Source: "A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio" - Evansville, Ind. 1882   The grave yards of this township are numerous, there being as yet no township cemetery. Among those whose names should be perpetuated in remembrance, and whose inscriptions are fast becoming obliterated in consequence of many years of exposure to the weather, are: John THOMAS, who died April 4, 1856, aged 56. Eleanor, his wife, died March 24, 1873, aged 75. Gilbert COX, died November 22, ___, aged 85. Anna COX, died October 28, 1862, aged 76. James CRAIG, died March 31, 1872; aged 71. John CRAIG, died December 4, 1840, aged 78. Craig was a Revolutionary soldier. James TODD, one of the first Blacksmiths in Jacksonburg, died February 27, 1850, aged 61. John BAIRD, died September 3, 1855, aged 69. Nancy BAIRD, died December 3, 1862; aged 74. Samuel STOKES, died October 11, 1860, aged 66.   The foregoing were buried at the old yard of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Jacksonburg: -------------------- In the Shiloh Burying Ground are: George KELLEY, died March 25, 1830, aged 61. Elizabeth KELLEY, died October 16, 1850, aged 49 Isaac ALLEN, died August 1, 1849, aged 85. Elizabeth ALLEN, died December 4, 1848, aged 77. Isaac WOLVERTON, died February 25, 1859, aged 71 Catherine WOLVERTON, died August 30, 1849; aged 56. Joseph KELLEY, died July 9, 1857, aged 88. Elizabeth, his wife, died July 9, 1857, aged 75. John LESLIE, died May 5, 1855, aged 81. Rumor says that the last was the first white man married in Cincinnati. -------------------- The old BRELSFORD grave-yard contains: John BRELSFORD, died October 13, 1833, aged 42. Pierson BRELSFORD, died October 5, 1848, aged 65, William HUTCHINS, died March 18, 1822, aged 63. Catherine HUTCHINS, died August 2, 1823, aged 77. Chloe BATES, a young lady, who committed suicide, died February 17, 1833, aged 15. Submitted by Kim Torp

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