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Milford Center Cemetery
(AKA Union Township Cemetery)
Milford Center, Union County, Ohio

Milford Center Cemetery, Milford Center, Union Township, Union County, OH

Gravestone Photographs

18 June 2010: We have begun photographing this cemetery in its entirety and should have the photos online soon (hopefully before the end of summer). We want to thank John R. High, sexton of the cemetery, for his enthusiasm for our project and for his help. He has answered our questions about the records--there really aren't any early records--and he has dug out gravestones that we would not otherwise have been able to photograph. The cemetery is in good hands with Mr. High as its sexton.

In 1799 George Reed came to this area from his native Pennsylvania.  He built a grist mill on Big Darby Creek and laid out and platted the town of Milford, later renamed Milford Center.  The following history of Milford Center Cemetery is found in W. H. Beer's History of Union County, vol. 2, part 5, page 191:

Milford Center Cemetery. -This is now the principal burial ground of the township. It was first used as a family and neighborhood burying place in an early day, and was then owned by George Brown, and subsequently by H. Burnham. About 1828-30, the citizens of Milford and vicinity entered upon the work of raising money by subscription to buy the small tract of land in which interments had been made. This was accomplished. and it remained thus till about 1840. when Mr. Burnham and wife deeded 1 5/8 acres of land to the Trustees of the township and their successors to office for cemetery purposes. In 1874, the Trustees purchased 1 1/4 acres as an addition to the above. March, 1882, they purchased about five acres more, lying on the east of the old cemetery, and inclosed the whole with a good fence; and laid it all out in lots, drives and walks. Also, in the spring of 1882, the Trustees erected a substantial stone vault. They have set out trees and shrubbery, and ornamented the grounds till it is now a beautiful depository for the dead.

The cemetery is on the east edge of the town, between Big Darby Creek to the north and Plain City-Middleburg Road on the south.

In 2003 the Civil War monument honoring the men of Union Township and those buried here who served was restored and rededicated near the west end of the cemetery.

GPS Coordinates:
DEC - Latitude = 40.141772818 Longitude = -83.4268667
DMS - Latitude = 401038N Longitude = 0832537W
MAP

Some photos on this page were contributed by:
   Scott Hawley, (sh)

Gravestones:  A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Unknown | Union County Gravestone Photos |

(Click on the underlined name to view the gravestone photograph)


  • Davis
    • Dorothy M., 1905-1992 and Francis R., 1905-1989
    • George W., 1835-1905 and Belle C., his wife, 1841-[1927] (sh)
      • George W. Davis, son of Joseph and Lydia Davis; he was born 26 Jan 1836 and died 1 Apr 1906
      • Belle C. Hawley Davis, daughter of John Hawley, Jr and Zilpha Maynard; she was born 11 Oct 1841 and died 11 Dec 1927
    • George W., 1884-1955
    • Joseph, 1837-1915 and Rozelia, his wife, 1855-1914 (Whole stone) (sh)
    • Son, Jon, 1936-2009
    • Lillie, 1897-1985 and Joe, 1890-1965 (sh)
    • Plot Monument (sh)
    • Plot monument (sh)
      • Joseph H., 1834-1925 (sh)
        • Son of Joseph and Lydia Davis; he was born 22 Feb 1834, and died 5 May 1925
      • Mary E. (Whelpley), 1833-1889 (sh)
    • Monument (Zinc) - Dear Parents, with reverent hand, this to your memory given, while one by one thy household band God reunites in heaven. (sh)
      • Catharine, dau of Michael & Elisabeth, died September 14, 1884, aged 67 yrs 1 mo 1 day; An invalid for 53 years, and constantly singing, Angels com and carry me home (sh)
      • Elizabeth (Shinaberry), wife of Michael, Oct 18, 1798-Apr 21, 1890, aged 91 years 6 months 3 days (sh)
      • George W., son of Michael & Elisabeth, died May 2, 1883, aged 53 yrs 5 mos 8 dys (sh)
      • Mary, daughter of Michael & Elisabeth, died July 21, 1876, aged 52 yrs 11 mos 7 dys (sh)
      • Michael, died July 2, 1872, aged 83 yrs 6 mos 8 dys (sh)
      • Wm., Nov 18, 1818-Mar 1, 1892, aged 73 yrs 3 mos 12 dys (sh)
  • Daniel, Barbara A., 1938-1976 and J. Melvin, 1938-Blank
  • Daniels, Barbara Jean "Chris", 1941-1979
  • De Haven, Elizabeth (Davis), wife of James, Feb 19, 1833-July 16, 1889; James, May 2, 1824-Aug 27, 1909; and, on back, Joseph E. Solomon, son of J & E., died Sep 23, 1863, aged 9y 6m 4d (Whole stone) (sh)
    • Joseph E., son of Jas. & E. died Sept 23, 1863, aged 9 yrs 6 mo & 4 ds (originasl stone) (sh)
  • Hamer, E. Estelle Tway, wife of Lee S., 1887-1923
    • Buried next to Henry & Mary Elizabeth Tway (Photo)
  • Harbold, Rebecca Ann, daughter of Gene & Shirley, August 14, 1952
  • Hawley
    • Altina M., dau of G & M, died Oct 17, 1881, aged 25 ys 1 mo 29 ds (sh)
      • Altina Mary Hawley, born 12 Aug 1856, died 17 Oct 1881; she was the daughter of George Hawley and Mary Davis Hawley.
    • Byron F., 1855-1925 (sh)
      • Son of John Hawley and his second wife Melinda Warner Fulton, born 3 Jul 1855
    • Delia, 1844-1923 (sh)
      • Fedelia Hawley, daughter of John Hawley and his first wife Zilpha Maynard; she was born in Sept 1855 and died 2 Sep 1923
    • George, 1821-1888 (Obituary) and Mary (Davis), 1818-1902 (Obituary) (sh)
      • George was the son of John Hawley and Ann Gregory Hawley; he owned a good amount of land which he inherited from his father, one of the early settlers of the area. More can be found in Beers The History of Union County, Ohio (Use Pico Search)
    • Gregory, 1809-1888 (Obituary); Hope C. (Stokes), 1811-1853; Hiram S., 1835-1863 [see also below]; Clarissa J., 1945-1849; and on back Maria L., 1840-1921 (sh)
    • Hiram S., a member of Co. I, 121 Regt. O. V. I., died Jan 9, 1863, aged 23 yrs 10 mos, & 23 ds (Whole Stone and his Obituary) (sh)
    • John, 1815-1902 (Obituary) (sh)
      • John was the son of John Hawley and Ann Gregory Hawley, born 25 Aug 1815, died 17 Dec 1902
    • Joseph U., 1847-1909; Emma, 1850-1881; Clay J., 1878-1925; and Laura E., 1882-1967 (sh)
      • Joseph was a son of George and Mary (Davis) Hawley, born 4 Sep 1847; died 24 Aug 1909
      • Clay was the son of Joseph U. & Emma (_?_) Hawley, born 15 Dec 1875; died 16 Mar 1925
    • Melinda W., 1821-1902 (sh)
      • Melinda Warner Fulton, born 27 Oct 1821, died 14 Apr 1902, second wife of John Hawley.
    • Nellie F., 1850-1923 (sh)
      • Nellie F. Johnson wife of Byron Hawley, born Sep 1850 and died 27 Mar 1923
    • Veloris B., son of Geo & M. H., member of CO I, 121R OVI, died Nov 22, 1862, aged 19 ys 5m & 23 dys (Funeral notice) (sh)
      • Valoris Hawley was a son of George and Mary Hawley. He died of Typhoid in Kentucky while serving with the Union Army during the Civil War.
  • Henson
  • Hibbett, Mother, Ella C., 1899-1967 and Father, Howard S., 1898-1968
  • Hill
  • Hinton, Hubert R., 1913-2007 and Ruth G., 1919-1982
  • Hope
  • Howett (See Kimbler-Howett)
  • Huffman, Robert Reid Eugne, Mar 17, 1999

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