"Ohio Spirit Quest"
The Ohio Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries built by Buckeye Pioneers. This series is inspired by and a continuation of the Indiana Spirit Quest caches created by Six Dog Team. In just over three years, the SPIRIT QUEST has grown to over 550 caches, with the hiding teams growing as well. The Ohio Spirit Quest has grown to over 80 in Ohio, with five current caching teams, three each with A Man and His Dog, one with a Couple and Their Dog... and one with A Woman and her Dog.
Over 1,000 cachers have logged over 20,000 finds. One cache machine found 111 ISQ caches in a single day (daylight hours only).
Come with us now for a virtual tour of this burial ground via this page, then go out and find the cache!
Hoy Cemetery
Harrison Township, Henry County, Ohio
OHIO SPIRIT QUEST #82
"CHIPS A"
Levi Hoy was born near Columbus on the 27th March 1835 and moved with his parents to Henry County while he was a young boy. In the winter of 1860 he married Elmira Whitelight of Henry Co. The next year Levi joined the army after Ft. Sumter was fired upon and Pres. Lincoln issued a call to arms. He served for 4 years and was wounded in 1864, possibly during the Kenesaw Mt. campaign. He served as a corporal and a sergeant.
Four Hoys served in the Union Army. Not all were Henry Co. residents at the time of their enlistments. Joseph of Henry Co., and brothers from South Dakota. A younger brother, Daniel, died while a young man shortly after returning from the war of war-related disease.
Levi moved to Wauseon in 1888. His children were Bert, Joseph, Gertrude, and Cedell.
Grave markers in the Hoy Cemetery show the following names: Jacob Hoy 1831-1902, Sarah Hoy 1832-1910, George W. Hoy 1858-1878, Lydia Ann Hoy 1836-1907, Jacob Hoy Burson Aug 1904, Hanna w/o David Hoy 1822-1873, David Hoy 1808-1897, Daniel 1843-1864 Co. D 68th Regt. OVI, Mary A. w/o J. R. Hoy 1834-1862, Amanda J. d 8 Apr 1862, D. W. Hoy, Peter Hoy d. 5 Oct 1875, David Hoy 1869-1985.
Congrats to humdrumbill for the
Co-F.T.F.!!!
The cache container is a small Lock and Lock.
If you find a fallen US flag, please stick it back in the ground. As always, please be respectful, and cache in, trash out.
Placed by a member of:
"Ohio Spirit Quest" is brought to you by the following fellows of GEOOSQ*: The SixDogTeam, THE SHADOW, The Moop Along, -Eleanor-, TeamMina, Handyman & Fam. If you are interested in spreading the Quest to your neck of the woods AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, email Handyman & Fam with your caching resume and at least 25 current notarized references.
*Grand Exalted Order of the Ohio Spirit Quest*
