Richland County OhArchives Cemeteries.....Pioneer's Rest Cemetery (Partial)

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Pioneer's Rest Cemetery, Village of Plymouth, 
Plymouth Twp., Richland County, Ohio

     This very well kept cemetery is located near the southern edge of the 
Village of Plymouth, Ohio. The land is only slightly elevated near the center, 
dropping slightly lower near the northern boundary. The cemetery’s eastern 
boundary is located next to a small park, divided by a beautiful old ornate 
wrought iron fence.  A very impressive gated entrance commands your attention 
as you walk near center of eastern border. This gate has the cemetery name 
wrought in an arch over the entrance. It’s nestled next to a beautifully 
kept village park, near the western edge of SR61. All this is located just 
north of the railroad tracks, not for from the Huron County border. This 
cemetery was formally owned by a private organization, but for some time has 
been the property and responsibility of the village. By good luck, I was able 
to obtain much of this background information by the kindness of a village 
worker, Bill Houser, he was doing some maintenance on the lawn of the park, 
next to the cemetery, when I first arrived. He said the village owns both 
Pioneer's Rest and Greenlawn Cemeteries. Greenlawn Cemetery is very large and 
still active, located just south of this cemetery and on the other side of the 
railroad tracks, where route 98 splits off of SR61. There are some stones that 
have toppled & broken and many have weathered to an extent that they are no 
longer readable. My brief sampling of this cemetery shows stones with readable 
dates as early as 1824, so it has been used for this purpose at least 185 years, 
possible longer.  Readings are only partial, random and alphabetized, not 
organized by rows yet. I hope to return next year and do a more complete reading 
of this cemetery.    Robert M. Sizelove, Sr., Oct. 1, 2009 


Bloom, Francis M., son of S. & L. Bloom, died Jan. 14, 1854, Æ 6m 2d

Bodley, Sarah Ann, wife of Wm. E. Bodley, died May 1, 1851, aged 26y 3m & 11d

Bodley, Sally, wife of William Bodley, died Mar. 2, 1879, Our Mother [age not readable]

Bodley, William, died March 8, 1861, aged 66 y 5m 5d; A soldier of the War of 1812

Bodley, Wm. E., died June 29, 1857, aged 38y 1m & 28d [possible teacher or clergy]

Booknal, John M., died Dec. 17, 1852, aged 62 years

Brinkerhoff, H. I., died Oct. 5, 1847, aged 61y 9m; Rachel, wife of H.I. Brinkerhoff, died 
July 15, 1826, aged 34y 8m 2d; Lewis, son of H.I. & R. Brinkerhoff, died July 17, 1832, 
aged 6y 1m 4d [very large nicely carved granite memorial]

Brinkerhoff, Josiah, died July 18, 1889, aged 73y 7m 12d; Jane, wife of J. Brinkerhoff, 
died Aug. 29, 1890, aged 71y 6m 3d

Bump, Sarah Ann, dau. of Wm. & S.A. Bump, died Aug. 28, 1849 Æ 12y 7m 4d

Clark, George, son of B. & E. Clark, died Mar. 31, 1865, aged 21 [or] 24 years 
[difficult to read years lived]

Conger, Hannah, wife of Silas Conger, died Sept. 30, 1843, aged 39years & 11 months

Conger, in memory of  Mary C., daug’r of Silas & Hannah Conger, died Jan. 17, 1843, 
aged 9years 8 mo & 20 days

Cribbs, Harriet, daughter of J. & s. Cribbs, died Feb. 25, 1848, Æ. 17y 10m 21d

Cutler, Eliza, wife of James Cutler, died Oct. 24, 1855, aged 39y 9m & 10d

Cutler, Asemath, wife of James Cutler, died June 1, 1864, aged 41y 11m 18days

Dubois, Infant son of Hobart G. & Lucy M. Dubois, who died Feb. 16, 1841, aged 2mo & 14ds

Green, Lieut. A.F., Co. E, 93rd Ohio Infantry, born Jun 8, 1832, died March 20, 1886 
[veteran of Civil War, member of GAR]

Gribben, Isaac, died June 2, 1880, aged 84y 4m; Mary, his wife, died Nov. 22, 1888, 
aged 85y 1m 2d

Gribben, John, died Mar. 9, 1832, aged 2y 4m 23d; Mary, died Nov. 29, 1836, aged 2y 8m; 
Almira J., died Sept. 22, 1875, aged 43y 3m 9d – Children of Isaac & Mary Gribben

Gunsaullus, Carrie 1862 – 1954; Leslie, 1891 – 1956 [surname Meredith above this data]

Henry, Lewis, died Feb. 18, 1853, aged 76?Y 4m & 13d

Henry, Henrietta, dau. of L. & M. Henry, died Mar. 11, 1851Æ _

Henry, Mary Ann, dau. of L. & M. Henry, died Feb. 16, 1849, Æ 3m & 10d

Herbert, Beulah, died June 27, 1855, in the 0 year of her age.

Hoff, Joseph, died Dec. 6, 1857, aged 33y & 11m; John, son of _ & A. Hoff, 
died Oct. 4, 1858, aged 14y & 1mo

Holton, J.H., died Nov. 13, 1863, aged 39y 3m & 23d

Jones, Elizabeth, wife of S.J. D. Jones, died Sep. 21, 1857, aged 53y 5m & 26d

Judd, Lester, died Jan. 8, 1852, aged 52years

Kinney, Capt. Thos., Co. C., 191st Ohio Infantry, died May 1, 1891 [veteran Civil War]

Light, sacred to the memory of Joseph, who died May 23, 1840, aged 46years, 9mo & 12days

Light, Mary, consort of Joseph Light, died Feb. 23, 1832, aged _y, 6mo 22days 
[consort, meaning she passed before her husband]

Light, in memory of M___ena, wife of John Light, who died 1_ Dec. 1824, 
aged _ years, 7mo ) ds [stone in very worn condition]

Mason, Freddie, son of Mort? & _ Mason, died Oct. 1, 1871, aged 3yrs

Mason, George W., died Mar. 8, 18__, aged 30 yrs, A member of 7th Regt.; Morris M., 
died Mar. _, 18__, aged 19yrs; Frances A., died Sept. 19, 185_, aged 2yrs; Children 
of J. & R. Mason.

Mason, James, died March 8, 18__, aged 71yrs

Morfoot, John, died April 11, 1864, aged 37yrs 10m, 27d [days lived hard to be sure]

Marks, Rachel, wife of N. Marks, died Feb. 27, 18155, aged 68yrs 8mo & 18dy

Mattoon, James N., 1849 – 1928; Maria M. Bodine, 1848 - 1915

McKelvey, George, son of M. & N. McKelvey, died Sept. 1, 1827, aged 11months & 20days

McKelvey, Elizabeth, daughter of M. & N. McKelvey, died Jan. 10, 1834, 
aged 14years 10mo & 27 days

Nimmons, Jas. B., died April 12, 1859, aged 13ys 7ms

North, Roger D., died Nov. 14, 1867, aged 67 yrs, 9 mos 14ds [engr. W. Reeves @ bottom]

North, Jane R., born Nov. 3, 1806, died Apr. 13, 1892

Shurtor, John C., died Dec. 17, 1866, aged 52ys 3ms 12ds

Shurtor, Mary C., wife of John Shurtor, died Mar. 14, 1899, aged 79ys 16ds

Smith, James, died Oct. 13 [or ] 15, 18_5, in the 35 year of his age. [very hard to read]

Smith, William, died Sep. 17, 1824, aged 77 years [verse below this not readable] 
[earliest readable stone I found, thus far at this cemetery] 


Snyder, Elizabeth Ann, wife of _ Snyder, died_ [very worn, only fragments readable]

Topping, Benjamin F., son of J. & M.A. Topping, died Dec. 4, 1849, aged _y, 7m & 20d

Topping, Eleanor, daughter of J. & M.A. Topping, died Jan. 26, 1837, aged 1 year 2mo. 
and 4 days

Topping, Corp’l Peter, Co. K, 92nd Ohio Infantry [probable Civil War Veteran]

Underhill, Aurelia, wife of a. W. Hulette, born Sept. 17, 1800, died Jan. 21, 1847

Unknown, In memory of Paulina, daughter of Dan.l & Co__ K__aser, who died Oct. 30, 1842, 
aged 13 yrs 1mo & 15da

Unknown, in memory of D__  C___ser, who died Aug. 3, 1842, aged 48yrs 5mo & 28ds 
[Looks like the same surname as previous stone. Maybe the given name is Daniel or Danl.] 

Westfall, Delia C., daughter of H. & H. Westfall, died Apr. 7, 1869, aged 19y 9m 19d

Wilson, Wm., died Jan. 25, 1855, aged 33 y 9m 10d; Margaret, wife of Wm. Wilson, 
died Sept. 13, 1855, aged 34y 9m; Rachel , dau. of W. & M. Wilson, died Oct. 19, 1865, 
aged 20y 4m 19d; Mary Gertrude, dau. of D. & M. Hardenbergh, died Mar. 23, 1846, 
aged 1y 6m 27d

This concludes my partial readings