEN Hilda J. CS Chester Township B 14 1886 1967 NO Marvin DeGREEN DEGREEN Marvin (deed) CS Chester Township B 16 NO DEGREEN Marvin E. CS Chester Township B 15 1899 (cr23 Mar) 1965 NO husb Mason Father & Grandfather DEGREEN Marvin Jr. CS Chester Township B 15 1933 (cr16 Apr) 1960 50 Army husb Father DEGREEN Peter CS Chester Township B 14 1882 (cr26 Sep) 1959 NO Marvin DeGREEN DEGREEN Polly A. ( ) CS Chester Township B 16 (20 Jul 1997) (56y) NO Marvin DeGREEN DEMPSEY Becky CS Chester Township C 345 1940 NO DEMPSEY Douglas CS Chester Township C 345 1970 (cr24 Sep) 1980 NO son Gene & Becky DEMPSEY Gene CS Chester Township C 345 1937 NO DEMPSEY Morris & Rebecca (deed) CS Chester Township C 362 NO Morris & Rebecca DEMPSEY, Site 4 DENNISTON Daniel C. CS Chester Township B 29 1873 1925 NO f Moved from Woodland Cemetery Oct. 1950. DENNISTON Daniel S. CS Chester Township C 329 1908 (cr19 Apr) 1977 NO DENNISTON Jessie S. CS Chester Township B 29 1881 (cr27 Nov) 1971 NO m DENNISTON Pauline P. CS Chester Township C 329 1909 (11 Feb 1993) (83y) NO Her side of the stone is not cut for DOD. DENNISTON Robert W. CS Chester Township B 29 13 Sep 1922 31 Oct 1952 41 IL Sgt Co B 83 Medical BN WWII Has second Gov't stone. DERAMO Carolyn (deed) CS Chester Township C 454 NO Sites 3 & 4, 3 May 2000 DERAMO Paul H. ( ) CS Chester Township C 454 (b25 Apr 2000) NO Sites 3 & 4, 3 May 2000 DEWEER Emlie CS Chester Township A 207 1863 1922 NO DI PENTI Michael (deed) CS Chester Township B 98 NO DI PENTI Michael (deed) CS Chester Township B 99 NO DIPUCCIO Lynette ALLIN (deed) CS Chester Township C 355 NO Site 2, for Irma E. ALLIN DIPUCCIO Lynette ALLIN (deed, 1 & 2) CS Chester Township C 355 NO Lynette ALLIN DiPUCCIO, Sites 1 & 2 DITTO Dale W. CS Chester Township A 291 1893 1929 NO DITTO Frank S. CS Chester Township A 227 1857 1942 NO DITTO Harry A. CS Chester Township A 253 1886 (cr14 Mar) 1980 NO with Mary M. DITTO Mary J. CS Chester Township A 227 1859 (cr11 Aug) 1950 NO HAND ( ) DITTO Mary M. CS Chester Township A 253 1893 (27 Oct) 1988 (94y) NO with Harry A. DITTO Mary S. CS Chester Township A 291 1899 (26 Jun) 1989 (89y) NO w/o (m. 1) Dale DITTO; (m. 2, ? WENDT) (bp has Mary S. WENDT) DOANE Harmony Mother CS Old Settlement 29 23 May 1819 11 Nov 1893 NO DONOHOE Jean (deed) CS Chester Township C 332 NO DONOHOE, Sites 3 & 4 DOSKOCIL Barbara L. CS Chester Township A 227 1897 (cr 5 Mar) 1977 NO m DOUBLER Leo F. (deed) CS Chester Township C 420 NO Site 4, 28 Aug 1998 DOWDLE Tex Oran CS Chester Township C 378 5 Jun 1947 15 Jul 1971 61 OH Sgt US Marine Douglas BOSS Corps Vietnam DOWELL Bessie M. CS Chester Township B 34 28 Sep 1883 22 Jun 1968 NO w/o Wife and "Nana" DOWELL Jesse L. CS Chester Township B 34 15 May 1884 20 May 1955 31 Pvt OH Co E 30 Infan DOWNER Cora W. CS Chester Township C 324 1888 (cr 6 Jul) 1970 NO DOWNER, 1/2 lot DOWNER Frank E. CS Chester Township C 324 1885 (cr19 Oct) 1971 NO DOWNER, 1/2 lot DOWNEY James R. CS Chester Township A 16 (cr 11Dec) 1861 (cr 26Feb) 1948 NO No Surname on stone. Records indicate marriage on 27 Dec 1884. DOWNEY Jennie D. (Dilla) CS Chester Township A 16 (cr 26Feb) 1863 (cr 9Jun) 1923 NO PARR ( ) No Surname on stone. DRUMM Bernice H. CS Chester Township B 79 1907 NO DRUMM Edwin L. CS Chester Township B 79 1907 (cr15 Dec) 1961 NO DURST Joyce A. CS Chester Township C 373 1938 NO DURST William H. CS Chester Township C 373 7 Sep 1937 2 Jul 1993 61 US Air Force Sites 2 & 3 He has two stones. DUSENBURY Betsey E. CS Chester Township A 197 1845 1911 NO DOANE w/o Oscar DUSENBURY Byron CS Old Settlement 2 1856 1859 NO s/o Richard & Relief DUSENBURY Byron CS Old Settlement 65 23 Aug 1859 2y NO s/o R. & R.P. DUSENBURY Oscar CS Chester Township A 197 1843 (3 Nov) 1934 19 Army DUSENBURY Relief CS Old Settlement 2 1821 1900 NO w/o Richard DUSENBURY Richard CS Old Settlement 2 1817 1885 NO DUSENBURY Silvenus CS Old Settlement 65 10 Apr 1859 79y 19d NO EAMES Lucinda C. CS Chester Township A 69 1 Nov 1850 3yr 1mo 16da NO d/o Wm & M EDDY B.W. (deed, 4') CS Chester Township A 296 NO B.W. EDDY for Gust JOHNSON EDDY Birney W. CS Chester Township A 152 1856 (cr 30Jun) 1947 NO Surname not on stone. Large monument with EDDY - BRAWN. EDDY Clay Brawn CS Chester Township C 321 1894 (23 Jul) 1974 31 Ens US Navy WW I EDDY Elizabeth CS Chester Township A 152 1869 1923 NO Surname not on stone. Large monument with EDDY - BRAWN. EDDY Eulalia A. CS Quirk 1 28 18 Jun 1870 20y NO SHEPARD w/o Sanford EDDY Ita Louise CS Chester Township C 321 1897 (21 Dec) 1992 (95y) NO EDDY Loretta D. CS Chester Township C 323 1905 (cr13 Oct) 1984 NO EDDY Ray ( ) CS Chester Township A 152 (no date) NO No stone. Clerk's records. EDDY Roy C. CS Chester Township C 323 1984 (cr23 Feb) 1976 31 Bugler US Army WW I EDMONDS Gracie A. CS Chester Township A 277 1874 1925 NO Harrison ELDER, 1/2 lot EDMONDS Richard CS Chester Township A 277 1867 (cr 2 May) 1950 NO Harrison ELDER, 1/2 lot ELDER Anita Grace CS Chester Township A 196 1921 1925 NO d/o H.A. & Pearl ELDER Evelyn Maude ( ) CS Chester Township A 196 (no date) NO could be the same as Maude ELDER Geo. Dwight CS Chester Township A 196 1837 1924 19 Co E 105 OVI Surname not on the stone ELDER Geo. N., Dea. CS Quirk 1 22 24 Apr 1877 65y 8m NO ELDER Harrison (deed 1/2 lot) CS Chester Township A 277 NO Harrison ELDER, 1/2 lot for Richard & Gracie A. EDMONDS ELDER Lovina CS Chester Township A 196 1845 1916 NO Surname not on the stone ELDER Maude CS Chester Township A 196 1875 1915 NO Surname not on stone. ELLENWOOD Horace E. CS Old Settlement 88 12 Mar 1873 18y 6m NO s/o A.W. & Sophronia 1925 record; stone missing Oct 1983 ELLENWOOD Sophrona F. CS Old Settlement 88 8 Apr 1886 63y NO FISK d/o B. & B. FISK; w/o A.W. ELLENWOOD ELLSWORTH Mariette R. CS Quirk 3 48 14 Jul 1853 3y 5m NO d/o Wm. & C.S. ELLSWORTH Wm. W. CS Quirk 3 48 (26 Dec 1762) 23 Mar 1852 92y 01 (NY Militia) EMCH Ralph C. CS Chester Township C 342 1909 (cr26 Jul) 1985 NO Sites 3 & 4 EVANS Esther CS Chester Township A 220 1905 NO PETERSEN with Franklyn Wade EVANS EVANS Franklyn Wade CS Chester Township A 220 1903 (14 Jan) 1992 (88y) NO EVANS Leland K. ( ) CS Chester Township C 332 (4 Sep 1983) (73y) NO Marymount Hospital Cleveland Oh Mary EVANS No stone or record EVANS Mary (deed for JOLLY) CS Chester Township A 306 NO Mary EVANS, 4' EVANS Mary Catherine ( ) CS Chester Township C 332 (4 Jun 1994) (82y) NO DONOHOE, Sites 3 & 4 (cremains bur 8 Jun 1994) FARKAS Margaret CS Chester Township C 377 28 Jun 1897 6 Oct 1976 NO KUNDTZ George KUNDTZ FARONE Josephine (deed) CS Chester Township C 421 NO Sites 3 & 4, 14 Feb 2000 FARONE Josephine (deed) CS Chester Township C 421 NO Sites 1 & 2, 9 Nov 1999 FARONE Josephine (deed) CS Chester Township C 437 NO Sites 3 & 4, 14 Feb 2000 FARONE Robert C. ( ) CS Chester Township C 421 (24 Oct 1999) (61y) NO Sites 1 & 2, 9 Nov 1999 FELLOWS Parker CS Chester Township A 56 (13 Oct 1762/3) (bef 26Jun)1820 01 Sprout's Mass Regt. Pvt. in Rev. War. FENSTERMAKER Doris A. CS Chester Township B 45 (5 Nov) 1927 (26 Mar) 1982 NO m FENSTERMAKER Michael (Scott) CS Chester Township B 45 8 May 1951 15 Feb 1952 NO FENSTERMAKER Richard M. CS Chester Township B 45 1926 (cr27 Aug) 1974 41 Navy f WW II Flag. FERGUSON Allan J. (deed) CS Chester Township C 397 NO Site 3, 14 May 1999 FERGUSON Carol P. ( ) CS Chester Township C 397 (28 Oct 1998) (61y) NO Site 4, 6 Nov 1998, Allan FERGUSON FERGUSON Hugh Landis CS Chester Township B 69 1885 (cr28 Feb) 1952 NO f FERGUSON Jean M. ( ) CS Chester Township B 61 (cr 1Nov 1984) NO Hugh & Donald FERGUSON No stone. Clerk's record.; cremation FERGUSON Nellie Lou CS Chester Township B 69 1885 (cr31 Mar) 1956 NO m FERRY ? Baby CS Chester Township A 219 1886 1887 NO Surname on monument - not on stone. FERRY ? Baby ( ) CS Chester Township A 245 (cr 1 May 1961) NO No stone. Clerk's records. FERRY Asa C. CS Chester Township A 219 1854 1923 NO Surname on monument - not on stone. FERRY Edwin M. CS Chester Township A 245 1880 1938 NO Mason FERRY Frances O. CS Chester Township A 219 1855 1932 NO Surname on monument - not on stone. FERRY Laura M. CS Chester Township A 145 1834 1911 NO FERRY Marcus C. CS Chester Township A 145 1830 1897 NO FERRY Martha A. CS Chester Township A 145 27 Apr 1856 26 NO w/o M.C. Stone is illegible. FERRY Mary CS Chester Township A 58 13 Aug 1872 62yr 9 mo 11 da NO LYMAN ( ) w/o Solomon C FERRY Mary Jane CS Chester Township A 145 14 June 1858 3m 3d NO d/o M.C. & L.M. FERRY Solomon C. CS Chester Township A 58 9 Sep 1806 6 Apr 1891 NO FERRY Solomon C. CS Chester Township A 58 9 May 1839 2y 6m NO s/o Solomon C. & Mary FERRY Sophia M. CS Chester Township A 58 9 Jun 1850 8y 6m NO d/o S.C. & M.L. FIRST Arthur J. CS Chester Township B 103 (3 Jun) 1897 (9 Feb) 1970 31 OH Pvt Ambulance Co5 Military information comes from second stone. FIRST Edith A. CS Chester Township B 103 1900 1988 (no rec.) NO FIRST James J. CS Chester Township A 260 1868 1944 NO FIRST Mary A. CS Chester Township A 260 1872 1938 NO FISK Benjamin CS Old Settlement 88 3 Oct 1872 84y 9m NO FISK Beulah CS Old Settlement 88 18 Jan 1868 73y 9m NO w/o Benjamin FISK Horace N. CS Old Settlement 88 4 Sep 1851 20y 1m NO c/o Benj. & B. also has a separate stone FISK James K. Husband CS Old Settlement 88 28 Nov 1862 36y NO FISK Tryphena CS Old Settlement 88 30 Jul 1819 11m NO c/o Benj. & B. also has a separate stone FONTICELLA Rhonda Carol CS Chester Township C 341 1956 (cr26 Jul) 1975 NO dau Ronald C. FONTICELLA, Site 1 FONTICELLA Ronald C. ( ) CS Chester Township C 340 (26 Mar 1928) (12 Apr 1999) 41 USMC Sites 2,3,4 FORTNEY Isabelle C. CS Chester Township B 11 1919 NO Donald DE GREEN FORTNEY Lovell D. CS Chester Township B 11 1913 (cr17 Oct) 1979 NO Donald DE GREEN FOSDICK John CS Quirk 1 12 17 Apr 1853 79y NO FOSDICK Philena CS Quirk 1 12 8 May 1851 66y 4m 8d NO w/o John FOSTER Iola "Ike" CS Chester Township B 43 1924 (10 Dec) 1994 NO m Loving Mother FRANKLIN Celia CS Chester Township A 191 1872 (cr6 Jul) 1955 NO TANNER FRANKLIN William CS Chester Township A 191 1868 1932 NO FRANKS Edward E. CS Chester Township A 296 1905 1934 NO f Margaret FRANKS FREEMAN Arthur C. CS Chester Township A 239 1868 1939 NO FREEMAN Cora B. CS Chester Township A 239 1866 1921 NO FREEMAN Emma L. CS Chester Township A 75 1863 (cr27May) 1947 NO FREEMAN Gertrude CS Chester Township A 295 NO No dates. Urn. with DANIELS & HANSEL FREEMAN Marjorie L. CS Chester Township A 239 27 Jan 1907 (25 Oct 1999) (92y) NO with Shirley W. FREEMAN Roderick D. CS Chester Township A 75 1856 1930 NO FREEMAN Shirley W. CS Chester Township A 239 24 Dec 1904 14 Aug 1989 NO with Marjorie L. FRENCH Carrie CS Chester Township A 125 1860 1940 NO Marker off base. FRENCH Edward J. CS Chester Township A 125 1855 1943 NO FRENCH Janette CS Chester Township A 125 1828 1913 NO FRENCH Oscar CS Chester Township A 125 1827 1901 NO FRISSELL Augustus W. CS Chester Township A 71 (cr14Aug) 1849 (cr26Feb) 1900 NO FRISSELL Frank CS Chester Township A 71 (10 Apr) 1847 (23 May) 1864 19 Co.C 1st OVA FRISSELL Mary CS Chester Township A 2 1843 1911 NO MARTIN ( ) w/o Thomas FRISSELL Rhoda CS Chester Township A 71 (cr2Sep) 1806 (cr11May) 1881 NO LYMAN ( ) hw Seth FRISSELL Ruth CS Chester Township A 72 3 Mar 1846 73y NO GOLDTHWAITE ( ) w/o Caleb M. m 1 William FRISSELL, Jr.; m. 2, Caleb STREET; name on stone in lot 71 FRISSELL Seth CS Chester Township A 71 (cr12Dec) 1799 (cr12Feb) 1878 NO FRISSELL Thomas B. CS Chester Township A 2 (5 Oct) 1836 (26 Apr) 1922 19 Co.C 88 OVI FRITZ ? Baby ( ) CS Chester Township A 302 (cr11 Dec 1957) NO Lawrence FRITZ, 4' No stone. Clerk's records. FROST Gracie Bell CS Chester Township A 36 6 Aug 1873 6 yrs NO d/o James E. & S.J. FROST John D. CS Chester Township A 202 1 Dec 1876 68y 11m 6d NO FROST Joseph, Mrs. ( ) CS Chester Township A 36 (cr, no date) NO FULLER Clarence (map; 3' of lot) CS Chester Township A 33 NO FULLER Clarence W. CS Chester Township A 34 1866 1924 NO FULLER Earl C. CS Chester Township A 208 1889 1941 NO C.W. FULLER FULLER Florence M. CS Chester Township A 34 1869 (cr 28Apr) 1956 NO FULLER Grace CS Chester Township A 208 1917 1919 NO C.W. FULLER FULLER Jennie R. CS Chester Township A 208 1890 (1 Jan) 1990 (99y) NO C.W. FULLER FULLER Lincoln C. CS Chester Township A 208 1922 1941 NO C.W. FULLER FULLER Virgil CS Chester Township A 34 5 Dec 1894 30 May 1899 NO s/o C.W. & F.M. FUNK Ella M. CS Chester Township C 326 1892 (cr10 Jul) 1974 NO Dorothy TAYSE FUNK Evelinde CS Chester Township C 326 1924 (cr20 May) 1971 NO Dorothy TAYSE FUNK Paul CS Chester Township C 326 1926 NO Dorothy TAYSE GAFFNEY Ralph W. (deed) CS Chester Township C 386 NO Sites 3 & 4, 25 Apr 1997 GALBA Irene (deed) CS Chester Township C 386 NO Site 2, 11 Aug 2000 GAMBINO Virginia M. (deed) CS Chester Township C 381 NO Site 2, 21 Oct 1998 GARRATT William, Jr. CS Chester Township A 54 31 JUl 1800 8 Jan 1832 NO New Lisbon, Oswego Co. Illegible stone. GATES Geo ( ) CS Chester Township A 179 (no date) NO M. HARMON Clerk's records. No stone. GATES Luman CS Chester Township A 80 4 May 1838 41 NO GEARY Dorothy CS Chester Township A 137 30 Jul 1876 86y NO hw Edward GEARY Edward CS Chester Township A 137 16 May 1862 66y 19 Army (Leader of Band - Civil War - Clerk's records) GEARY Julius V. CS Chester Township A 137 1854 1922 NO GEARY Rebecca CS Chester Township A 137 29 Oct 1875 (46y) NO w/o Julius GEDDES Mae G. (Genevieve) CS Chester Township B 93 1908 (cr 8 Mar) 1982 NO GEDDES Martha L. CS Chester Township C 322 1933 NO GEDDES Paul M. (Marion) CS Chester Township B 93 1908 (cr17 Feb) 1970 41 Army GEDDES William D. CS Chester Township C 322 1929 (cr20 Apr) 1973 50 Army GEHRI ? Baby ( ) CS Chester Township A 220 (cr 29May 1958) NO GEHRI Betty June CS Chester Township A 220 1920 1923 NO