Greenlawn Cemetery

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Franklin Twp.
Franklin County

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For those that are perhaps seeing these transcriptions for the first time, the transcriptions may give on first glance, the appearance of a great many typos, so I feel obligated to explain that the abundance of y, m, and d represent abbreviations for year, month and day. Although you will find most engravers follow similar patterns, it seems there are several different abbreviations used to represent these three time terms including: y, yr, yrs, yr's & years; m. mo, mos, mo's, and months; d. da, das, da's, and days and on rare occasions, h, hr, hrs, hr's, and hours. I tend not to use commas except to separate surname from given name, given name from date, except where found on actual inscription, same goes for the [.] (period). When you see the symbol [_] (underscore), I use it to represent missing or unreadable letters, or if a lot of letters are unreadable I may express it by several periods, such as Jos...h . Sometimes you will find raised letters such as "c" in surnames such as in McClain, or if the engraver added smaller letters that were left out and added later, when I encounter them, tend to express them, when possible, as found on the stone. Sometimes engravers will use the latin term Æ or æ, this is just a term that generally replaces the word "aged". One last comment, all actual text found engraved, will come first in bold text. All comments, observations, personal knowledge remarks added by submitter, concerning an individual, but not inscribed on stone, will then proceed in regular text. ~R.M.Sizelove~

These tombstone photos have been generously donated by William Fischer, Jr., on 05 Apr., 2007.
The most recent update to this page made on 19 July, 2007.

Please Note: Click on underlined name to view tombstone image.
Dubiel, Francis, 13 July 1862 - 21 October 1904. "A FOUNDER OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS COLUMBUS, OH., SEPTEMBER 29, 1899", "WOODMEN OF THE WORLD"
Goodale, Maj. Nathan Goodale an Officer in the War of the Revolution. Born in Brookfield, Worchester Co., Mass. 1743; Removed with his family to Ohio, 1788, was taken prisoner by the Indians, from his farm in Belpre, Washington Co., O. in the spring of 1793; died while a prisoner with them near Sandusky not long after his capture.
Mrs. Elizabeth, his wife, born Rutland, Mass. April 1, 1743, died at Franklinton, O., Jan. 24, 1809.
Goodale, Mrs. Elizabeth... Close up of lower portion of previous memorial.
Knauss, William H., 10 Mar. 1839 - 18 Jan. 1917
Knauss, William H., 2ndNew Jersey Volunteer Infantry, 6thArmy Corps, Civil War, Member of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Close up of engraving.
Knauss, William H. Overview of his memorial stone. (Full obelisk view)
McCoy, J.W., Private, Company C, 42ndIllinois Infantry, Civil War
McMillen, William L., 18 Oct. 1829 - 8 Feb. 1902, Colonel, 95thOhio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Brevet Major General, United States Volunteers
Phisterer, In Loving Memory of Brevet Major General, Frederick Phisterer, National Guard, New York, Formerly Captain United States Army. Member of the Legion of Honor and the Loyal Legion. Born Stuttgart, Germany [11 Oct. 1836] died Albany New York [13 July 1909]. [Medal of Honor for actions on 31 Decmber 1862 at Stone River, Tennessee] [Base of original monument formaly adorned by a cross, which is now toppled, broken on the ground]
Phisterer, Major General Frederick Phisterer... Overview of memorial, detailed in previous entry.
Phisterer, Frederick, 11 Oct. 1836 - 13 July 1909, Brevet Major General, 8thUnited States Cavalry, Medal of Honor [31 Dec. 1862 at Stone River, Tennessee] [new military headstone]
Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon, 8 Oct. 1890 - 27 July 1973 [Memorial to America's World War I Flying Ace of Aces and Medal of Honor winner]
Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon... Close view of previous memorial.
Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon[8 Oct.]1890 - [27 July]1973; Adelaide Frost [21 May, 1885?]1886 - [2 Feb.] 1977 Family memorial marker.
Schaftmetzel, Charles, Company K, 8thIllinois Cavalry, Civil War

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