As part of the America-250 Anniversary, AWTHS honors the nation’s celebration with displays, patriots bio’s in readable form, and a map with all the patriots names and cemetery locations where some are actually buried and some where memorial stones are placed in their memory. Here we offer the complete brochure-tour package for your reading which
Category: Cemetery Preservation
Updates to Owens family and Old Lynch Cemetery and Methodist Church
Well, you know the saying, “One thing leads to another”. It certainly was in this story. The AWTHS has been working on displays for America-250 which includes our Southern Darke County Patriots and getting their stories together for display and research. We came upon the patriot, William Walker, who has a memorial stone at Ithaca
Beech Grove
This was written by Barb Deis but is an interesting recollection of a faded community we often drive by on Rt. 503 and Arcanum-Hollansburg intersection. Perhaps it has been forgotten…maybe even unknown to many. If you have any old photos of Beech Grove, please contact AWTHS: awthsresearch@gmail.com. Beech Grove Cemetery The Beech Grove Cemetery is
Loami Ashley
This blog is in memory of Elder Loami Ashley and is dedicated to descendant, Scott Ashley, who saw the very sad state of his burial grounds at Backman Cemetery and began a historical preservation project to remember this cemetery and it’s fallen. Elder Loami Ashley is the son of William Ashley and Rachel Howe Ashley.
Mary Wert Thatcher
Mary was born November 10, 1807 in New Jersey to Nancy Slater and Godfrey Wert per Ancestry.com. Her mother passed away in 1810 and the father must have remarried as there is recordings of half brothers and half sisters. Actually 12 siblings! Mary married Moses Thatcher in 1831 when she was 24 years old. Her
Mollie Clark and Sylvester Rynearson
Sylvester and Mollie (Clark) Rynearson and son Eddy 1882. This is one of the families we plan to mention at our July 9 Ithaca Cemetery program at 9am. Mollie was the daughter of John and Sarah Clark who lived on Littles Road, west of Arcanum. We aren’t going to “spill all the beans” but give