The Forgotten Cemetery Tour II
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This tour takes place in Southern Clermont Co., amongst some little known and forgotten cemeteries. On this tour you will be visiting the final resting places of some of the Founders and Pioneers who settled this part of the Ohio Valley. If you choose you may stop at the interesting and historic waypoints that I've listed along the way.
There are 7 Cemeteries on this tour and you will need to visit all of them to find the clues that will give you the waypoints to the Cache.
The waypoints given will get you to each cemetery, but may not be to the exact spot of the clue. You may need to look around a little. The tour will be easier if you do it in the order I have listed.
In these places of rest you will find those who fought and some who died, keeping this great land free; all the way back to the Revolutionary War! Like any tour, there is much to see and do. Take some time to look around. Don't forget to tip your hat and say a prayer for those brave souls that went before us. You may want to pack a lunch, as there are beautiful spots for a picnic at #3 & #7. If you don't mind eating with the dead!
The numbers you need to find will be in (--). They are: NAA BB.CCD x WEEF GG.HII.
Plug the numbers into the letters. North and West are given.
CEMETERY #1: N38 57.068 x W084 16.277 - Dr. Frederick A. Roeder, Born in Germany Jan. 17 1839 Died at Cincinnati, Ohio Aug. 25 188(F)
CEMETERY #2: N38 56.732 x W084 13.657 - The Chapel here was built in 1854 at a cost of $1665. You need to find: Timothy Rardin, Born May 21 17(CC) Died Jan. 3 1858. Timothy's finger will point you to William Porter Jan. 27 18(EE)-July 23 1833.
For fun find John S. Bettle Dec.1 1842 - April 12, 1862. John was a musician in Capt. McLoud's Co. I, 20th Ohio Vol. Infantry. Which was a part of third Brigade (Commanded by Colonel Charles Whittlesey), part of Third Division (Commanded by Major General Lewis Wallace), part of Army of Tennessee, Major General U.S. Grant commending.
CEMETERY #3: N38 55.057 x W084 13.942 - (Two ways to go at the stone wall. Right is wrong. Trust me! East Boat Run will make you cry!) You need to find: Mary E. Sylvester, Died May 21 19(GG). Good Luck! Or, you could let the Veterns show you the way!
From the West side of the historical marker, on a heading of 328deg., walk 62 paces to find James K. Parker, 9/22/1817-6/13/1894 (Founder of The Parker Academy, also known as The Clermont Academy). 7 Paces futher you will find: REVOLUTIONARY WAR VET. Lt. Hugh mMulloy. Died July 11, 1845 (Hard to read, look for 1776 Star and Date).
At 246deg and 15paces is CIVIL WAR VET., Leonidas H. Fisher; a Civil War solider who died at age 98 as the longest-surviving Union veteran in Clermont County. Leonidas was born in December 1843 on a small farm in Moscow, Ohio. He joined the Army in 1861 at age 17. He was in B Co. of the 59th. Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served with the regiment until 1864, fighting in Shiloh, Corinth, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and the battles of the Atlanta Campaign. At Shiloh, the 59th was part of the Eleventh Brigade (Commanded by Brigadier General J. T. Boyle) which was a part of Fifth Division (Commanded by Brigadier General T. L. Crittenden), Army of Ohio, Major General D. C. Buell Commanding.
The after battle report of Brigadier General Thomas L. Crittenden, commanding Fifth Division, Army of Ohio, reads in part; “On the 6th instant, when encamped near Savannah, I received an order from Colonel J. B. Fry, assistant adjutant-general, to bring my command by boat, if not already on the road. My command consisted of the Eleventh and Fourteenth Brigades, under General J. T. Boyle and Colonel W. S. Smith, two batteries of artillery, under Captains Mendenhall and Bartlett, and of Jackson’s regiment of cavalry, the Third Kentucky, were all embarked in the most rapid manner. …. We reached Pittsburg Landing at about 9 o’clock p.m. …. We had great difficulty in landing our troops. The bank of the river at the landing was covered with 6,000 to 10,000 entirely demoralized soldiers. … We forced our way through this mob, and stood to our arms all night on the road, half a mile from the landing, at the place designated by General Buell. At about 5a.m. we were conducted to our position by General Buell in person. My division took its position on the right of General Nelson. When General McCook came upon the field he took his position on my right, which placed me in the center of our army. The position assigned to my command was maintained throughout the day. We were exposed to several attacks from very superior forces; all were repelled nobly, my division only left its position to advance. The Eleventh Brigade, under General Boyle, consisting of the 19th and 59th Ohio, and the 9th and 13th Kentucky Regiments, formed the right of my line. …. The 59th was held as a reserve to the 11th Brigade. …. My command was exposed frequently, and for a large part of the day, to a severe fire from artillery of shot and shell, and passed through this ordeal like soldiers; a few frightened for a moment, were brought back at once by the command of their officers. …. At a critical time in the action, the enemy again occupied the thicket before us, and were finally driven from it by a handsome charge from the 9th Kentucky under Colonel Grider, and the 59th Ohio, under Colonel Fyffe, and never ventured to occupy it again. …. General J. T. Boyle behaved with conspicuous gallantry, sharing every danger of his command, inspiring his troops with a confidence and courage like his own. …. In this well contested fight, we have to mourn the loss of our bravest and best officers and men. The aggregate losses are: Killed, 80; Wounded, 417; Missing, 21; TOTAL: 518”. Leonidas Fisher died on October 21, 1942. The United States had been in WWII for 10 months. Think of all that Leonidas had seen in his lifetime!
At 246deg. & 53 paces is: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VET. Staff Segt. George E. MacDonald, 47th.Inf. 4th. Div.
At 30deg. & 35 paces is: W0RLD WAR I VET. Stanley E. Miles, Co. F 101 Inf. 26 Div. 1894 KIA 1918.
At 174deg. & 69 paces is: WORLD WAR II VET. Gilbert E. Guynn - U.S. Army Air Force - 4/27/1915- 8/21/1999.
At 10deg. & 82 paces is: KOREAN WAR VET. Robert A. Boyce - S1 U.S. Navy - 10/31/1933-6/25/2002.
At 154deg. & 57 paces is: Mary E. Slyvester. POINT OF INTEREST: N38 55.383 x W084 15.138 - The Parker Academy, also known as The Clermont Academy, was a private school organized in 1839. It was open to students of both genders and all races. The orginal school building is no longer standing but the dorm and commemorative monument can be seen at the site. Edwin Mathews, a former slave of James G. Birney (The publisher of The Philanthropist Newspaper), was the first black student enrolled. Plantation oweners brought their bi-racial children here to be educated. Many of the children of Clermont's abolitionists were also enrolled. On at least one occasion slave hunters came to the school in search of a fugitive. 1500 students attended the school during its 53 year history.
CEMETERY #4: N38 51.626 x W084 12.732 - (Take the mail box side. Caution NO guardrails!) This will take you to a big Cedar tree where more Guynn boys, all Civil War Vets., lie at rest. From the west side of tree on a heading of 150deg. walk appox. 53 paces to Dr. C.W. Irwin, Born in Pittsburg Pa. Aug. 19 1809. Died in Moscow, Ohio May (H) 1885. At 100deg. & 36 paces you will find Joseph Pingel, 18(AA) to 1909. (For fun find Robert E. Fee. Robert who was an active conductor in Moscow, and along with his father Thomas Sr., brother Thomas Jr., sister Nancy and cousins in nearby Felicity, made them Clermont County's most prominent Underground Railroad family.)
POINT OF INTEREST: N38 51.375 x W084 13.950 - (Once the residence of Thomas Fee Jr. (1801-1862), the Fee Villa was a stop on the Underground Railroad. A secert tunnel in the cellar connected this house with the one across the street. The glow of lit candles in windows acted as a signal to escaping slaves across the river in Pendleton County Ky., that the building was a safe house. The fugitives were harbored in the basement. After being clothed and fed from the on site general store, they were transported to Felicity, the next stop in Clermont Co.)
POINT OF INTEREST: N38 48.198 x W084 11.521 - Edgington Mound of the Adena Culture.
POINT OF INTEREST: N38 47.416 x W084 07.896 - Lock #34 Visitor Center & Museum - Crooked Run Nature Preserve.
CEMETERY #5: N38 47.863 x W084 08.670 - Here you will find young Diana Whitney ...Sleeping where the morning sun paints with strange scarlets and magic golds, the surface of the river. Died July (II) 1823.
POINT OF INTEREST: N38 53.655 x W084 13.949 - U.S. Grant Birth Place.
CEMETERY #6: N38 55.886 x W084 15.789 - (Pull off in West bound lane). Young Thomas Emerson, (D) 26 1836-Jan. 8 1837; overlooks the creek he might have played in, had he not passed at such an early age.
CEMETERY #7: N38 56.649 x W084 16.212 - Here you will find Joseph Haines, 1856-1860. Standing next to Kate, on a heading of 40Deg., walk appox. 307' to the Masonic stone tree. Once there look for the guiding Lights just ahead. Jacob, 17(BB)-1831 will show you the way!
You should now have everything you need to find the Cache. I hope you enjoyed the tour. CHECK OUT MY OTHER CACHES AND TOURS LISTED IN THE FIND - HIDDEN LINK BELOW! Please travel with us again.
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