Muskingum County OhArchives Cemetery ..... Bethesda Church Cemetery ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Denny Shirer County Coordinator for the Muskingum County OHGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohmuski2/cemetery/muskcem.html ***Permission to put text copy into Ohio Archives on March 7, 2008 ************************************************ Bethesda Church Cemetery Adams Twp., Muskingum Co. Ohio One mile north on Bethesda Church Rd from Rt. 208 just north of Adamsville, OH. ================================================================================================================= Name |First, Init. |Birth |Death |Inscriptions (remarks) ================================================================================================================= Aler |Emma C. (* Foster) |Mar 31, 1867 |Jan 6, 1934 |w/o John Foster |Estella (* Grebner) |1875 |1942 |w/o John Grebner |William |1865 |1958 | |Magdalena |Dec 25, ? |Dec 25, 1906 |36yr 10m 9d - w/o Wm |John |1855 |1928 | |Matilda |1856 |1947 |w/o John Aubrey |Joseph | |1836 |s/o Wm. & Elizabeth |Nira | |1836 | |Elizabeth | |1836 | Barton |John A. | |Apr 9, 1845 |18y llm 9d - s/o Francis & Rosana | | | |(Stone is illegible) | | | |(Stone is illegible) |William | |Apr 12, 1885 |86y Im lld Beers |Anna E. |1878 |1947 | |Eldora M. |1870 |1955 | |Lulu |1872 |1941 | |Robert S. |Feb 22, 1840 |June 29, 1906 | |Martha E. |Nov 8. 1844 |Sep 2, 1917 |w/o Robert Boyce |Mary A. Swank |1835 |1914 |w/o Lemuel Swank Burnside |Margaret A. | |Aug 27, 1851 |17days - d/o John & Elizabeth |James | |June 15, 1851 |at 5 Yrs. - s/o John & Eliz. (broken stone) Carrigan |Johnston |North, Ireland|1865 |80yrs. |Jane | |1865 |76yrs. - w/o Johnston Carroll |Latitia | |Aug 6, 1848 |4yrs. - d/o George & Mary Clark |Lloyd F. |1876 |1920 | |Cora E. |1873 |1933 |w/o Lloyd |Russell H. |July 9, 1909 |Aug 31, 1908 |s/o Orton & Mary |Clement A. |Jan 15, 1906 |Mar 22, 1906 |s/o Orton & Mary |Florence T. |1910 |1912 | |Luella P. | |1913 | |Clyde E. |1902 |1921 | Cochran |John | |Aug 16, 1851 |27yrs. |Susan Jane | |Aug 3, 1850 |d/o J. & M. Cole |Willis S. |Feb 25, 1897 |July ll, 1949 |Ohio 295 Co. MPC WW 1 |Henry G. |1907 |1955 | |Zetta L. |1912 |19? |w/o Henry G. Cankle |Darrel Lee | |Dec 13, 1943 |Inf. son of Ernest & June Cowden |Mary E. Rogue |1859 |1912 |w/o Geo. W. Hogue Darner |Ray L. |Nov 26., 1876 |Aug 7, 1906 |s/o H. E. & C. A. Deems |William H. | |Mar or May 22, 1857 |llm 14d - s/o Isaac & Rebecca | | |July 28, 1848 |l0y 4m 8d (broken stone) |Sarah Ann | |Oct 11, 1846 |1yr 5m |John Wm | | |s/o Isaac & Rebecca |George W. | |Sep ?,1847 |s/o Isaac & Rebecca |John W. | |Nov 10, 1852 |6mos. - s/o ? & ? Ross Doughty |? Franklin | |Aug 28, 1814 |2yr 3da. - s/o Allen & Lucinda |Henry I. |1862 |1935 | |Lottie E. |1858 |1936 |w/o Henry I |Rebecca E. |Jan 15, 1839 |Jan 12, 1909 |w/o W. R. |William R. |Feb 24, 1837 |June 2, 1916 | |Charles H. |1876 |1933 | |Allen | |Feb 25, 1889 |80y 5m 24d |Lucinda | |Apr 4, 1876 |6ly l0m 7d - w/o Allen |Elizabeth | |May 3, 1860 |78yrs. - w/o Richard |Henry H. | |Dec 18, 1862 |2 Co. E.97th OVI - s/o A. & L. |Sarah J. | |Aug 11, 1881 |80y l0m 26d - w/o G. H. Foster |Stephen Martin | |1851 |Inf. s/o Ray & Arline |John |Nov 29, 1839 |Feb 1, 1915 | |C. Jane | |Dec 9, 1887 |49yr 3mo - w/o John |Ama | |Feb 8, 1883 |15yrs. 6mo - d/o J. & C. J. |Belle | |Nov 15, 1897 |18yrs. - d/o J. & C. J. |Nellie | |Oct 6. 1893 |2yr 3mo - d/o J. & E. C. |Willie |Apr 27, 1895 |Apr 7, 1905 | |Emma C. Aler |Mar 31, 1867 |Jan 6, 1934 |w/o John Foster |W. Day |1880 |1934 | |Carrie C. |1887 |1956 |w/o Day |Tilden |1876 |1958 | |Bessie |1891 |1967 |w/o Tilden |Larry Lee |Sep 8, 1944 |June 11, 1956 |s/o Tilden & Bessie |Robert R. |1862 |1941 | |Ella F. |1868 |1941 |w/o Robert H. |Lillian L. | |1914 |d/o R. H. & E. F. Franks |Elizabeth | |Aug 2, 1850 |39yrs. - w/o John Gabriel |Lorenzo |Sep 9, 1825 |Jan 21, 1897 | Gadd |Nathan P. |1888 |1956 | |Grace I. |1900 |1954 | Glosser |Nicholas | |Oct 19, 1840 |53yrs. |Elizabeth D. | |Mar 25, 1844 |w/o Nicholas |Samuel N. | |June l5, 1851 |s/o E. & E. J. Grebner |John F. |Dec 29, 1873 |Sep 16, 1897 | |Estella Aler |1875 |1942 |w/o John F. |Infant Dau. | | | Hankins |Charles | |May 28, 1891 |74y 2m 8/7d Hanks |Samuel Titus |Aug 7, 1852 |Feb 12, 1926 | |Dora | |July l6, 1885 |29y 5m 20d - w/o Sam. T. |Jeremiah J. | |* Oct ?, 1864 |29y l0m l0d - Co. E. 100 OVI |Terressa | |Oct 10, 1863 |32yr 2m 22d - w/o Jeremiah |Walter | |1861 |s/o J & T |Jeremiah | |Sep 11, 1868 |77y 7m. 23d. |Catherine | |1854 |59yrs. - w/o Jeremiah (stone on ground) |Candace |1861 |1864 |d/o Jacob H. & Sarah |Jacob H. |1834 |1910 | |Sarah Bell |1836 |1921 |w/o Jacob H. Harris |Kenneth 0. |1912 |1922 | |Nelson D. | |Aug 2, 1842 | Hauk |Mary Elizabeth |May 11, 1842 |Aug 1, 1912 | Hawk |Alta C. |1884 |1928 | |Carrie Belle |1881 |Sep 6, 1884 |3yrs. 14d |Sedgwick W. |1846 |1919 | |Sophia A. |1857 |1937 |w/o Sedgwick W. Heasty |Mary | |1842 |7yrs. - d/o Robert & Mary |Jane | |Oct 3, 1846 |18yrs. - d/o Robert & Mary |Robert M. | |Oct 13, 1846 |3yr 7m 4d Hellems |Matilda | |1846 |lyr. - d/o John & ? Hogue |Alvin J. |1883 |1959 | |Ethel M. |1898 |19? |w/o Alvin J. |Firman C. |1879 |1962 | |George W. |1852 |1928 | |Mary E. Cowden |1859 |1912 |w/o Geo. W. James |Evan | |Sep 3, 1850 |21y 27d - s/o Evan & Lydia |John C. | |Oct 21, 1847 |s/o Wm. S.& Lydia |Lydia J. | |Oct 11, 1842 |3yrs. - d/o A. J. & Sidnay |Josephine | |Aug 21, 1851 |21yrs. - d/o A. M. & S. Johnson |Orville Edwin |Sep 15, 1935 |Apr 27, 1936 | |James |1853 |1933 | |Christena J. |1849 |1938 |w/o James |Cora M. | |July 9, 1889 |11y 4m 8d - d/o James E. & C. J. Lacy |Eliza | |1864 |2yrs. - d/o Thomas & Juliann Lane |George W. |1845 |1900 | |Denzil |1902 |1971 | |Gladys L. |1925 |19? |w/o Denzil |Ronald Jr. |Dec 28, 1963 |Mar 26, 1964 | Launders |Rozilla | |Feb 22, 1847 |31yrs. - w/o William Marquand |Eliza |Dec 2, 1814 |Jan 29, 1894 |w/o Solomon |Nora E. | |Mar 9, 1871 |11m 24d - d/o G. & E.? |Homer | |Sep l? 1864? |s/o ? (very hard to read) Matchett |John L. |June 11, 1840 |Nov 27, 1902 |Co. A 78th OVI |Annie P. |Nov 23, 1839 |Mar 24, 1912 |w/o John L. |Zora |1869 |1950 | |Oliver S. |1875 |1957 | |Iva M. |1894 |1970 |w/o Oliver S. McCashland |Isaiah | |Feb 15, 1853 |at 87yrs. - s/o Elisha & Nancy McVicker |Henry |1860 |1933 | |Nancy |1867 |1940 | |Roy |1892 |1966 | Mock |Benjamin F. |1848 |1928 | |Martha E. |1850 |1931 |w/o Benjamin F. Newhouse |Jonathan | |Nov 15, 1848 |81y 8m l2d Noble |George |June 10, 1795 |Nov 15, 1871 |76y 5m 5d - b. County of Fermanagh, Ireland Paisley |Lydia | |Jan 24, 1849 |78yrs. |Alonzo | |* ? 1?, 1848 |6mos. - s/o Samuel & Sarah |John H. | |Sep 25, 1853 |7m 3d - s/o Samuel & Sarah Preston |Mary J. Tannahill |May 12, 1826 |Aug 9, 1887 |w/o Otis Preston Riney |Thomas | |Feb 20, 1857 |66y 11m 28d |Catharine | |Nov 27, 1884 |87y l0m 5d - w/o Thomas |Louisa | |Feb 14, 1888 |68y 6m 27d - d/o T. & C. |Eleanor | |Nov 6, 1853 |17y 5m 11d - d/o T. & C. Ross |Charles R. | |Apr 11, 1900 |22y 2m 17d |Newton |1851 |1913 | |Livonia |1848 |1904 | Ruse |David | |Dec 25, 1870 |62y 8m 2m |Catharine | |Feb 16, 1873 |67y 8m 26d - w/o David Sarbaugh |? | |? | Shepler |William P. |1882 |1966 | |Agnes B. |1897 |19? | Shields |Elizabeth | |Sep 8, 1835 |4y ?m 3d - d/o Robert & Susanna |William Speer | |Feb 19, 1841 |2yrs. - s/o Robert & Susanna |John Wilson | |Mar 7, 1841 |7yrs. - s/o Robert & Susanna |James Harvey | |1841 |4y l0m 2d - s/o Robert & Susanna |Robert T. | |? | |Jane Shirer |Mar 31, 1816 |Oct 1, 1885 |w/o Alex. Shirer Shirer |Jane Shields |Mar 31, 1816 |Oct 1, 1885 |w/o Alex. Shirer |Alexander |May 23, 1812 |July l4, 1892 | |Mary C. | |1846 |3yrs. - d/o V. & E. |Susanna McCoy | |1851 |12yrs. - d/o A. & Jane |Ida M. | |June 7,1861 |2yrs. |Edward | |May 26,1882 |26y 6m l2d |Martha J. |1844 |1908 | |Valentine | |Jan 24, 1881 |83y 5m 4d |Esther | |Sep 7, 1897 |89y 9m 2d - w/o Valentine Shirrar |Catharine | |1840 |55yrs. - w/o Peter |Catharine | |1841 |llyrs. - d/o A. & Jane |James F. | |Sep 3, 1850 |2y 5m l5d - s/o Harley & Eliz. |Miriam | |Feb, 1841 |3yrs. - d/o A. & Jane Shump |Racy | |Nov 14, 1842 |5y 7m 27d - d/o Benjamin & Mary Stiers |Edward M. | |Oct 27, 1870 |57y 7m 18d |Charles W. | |Mar 27, 1841 |2mo - s/o Edward & Martha |Martha | |1859 |41yrs. - w/o E. M. Stradley |A. J. |Jan 1, 1857 |Dec 8, 1905 | |Ada A. |1862 |1921 |w/o A. J. Studor |Jacob |Jan 1, 1835 |June 22, 1903 | |Louisa |1840 |1926 |w/o Jacob Sturtz |George E. | |Sep 22, 1899 |58y 9m 5d Sutton |Samuel | |Sep 8, 1889 |86y llm 2d |Elizabeth | |Oct 6, 1884 |78y 7m 8d |Cynthia E. | |July 22, 1861? |2y 3m ?d - d/o C. H. & A. C. |Cornelia J. | |Aug 3, 1864 |8y 6m 11d - d/o A. C. & C. H. Swank |Lemuel |1804 |1870 | |Mary A. Boyce |1885 |1914 |w/o Lemuel |Martha I. |1865 |1919 |d/o Lemuel & Mary |Martha A. |1805 |May, 1863 |w/o Lemuel |Hannah E. | |Sep 21, 1847 |2y 3m 2d - d/o Lemuel & Martha |Nancy |1784 |1852 | Reed |E. | | |(stone is illegible) Honnold |John E. | |Feb 22, 1864 |6Oy 8m 2d |Jacob G. | |Aug 15, 1843 |11y 3m 28d - s/o John E. & Mary |Henry P. | |Jan 19, 1865 |29y 4m 22d - Co. E 97th OVI - | | | |Enlisted July 20, l862 killed at | | | |Chattenooga, Tenn. Tannehill |Mary J. Preston |May 12, 1826 |Aug 9, 1887 |w/o Otis Preston Titus |Phoebe A. |Aug 19, 1810 |Jan 31, 1904 | |Samuel | |Apr 4, 1877 |71 (or 74) yrs. |Achsah E. | |Jan 23, 1847 |39yrs. - w/o Samuel |Mary | |Apr 21, 1837 |w/o Samuel |Peter | |Aug 30, 1837 |5mo - s/o Samuel & Mary |Francis Sr. | |Oct 23,1848 |79yrs. |Mary | |Mar 5, 1870 |87y l0m ?d - w/o Francis Sr. |Amos D. | |Feb 26, 1817 |s/o Fran. & Mary Undenhoffer |Andrew |1863 |1952 | |Mary M. | |Aug 23, 1861 |2y 2m ?d - d/o P. & V. |Frederick |1826 |1911 | |Rachel |1834 |1901 |w/o Frederick Vansickle |John W. |1892 |1976 | |Sylvia |1899 |1964 |w/o John W. |Stephen Martin |Dec 10, 1951 |Dec 12, 1951 |s/o Ray & Arlene Foster Vansickle Vensil |Laura L. |1859 |1868 | |Ida |1874 |1874 | |Henry F. |1857 |1875 | |Mary B. |1876 |1900 | |Lila P. | |Oct 23, 1892 |2y 5m 11d - d/o M. L. & E. A. Vensil |Isaiah |1834 |1907 | Weekley |Opal |1905 |1977 |Mother of Opal |Glenn |1926 |1961 |s/o Opal White |Margaret | |Aug 6, 1830 |77-7-24 - w/o Mahlon |M. | |Aug 7, 1886 |83yrs. Wisecarver |Chalmer C. |1902 | | |Hazel M. |1908 |1974 | |Gertrude S. |1930 |1938 | Also buried in Bethesda according to obituary in Adamsville Register (not an offical tranription): Sarbaugh |Loyd |12 Feb 1876 |6 Mar 1920 | Sarbaugh |Cora |Dec 1873 |19 Nov 1933 |w/o Loyd * Some stones have degraded in the last few years. The data marked with an asterik was taken from the Muskingum County Genealogy Society publication "Salem Township Scripts and Transcripts" which was compiled by Ione Supplee with supplemental assistance by Glenn Longaberger and Mr. and Mrs L. D. LeMaster. This page authored and maintained by Denny Shirer. © 1997 - 2006 All rights reserved. Page established: Aug 1, 1998 Last revised: October 17, 2006