GEAUGA COUNTY OHIO - Chester Township Cemetery Files (Chester Township: Section A, Lots 1 - 44) *********************************************************************** 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 ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== RUSSELL George Clark M.D. CS Chester Township A 1 13 Apr 1853 22 May 1929 NO RUSSELL Emily Louise CS Chester Township A 1 14 Jun 1875 21 Oct 1930 NO MORLEY w/o George Clark FRISSELL Thomas B. CS Chester Township A 2 (5 Oct) 1836 (26 Apr) 1922 19 Co.C 88 OVI FRISSELL Mary CS Chester Township A 2 1843 1911 NO MARTIN ( ) w/o Thomas MARTIN Nelson CS Chester Township A 2 6 Feb 1808 10 Oct 1893 NO MARTIN Anthony W. CS Chester Township A 3 12 Mar 1816 5 Apr 1897 NO MARTIN Abigail D. CS Chester Township A 3 11 Feb 1816 1 Feb 1888 NO PRATT w/o Anthony W. MARTIN ? Infant Dau. CS Chester Township A 3 no dates NO MARTIN Sarah CS Chester Township A 3 15 Jan 1845 2 Mar 1891 19 Kinney Rec. d/o A.W. & A.D. HAZEN Adelia J. CS Chester Township A 3 18 Feb 1851 3 Jul 1893 NO MARTIN d/o A.W. & A.D. MARTIN Sarah CS Chester Township A 3 27 Feb 1783 19 May 1844 NO WYLIE w/o R. Martin LITTLEJOHN Susan CS Chester Township A 4 1834 1908 19 Kinney Rec. Surname not on stone LITTLEJOHN William CS Chester Township A 4 1835 1887 NO Surname not on stone LITTLEJOHN Norman CS Chester Township A 4 1872 (cr14Nov) 1956 NO LITTLEJOHN Geneva May CS Chester Township A 4 1909 1914 NO BARNES ? Baby CS Chester Township A 5 (cr13 Aug 1947) NO (c/o) (Louis) GILLMORE James CS Chester Township A 5 19 Mar 1790 12 Oct 1868 10 Army GILLMORE Temperance CS Chester Township A 5 11 Sep 1792 5 Mar 1873 NO HULBERT ( ) GILLMORE D.W. (Duane W.) CS Chester Township A 5 19 Dec 1828 17 Jun 1915 19 Army GILLMORE Rhoda CS Chester Township A 5 20 Dec 1838 26 Aug 1901 NO w/o D.W. JACOBS Glenn CS Chester Township A 6 26 Dec 1889 28 Nov 1898 NO s/o M. & L.B. JACOBS, T. Also has single marker JACOBS Milan CS Chester Township A 6 1866 (cr 25Nov) 1953 NO JACOBS, T. JACOBS Linda CS Chester Township A 6 1869 (cr 2 May) 1967 NO WHITMAN ( ) w/o Milan JACOBS, T. PAINTER Frederick CS Chester Township A 7 1848 1899 NO HATCHER Rosa CS Chester Township A 7 1871 1901 NO PAINTER PAINTER Elizabeth CS Chester Township A 7 1848 1899 NO w/o Frederick PAINTER ? Infant CS Chester Township A 7 1906 NO Stone has surname, "The Three Infants", and DOD. PAINTER ? Infant. CS Chester Township A 7 1912 NO Stone has surname, "The Three Infants" and DOD. PAINTER ? Infant.. CS Chester Township A 7 1923 NO Stone has surname, "The Three Infants" and DOD. PAINTER Robert H. CS Chester Township A 8 1878 (cr21Sep) 1965 NO PAINTER Tressa M. CS Chester Township A 8 1882 (cr18Mar) 1961 NO COTTRELL Lloyd McGregor CS Chester Township A 9 1911 1914 NO MILLS Clara Belle CS Chester Township A 9 1911 1945 NO COTTRELL ( ) OES BIERER M.E. (Martin) CS Chester Township A 9 1886 1921 NO ZIMMERMAN ? Baby ( ) CS Chester Township A 10 (cr19 Dec 1935) NO LAW Myrtle CS Chester Township A 10 1891 1925 NO OES LAW Cornelius CS Chester Township A 10 1886 (cr27Mar) 1958 NO Mason LAW John S. CS Chester Township A 10 1882 1929 NO Mason LAW Ethel C. CS Chester Township A 10 1885 (cr28Aug) 1971 NO OES DAR RUSSELL G. (map) CS Chester Township A 11 NO G. RUSSELL MAPES Seth CS Chester Township A 12 (3 Jan) 1840 (3 Feb) 1918 19 Co E 103 OVI MAPES Cleora CS Chester Township A 12 (cr 24Sep) 1843 (cr 29Dec) 1922 NO KEYT ( ) BATTLES Vesta CS Chester Township A 13 1 Jan 1833 12 Jun 1917 NO MAPES ( ) BATTLES Henry CS Chester Township A 13 18 Sep 1830 14 Dec 1894 NO BATTLES Evrett CS Chester Township A 13 8 Sept 1859 20 Sep 1863 NO c/o H. & V. BATTLES Eva CS Chester Township A 13 7 May 1857 5 Sep 1859 NO c/o H. & V. BATTLES Milon CS Chester Township A 13 28 May 1854 8 Aug 1856 NO c/o H. & V. BATTLES Ida CS Chester Township A 14 (25 Mar) 1867 (24 May) 1937 NO CLEVERDON ( ) BATTLES Grant CS Chester Township A 14 (22 Aug) 1965 (24 Jun) 1944 NO SCHULTZ Harold E. CS Chester Township A 14 1915 (cr 22Mar) 1985 NO husb Ruth M. Father, Grandfather. Deed transfer from Grant Battles 1981. SCHULTZ Ruth M. CS Chester Township A 14 1922 (23 Apr) 1991 (68y) NO w/o Harold E. Mother, Grandmother BARNES George E. CS Chester Township A 15 1875 (cr 5Apr) 1954 NO f Myrtle May, Wilberta Dorothy BARNES Alice R. CS Chester Township A 15 1878 (cr 30Aug) 1957 NO m Myrtle May, Wilberta Dorothy BARNES Wilberta Dorothy CS Chester Township A 15 5 May 1905 12 May 1906 NO BARNES Myrtle May CS Chester Township A 15 10 Mar 1889 26 Apr 1889 7 weeks NO Has separate stone with name, age 7 weeks PATTERSON Sipha CS Chester Township A 16 1836 1928 NO DOWNEY Jennie D. (Dilla) CS Chester Township A 16 (cr 26Feb) 1863 (cr 9Jun) 1923 NO PARR ( ) No Surname on stone. 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. KIEFFER E.H. CS Chester Township A 17 1854 1909 NO KIEFFER Mary CS Chester Township A 17 1852 1938 NO POST Ethel CS Chester Township A 17 1882 1909 NO POST Edward K. CS Chester Township A 17 1904 NO GREGG Joseph ( ) CS Chester Township A 17 (b16 May 1976) 41 Army BAILEY L.A. CS Chester Township A 18 1856 1909 NO Footstones, Jennie and Merion. BAILEY Jennie CS Chester Township A 18 1861 1911 NO w/o L.A. Footstones, Jennie and Merion. SHERMAN Zula M. CS Chester Township A 19 1878 1941 NO OES, FPLE SHERMAN Clifford C. CS Chester Township A 19 1876 (cr 2Jun) 1954 NO BATTLES Ford T. CS Chester Township A 20 (13 Sep) 1893 (30 Nov) 1921 NO BATTLES Hattie M. CS Chester Township A 20 (24 Feb) 1872 (5 Feb) 1936 NO BASTER ( ) m BATTLES Oscar A. CS Chester Township A 20 (9 Oct) 1867 (28 Jul) 1941 NO f RUSSELL George Alpheus CS Chester Township A 21 7 Mar 1821 4 Mar 1907 16 Army RUSSELL Frances CS Chester Township A 21 5 Apr 1832 26 Feb 1859 NO TURNER RUSSELL Laura Elizabeth, Infant CS Chester Township A 21 22 Dec 1858 NO RUSSELL Mary Frances CS Chester Township A 21 15 May 1856 25 Feb 1873 NO KEYT James E. CS Chester Township A 22 1816 1909 NO KEYT Zerviah CS Chester Township A 22 (8or18Dec) 1818 (30 Mar) 1902 NO BATTLES w/o J.E. THWING Ann Eliza CS Chester Township A 22 27 Feb 1855 21 Sep 1937 NO KEYT m HERBERT Berther CS Chester Township A 23 1826 1907 NO f F.M. HERBERT HERBERT Charles B. CS Chester Township A 23 1886 (cr 11Jan) 1950 NO son F.M. HERBERT HERBERT Ray ( ) CS Chester Township A 23 (urn 30Aug 1995 31 Kinney Rec. F.M. HERBERT HERBERT Pauline ( ) CS Chester Township A 23 (urn 30Aug 1995 NO F.M. HERBERT QUIGLEY William Ernest ( ) CS Chester Township A 24 (cr 15Jan 1976) 41 Army NICHOLS Theron CS Chester Township A 24 14 Dec 1850 28y 10m 21d NO s/o J & R CHILSON Mary I CS Chester Township A 24 28 Feb 1857 43y 3m 24d NO w/o Orrin QUIGLEY Ralph ( ) CS Chester Township A 24 (8 Dec 1998) (80y) NO QUIGLEY Alice K. CS Chester Township A 25 1853 1930 NO WORRALLO J. QUIGLEY (map) SCHWARZ ? Baby CS Chester Township A 25 1931 1931 NO J. QUIGLEY (map) WORRALLO Charles W. CS Chester Township A 25 24 Nov 1830 6 Nov 1883 19 Army J. QUIGLEY (map) Monument is almost illegible. QUIGLEY Earnest L. CS Chester Township A 25 30 Aug 1886 7yr 3mo NO son George & Alice J. QUIGLEY (map) Monument is almost illegible. Has own illegible marker. QUIGLEY George C. CS Chester Township A 25 1873 (cr 11Dec) 1956 31 Kinney Rec. J. QUIGLEY (map) QUIGLEY George ( ) CS Chester Township A 25 (cr 5May 1937) NO J. QUIGLEY (map) THWING Electa M. CS Chester Township A 26 1832 1907 NO HINE ( ) THWING Irwin CS Chester Township A 26 28 Aug 1828 11 Jun 1898 NO HINE William R. CS Chester Township A 26 11 Feb 1803 21 Feb 1889 NO HINE Clarissa CS Chester Township A 26 1807 1879 NO HINE Loron P. CS Chester Township A 26 18 Sep 1867 20yr 3mo NO s/o William R. & Clarissa HERRICK Lillian Thwing CS Chester Township A 27 1862 1941 NO POOLER ( ) (m. 1, Willis THWING; m. 2, ? HERRICK) PARKER: E. & T. THWING CR has Lillian Pooler Thwing; Herrick on stone. THWING Willis E. CS Chester Township A 27 13 Apr 1897 44yr NO PARKER: E. & T. THWING THWING Lillian CS Chester Township A 27 1862 1941 NO POOLER ( ) (m. 1, Willis THWING; m. 2, ? HERRICK) PARKER: E. & T. THWING cr has Lillian Pooler Thwing; Herrick on stone. THWING Leman I. CS Chester Township A 27 1855 1915 NO PARKER: E. & T. THWING RUSSELL Jennie A. CS Chester Township A 28 1868 1930 NO RUSSELL Ernest S. CS Chester Township A 28 1867 (cr 13Dec) 1945 NO QUIGLEY Samuel CS Chester Township A 29 1849 (20 Jul) 1926 19 Co.M 2ndReg HA f QUIGLEY Anna L. CS Chester Township A 29 1850 1929 NO m (Dicey in sexton's book) PAINTER Jennie CS Chester Township A 29 1876 (cr 6Nov) 1957 NO QUIGLEY PAINTER George W. CS Chester Township A 29 1875 (cr 26Feb) 1969 NO PATTERSON Dora M. CS Chester Township A 30 1850 1919 NO m No Surname on stone PATTERSON Augustus G. CS Chester Township A 30 1855 (cr 20Jan) 1936 NO f Mason PATTERSON Mabel G. CS Chester Township A 30 1880 (cr 13Dec) 1957 NO PATTERSON N.C. Ferry CS Chester Township A 30 1880 (cr 26Sep) 1966 NO HAWES Cornelia CS Chester Township A 31 6 Mar 1816 30 Jul 1838 22yr llmo NO HAWES Iram CS Chester Township A 31 20 Sep 1786 20 Oct 1869 83 NO HAWES Polly CS Chester Township A 31 11 Sep 1790 14 Feb 1859 69 NO RANNEY COTTRELL Clark CS Chester Township A 32 NO c/o M.W. & Mary No Surname on stone. No visible dates COTTRELL Fred CS Chester Township A 32 NO c/o M.W. & Mary No Surname on stone. No visible dates COTTRELL Francis CS Chester Township A 32 NO c/o M.W. & Mary No Surname on stone. No visible dates COTTRELL Henry C. CS Chester Township A 32 1843 (1 Mar) 1914 19 Bat. C 1st O.L.A. No Surname on stone. COTTRELL Ellen R. CS Chester Township A 32 28 Jan 1848 12 Jan 1935 NO No Surname on stone. COTTRELL Arland Rupert CS Chester Township A 32 1897 (15 Sep) 1922 31 M.T.C. Co. 571 No Surname on stone. COTTRELL Mead K., D.O. CS Chester Township A 33 1873 1958 NO COTTRELL Gertrude A. CS Chester Township A 33 1873 (cr 13Nov) 1946 NO COTTRELL Marguerite L. CS Chester Township A 33 1881 (cr8Dec)1955 NO HAMPTON Helen, D.O. CS Chester Township A 33 1900 1948 NO COTTRELL COTTRELL Lena CS Chester Township A 33 1879 (cr 6Jan) 1958 NO (m. 1, Janes COTTRELL; m. 2 ?, MOSS) OES FPLE No Surname on stone. Lena COTTRELL MOSS on Clerk's record. COTTRELL Janes H. CS Chester Township A 33 1877 1940 NO Mason FCB No Surname on stone. MOSS Lena CS Chester Township A 33 1879 (cr 6Jan) 1958 NO (m. 1, Janes COTTRELL; m. 2 ?, MOSS) OES FPLE No Surname on stone. Lena COTTRELL MOSS on Clerk's record. FULLER Clarence (map; 3' of lot) CS Chester Township A 33 NO FULLER Clarence W. CS Chester Township A 34 1866 1924 NO FULLER Florence M. CS Chester Township A 34 1869 (cr 28Apr) 1956 NO FULLER Virgil CS Chester Township A 34 5 Dec 1894 30 May 1899 NO s/o C.W. & F.M. WORRALLO William (1/2 of lot; map) CS Chester Township A 34 NO WORRALLO W.S., Rev. CS Chester Township A 35 8 Oct 1801 9 Feb 1848 48 yrs NO Stone is barely legible. WORRALLO Mahala CS Chester Township A 35 15 Sep 1800 11 Nov 1876 NO w/o Rev. W. S. Stone is barely legible. WORRALLO Charles ( ) CS Chester Township A 35 (cr no dates) NO WORRALLO Charles, Mrs. ( ) CS Chester Township A 35 (cr, no date) NO FROST Gracie Bell CS Chester Township A 36 6 Aug 1873 6 yrs NO d/o James E. & S.J. FROST Joseph, Mrs. ( ) CS Chester Township A 36 (cr, no date) NO JACKSON George CS Chester Township A 37 1826 1906 NO JACKSON Dolly A. CS Chester Township A 37 1832 1896 NO FITCH ( ) JACKSON Edward G., Baby CS Chester Township A 37 18 Sep 1925 9 days NO GILMORE Alice P. CS Chester Township A 38 (cr 15Nov) 1852 (23 Dec) 1922 NO POST ( ) POST Walter CS Chester Township A 38 (15 Jun) 1840 (1 May) 1913 19 Army POST Orsa J. CS Chester Township A 38 (cr 22Sep) 1845 (cr 4Nov) 1923 NO LANDER w/o Walter POST Jean M. CS Chester Township A 38 1919 1940 NO POST Emma CS Chester Township A 38 1883 (cr 15Jul) 1972 NO Double stone. Husband? James is in Lot 39. POST James CS Chester Township A 39 1881 (cr 4Oct) 1976 NO Wife? Emma is in Lot 38. POST William L. CS Chester Township A 39 1871 (cr 31Dec) 1954 NO POST Nellie B. CS Chester Township A 39 1876 (cr 26Feb) 1951 NO BARTLETT Mary CS Chester Township A 39 1854 1944 NO (cr has 20 Oct 1945) WENDT Anna CS Chester Township A 40 1862 (cr 17Jun) 1935 NO ENSSLIN Surname not on stone. WENDT Robert CS Chester Township A 40 1862 (cr 9Oct) 1946 NO Surname not on stone. WENDT Mary CS Chester Township A 40 1869 1910 NO Surname not on stone. WENDT Amanda CS Chester Township A 40 1896 1909 NO Surname not on stone. BARNES Caroline O. CS Chester Township A 40 1897 (cr 24Nov) 1937 NO BARNES Archie G. CS Chester Township A 40 1898 (cr 7Dec) 1988 NO (moved from Sec. 6, Lot 376. gr 1) BASSETT Nellie G. CS Chester Township A 41 1872 (cr22Jul)1949 NO PALMER Urban CS Chester Township A 41 1 Jul 1787 30 Nov 1847 NO PALMER Lucy R. CS Chester Township A 41 19 Jul 1794 16 Mar 1838 NO PALMER Harriet CS Chester Township A 41 10 May 1815 23 Jun 1831 NO PALMER Emiline CS Chester Township A 41 10 Apr 1831 12 May 1832 NO PALMER Chester CS Chester Township A 42 13 Dec 1812 21 May 1894 19 Kinney Rec. PALMER Achsah S. CS Chester Township A 42 15 Jul 1810 7 May 1850 NO MELVIN ( ) PALMER Ann R. CS Chester Township A 42 15 Jun 1820 21 May 1894 NO READ ( ) PALMER Julius C. CS Chester Township A 42 9 Jul 1829 25 Feb 1830 NO PALMER Chester C. CS Chester Township A 42 18 Dec 1853 22 Jan 1854 NO PETERSEN Elsie O. CS Chester Township A 43 1888 1919 NO H.C. COTTRELL (map) PETERSEN ? Baby CS Chester Township A 43 NO H.C. COTTRELL (map) No dates on stone. HOBART Rebecca CS Chester Township A 44 26 Feb 1858 65 NO w/o Reuel Stone is illegible. HOBART Newton CS Chester Township A 44 31 July 1844 15 NO son Reuel & Rebecca HOBART Earl E. CS Chester Township A 44 15 Nov 1850 15 NO s/o Horace & Frances A. Marker states "twin son of" HOBART Ernest ( ) CS Chester Township A 44 (cr, no date) NO