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Rev. Dave Brownfield brownfielddave@aol.com January 28, 2023, 4:28 pm

Cemetery:           Cedarville Cemetery
Name:               Cemetery Cedarville

Date Of Photograph: 2003
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The Cedarville Cemetery, located in the Rockland section of Belpre, contains 
graves of 14 Revolutionary War soldiers.  In the State of Ohio, this is second 
only to the Mound Cemetery at Marietta for amount of Revolutionary War soldiers 
buried in one cemetery.  Over the years, many of the graves have washed down the 
hill, and as the Ohio River water level rose due to dams, many graves are now 
under water.

Wind and rain have eroded names and dates, making many of the old tombstones almost
impossible to read.  One of the more famous stones was that of Peregrine Foster, one
of the very early settlers of Belpre.  On his stone is this inscription, “Death is a
debt to nature that I have paid and so must you”.  The marker notes that Foster
“died August 1,1804, in the 47th year of his age”.

The Belpre Township Trustees keep the Cemetery in very good shape.  Many of the old
sandstone markers are still standing in the well kept cemetery, and just a few are
still readable.  Many of them are worn so smooth that the letters are hardly
distinguishable.  Other stones are actually falling apart, while some are completely
gone.

A few years ago, a few markers were still able to be deciphered, such as “Jane, 
wife of Theodore Foster, died February 10, 1831 in the 39th year of her age".  
Another is Stephen B. Rouse (who may have been the nephew of Bathesheba Rouse, the
first woman school teacher in the Northwest Territory).  There are many others, and
we have records from previous stone readings by our local historical societies.

It is also believed that several of the Revolutionary Soldiers may have been
reburied in the Rockland cemetery.  One of those moved was Captain Jonathan Stone,
who was born in 1751 and died in 1801.

Colonel Daniel Bent, a native of Massachusetts, died April 4, 1848 at the age of 74.
 His big beautiful home on what is now Putnam-Howe Drive, is now owned by Marion
Metz a very active member of the Belpre Historical Society.  There are many others
buried there whose legacy has left a strong impact on Belpre and the surrounding
area.

Additional Comments:
This photo was originally submitted in 2003

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