Banks / Washington Twp. Cemetery (Washington Twp.)

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Banks Cemetery P

Alternate Names:  Ford Cemetery, Washington Township Cemetery

Township / Section:  Washington Twp.

Latitude:  ----

Longitude:  ----

Elevation:  ----

(these coordinates are accurate to within 29 feet)

Location Description:   On the East side of Co. Rd. 301 (Washington South Rd.), just south of Twp. Rd. 321 (Garver Rd.).  Section 24.

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This cemetery was read on 09 June 2002 by Amy E. Armstrong.  However, many of the headstones were broken and in such bad shape that a full reading was impossible.  Some additional records were added from notes belonging to D.W. Garber.
Name Born Died Misc.
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Andrew, Margaret (Pearce) 1799 1876 d/o Stephen & Mary B. (Kinney) Pearce  [DWG]
Armstrong, Elizabeth (Pearce) 1788 1877 d/o Stephen & Mary B. (Kinney) Pearce  [DWG]
Clever, Jonah 1/8/1835 3/6/1910 75Y, 1M, 28D; CPL  Co. C, 163rd. Ohio INF - Civil War
Clever, Maria Rebecca - 5/10/1885 43Y, 10M, 16D;  w/o Jonah
Collins, Charlotte 1808 1868 -
Cunning, Sarah (Pearce) 12/29/1791 1866 d/o Stephen & Mary B. (Kinney) Pearce;  w/o Barney Cunning (m. Columbiana Co., Ohio, 4/11/1815)  [DWG]
Force, Elizabeth 7/12/184- 10/28/1898 -
Kooken, ---- - - c/o Henry & Mary Elizabeth (Pearce) Kooken (see note 3)
Maglott, Alice May 3/29/1940 8/21/2001 w/o Ronald
McGriggor, Elizabeth Oedelia (Driskell) - 1890 w/o Landon  (see notes below)
McGriggor, Landon - 11/2-/1887 h/o Elizabeth
Pearce, Aaron K - 1858 (see note 8)  [DWG]
Pearce, Ethalinda (Johnson/Johnston) 1847 1919 w/o John Reed Pearce;  lived near the cemetery;  had 6 children  [DWG]
Pearce, James McVey 1835 1918 s/o Lewis K. & Elizabeth Oedelia (Driskell) Pearce (note 4)  [DWG]
Pearce, John Reed 1845 1919 s/o Lewis K. & Elizabeth Oedelia (Driskell) Pearce  [DWG]
Pearce, Simon 1795 1859 s/o Stephen & Mary B. (Kinney) Pearce  (note 5) [DWG]
Pearce, William 7/8/1821 12/24/1878 s/o Lewis K. Pearce (d. 1850, aged 53y, 5m, 11d)  [DWG]
Purdey, Samuel 1828 1906 -
Ridenour, Jacob - 5/22/1878 67Y
Ridenour, William - 10/29/1869 -
Shoup, Catharine - 187- w/o John
Shoup, Eliza Ann - 9/22/1905 74Y, 1M, 3D;  w/o Solomon
Shoup, Isaac - - -
Shoup, John A. - 5/13/1861 h/o Catharine
Van Scoyoc, Stephen - 6/23/1849 79y, 4m, 8d;  h/o Margaret Kinney (note 2) (d. 9/7/1767) [DWG]

Note 1:  Lewis K. Pearce (who died in 1850, aged 53y, 5m, 11 d) was the s/o Stephen & Mary B. (Kinney) Pearce.  Lewis K. was the husband of Elizabeth Pearce as his first wife, who was a first cousin of his, and a daughter of James & Esther (Kinney) Pearce.  Lewis K. married Elizabeth Oedelia Driskell as his second wife on 9/19/1833.  After Lewis K. died, she married Landon McGreggor.  [DWG]

Note 2:  Margaret (Kinney) Van Scoyoc, wife of Stephen Van Scoyoc, was born 9/7/1767 to Lewis & Mary (Wilhelm) Kinney;  No stone can be found in the cemetery for her.  [DWG]

Children of Stephen Van Scoyoc & Margaret Kinney ...

  1. Mary b. 1792  *see more about Mary in Note 9.

  2. Sarah b. 1793

  3. Kezia  b. 1795

  4. Ester  b. 1796

  5. Jonathan  b. 1797

  6. Aaron   b. 1798

  7. Lewis  b. 1799

  8. Peter  b. 1801

  9. James  b. 1803

Note 3:  Mary Elizabeth (Pearce) Kooken was a daughter of Lewis K. & Elizabeth Oedelia (Driskell) Pearce  [DWG]

Note 4:  James M. Pearce was the husband of Catherine Miller, a daughter of Joseph & Catherine (Yager) Miller, who were residents of Monroe Twp., Richland Co., Ohio  [DWG]

Note 5:  Sarah (Kinney) Pearce was the wife of Simon Pearce (1795-1859).  She was a d/o Aaron & Mary (Pearce) Kinney, his first cousin.    Mary (Pearce) Kinney was the widow of Jacob DeHaven when she married Aaron Kinney.  Simon Pearce, with sons Orlando and ______ undertook to drive a herd of cattle to California in 1850.  The Indians stampeded the cattle and all saved was one mule and a steer.  The father and one son rode the mule by turns and the other son (Cicero) rode the steer to a trading post.  The one who rode the steer was a long time getting there.  After Simon died his wife went to Missouri where some of her children settled.  She died Nov. 6, 1876 and was buried in the Dripping Spring Cemetery, Boone Co., Missouri.   [DWG]

Note 6:  Mary (Pearce) Kinney was a daughter of John Pearce & Anne Pearce of Allegheny Co., Pa., and the researcher believed that this John Pearce was the brother of James Pearce (a twin brother) who married Sarah Horn.  [DWG]

Note 7:  Simon and Sarah Pearce had these children:

  1. Aaron Kinney Pearce  b. 5/3/1821

  2. Simon Sanford Pearce  b. 5/5/1823

  3. Theodore D. Pearce  b. 11/27/1827

  4. Orlando Moletus Pearce  b. 9/12/1829

  5. Mana Louisa Pearce  b. 5/30/1831

  6. Clarinda Ceralda Pearce  b. 1833

  7. Orris A. Pearce  b. 4/1/1835

  8. Rucine Lorinda Pearce  b. 6/16/1837

  9. Cyrenius Cicero Pearce  b. 10/4/1839

  10. Maryette C. Pearce  b. 2/16/1845

  11. Winefred W. Pearce  b. 8/10/1847

  12. Lewis Greenberry Pearce  b. ----

Note 8:  Aaron K. Pearce married and had at least one child, Lavonia, who was twice married.  First she married Ben Berry and 2nd. to William Oliver.  Her children were:

  1. Ben Berry

  2. Walter Berry

  3. Mary Oliver

  4. William Isaac Oliver

  5. Aaron Oliver

Note 9:  Mary Van Scoyoc (b. 1792 in Pennsylvania) married Richard Guthrie (b. New York) s/o George Nelson Guthrie.  He was a twin.  He died 5/27/1851.  Mary died 1/10/1875.  Their children were:

  1. John K.  b. 11/1/1812

  2. Margaret  b. 2/22/1814  m. Wm. Taylor;  moved to Missouri

  3. Stephen  b. 9/27/1815;  m. Keziah Willington 6/22/1837

  4. Sarah   b. 7/12/1818;  m. George Emerick (s/o John & Mary Emerick);  moved to Indiana

  5. Elizabeth  b. 1/30/1820

  6. Mary  b. 6/12/1821

  7. George N.  b. 8/15/1822;  m. Ellen Dunbar

  8. Keziah  b.  1823;  m. John Brubaker

  9. Infant  b. 1824  d. 1824

  10. Lewis  b. 11/9/1835;  m. Elizabeth Walter, d/o Benj. & Catherine (Shambaugh) Walter

  11. Susannah  b. 4/6/1827;  m. Adam Stanshower

  12. Richard Jackson  b. 10/19/1828;  moved to Idaho

  13. Mariah Guthrie  b. 4/28/1830;  m. Martin Hass/Haas

  14. Hannah  b. 8/8/1832

  15. William  b. 3/21/1834

  16. Simon  b. 11/14/1836;  m. Sarah Hazen;  Killed in South Dakota during a tornado

  17. Unknown

    source:  DWG

DWG= D.W. Garber

Thanks to Kristin for submitting this photo, as well as several SHOUP headstone photographs from this cemetery.

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 * A listing of persons buried in this cemetery can be found in the Richland County Cemetery Records book published in 1981 by the Richland County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society.  Copies of this book can be found at the OGS Library (Mansfield) and the Sherman Room at the Mansfield/Richland County Public Library (Mansfield).

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