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A Little piece of Paradise… College Hill, Ohio - SELFCRAFT

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warmed it once can never die/Thou shalt resist the triumphs <strong>of</strong> decay/When time is o’er world havepassed away16. Broken stone, fragments. To the memory <strong>of</strong>/Gershom Gard/who/departed this life/Jan 15th 1807/inthe 71st year <strong>of</strong>/his age (from photograph)17. To (the) memory <strong>of</strong>/Phebe Gard/Consort <strong>of</strong>/Gershom Gard/Departed this life/June 12 1812/in the 81styear <strong>of</strong> /her age18. ---- rel (stone broken)/who departed this life/January the 27 1822/age 82/years19. Here Rests the mortal remains/<strong>of</strong>/ Mahettibel/Consort <strong>of</strong>/John S. Olmsted/born in Rewport (sic)Vermont/and daughter <strong>of</strong> Arad and/Jamima Terrill/Who departed this life/Sept. 3 1838, aged 45 years/6mos and 23 days20. Broken stone, blank21. Polly, wife <strong>of</strong> Samuel Aston, died Aug. 19, 1837Located Together, but Away from Main Cemetery1. In Memory <strong>of</strong> Willard Arnold/Son <strong>of</strong> Albert & Anna M. Arnold/Who departed this Life/Jan (June?) 18,1850, aged 10 months & 28 days2. In Memory <strong>of</strong> Isaac Arnold/Son <strong>of</strong> Albert & Anna M. Arnold/Who departed this Life/ June 26,1864(?)/ aged 14 mo & 25 days3. T.A.4. G (C?) AThese stones, previously transcribed, are no longer found:1. (Johnson) Maria L. consort <strong>of</strong> Wm. P. Johnson, daughter <strong>of</strong> John S. & Mehittibel Olmsted, born inFletcher Vermont, who departed this life Aug. 31 1838, aged 22 yrs, 8 mo & 4 days2. Sparks, Sally, died Oct. 17, 1825 in her 55th year3. Walter (this was all that appears on this stone)4. L.G.PossibilitiesIsaac Jessup and wife Anna JessupJames Gilkey (Husband <strong>of</strong> Lucinda Brown, son <strong>of</strong> John Gilkey andSusannah Bacon d 1847)Susannah (Gilkey) infant d 1822Ephraim Brown “ “ d 1824Elizabeth (Hankins) Brown .Wife <strong>of</strong> Israel Brown, daughter <strong>of</strong> Richard HankinsThese “probables” were suggested by Susan Bell <strong>of</strong> Oregon.CARY CEMETERYCemeteries were not permitted within the boundaries <strong>of</strong> early <strong>College</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> which ended short <strong>of</strong> NorthBend Road. That is why the Gard cemetery was on his property and the Cary family established a privatecemetery near the intersection <strong>of</strong> Hamilton Avenue and North Bend Road, north west corner. Most <strong>of</strong>these bodies were later removed to Spring Grove Cemetery. However, when Hamilton Avenue waswidened at that corner and electric car rails were being laid, bones were uncovered.LABOYTEAUX - CARY CEMETERYOne <strong>of</strong> the most historically important sites in North <strong>College</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> is the LaBoyteaux - Cary cemeteryestablished circa 1806. Originally it was one acre for their family set aside by Peter and Keziah37

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