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From: "Bill Joyce" <>
Subject: Re: [OHPICKAW] Circleville, Ohio Cemeteries
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 18:22:16 -0400
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Can you pass along the listing?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron & Judy Vochatzer" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: [OHPICKAW] Circleville, Ohio Cemeteries


>I have a copy of the listing of this cemetery....when I was there all the
>stones were bulldozed over into the creek that runs behind it...I tried to
>find my family stone from 1832....it was a shame to ruin this
>cemetery...now I understand they are trying to resurrect the graves from
>our forefathers...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darlene Weaver" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 8:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [OHPICKAW] Circleville, Ohio Cemeteries
>
>
>> The High Street Cemetery inscriptions were read at the time the stones
>> were taken down - in the 1960s. The Pickaway County Historical &
>> Genealogical Library has a listing of these. The stones are still
>> located along the north perimeter of the cemetery but have been further
>> damaged by vandals.
>> Darlene
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Joyce" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 8:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OHPICKAW] Circleville, Ohio Cemeteries
>>
>>
>>> Karen,
>>>
>>> I grew up about a 5 minute walk from that cemetery. No one took care of
>>> it. There were toppled stones and it was a field of weeds in the summer.
>>> It must have been in the late 60's or early 70's that they removed all
>>> the stones and 'rededicated' it as a cemetery and a single monument was
>>> put in place. I don't know what has become of the stones. They were
>>> originally stacked on the north perimeter of the property. I haven't
>>> been there for a number of years. But, unless those stones are still
>>> there, there's no history to be gleaned from it. We have to rely on the
>>> records and hope they're correct.
>>>
>>> I hope you have success in your pursuit. I know how frustrating it can
>>> be.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Bill
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Karen Conley" <>
>>> To: <>
>>> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:55 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [OHPICKAW] Circleville, Ohio Cemeteries
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Bill! From what I have learned recently, though, most of the
>>>> headstones in High Street Cemetery are gone. Karen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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