Deercreek Twp. Cemetery

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Deercreek Twp.
Madison 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 04 Mar., 2007.
This cemetery (aka Lafayette Cemetery or Upper Gwynne Farm Cemetery), is located U.S. Route 40, west of Lafayette, OH. (395611N 0832456W)

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Beach William Beach Family Headstone. large monument at rear, with footstones in foreground.
Beach, Luch E., 28 March 1844 - 26 June 1937 Wife of William Morrow Beach, parents of Mary (Beach)Cole. Lucy, Daughter of American Revolution marker.
Beach, William Morrow, M. D., 10 may 1831 - 5 May 1887, Surgeon, 118thOhio Volunteer Infantry, Civil War. Member of Society of the Army of the Tennessee, Husband of Lucy E. (Wilson) Beach, and Father of Mary (Beach) Cole-Bidwell.
Bidwell, Mary (Beach) Cole, 9 July 1862 - 29 August 1935 Organizing Regent of the london (Ohio) Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, and Ohio state president (1933-1935) of the national Society United States Daughters (NSUSD)of 1812. Daughter of William Morrow Beach, M.D.& Lucy E. (Wilson) Beach. Wife of Edward Everett Cole (17 mar. 1844 - 4 Feb. 1909) and presumably an unidentified Bidwell. Buried in William Beach Family Plot.
Beach, William Morrow, M.D., 10 May 1831 - 5 May 1887, and Lucy E. (Wilson) Beach, 28 march 1844 - 28 June 1937
Campbell, Louisa, 1844 - 1917; James J., her husband, 1834 - 1914, Company K, 26thOhio Volunteer Infantry Civil War Veteran
Campbell, William A., 1836 - 1926, Company H, 26thOhio Volunteer Infantry Civil War Veteran
Campbell, James J., 1834 - 1914, Company K, 26thOhio Volunteer Infantry; Louisa, 1844 - 1917 James was a Civil War Veteran.
Carter, Corwin T., 1840 - 1936, Company I, 154thOhio Volunteer Infantry Civil War Veteran & I.O.O.F. rings engraved on memorial stone.
Cole, Edward Everett, 17 march 1853 - 4 Feb. 1909 Son of Judge Philander Blakley Cole & Dorothy (Witter) Cole. Ohio Wesleyn University Class of 1872, admitted to the Bar 1876. Husband of Mary (Beach) Cole. In William Morrow Beach Family Plot.
Cole, Edward Everett Footstone
Hartley, Samuel, 18 Aug. 1834 - 17 jul. 1909, Company G, 94thOhio Volunteer Infantry; Hanna H., 25 Jul., 1836 - __ Samuel was a Civil War Veteran. hanna died after 17 July 1909.
Long, John W., 1828 - 1901; Louisa L., 1829 - 1892 John Civil War Veteran, Louisa, probable wife of John.
Murphy, Daniel [n. d.]Company C, 61stOhio Infantry Civil War Veteran.
Simpson, Philo M. C. (McDonald), 1841 - 1902 Wife of John Simpson (1840 - 1910), Women's Releif Corps 52 marker.
Simpson, John, 1840 - 1910, Company A, 113thohio Volunteer Infantry Civil War Veteran & I.O.O.F. rings on marker.
Temple, William H., 11 Feb. 1842 - 9 Jul. 1881/1891 Civil War Veteran, husband of Nancy J. (Bevard) Temple, (1846 - 1926).
Taylor, Lucy (Rogers), 1850 - 1939 Wife of J.B. Ferguson Taylor
Taylor, J.B. Ferguson, 1846 - 1931, Private, Company D, 5thohio Cavalry Husband of Lucy Rodgers Taylor (1850-1939)
Thomas, John, born abt. 1830 - [deathdate?], Private Co. E, 62ndIllinois Infantry Civil War Veteran
Wood, Jonah B., 1837 - 1915 Civil War Veteran

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