Lebanon Cemetery, Warren County, Ohio

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Lebanon Cemetery
Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio
Removals to the west of Section B, Lots 130 & 136 from the
Old Presbyterian Graveyard

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ [no surname] [Lebanon Cemetery Home]

Photographic Records. [Click on the thumbnail images for larger photos]
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looking southwest	looking south	looking north	looking southeast	looking northeast

The Beers 1882 History of Warren County contains the following passages beginning on page 471

"On the 7th of September, 1806, Jonathan Tichenor and Abner Smith, as Trustees of the Presbyterian Church at Lebanon, in consideration of $40, purchased of John Shaw a lot, which is now in the western part of Lebanon, for a graveyard, and is known as the Old Presbyterian Graveyard. This is the oldest graveyard at Lebanon. It is much older than the date of the deed to the Presbyterian society would indicate, as it is known that it was used as a place of burial as early as 1799. There are no inscriptions upon the tombstones marking the earliest graves. Capt. Robert Benham was buried here, but there is no inscription upon his tombstone. The grounds have long been neglected, and are grown up with weeds and briers. Many remains interred here have been removed to the Lebanon Cemetery. Among the names of well-known families of Warren County, the following are found on the tombstones in this yard: Beller, Ferguson, James, Randolph, Dill, Perlee, Dunlap, Halsey, Monfort, Miller, Blackburn, Beedle, Braden Bone, Brown, Liddell, Krewson, Cowan, Perrine, Tharp, Goodwin, McCrary, Dunham, Crane and Benham.

The Presbyterian Graveyard site was sold to the Village of Lebanon in 1906 and in 1907 most of the remains interred there were removed to Section B of the Lebanon Cemetery. The original cemetery site is now an automobile dealership.

The relocated stones in section B are grouped tightly together along the fence on the west side of Section B. They are in 4 rows running north to south with up to 12 stones in a row facing east. Each of those rows has some stones facing west, back to back with the east facing stones. We have tried to denote the relative location of the stones in the following grid

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Row 4W				1938
Row 4E	1925	1927	1928	1929	1930		1934	1935

Row 3W	1753								1750	1749
Row 3E	1723	1722	1724	1725	1731	1732	1733	1734	1735	1736

Row 2W	1918		1919	1920			1921		1922	1923		1924
Row 2E	1895	1897	1899	1903	1904	1906	1907	1909	1910	1912	1915	1917

Row 1W			1877		1878		1882		1883	1887	1891	1892
Row 1 E			1864	1865	1866		1867	1941	1869	1870	1873	1874

#1891
D. M. B. [footstone - or possibly D.M.R.]
Revolutionary War flag holders on each side of the stone

by Arne H Trelvik
8 May 2005

#1882
Samuel ___ [rest of stone buried in concrete]

by Arne H Trelvik
8 May 2005

#1874
In memory of
Elias Beedle
who died
August 2nd 1846
aged 63 years 5 months & 5 days

by Arne H Trelvik
8 May 2005

#1873
In memory of
Martha Beedle
wife of Elias Beedle
who died March 1, 1846
aged 62 years 2 months and 16 days

by Arne H Trelvik
8 May 2005

#1865
In memory of
Adelaide Beidleman
daughter of
John & Catharine Beidleman
born in Carlisle, ?Pa? ___ died Jan 2, ___
[rest of stone illegible but the Warren County Cemetery Records Vol 10 says,
"born 4 Aug 1829 died 2 Jan 18365?; born Carlisle, Oh." - they mispell the surname as Beirley"]

by Arne H Trelvik
8 May 2005

#1938
In memory of
Elizabeth Beller
wife of Jacob Beller
who died
Sept. 11, 1846
aged 49 years 2 months & 23 days [worn stone - age in part from Warren County Cemetery Records Vol 10]

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