Violet Township Cemetery

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Violet Twp.
Fairfield 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 2 Feb., 2008.
Violet Township Cemetery (395307N 0824457W), State Route 256 east of Old Town Pickerington, Pickerington, Violet Township.

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Bethel, G. W., [n.d.]Sergeant, Company D, 95th Ohio Infantry [Civil War]
Bethel, Harriet, died 14 January, 1845, in the 44 year of her Age.
Bish, Jacob, 14 September, 1825 - 18 January, 1909; Saluda Bish, his wife, 1 January, 1939 - 6 March, 1905
Campbell, Jacob F., 1842 - 1934 Headstone in background.
Clabaugh, Thomas W., 1837 - 1926; Henrietta Clabaugh, his wife, 1849 - 1922
Dice, William L., 1842 - 1909
Dovel, John E., [5 October, 1842] - 8 March, 1863, AE. 20Y. 5M. & 3D, Son of J. B. & E. Dovel
Ebright, Lewis T., 1845 - 1922; Margaret R., his wife, 1853 - 1866
Ebright, Michael A., 6 August, 1922 - 27 July, 1892, Aged 69Y. 11M. 21D, "FATHER"
Fisher, Thomas, Jr., 1846 - 1913
Handshey, Simeon, 16 September, 1825 - 14 August, 1910; Harriett Handshey, 7 May, 1833 - 26 February, 1911.
Hoy, William L., 1840 - 1924; Eleanor Hoy, 1841 - 1925; Adam Hoy, 1802 - 1889
Lawyer, Isaac N., [14 October 1836] - 14 March, 1892, Aged 55y. 7m
Looker, Samuel, 20 June, 1838 - 9 February, 1898; Adda M. Looker, 16 March 1871 - 31 March 1900; George A. Looker, 7 October 1872 - 26 June 1912
Mason, John W., 4 July, 1836 - 4 January, 1903
McDaniel, Thomas J., 17 September 1844 - 2 June 1916; Eliza J. McDaniel, 17 September 1846 - 4 February 1900, "FATHER" "MOTHER"
Miller, William P., 22 May, 1840 - 9 June, 1907, "FATHER" Company F, First Regiment of O.V.C.[Ohio Volunteer Cavalry]; Sarah C. Miller, 20 October, 1848 - 12 April, 1922, "MOTHER"
Moore, Wesley, 5 August, 1828 - 11 April, 1911; Sarah Moore, his wife, 25 December, 1830 - 14 December, 1910, "Gone but not forgotten"
Petty, Daniel I., [n.d.]Corporal, Company F, 1st Ohio Cavalry [Civil War]
Pickering, Lafayette, [no dates visible] Son of James & C. Pickering
Rittenhouse, William, [n.d.] Company I, 160th Ohio Infantry Regiment [Civil War]
Ritter, Henry, [26 April, 1830] - 29 May, 1886, Aged 56Y. 1M. 3D.; Mary C. Ritter, 1843 - 1919
Ritter, John, [24 August 1827] - 6 February 1867, Aged 39y. 5m. 13d, Mason[Stone near illegible]
Ritter, John H., 1840 - 1918, Company F, 33rd Regiment O.V.I. [Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Civil War]; Emaline Lines Ritter, 1842 - 1917
Shoemaker, John H., 1844 - 1907; Sarah E. Shoemaker, 1851 - 1936
Taylor, Emory W., [6 November, 1840]- 19 December, 1862, Aged 22y. 1m. 13d., The 1st O.V.C. [Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Civil War], Orlando C. Taylor, [26 February, 1851] - 9 May, 1861, Aged 10y. 2m. 13d.; Thomas Taylor, [7 March 1837] - 21 April 1837, Aged 1m. 14d., Children of H. & E. Taylor
Taylor, Hiram G., [9 September, 1837?] - 20 March, 1877, Aged 39y. 6m. 11d. [from earlier transciption, stone no longer easy to interpret]
Taylor, Jacob L., 1844 - 1918

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