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Subject: Re: Burial Place of Samuel Williams
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 16:57:22 -0400
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Thank you so much for this information. It turns out that Samuel Williams
was one of the early persons who helped create Wesleyan Cemetery but since
the Charter does not have an address for the Charter, it is still up in the
air whether it was the M.E. Wesleyan or the Wesleyan. Samuel, according to
his will gave quite a few acres of land to his children in the Mt. Auburn
area on Auburn Avenue and some of it backing Vine. I wil check this link
and also check for the new Cemetery book as there were other members of the
family buried there too. Again, thank you. Pat Morano
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From: "J Hansen" <>
To: <>; <>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 1:02 PM
Subject: RE: Burial Place of Samuel Williams
Hi Pat,
The old Methodist church which was displaced by P&G was in downtown
Cincinnati where the P&G world headquarters now stands. The burials were
removed to other cemeteries as Bob S told you.
Wesleyan Cemetery is on the western side of the city, away from
downtown. There used to be someone on the list who was active in
transcribing the Wesleyan Cemetery records and putting them on-line (maybe
the site you found?). I'm not sure what the status of that is. There has
been a book published on Wesleyan Cemetery records, but that was quite
awhile ago, and it is my understanding there were a lot of errors and
omissions, and that a new and improved version is in the works. Someone
else on the list may know more.
Mt. Auburn is now part of the city, but originally located on a hill
north of the downtown/basin area, east of Vine Street (I'm not sure Vine
Street actually goes through Mt. A., although it's close by if it doesn’t).
Mt. Auburn pretty much merges into Walnut Hills. A big cemetery there is
Walnut Hills Cemetery (formerly the German Protestant Cemetery of Walnut
Hills), founded in the 1840s, I think. There was also a Jewish cemetery and
a Catholic (German?) cemetery fairly close by. There were probably others
as well.
The map on this page http://www.jasche.com/1899cincy.jpg shows a
M[ethodist] E[piscopal] cemetery in the general Mt. Auburn area. I have no
idea what became of this cemetery, or if it still exists. There are other
maps on this site (run by someone else who was/is on this list).
Vine Street runs north all the way from downtown near the Ohio River
until its name is changed to Springfield Pike in Wyoming, about 15 miles
away. It divides the city (and county really) into east and west.
Vine Street Hill Cemetery is located on the west side of Vine Street
in Clifton (or just west of Clifton) near the zoo, about 5-6 miles from the
river, I would say. It's not in Mt. Auburn. Mt. Auburn is to the south and
east. I believe a Vine Street Hill cemetery book is also in the works (an
update of an earlier edition). Maybe someone with access to the local of
the library can check for you.
Just throwing out some thoughts. Hope this is of some help.
Juliann
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From: "Bob Scharf" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [OH-HAMILT] Burial Place of Samuel Williams
> As far as that 'factory was built' statement is concerned, I believe that
> that may be a reference to an older cemetery that was in a area wanted for
> a P & G structure. The remains were exhumed and moved to other burial
> spots, including Wesleyan. According to a P & G retiree, there were no
> gravesites visible when P & G acquired the land. However, when excavations
> for construction were made, some gravestones were found under the
> Methodist fellowship hall. Following discussions with the church and the
> pastor, 8 feet of dirt was taken from that area and taken to Wesleyan. Any
> gravestones found were placed on this site at Wesleyan 'along with a new
> marker commemorating the move'. It was surmised at the time that the
> fellowship hall had been built over the old graves as the church expanded
> and that is why the graves were found UNDER the building.
> Bob S
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Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:37 PM
If someone can help me with this, it would be greatly appreciated. We are
having a difference of opinion as to the burial place of my three times
great grandfather, Samuel Williams who died-February 3, 1859 in Cincinnati,
OH. We have finally gotten to look at his will and in it he requests to be
buried in the Wesleyan Cemetery. I found what I think his a listing of him
but no dates with it on a website. The rest of the family thinks he was
buried at Mt. Auburn Cemetery which I can find no record of anywhere. One
person thought that a factory was built over the cemetery and the bodies
removed. I also found another cemtery in the area that Samuel owned a lot
of land-Vine Street Cemetery. Vine Street is a part of Mt. Auburn. Can
someone straighten me out on this? Thank you. Pat Morano
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