Greentown Cemetery
Greentown, Stark County, Ohio, USA
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Greentown Cemetery is #11302 in "Ohio Cemeteries, 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society. The cemetery is registered with the Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (ODRE) as Greentown Cemetery with registration license number CRC.983396. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1731027 (Greentown Cemetery).
HISTORY:
The Greentown Cemetery Association was organized during the year 1885. The Cemetery Association established a constitution, elected officers, purchased land and prepared for the sale of shares.
The original tract of land was purchased from Louis Wise and Jonas Garhart. The officers elected at the 1885 meeting were L.E. Smith, president; John Lilly, secretary and O.P. Shanafelt , treasurer. Henry Shanafelt, D.M. Kaylor and Leonard Raber were elected trustees.
The cemetery was more than doubled in 1925 with the purchase of five acres from Anthony Eaver and more recently another parcel from Dale and Iris Anderson was added. Buildings were added to house equipment.
The Greentown Cemetery operates as a nonprofit organization.
Information courtesy of Jack Miesmer of Greentown, Ohio.
Source: Introducing Lake Township, Elmer S. Yoder, Editor, Sugarcreek, Ohio: Carlisle Printing, 2003.
Greentown Cemetery is #11302 in "Ohio Cemeteries, 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society. The cemetery is registered with the Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (ODRE) as Greentown Cemetery with registration license number CRC.983396. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1731027 (Greentown Cemetery).
HISTORY:
The Greentown Cemetery Association was organized during the year 1885. The Cemetery Association established a constitution, elected officers, purchased land and prepared for the sale of shares.
The original tract of land was purchased from Louis Wise and Jonas Garhart. The officers elected at the 1885 meeting were L.E. Smith, president; John Lilly, secretary and O.P. Shanafelt , treasurer. Henry Shanafelt, D.M. Kaylor and Leonard Raber were elected trustees.
The cemetery was more than doubled in 1925 with the purchase of five acres from Anthony Eaver and more recently another parcel from Dale and Iris Anderson was added. Buildings were added to house equipment.
The Greentown Cemetery operates as a nonprofit organization.
Information courtesy of Jack Miesmer of Greentown, Ohio.
Source: Introducing Lake Township, Elmer S. Yoder, Editor, Sugarcreek, Ohio: Carlisle Printing, 2003.
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- Added: 13 Apr 2007
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2213504
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