Franklin County, Ohio Cemetery Photos &etc.



St. John Lutheran Cemetery, also known as Horch Cemetery, is located on the east side of Avery Road about a half mile north of Rings Road and a half mile south of Ohio 161 in Washington Township on the west side of Dublin.  The cemetery is located on land that originally beloged to Jacob Horch.  Some of the oldest grave stones are gone and some seem to have been replaced by newer ones.  The rows in this cemetery run north to south and most gravestones face west.  Row one is the row nearest Avery Road.  Several of the inscriptions are in German.  Aerial view of cemetery (Spring 2004).

Row 1 (All rows read from north to south):
Christian P. SAMMET Carl Philip SAMMET
Katharine SAMMET
Clara Dorothea SAMMET		 Susan M. &
Samuel HORCH		 George A. HORCH
Mary PAULUS Samuel PAULUS Margaretha M. PAULUS Georg PAULUS
Jacob &
Elisabeth HORCH		 Kath. HORCH Esther WOLPERT Theodore WOLPERT
Kenneth WOLPERT Martin H. WOLPERT George H. &
Cathrine WOLPERT		 Minnie C. E. WOLPERT

Row 2:
John SENSEL Elizabeth SENSEL Mary B. SHIER Christina C. SHIER
Philip G. SHIER Mary Ann SHIER
(Close up of inscription)		 HORCH
Geo. S., Samuel, Barbara,
& Johann		 John
(small stone directly behind
Horch children's monument)
HORCH
Abraham & Anna M.		 Walter WOLPERT Lorenz WOLPERT Frieda & Louis P.
WOLPERT

Row 3:
Heinrich J. & Charlotte HORCH
Magdalena WOLPERT		 Christian HORCH Abraham HORCH Michael & Margaretha
DATZ

Rows 4 - 5 - 6:
John G. & Catharine B.
BANDTEL		 Barbara __?__ Catharine __?__ Philip & Clara (SHIER)
WOLPERT
John Adam DATZ Georg Jakob HARRER/KARRER (?) George C. & Pauline
WUERTZ