In the 1970's,a sign calling it the [?] "Pioneer cemetary " was erected. 1798,it was the cemetary of the "BETHEL" Baptist church. Some years later,the village took the name of the church,after being called Denhamstown and Plainnfield. Dr John Charles TTippet,PhD and I were in the oldest secttion a couple weeks ago. We walked to Dr Wm Thompson,d 1840's grave,but we were within 20 feet of the town founders grave- Obed and Mary Ball Denham. Perhaps the most importantt thing is that this-the "old" cemetary in Bethel ,is 5 miles east of "Old Bethel" Methodist cemetary north of Bantam,Ohio. In 1949, Beech Forest DAR's ladies called it "Bethel Cemetary" Main Street in their cemetary book,and the newer and larger cemetary a mile s e,they called TATE TOWNSHIP cemetary.