GEAUGA COUNTY OHIO - Chester Township Cemetery Files (Surnames VIHE to ZIM) *********************************************************************** 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 ======================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= VIHER Esther Marie CS Chester Township B 12 24 Jun 1919 30 Sep 1975 NO Buryl MC CRACKEN VILD Herman CS Chester Township B 25 1908 (25 Sep 1997) (89y) NO VILD Marie A. CS Chester Township B 25 1912 NO VORACHEK Joseph F. CS Chester Township A 280 1898 1934 NO Christine VORACHEK VOREL ? Baby ( ) CS Chester Township A 278 NO Clerk's records. No dates or stone. VOREL Amelia LaMOREAUX CS Chester Township A 198 1918 (cr25 Jun) 1980 NO w/o (m. 1, Murray LAMOREAUX; m. 2, ? VOREL) Stone has Amelia LAMOREAUX VOREL with Murray VOREL Douglas J. CS Chester Township B 71 1943 (cr27 Sep) 1960 NO son Walter J. VOREL VOREL Irene B. CS Chester Township B 71 1927 (cr25 Feb) 1978 NO (w/o) VOREL James H. CS Chester Township A 278 1882 (cr 6 Feb) 1958 NO VOREL Mary CS Chester Township A 278 1889 (cr 3 Jul) 1957 NO VOREL Walter James ( ) CS Chester Township B 71 (21 May 1916) (17 Jul 1991) (75y) 41 USAAF Walter J. VOREL No stone. Clerk's record. WAGNER ? Baby Boy CS Chester Township A 48 21 Mar 1954 NO WAGNER Edward (deed) CS Chester Township A 217 NO Sites 3 & 4, 9 Nov 1999 WALKER Edgar Eugene CS Chester Township A 187 1849 1928 NO WALKER Mary Ann CS Chester Township A 187 1853 1904 NO MILLS WALKUP Virginia ( ) CS Chester Township B 2 (10 Jan 1994) (59y) NO J. VARGA (cremains bur 21 Jan 1994) WALTERS Ella Mae CS Chester Township C 341 1907 (cr 1 Oct) 1974 NO BROOCKER, Frank Sites 3 & 4 WEBSTER Asahel CS Chester Township A 96 1810 1900 NO WEBSTER Emily CS Chester Township B 25 1889 (12 Oct) 1987 (98y) NO WEBSTER Lucinda S. CS Chester Township A 96 21 Nov 1839 NO w/o Asahel WEISS Herman A. CS Chester Township C 334 1905 (cr 16Dec) 1975 NO WEISS Pauline CS Chester Township C 334 1914 NO WELDY T. ( ) CS Chester Township A 50 (no dates) NO Fred WELDY WELLS Lee (deed) CS Chester Township C 337 NO WELLS, 1/2 lot WENDT Albert CS Chester Township A 292 1894 (cr17 Jun) 1964 31 Kinney Rec. WENDT Amanda CS Chester Township A 40 1896 1909 NO Surname not on stone. WENDT Anna CS Chester Township A 40 1862 (cr 17Jun) 1935 NO ENSSLIN Surname not on stone. WENDT Hilda M. CS Chester Township A 292 1905 1930 NO m WENDT Mary CS Chester Township A 40 1869 1910 NO Surname not on stone. WENDT 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) WENDT Robert CS Chester Township A 40 1862 (cr 9Oct) 1946 NO Surname not on stone. WENGER Doris J. CS Chester Township B 24 1927 NO WENGER Russell J. CS Chester Township B 24 1924 NO WENTZ William H. ( ) CS Chester Township A 294 (cr 17Oct 1936) NO Jos. OPATRNY, Sr. WENZLIK Helen G. ( ) CS Chester Township C 367 (27 Feb 2000) (76y) NO Sites 1 & 2; 23 Jun 1993 WENZLIK John H. (deed) CS Chester Township C 367 NO Sites 1 & 2; 23 Jun 1993 WERMELSKIRCHEN Louis M. ( ) CS Chester Township C 396 (19 Dec 1924) (22 May 1995) (70y) 41 Kinney Rec. Site 2, 23 Sep 1996, Dorothy (cremains bur 12 Sep 1996) WESLEY Ronald J. (deed for 4) CS Chester Township C 352 NO Ronald WESLEY, Sites 3 & 4 Site 3 for Helen AUSTIN WEYHE Wilma ( ) CS Chester Township A 123 (cr18 Nov 1966) NO F. GRIEGER No Stone. Clerk's record. WHEELER Cora CS Chester Township A 177 21 Feb 1868 y 3m 4d NO c/o V & M WHEELER Dora CS Chester Township A 177 8 Jan 1869 y 1m 21d NO c/o V & M WHEELER Melissa CS Chester Township A 176 1829 1912 NO WHEELER Velorus CS Chester Township A 176 11 Nov 1876 48y 5m 14d NO WHITAKER Danny B. CS Chester Township B 95 9 Sep 1957 21 Nov 1980 NO son Duane INKSTER Dear Son and Brother WHITCOMB Richard G. ( ) CS Chester Township C 379 (19 Jan 1996) (23y) NO Faith & Richard WHITCOMB, Sites 1 & 2 WHITE Delilah H. ( ) CS Chester Township B 85 (23 Jul 1997) (79y) NO WHITE John P. CS Chester Township B 85 19 July 1914 7 Apr 1963 41 OH Pfc HQ Co 65 Inf. WHITE John P. CS Chester Township C 355 1951 (cr24 Apr) 1986 NO WHITING Fannie M. CS Chester Township A 304 22 Mar 1916 NO WHITING Gerald B. CS Chester Township A 272 22 Jul 1910 22 Dec 1973 41 OH Pvt. US Army WHITING Hannah CS Chester Township A 176 25 Nov 1878 71y 6m 2d NO w/o John First name might be Hanna H. WHITING Helen E. CS Chester Township A 272 1892 (cr30 Aug) 1963 NO WHITING John ( ) CS Chester Township A 176 (no date) NO Clerk's record. No stone. WHITING Joyce Baby CS Chester Township A 272 1939 NO WHITING Lura L. CS Chester Township A 279 1857 1927 NO m WHITING Paul CS Chester Township A 304 28 Apr 1899 27 May 1982 NO WHITING Ralph CS Chester Township A 279 5 Feb 1897 16 Mar 1966 31 US Army WW I WHITING Robert W. ( ) CS Chester Township C 385 (23 Aug 1999) (60y) NO Sites 1 & 2,10 Sep 1999, Marilyn WHITING WHITING Samuel G. CS Chester Township A 272 1888 (cr20 Jan) 1967 NO WHITING T.D. CS Chester Township A 279 1856 1934 NO WHITING William P. CS Chester Township A 304 13 Feb 1937 25 Nov 1989 NO WHITLOCK Josiah CS Chester Township A 122 1 May 1850 78y NO WHITLOCK Sally CS Chester Township A 122 20 Feb 1853 73y 10m NO w/o Josiah WHITMAN Abigail CS Chester Township A 94 23 Nov 1881 82y 2m 7d NO w/o Barzillai WHITMAN Alden E. CS Chester Township A 94 9 Mar 1864 23 19 Co C 1st OVA Died at Stewart's Creek TN Stone is almost illegible. WHITMAN Barzillai CS Chester Township A 94 25 Aug 1870 66y 4m 7d NO WHITMAN George CS Chester Township A 134 1844 1928 NO WHITMAN Isiah CS Chester Township A 128 12 Jul 1856 66y NO WHITMAN Mary ( ) CS Chester Township A 94 (cr, no dates) NO WHITMAN Mary E. CS Chester Township A 134 1847 1912 NO w/o Zebedee WHITMAN Meradon CS Chester Township A 94 12 Oct 1874 21y 5m 2d NO Our Beloved Son Surname is not on stone. WHITMAN N.D. CS Chester Township A 134 1838 (20 Jan) 1911 19 Bat C 1st OLA WHITMAN Zebedee CS Chester Township A 134 1840 (22 Nov) 1924 19 Bat C lst OLA WHITNEY Lillian CS Chester Township A 283 1890 1978 NO Ashes Sep 1979. WHITNEY Simon E. CS Chester Township A 283 1885 1941 NO WICKS Cheryl Jane CS Chester Township A 254 1908 (26 Mar) 1987 (78y) NO BROTHERS (cremains bur 3 Aug 1987) WICKS Henry L. CS Chester Township A 254 1865 (cr29 Apr) 1950 NO with Nellie A. WICKS Henry Lewis CS Chester Township A 241 21 Oct 1925 19 Feb 1945 41 5th Div 27th Marine Died in action on Iwo Jima. WICKS Lewis E. CS Chester Township A 254 1903 (cr25 May) 1962 NO Mason WICKS Nellie A. CS Chester Township A 254 1867 (cr14 Dec) 1955 NO with Henry L. WICKS Olive Edith CS Chester Township A 241 7 Jun 1922 12 Jan 1928 NO WIDO Michael (deed) CS Chester Township C 383 NO Sites 1 & 2; 9 Aug 1999 WIEGAND Dorothy (deed) CS Chester Township C 362 NO WIEGAND, 3 & 4, 1 Sep 1992 WIEGAND Marlin ( ) CS Chester Township C 362 (6 Nov 1997) (74y) NO WIEGAND, 3 & 4, 1 Sep 1992 WILBURN Arlene CS Chester Township A 190 1914 (cr19 Dec)1983 NO No Surname on stone. WILLIAMS ? Infant Son CS Chester Township A 159 20 Apr 1870 4d NO s/o S. & J. L. PARR: L. WILLIAMS WILLIAMS Abisha CS Chester Township A 161 (23 Apr 1793) 11 Jan 1869 73 or 78y 8m 10 Army Stone is illegible. WILLIAMS Anna CS Quirk 2 30 9 May 1869 72y 6m 24d NO w/o David, Jr. WILLIAMS Augustus A. CS Quirk 2 33 10 Sep 1825 22 Nov 1887 NO WILLIAMS Aurelia CS Quirk 2 30 21 Aug 1850 31y 4m 6d NO d/o David & Anna WILLIAMS Charles R. CS Quirk 2 38 1833 1882 NO WILLIAMS David CS Quirk 2 30 (1797) 31 Aug 1861 97y 6m 21d 10 Army WILLIAMS David, Jr. CS Quirk 2 30 11 Dec 1851 54y 5m 28d 10 WILLIAMS Eliza S. CS Quirk 2 33 1836 1875 NO WILLIAMS Elmer CS Quirk 2 38 1 Jan 1876 2y 2m 16d NO s/o C.R. & E.A. WILLIAMS Elmer D. CS Quirk 2 31 25 Jul 1856 24y NO s/o A.A. & L.A. broken on date & age WILLIAMS Esther CS Chester Township A 161 20 Feb 1879 82y 6m ?d NO hw Abisha Stone is illegible. WILLIAMS Hannah P. CS Chester Township B 62 10 May 1884 18 Nov 1952 NO m Mother of Iva CULBERTSON WILLIAMS Hervey L. CS Chester Township A 160 1867 (cr12 Jan) 1956 NO WILLIAMS Jane CS Chester Township A 159 1838 1897 NO WILLIAMS Julia CS Chester Township A 160 1867 1893 NO BACON WILLIAMS Kate I. CS Chester Township A 160 1867 (cr 6 Dec) 1950 NO WILLIAMS Lewis CS Chester Township A 159 1834 1916 NO WILLIAMS Loel CS Quirk 2 33 8 May 1869 1y 9m 22d NO s/o David & Eliza WILLIAMS Lucinda A. CS Quirk 2 33 22 Jan 1836 24 Nov 1915 NO BABCOCK ( ) WILLIAMS Lynn CS Quirk 2 32 21 Oct 1867 1y 18m NO s/o A.A. & L.A. WILLIAMS Ralph CS Quirk 2 32 11 Nov 1866 4y 7m NO s/o A.A. & L.A. WILLIAMS Rhoda CS Quirk 2 30 9 Jun 1859 96y 6m 24d NO w/o David WILLIAMS Silas O. ( ) CS Quirk 2 31 6 Sep 1863 28y 6m NO missing 1983 WILLIAMS Walter B. CS Quirk 2 32 10 Mar 1861 2y 3m 1d ? NO s/o D.L. & E.S. WILLIAMSON Annie CS Chester Township A 190 20 Feb 1867 22 Dec 1912 NO Surname not on stone but on monument. WILLIAMSON Elsie CS Chester Township A 180 1899 (cr 31 Dec)1971 NO Surname is not on stone. WILLIAMSON Jennie E. CS Chester Township B 49 1890 (cr23 Dec) 1982 NO NICHOLS WILLIAMSON Spencer CS Chester Township A 180 1894 (cr 10 Jun)1971 41 Navy Surname is not on stone. WILLIAMSON Walter W. CS Chester Township B 49 1891 (cr20 Oct) 1971 NO WILLIAMSON Walter Wayne CS Chester Township B 49 1926 (cr30 Jul) 1944 NO son Surname not on stone. WILLIAMSON Willie CS Chester Township A 190 26 Oct 1862 18 Feb 1895 NO Surname not on stone but on monument. WILSON Bill CS Chester Township B 81 1906 (cr19 Jan) 1970 NO f Mason WILSON Frederick C. CS Chester Township B 85 1895 (cr14 Mar) 1970 NO . WILSON Geraldine H. CS Chester Township C 372 1925 (16 Jan) 1989 (63y) NO m Gary WILSON, Site 1 WILSON Josephine CS Chester Township B 81 1909 (cr 2 Jan) 1961 NO m WISE Theodore R. CS Chester Township C 360 1 Mar 1908 29 Nov 1976 41 Cpl US Army WW II Sites 1 & 2 WISNER Samuel CS Chester Township A 72 31 Dec 1838 44 ? NO WOLTER Ruth (deed for KLAMER) CS Chester Township C 354 NO Ruth WOLTER WONG Ed (deed) CS Chester Township C 366 NO Sites 1, 2, 3 WOOD Ralph ( ) CS Chester Township A 293 NO 1/4 lot Clerk's records. No stone or dates. WOODWORTH Cordelia L. CS Chester Township A 70 24 May 1835 NO w/o Theron F. WOODWORTH WOODWORTH Gershom M. CS Quirk 2 37 5 Dec 1851 1y ?m 21d NO s/o H. & B. age buried WOODWORTH Sarah CS Chester Township A 269 4 Sep 1856 83 yr NO GRIMES ( ) w/o m. 1, Deland BATTLES; m. 2, L. WOODWORTH WOOST Robert (deed for HERVEY) CS Chester Township C 320 NO Robert W. WOOST WORRALLO Charles ( ) CS Chester Township A 35 (cr no dates) NO WORRALLO Charles W. CS Chester Township A 25 24 Nov 1830 6 Nov 1883 19 Army J. QUIGLEY (map) Monument is almost illegible. WORRALLO Charles, Mrs. ( ) CS Chester Township A 35 (cr, no date) NO WORRALLO Mahala CS Chester Township A 35 15 Sep 1800 11 Nov 1876 NO w/o Rev. W. S. Stone is barely legible. WORRALLO W.S., Rev. CS Chester Township A 35 8 Oct 1801 9 Feb 1848 48 yrs NO Stone is barely legible. WORRALLO William (1/2 of lot; map) CS Chester Township A 34 NO WORTS Albert C. CS Chester Township A 265 1882 (cr12 Jul) 1974 NO with Elsie WORTS Byron W. CS Chester Township A 265 1850 1924 NO WORTS Elsie M. CS Chester Township A 265 1882 (cr22 Sep) 1973 NO with Albert C. WORTS Lucy A. CS Chester Township A 265 1851 1925 NO WRIGHT Aurilla W. CS Old Settlement 116 27 Mar 1844 60y 1m 9d NO w/o M. WRIGHT Caroline L. CS Old Settlement 116 12 Sep 1843 13y 22d NO d/o M. & A. WRIGHT Major CS Old Settlement 116 2 Feb 1844 61y 8m 12d NO YOUNG David & Mary (deed) CS Chester Township C 416 NO Sites 3 & 4, 31 Jul 1998, Paul RANNEY YOUNG Orson C. CS Chester Township A 202 11 Mar 1865 43y NO ZAMISKA Ella CS Chester Township C 349 1902 (5 Dec) 1988 (86y) NO ZAMISKA Thomas CS Chester Township C 349 1900 (21 Mar) 1990 (89y) NO ZIDD A. Wilma (Alice Wilma) CS Chester Township C 334 1910 (1 Jan) 1996 (85y) NO ZIDD Stanley J. CS Chester Township C 334 31 May 1898 6 Apr 1979 31 A S US Navy WW I ZIMMERMAN ? Baby ( ) CS Chester Township A 10 (cr19 Dec 1935) NO