Sara Allen contributed six tombstone pictures from Jacksonburgh and Shiloh Kelley Cemeteries. They are now on-line at _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cem/brosius.html#jacksonburgh_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cem/brosius.html#jacksonburgh) with Shiloh beneath Jacksonburgh. The names there have links to the Stroup text tombstone inscriptions so researchers can see who else is buried in the same cemeteries. The Stroup inscriptions for Jacksonburg and Kelley Cemeteries are at _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cem-2.htm_ (http://www.roo tsweb.com/~ohbutler/cem-2.htm) Thanks, Sara. Nancy Sween http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler

The tombstones in the Middletown Cemetery for Joseph Kelly and Keziah Kelly are footstone in size. I could not read any information on the stones. A Large Monument is on the burial site but only Joseph L and Lettitia family is itemized. I had not discected the families and hoped the "footstones" were on the large monument. That's apparently wrong. The "Burial Records Middletown "Pioneer" cemetery 1827 - 1987 Volume 1" published by the Southwest Butler County Genealogical Society is the only location I have found that puts family relationships and birthdates. The City records do not have this data that I have found. I have entered all the information in the "card file" for the Middletown Cemetery into a database. I am now entering the Alphabetical book (only to the C's) which has Funeral Homes identified. Last I will mash the Tombstones listing into a table. Ideally all three sources/ tables would have all the information in the book. The tombstones in the Middletown Cemetery as well as all old cemeteries are degrading rapidly. Many stones are broken and the oldest tombstones are small and easily overlooked. Middletown Cemetery did not keep burial records til the late 1800's and then "someone" retrofitted the data using existing tombstones. Not until the late 1940's did the City of Middletown pick up the added responsibility of the cemetery. Now many of those old stones are gone and/ or replaced by new stones with less information. The key item here is that you may know that Keziah Kelly was moved from Shiloh/Kelley.Cemetery to Middletown Cemetery but if you went to the cemetery or looked at the City records you would only find a KK foot stone The card file records show; CardNo LotDesc Remarks Owner1 FName LName AgeBday BurialDt 0762_01 SAR19_L08 d Temperence Kelly 7/31/1840 0762_02 SAR19_L08 d Keziah Kelly 7/9/1848 0762_03 SAR19_L08 d Joseph Kelly 7/9/1857 0762_04 SAR19_L08 Lettitia Kelly 5/19/1891 0763_00 SAR19_L09 12x15' 5 graves Joseph L Kelly Feb 7, 1881 0763_01 SAR19_L09 d Lettie Chamberlin 1/6/1881 0763_02 SAR19_L09 d Bessie Hornady 1/7/1881 0763_03 SAR19_L09 d Clayton Kelly 9/8/1839 0763_04 SAR19_L09 d Joseph M Kelly 10/11/1854 0763_05 SAR19_L09 Joseph L Kelly 11/7/1888 So the only "easy" to find out people's ages at death or their marital status is the Book created by the Southwest Butler County Genealogical Society. I had hoped that the Card file, Alphabetical book, and tombstones themselves would "create" an updated/ Dynamic "book" but many times what is in the "Book" I have not found anywhere else. The Keziah Kelly example is just one of the ways people are getting lost or hard to find. When I get the database tables ready and learn how to make them accessable on the internet, then the disrecpancies between the Southwest Butler County Genealogical Society Burial Record book will become more apparent. The introduction in the book does not adequately document the sources for all the material as knowledge from the people doing the inventory work was also included and omitted on a regular basis. I am particularly concerned about women and children who died prior to 1850. Sometimes the tombstones are the only evidence that they existed. The 1850 Census is the first census to identify women and children by name, I believe. Also, from the Seven Mile book recently published I got the impression that Butler County death records began around 1850's. I can't encourge people enough to make the effort to get your local cemetery documented. The variability of record keeping between cemeteries is amazing. Thanks to efforts by past volunteers, Middletown Cemeteries records are really in "good shape"- you should see the records for Springhill Cemetery in Liberty Township- there is only information about who owns the plot. I have yet to run across the Springhill Cemetery records when it was a Methodist Church cemetery. I guess I shouldn't care- my relatives are in other states and people did keep adequate records. Thought you should know the fragility of Cemetery records. Caroline Huppi ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 12:23 PM Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Some tombstone photos: Jacksonburgh and Shiloh-Kelley Cemeteries > > Sara Allen contributed six tombstone pictures from Jacksonburgh > and Shiloh Kelley Cemeteries. They are now on-line at > > _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cem/brosius.html#jacksonburgh_ > (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cem/brosius.html#jacksonburgh) > > with Shiloh beneath Jacksonburgh. The names there have links to > the Stroup text tombstone inscriptions so researchers can see who > else is buried in the same cemeteries. > > The Stroup inscriptions for Jacksonburg and Kelley Cemeteries are > at > _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cem-2.htm_ (http://www.roo > tsweb.com/~ohbutler/cem-2.htm) > > Thanks, Sara. > > Nancy Sween > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler > > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > Butler County Archives and Records Center - > http://www.butlercountyohio.org/records/ >