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Mound View Cemetery


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Clinton Twp.
Knox County

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For those that are perhaps seeing these transcriptions for the first time, the transcriptions may give on first glance, the appearance of a great many typos, so I feel obligated to explain that the abundance of y, m, and d represent abbreviations for year, month and day. Although you will find most engravers follow similar patterns, it seems there are several different abbreviations used to represent these three time terms including: y, yr, yrs, yr's & years; m. mo, mos, mo's, and months; d. da, das, da's, and days and on rare occasions, h, hr, hrs, hr's, and hours. I tend not to use commas except to separate surname from given name, given name from date, except where found on actual inscription, same goes for the [.] (period). When you see the symbol [_] (underscore), I use it to represent missing or unreadable letters, or if a lot of letters are unreadable I may express it by several periods, such as Jos...h . Sometimes you will find raised letters such as "c" in surnames such as in McClain, or if the engraver added smaller letters that were left out and added later, when I encounter them, tend to express them, when possible, as found on the stone. Sometimes engravers will use the latin term Æ or æ, this is just a term that generally replaces the word "aged". One last comment, all actual text found engraved, will come first in bold text. All comments, observations, personal knowledge remarks added by submitter, concerning an individual, but not inscribed on stone, will then proceed in regular text. ~R.M.Sizelove~

These tombstone photos have been generously donated by Robert M. Sizelove, Sr., on 10 Jan., 2012.
This very large, old cemetery, consisting of several acres located on a hillside at the northern part of the city, is still actively being used to date. The cemetery is bordered by Mansfield Ave. on its western border, Warden St. on the southern side, and SR3 (Wooster Rd.) on the eastern border. It consist of perhaps over 50 sections, the older ones named Calvary, Old Calvary, other sections are numbered from 1 through 19, and additional sections, some having names, others alphabetized letters. The cemetery also contains a mausoleum, chapel and area designated to war veterans. The cemetery is owned, controlled and cared for by the city of Mount Vernon. The office is located on Wooster Rd. This is my first visit to this beautifully cared for cemetery. The tombstones for the most part are all upright and in good repair. I have hopes to add more transcriptions in the future. These readings will begin in one of the newer sections named "Sunrise". I was given an overview map by the kindness of cemetery management but can not include a copy of it with this report, until I obtain permission of copyright holder. There appears to be several thousand burials here. I'm unsure of the earliest burial, I did view death dates in the 1840's, but some could have been earlier. The cemetery contains an early Indian burial mound, and will try to learn more about the history of this cemetery and make additions to this report this coming summer.

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Section Sunrise:
Allen, Conard K., 1928 - 2007; Kathryn, 1921 - 2001 [Cpl. Conard Kerr Allen, was a veteran, serving in US Army, Korea, born Aug. 26, 1928, died Apr., 26, 2007]Click here to view military marker. [plot 94]
Section 16: Click here for view of SW corner of section 16.
Allen, Alice A. [Appolonia], born Nov. 6, 1849, died Apr. 21, 1937, Daughter; Asahel, [Jr.], born Nov. 18, 1803, died Apr. 13, 1887, Father; Wing, Content, born Nov. 10, 1812. died Dec. 29, 1898, Mother; Charlie Russell, born Jan. 19, 1853, died Nov. 22, 1929, Son; Henry Asahel, born Apr. 30, 1855, died Mar. 13, 1939, Son; Myers, Clara, born June 28, 1862, died Oct. 10, 1950, Wife [unsure if Clara is the wife of Henry or Charlie] [All in Plot 55]
Delano, The Honorable Columbus, born June 5, 1809, died Oct. 23, 1895; Elizabeth, born Aug. 7, 1812, died Aug. 5, 1897 [plot 42/43]
Durbin, Thomas, died Jan. 5, 1892, aged 83yrs; Rhoda, died Jan. 27, 1889, aged 81yrs [plot 53]
Ewalt, Elizabeth Johnson, wife of Samuel Ewalt, born Aug. 2, 1809, died Jan. 31, 1884 [sec. 16, - plot 51]
Ewalt, Samuel, born Oct. 18, 1810, died Sept. 25, 1884 [sec. 16 - plot 51]
Ewalt, William B., born Feb. 2, 1852, died Oct. 8, 1932 [sec. 16 - plot 51]
Fletcher, Kathryn Ann, Pfc. US Marine Corps, WWII, Feb. 17, 1924 - Jan. 20, 1984 [plot 73]
Hunt, Clifton G., 1876 - 19__; Mary P., 1869 - 1949 [FOE flagholder, Frat. Order of Eagles]
Keys, John, Sr., 1808 - 1884 [sec. 16 - plot 50]
Keys, John, Jr., [no dates] [sec 16-plot 50]
Keys, Sarah, Infant [no dates] [sec. 16 - plot 50]
Keys, Frances E., May 2, 1895 - Dec. 29, 1976 [sec 16 - plot 50]
Keys, Louise I., 1871 - 1950 [sec. 16- plot 50]
Keys, John, May 12, 1903 - Dec. 28, 1987 [sec 16-plot 50]
Miles, James Hoge, died Feb. 17, 1893, aged 67yrs; Sarah Durbin, his wife, born Jan 9, 1836, died May 26, 1911 [plot 53]
Phillips, Emma J. Ewalt, wife of T.S. Phillips, June 26, 1846 - Mar. 2, 1917 [sec. 16 - plot 51]
Pickard, Peter, M.D., 1832 - 1907; Harriet J., 1836 - 1915; Frederic R., 1866 - 1933; Laura M., 1874 - 1970; Jesse, Ralph and Horace [16-plot 62]
Rogers, Nellie, daughter of George & Mary E. Rogers, born Dec. 31, 1867, died Dec. 30, 1876 [plot 54]
Rogers, Col. William, born Oct. 7, 1835, died July 19, 1883; Martha E. Durbin, his wife, 1843 - 1889 [plot 53]
Steinmetz, Belinda Eleanor (Allen), 1843 - 1922; John B., 1842 - 1933 [plot 72]
Steinmetz, Charlie E., 1869 - 1906 [plot 72]
Steinmetz, George, died June 1, 1873, aged 81y 8m & 15d; Rachel, wife of Geo. Steinmetz, died Dec. 7, 1878, aged 71y 8m & 5d [verse below dates not readable][plot 72]
Stewart, Julia Louise, dau. of J. & J.F. Stewart, born Sep. 27, 1883, died Sep. 20, 1904 [surname Hills, inscribed at base of stone. Parents are probably James & Julia (Hills) Stewart] [sec.16-plot 59]
Stewart, James, died Aug. 15, 1897, aged 43y 7m 6d; Julia F. Stewart, dau. of H.C. & J.A. Hills, died May 3, 1894, aged 40y 3m 24d [sec.16-plot 59]
Yuille, George Allen, 1862 - 1920; Harriet Miles, 1866 - 1927 [plot 37]
Weaver, Adam, born at Lancaster, Sept. 29, 1825, died at Mount Vernon, Sept. 7, 1875 [plot 48/49]
Mound Section:
Koons, Richard P., Company K, 142nd Ohio Infantry [military headstone looks like from Civil War era, but accompanying flag holder is for War of 1812] [mound sec.]
Sections yet to be transcribed

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