Jonathan Lasley (1793-1839) - Find a Grave Memorial

Jonathan Lasley

Birth

12 Jan 1793

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

19 Nov 1839 (aged 46)

Rutland, Meigs County, Ohio, USA

Burial

Van Zant Cemetery

Cheshire Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA Add to Map

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Jonathan Lasley, son of Abraham and Hester (Craft) Lasley, was born on January 12, 1793, in Pennsylvania. He came with his family at the age of four to Gallia County, Ohio, and grew up in Addison, Ohio. On October 20, 1814, Jonathan married Mary Ann Hickle, born in Virginia on May 16, 1795. They were married in Gallia County by Gabriel McNeal. Records show that they were both residents of Gallia County at the time of their marriage. Jonathan and Mary Ann owned a farm in Rutland Township, Meigs County, Ohio. Here they reared their family of eleven children: Matthew, Calesta, Marlow, Elizabeth, Abraham, Jonathan, Esther, Sarah, William, David and Amanda. Jonathan died on November 19, 1839, in Rutland Township, at the age of forty-six. Mary Ann died on March 12, 1865.

Inscription

JONATHAN LASLEY
BORN JAN.12,1793.
IN PENNSYLVANIA
MARRIED OCT.20,1814.
TO MARY ANN HICKLE
DIED NOV.19,1839.
IN RUTLAND MEIGS CO. OHIO.

The children of Jonathan and Mary Ann erected a large sphere topped tombstone to honor their parents. Following is the inscription from the stone:

To The Memory of Our
Father And Mother
In the joyous hope that
While the mouldering ashes sleep
Enshrined in clay
The soul of origin divine
In Heavens Eternal Sphere Shall Shine
A star of day

This Van Zant Cemetery burial in Cheshire Township was transcribed by Charles A. Murray on May 1, 1975.