Tyn Rhos is in Perry Twp. Henny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Deckard" <gdeckard@cox.net> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 6:54 AM Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Re: Graveyard Protection > Hi Kathi, > > I was born in Vinton, Huntington, Gallia, OH in 1935 but left for Boston > at the age of 3. I am told that the log cabin and farm I was born on no > longer exists and there is (or was) a coal mine there know. Do you know > what percentage of the coal mines in the Jackson / Gallia counties are > strip mines and opposed to the dig underground type? > > What township is Tyn Rhos Cemetery located in? > > Thanks, > > Jerry Deckard > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathi and Jim Elliott" <kjell@evansville.net> > To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 9:50 PM > Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Re: Graveyard Protection > > >> This puts me in mind of the cemetery in Jackson County where some of my >> "people" are buried. I think it is Soar. Anyway, the entire area has >> been >> strip mined. The only way I can find it when I go to look is to look for >> the only green hill in the area and head towards it! Happily, the >> cemetery >> itself is the prettiest I have ever seen. A close second is Tyn Rhos in >> Gallia!! >> >> Regards, >> Kathi Jenkins Elliott >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gerald Deckard" <gdeckard@cox.net> >> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 7:22 AM >> Subject: Graveyard Protection >> >> >>> Hi Debbie, >>> >>> Thanks for the pictures of Ewington (Huntington, Gallia) Cemetery and >>> the >> small auto junk yard on one side of the cemetery. I wish I had taken >> pictures of the junk yard on my May 2004 visit. >>> >>> Ohio and Gallia County should have laws protecting the periphery of >>> grave >> yards. And, if they have the laws, they should enforce them. >>> >>> This junk yard is an insult, not only to our ancestors, but everybody's >> ancestors. >>> >>> Jerry Deckard >>> >>> ______________________________ >> >> >> >> >> ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >> For those of you on Digest mode, please don't quote the entire digest >> when replying. Also, check your subject line; making it meaningful will >> increase your chances of being read. >> >> > > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > If you want to unsubscribe to the list, send an email to > OHGALLIA-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe in the text of > the email. > > >