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Claibourne Cemetery
Richwood, Union County, Ohio

Entrance Claibourne Township Cemetery, Richwood, Ohio

Gravestone Photographs

The earliest place of interment within the township was the one now most extensively used-at the Sidle Methodist Protestant Church, two miles south of Richwood. It is on the land which formerly belonged to Henry Swartz, and burials were commenced while the place was yet in the midst of a deep wilderness. Henry Swartz buried two small children here, and the deceased of his neighbors' families found their "eternal resting place" in the same secluded spot. The burials of Mr. Garner, John Logue, Mrs. Ira Bennett and Mrs. Rose were among the first. When Jacob C. Sidle became the proprietor of this farm, he donated an acre for a cemetery. Afterward it came within the charge of the Township Trustees, and they made additions to its limits. The grounds are located on rising land, and now receive the remains of "the departed" from Richwood and the surrounding country.—Beers, History of Union County, Ohio

Now, more than a hundred years later, the cemetery has been enlarged even more and there is a mausoleum near the center of the cemetery for those who prefer entombment over interment.

The address and phone number are:
26763 State Route 37
Richwood, OH 43344
Phone: (740) 943-3277

GPS Coordinates:
DEC - Latitude = 40.3942260 Longitude = -83.2807514
DMS - Latitude = 402339N Longitude = 0831651W
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(Click on the underlined name to view the gravestone photograph)

  • Cahill Plot
      Listed in order photographed
    • Isaac, died Jan 12, 1886, aged 35 y 9 m 19 d and Tillie, died Feb 26, 1932, aged 82 y
    • John A., [no dates, aged 9 y 5 m 16 d
    • Infant son of I & T [no dates]
    • Birney [or Eirney], aged 7 m 21 d [no dates]
    • Florence, aged 5 y 7 m 12 d [no dates]
  • Carter, Frank H., OHO, PVT HQ CO, 813 Pioneer INF, World War I, April 29, 1895-Aeptember 4, 1963
  • Clark, Isaiah, 22ND Ohio BATT'Y LI [Light Artillery]
  • Davis
    • Sacred to the memory of, Rev. R. K., Mar 23, 1819-July 24, 1887, In the 68 yr of his age & the 44 yr of his ministry
    • Richard C., PVT, USA Army, Oct 17, 1934-Dec 16, 1999
  • DeBolt
  • Decker, William B., Ohio, SP 4 31 Engineer BN, Vietname PH [Purple Heart], Aug 30, 1948-Aug 4, 1968 (Traditional Stone with Portrait)
  • DeGood, Bessie Belle, dau of Almond & Lydia, June 25, 1879-June 18, 1903
  • Fryman Mother, Jessie S., 1899-1938 (Death Certificate) (Contact )
    • Buried with Jessie is her baby, Janice Lee (Death Certificate), who was either buried at Shoup Cemetery and re-interred here, or who had been scheduled to be buried at Shoup Cemetery.
  • Green, M. D. L., June 15, 1837-Apr 1, 1907, CO K 90 R OVI
  • Hamilton, Francis M., Ohio, PFC MD, World War I, Feb 22, 1896-June 22, 1948
  • Harrison
    • Clarence, US Army, World War II, Mar 24, 1921-Jun 25, 1992
    • Olus L., TEC T US Army, World War II, Oct 18, 1906-Nov 12, 1974
    • Paul Eugene, US Army, Korea, Vietnam, Sep 8, 1936-Dec 31, 1994
    • William, Ohio, PVT 802 Pioneer INF, World War I, Feb 7, 1887-Feb 19, 1945
  • Hutchinson Plot Monument (Shared with Tucker)
      Shown in order photographed
    • Libbie, dau of E S & P, died Mar 12, 1865, aged 19 y 7 m 10 ds
    • Parmetia, Mar 7, 1824-July 29, 1897
    • Ephrain S., Sept 29, 1819-Sept 28, 1903
    • [Chancy P.], Aug 13, 1852-Dec 31, 1898 (Obituary)
  • Laughery, John, CO H, 23 Ohio INF
  • White, Mattie, died Feb 9, 1884, aged 44 y

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