South Ridge Cemetary Traditional Cache
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Madison South Ridge Cemetery (Tisdel, Antisdel, Pioneer) (Inactive) Located on the south side of South Ridge Road (St. Rte. 84) 0.4 mile east of Wood Road and 0.8 mile west of Dayton Road, this quaint cemetery is close to the road and set off with a split rail fence. This burying ground was superintended by the South Madison Cemetery Association which was formed and incorporated 24 August 1861 with fifteen members, F.E. Benjamin, Chairman. (Vol. A pg 23 of Lake County Association Meeting Records) Apparently one of its first duties was to see that the deed to the property was filed. The deed written 9 May 1816 was not recorded until 16 January 1866 in Deed Record Book of Lake County, Volume W pgs. 350-351. Originally land of Silas Antisdel, who settled there in 1812 from Norwich, Connecticut, Elijah Hanks and his wife Mary granted to the Town of Madison for $30.00 paid by Jesse Ladd, John Sherwood, David Robbins, and their associates.. "a piece of land to be used and improved as a place of interment or burial to begin about 12 rods Westward of the now dwelling house..." On 20 December 1899 a deed was signed (Lake Co. Vol. 31 pg 111) transferring the cemetery from Asaph Ely, Cemetery Trustee of Madison, Ohio to the Township Trustees of Madison for one cent. Known as Pioneer Cemetery and containing ½ acre of land "to be used only as a place for the burial of the dead forever." The two sections, east and west, seem to be divided by a narrow road down the middle from the Ridge Road. The majority of stones in this cemetery are the large marble slabs, but there are several old brownstones with intricate carving, and some granite ones, especially toward the back (south) and the west. It was reported that about 1994 several stones were displaced or discarded, but this has not been verified. The oldest death date on a stone is Silas A'Tisdel Jr. who died March 22, 1813 aged 23. The oldest stone is a brownstone, in memory of Wm. Whitaker who died April 6, 1813. In 1816 Deacon Jesse Ladd died at age 85, a soldier of the American Revolution.
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