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My stop at Brown Cemetery was a quick one. The cemetery is small, and the only parking was at the side of the road—barely. There was not a lot of traffic on the country road, but what there was was moving fast.
I took a few photos and was back on the road in minutes. One photo I took was the small, marble gravestone of a baby: Newton F. Howison (d. 1864).
NEWTON F.
SON OF C.O. & M
HOWISON,
Deid [sic] Sep. 15, 1864
Aged 2 ms. 15 ds.
Little Newton’s parents may be Charles O. and Mary Howison, who are buried not far from here in Prospect Cemetery. They both lived long lives.
Brown Cemetery, Marion County, Ohio
According to his gravestone in Liberty Church Cemetery, Jacob Colflesh (b. 1787, d. 1877) lived to be 90 years old.
The inscription is carved as though on a scroll, which is sometimes understood to symbolize life and time. Look at the top of the scroll. See how a good portion has been rolled up? This may represent Mr. Colflesh’s long life, now complete.
And look at the bonus information on the stone! Date and place of birth, year he came to Ohio.
JACOB COLFLESH.
BORN JAN. 30, 1787
IN THE STATE OF PENN
EMIGRATED TO OHIO
IN 1837,
DIED
AUG. 9, 1877,
AGED
90 YS. & 7 MS.
Liberty Church Cemetery, Delaware County, Ohio
Liberty Church Cemetery sits at the busy intersection of two country roads in Delaware County, Ohio. The old Liberty Presbyterian Church stands there as well, although the congregation now meets next door in a large, Amish-built barn church.
One of the graves in the church graveyard is that for Robert McCoy Cellar (d. 1861), “an intelligent working Christian.”
ROBERT McCOY CELLAR
DIED
March 5, 1861
AGED
76 YRS 3 MO 9 DS
He was an intelligent working
Christian, and for many years
filled the office of Ruling Elder
in the Presbyterian Church.
And the Spirit and the bride say come and let him
that heareth say come and let him that is athirst
come and whosever will let him take the water of
life freely.
REV. XXII 17.
Liberty Church Cemetery, Delaware County, Ohio
Union Cemetery, Franklin County, Ohio
The cross-shaped marker at the grave of Joe Crapyou (b. 1865, d. 1948) is simple, classic, and (to my eye) quite beautiful.
1865
JOE CRAPYOU
1948
Joe Crapyou, born in Italy, worked at the Marble Cliff Quarry in Columbus, Ohio. The quarry was once the largest limestone quarry in the United States.
Several years ago, the weekly newspaper Grandview ThisWeek featured the Marble Cliff Quarry in its “Moments in Time” column:
An article in the October 2, 1880 Columbus Dispatch documented a reporter’s visit to the quarry, where he witnessed a planned explosion that displaced an estimated 700 tons of rock. “The Marble Cliff quarry [owned by J. E. Price] is working 29 men at present, and as an inducement for more men to come here, Mr. Price has raised the wages to $1.50 per day and offers house rent free.” He went on to say that eighty railroad cars per week were loaded at the quarry, and in 23 years, seven acres of stone had been removed, and ninety acres remained... Most of the workers in the local quarries were Italian immigrants and lived in the “Italian Settlement” at Glenn and Fifth in Grandview.
According to his death certificate, Joe (Joseph) Crapyou lived at 1397 West Fifth Avenue in Grandview at the time of this death, about half a mile from the intersection listed above as the site of the Italian Settlement.
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| From FamilySearch.org |
In the map below, B marks the Joe Crapyou home; A marks the intersection of Glenn and Fifth Avenues. The old quarry site is to the left, now mostly residential, the quarry pits converted to lakes.
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Union Cemetery, Franklin County, Ohio
