Old Cemetery

Cambridge, Oh

Extracted from the "Old Northwest'' Genealogical Quarterly 1901
Transcribed by Linda Blue Dietz


Inscriptions From the Old Cemetery at Cambridge,
Guernsey Co., Ohio

This piece of land was given by Jacob Gomber and Z. A. Beatty, two of the oldest settlers, to William McCracken, Col. Seneca Needham and others, in trust, for the town of Cambridge; after the incorporation of the town it was conveyed to the same by the said trustees. All the above named persons are buried in its limits.


In memory of
Mary Ann
Consort of Jacob Chapman,
Who died Apr. 18, 1843
Aged 23 yr. 3 mo. 3d.

Catey
wife of John Chapman,
Died May 18, 1885
Aged 82 yr. 1 mo. 23 d.

Scared to the memory of
John Chapman
who departed this life
Sept. 24, 184- Aged 82 yrs.

 

Margaret, wife of Daniel Burton
 and dau. of John and Catey Chapman,

Born Mar. 10, 1790
Died Mar. 12, 1880.

Maribah
wife of R. A. Yates
Died Apr. 21, 1866
Aged 46 yr. 2 m. 12d.

Robert Yates
Died Mar. 1, 1860
Aged 81 yr. 7 mo. 2d.

Mary Addison
Died June 13, 1843
Aged 52 yr. 10 m. 2 d.

William Abell
Died Aug 11, 1849
Aged 44 yr. 9 m. 10 d.

Isabel, wife of E. Burt
Died Dec. 1, 1849
Aged 32 yr. 15 d.
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.

In Memory of

Horace Adams
who died Oct. 12, 1843
Aged 24 yr. 10 mo.
Sleep on beloved one
And take thy rest
God called thee home
When he thought best

Susan E.
Dau. of Robert and
Keturah Rankin

Died Jan. 8, 1858
Aged 24 yr. 10 m. 7 d.

David Burt
Died Oct. 1, 1846
Aged 47 yr. 3 m. 10 da.

Robert McMurrey, Jr.
Died Oct 22, 1846
Aged 30 yr. 6 mo. 24 da.

Robert  McMurrey
Died Oct. 4, 1846
Aged 65 yr. 11 mo. 27 d.

Esther McMurrey
wife of Rob't  McMurrey
Died Oct. 10, 1846
Aged 63 yr. 9 m. 15 d.

John McMurrey
Died June 2, 1851
Aged 40 yr. 2 m. 11 d.

William McMurrey
Son of W. and L. B. McMurrey
Died Feb. 23, 1847
(Age illegible)

Sarah E.
Dau. of John and Frances McMurrey
Died Aug. 21, 1849
Aged 1 yr. 4 mo. 16 da.

James
son of Rand E. McMurrey
Died June 22, 1853
In the 41st yr. of his age

Joseph McMurrey
Died Oct. 9, 1846

David B.
Son of James H. and Rhoda Eaton
Died Feb. 11, 1853
Aged 3 yr. 1 mo. 7 da.

Rhoda
Wife of James H. Eaton
Died Aug. 17, 1854
Aged 26 yr. 4 mo. 16 da.

Emma M.
Dau. of Zephanial and Julia A. Burt
Died Feb. 10, 1853

Minerva V.
Dau. of Z. and J. A. Burt
Died Jan. 17, 1852
Aged 1 mo. 11 da.

Amanda
Dau. of Abraham and Sarah Hinds
Died July 25, 1849
In the 24th yr. of her age.

Edward Roseman
Died June 28, 1850
In the 80th year of his age.

In Memory of
Andrew Fessler
who departed this life Oct. --, 1845
Aged 49 yr. 23 da.
Thus as the night of death shall come
My flesh shall rest beneath the ground
And wait God's voice to rouse my tomb
With sweet salvation in the sound.

Ann Jemison
Wife of John Rogers

Died Nov. 28, 1850
In the 70th yr. of her age.

Dr. S. R. Barr
Died Apr. 20, 1855
Aged 27 yr. 8 m. 14 da.
I shall be satisfied when I wake
in thy likeness.

John Baxter
Died July 29, 1847
Aged 32 yr.
Blessed are thee dead that die in the Lord

William F.
Son of John and Eliza Ferguson

Died Aug. 8, 1851
Aged 2 yr. 9 mo. 21 da.

Margaret
Dau. of John and Sarah J. Plummer,
Died Jan. 9, 1846
Aged 3 mo. 18 da.
Suffer little children to come unto me.

Mary Ann
Wife of John Entz
Died Aug. 2, 1849
In her 35th year.

Mary Jane
Dau. of Samuel and Margaret Morrison
Died May 17, 1851
Aged 16 yr. 7 m. 13 d.
In peace with all

On One Stone
Anne Sarchet
Rachel M. Sarchet
James Buchard

Laura Francis Bushfield
Born Nov. 11, 1847
Died Feb. 29, 1860
Farewell daughter

Our Lola
Born July 17, 1852
Died Jan. 26, 1858
dau. of
J. M. Bushfield
S. E. Bushfield

Priscilla M.
wife of John A. Beatty
Dau. of Gen. Benj. Biggs
Died June 21, 1839
in the 25th yr. of her age.

Arabella T. Beatty
1806-1888

Allen W. Beatty
1808-1866

Col. Seneca Needham
Died Nov. 15, 1840
Aged 41 yrs.

Rhoda Needham
Died Apr. 16, 1856
Aged 56 yr.

Jacob Metcalf
Born Oct. 8, 1810
Died in Wheeling, W. Va.
Sept. 28, 1858

Lambert Thomas
Born in Steubenville, O.,
Sept. 24, 1814
Died in Philadelphia, Pa.
Aug. 30, 1884

Mary J. Thomas
Born Aug. 9, 1791
Died Oct. 30, 1846

Catharine G. Metcalf
Wife of Lambert Thomas
Born in Cambridge, O.,
Feb. 5, 1815
Died in Philadelphia, Pa.
Mar. 31, 1884

Richard Thomas
Born Nov. 12, 1789
Died Jan. 1, 1832
An honest man
The noblest work of God

Corwin
Kate
Richard
Catharine

Children of Lambert
and Catharine Thomas

Elizabeth
Dau. of S. M. and Mary A. Oldham
Died June 25, 1841
Aged ----- mo.

Elizabeth
dau. of John and Maria S. Motte
Died Aug. 30, 1855
Aged 17 yr. 2 mo.
Nipt in the opening bloom of youth
and fled to mansions in the skies.

Maria S.
wife of Jas. Motte
Died May 24, 1849
Ae. 39 yr. 6 m. 19 d.

Sarah
wife of John W. Houston
Died July 16, 1856
Aged 36 yr. 2 m. 6 da.
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.

Jane S.
dau. of William McGill
of Pittsburg
Died Sept. 21, 1846
Aged 21 yrs.
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.

Thomas
Son of R. B. and C. B. Moore
Died Sept. 28, 1846
Aged 20 yr. 2 m. 4 da.

Alcinda
Dau. of Richard and Sarah Hatton
Died Oct. 2, 1847
Aged 3 yr. 8 m. 5 d.

Bertha Bute
wife of Noah Hyatt who departed
this life 184-,
aged 26 years.

Catharine B. Gomer
Consort of Robert B. Moore
Died Jan. 11, 1830
Aged 41 years.

Dr. Milton Green
Died Jan. 6, 1857
Aged 41 yr. 6 mo.

Susan G. Moore
wife of Dr. Green
Died Sept. 25, 1846
Aged 25 yr. 2 mo. 29 da.

Cassius Allen
son of  Dr. Milton and Susan G. Green
Died Apr -- 1845
Aged ---

Sarah Margaret
dau. of  Dr. Milton and Susan G. Green
Died May 30, 1851
aged 9 yr. 5 mo. 20 da.

Susan
Dau. of Dr. M. and Emma Green
Died Mar. 1, 1851
Aged 1 yr. 7 mo.

Clarence Grummon
son of
of  Dr. Milton and Emma Green
Died Jan. 21, 1852
Aged 3 mo.

Howard
son of
of  Dr. Milton and Emma Green
Died Jan, 11, 1857
Aged 1 yr. 5 mo. 9 da.


Lewis Austin
son of
of  Dr. Milton and Emma Green
Died Jan. 30, 1856
Aged 3 yr. 2 m. 4 d.

Eddy
son of S. M. and Mary Oldham
Died Aug. 11, 1855
Aged 4 mo. 16 d.

In Memory of
Rachel, dau. of
John and Esther Marling
Died Feb. 2, 1841
Aged 31 yr. 23 d.

William
J. and Esther Marling

died Aug. 22, 1839
Aged 20 y. 6 mo. 11 da.

In Memory of
Rachel Nelson
Consort of John Nelson
Dau. of Isaac and Sarah Oldham
who departed this life, Mar. 31, 1837
Aged ----

Annie Elizabeth
Dau. of S. M. and Mary Oldham
Died May 2, 1851
Aged 1 yr. 1 m. 12 d.

In Memory of
Mary Ann
Consort of S. M. Oldham
who died June 23, 1844
Aged 36 yr. 1 mo. 13 d.
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.

This stone was defaced.

Mary S.
Dau. of John and Eliza Ferguson
Died Aug. 27, 1844
Aged 2 yr. 2 m. 3 d.
She passed from our arms
Like a dream or a story
From the bosom of love
To the mansions of glory.

James Jack
Native of Pennsyl.
who departed this life
Jan. 10, 1839
Aged 70 yrs.
Hark from the tomb a doleful soul
My ears attend the cry
Ye living men, come view the ground
Where you must shortly lie
The tall, the wise, the reverend head
Must lie as low as ours.

In Memory of
Margaret, wife of
Andrew Marshall
who departed this life
Jan. 8, 1825
In her 19th year.

Margery Louisa
Dau. of John P. and Rachel Beatty
Born Cambridge, O.,
Aug. 15, 1825
Died Dec. 23, 1830

Samuel Evens

Died July 23, 1875
In the 38th yr. of his age
God gave, he took, he will restore
He doeth all things well.

 

Our Father and Mother

Geo. R. Tingle
Born Sept. 5, 1775 Died July 18, 1830

Sarah M. Tingle
Born Apr. 6, 1783 Died Dec. 20, 1865

Susan Tingle
Died Nov. 9, 1835
Aged 20 yr. 9 mo.

In Memory of

Nathaniel Talbert
Born July 28 A. D. 1790
Died Sept. 2, 1832

William Tingle
Died Aug. 19, 1838
Aged 15 years.

Elizabeth
wife of Ephraim Willson
Died May 1, 1861
Aged 50 years 1 mo. 27 da.
There remaineth therefore a
rest for the people of God.

John Tingle
Died Aug. 3, 1826
Aged 56 years.

Washington and Jane Ferguson

Thomas Cook
Died Nov. 5, 1831
Aged 82 yr. 2 m. 1 da.

 

Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord
Father and Son
Thomas Bell
Died Aug --, 1826
In the 107th yr of his age.
Robert Bell
Died Feb. 1835
In the 54th year of his age.

Sarah D.
wife of John Tingle
Died Mar. 9, 1858
Aged 69 years.

Jesse Johnson
Died Apr. 27, 1852
Aged 53.

Nancy
Wife of C. P. Beatty
Died Sept. 9, 1864
Aged 71 yr. 9 mo. 4 da.

 

 

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