GEAUGA COUNTY OHIO - Chester Township Cemetery Files (Chester Township: Section A, Lots 300 - 310) *********************************************************************** 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 ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== HILL Grace CS Chester Township A 300 1905 (5 May) 1989 (83y) NO with Clarence HILL Elsie CS Chester Township A 300 1896 (cr29 Sep) 1960 NO with Dewey HILL Dewey CS Chester Township A 300 1898 1975 NO Clerk's records show burial was 2 Jan 1976. with Elsie HILL Jerry T. ( ) CS Chester Township A 300 (4 Jul 2000) (54y) NO ashes centered in gravesite over Grace Hill HILL Sandra Lynn CS Chester Township A 301 6 Feb 1949 24 Jan 1958 NO Dorothy Hill KRAUSE J. William CS Chester Township A 302 1902 (cr 2 Jul) 1956 NO Ruth KRAUSE Other side of stone is not cut. MAJOR John ( ) CS Chester Township A 302 (cr18 Jan 1958) NO Elizabeth MAJOR, 4' No stone. Clerk's records. FRITZ ? Baby ( ) CS Chester Township A 302 (cr11 Dec 1957) NO Lawrence FRITZ, 4' No stone. Clerk's records. KRAUSE Ruth E. CS Chester Township A 302 (30 Aug 1998) (83y) NO MAJOR Charlene ( ) CS Chester Township A 303 (cr24 May 1961) NO c Elizabeth MAJOR, 1/2 lot No Stone. Clerk's records. KENNY Thomas W. CS Chester Township A 303 1900 (cr24 May 1960) NO f KENNY Muriel G. CS Chester Township A 303 1905 (21 Jan) 1990 (84y) NO m RICHMOND Fannie V. CS Chester Township A 304 21 Oct 1874 19 Aug 1965 NO LUTZ (?) with WHITING; stone has Fannie V. LUTZ RICHMOND WHITING Paul CS Chester Township A 304 28 Apr 1899 27 May 1982 NO WHITING Fannie M. CS Chester Township A 304 22 Mar 1916 NO WHITING William P. CS Chester Township A 304 13 Feb 1937 25 Nov 1989 NO BETTS Frank CS Chester Township A 305 1886 (cr 9 Mar) 1956 NO BETTS Myrtle CS Chester Township A 305 1884 (cr24 Oct) 1964 NO CONNELL Raymond J. CS Chester Township A 306 1919 (cr20 Nov) 1967 41 Army f CONNELL Ruth E. CS Chester Township A 306 1917 (cr18 Nov) 1966 NO m SMITH Pairs Paul CS Chester Township A 306 24 May 1893 26 Sep 1968 31 Washington SFC Jeanette SMITH, 4' Quartermaster Corp. WW I. JOLLY Howard Hastings ( ) CS Chester Township A 306 (18 May 1967) NO Mary EVANS, 4' No stone. Clerk's records. EVANS Mary (deed for JOLLY) CS Chester Township A 306 NO Mary EVANS, 4' HALL William J. CS Chester Township A 307 9 Mar 1886 21 Dec 1951 31 OH Pvt 4th Com.L162 Infantry. William has two stones. HALL Josephine CS Chester Township A 307 1891 (cr 3 Jul) 1961 NO MCILRATH Webster A. (Jr) CS Chester Township A 307 1899 (cr25 Feb) 1956 31 Army MCILRATH Helen E. CS Chester Township A 307 1901 (cr 20May) 1985 NO REEBEL Albert Scott CS Chester Township A 308 21 Jun 1897 15 Jun 1962 31 Oh CE US Navy WW I GREENE Forrest O. CS Chester Township A 309 28 May 1918 28 Jan 1978 41 HQ 33rd Engrs s/o Forrest W. & Rita F. 7th Armored Div. WW II. GREENE Marian V. CS Chester Township A 309 1 Mar 19148 24 Jun 1968 NO TINKER d/o Edwin B. & Martha S. TINKER Mother of Virginia E. & Carl L. BARBER CSATARI Anna CS Chester Township A 310 1892 (cr 17Jan) 1972 NO m TOMALA Anna ( ) CS Chester Township A 310 (cr 12Jun 1999) NO ashes