Thank you very much for this information. That may be where my one cousin got the information. Sounds like the information I heard as I understood from one of the websites that there were some graves moved from Methodist Wesleyan Cemetery. Pat Morano ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Scharf" <rmscharf@ocsnet.net> To: <OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [OH-HAMILT] Burial Place of Samuel Williams > Pat Morano, At 10:37 PM 4/1/05 -0500, you wrote: >>If someone can help me with this, it would be greatly appreciated. We are >>having a difference of opinion as to the burial place of my three times >>great grandfather, Samuel Williams who died-February 3, 1859 in >>Cincinnati, OH. We have finally gotten to look at his will and in it he >>requests to be buried in the Wesleyan Cemetery. I found what I think his >>a listing of him but no dates with it on a website. The rest of the >>family thinks he was buried at Mt. Auburn Cemetery which I can find no >>record of anywhere. One person thought that a factory was built over the >>cemetery and the bodies removed. I also found another cemtery in the area >>that Samuel owned a lot of land-Vine Street Cemetery. Vine Street is a >>part of Mt. Auburn. Can someone straighten me out on this? Thank you. >>Pat Morano >> >>There is a listing for Samuel WILLIAMS in Wesleyan. He was 72 when he >>died on 3 Feb 1859. The Record for his interment location is not very >>helpful, it merely lists some lot numbers, but no grave number or Section >>no. I have been working on transcribing the old Wesleyan records for the >>past several years and have become somwhat familiar with them. However, >>this is the first time I have come across a notation like this. It may be >>that a group of lots (as noted - '3.8.9.10' ) was purchased by a family >>and he is buried in one of them. However, until we know the Section, it >>would be difficult to find where his grave would be. At this point, the >>best I can offer is that you continue to monitor the Wesleyan site >><http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhamcem> for further information. This site is >>being added to from time to time and, eventually, all the transcribed >>records will be shown. > > As far as that 'factory was built' statement is concerned, I believe that > that may be a reference to an older cemetery that was in a area wanted for > a P & G structure. The remains were exhumed and moved to other burial > spots, including Wesleyan. According to a P & G retiree, there were no > gravesites visible when P & G acquired the land. However, when excavations > for construction were made, some gravestones were found under the > Methodist fellowship hall. Following discussions with the church and the > pastor, 8 feet of dirt was taken from that area and taken to Wesleyan. Any > gravestones found were placed on this site at Wesleyan 'along with a new > marker commemorating the move'. It was surmised at the time that the > fellowship hall had been built over the old graves as the church expanded > and that is why the graves were found UNDER the building. > > I hope that this is of some help. > > Bob S > > ______________________________