Hello, I had awhile back that somewhere in Columbus some men were working on the street, and found some graves, I just wondered what they are doing about that, and where are planning on moving them too. jamie

----- Original Message ----- From: <SENORASIMCOX@aol.com> To: <OHFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 10:55 PM > I had awhile back that somewhere in Columbus some men were working on the > street, and found some graves, I just wondered what they are doing about that, > and where are planning on moving them too. > -----------------Clip------------------ Three years ago while working on sewer lines near the North Market workers unearthed several human remains.Archaeologists were called and work was halted while the bones were examined and additional remains were found and examined (46-48 total bodies). On May 16 this year some SBC workers were digging near the North Market when more remains (1 adult body) were unearthed. Work was again halted while archaeologists came in to take a survey of the work area and examine the bones. Among the remains were buttons from a man's suit, eyelets from shoes, and beads from a baby's necklace. Over the years workers in the area around North Market have learned to expect to find human bones as this is where the North Cemetery was located during most of the nineteenth century. All remains were supposed to have been removed to Green Lawn when the cemetery was closed more than a century ago, but it has become obvious that not all were moved. There is a section set aside at Green Lawn where any "new" remains are buried after examination. The newspaper articles about the two most recent discoveries can be found in the Columbus Dispatch archives online (requires a subscription). The most recent discovery was reported May 16. An article about the 2001 discovery appeared in the May 20, 2001 issue of the paper (I'm pretty sure there were additional articles around that time.) A footnote: The North Market was once on the "Haunted Columbus" tour as it was said that John Kerr, 2nd mayor of Columbus (1818-19) was still buried in his original grave in North Graveyard and was angry because his remains hadn't been removed to Green Lawn. Actually, by the time the William's Bros published their "History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio" in 1880 John Kerr's grave had been "lost." John Kerr's brief biographical sketch from the 1880 history is online at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rocky/FrankPic/kerr.htm Donald M. Schlegel has compiled an excellent history of the old Columbus graveyards, the book can be found at the Columbus Metropolitan library, but is not available for check out. The complete title and library locations that have the book can be found by searching the library catalog at http://www.cml.lib.oh.us/ (do a search by author as Mr. Schlegel has written several books about Columbus and Franklin County). The book is also available at The State Library of Ohio (http://winslo.state.oh.us/services/genealogy/index.html) and the Ohio Historical Society (http://www.ohiohistory.org/occ/menu.html), and several other libraries. Happy haunting! Leona L. Gustafson GenealogyBug@gustafson.net ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Franklin County, Ohio Gravestone Photos &Etc. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rocky/Franklin_Cemeteries/index.html Old News From Columbus, Ohio Newspapers http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rocky/oh_news/records.htm 1880 History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rocky/FrankPic/frank_pick.htm Representative Citizens of Ohio, Biographical & Memorial http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rocky/oh_biographies/1917index.htm