W. P. A. Cemetery Survey - Ney Cemetery, Washington Township

In this series, some of the general surveys of Defiance County cemeteries will be shared, transcribed as written on the original W.P.A. reports, with a few punctuation and/or spelling changes for readability.  The surveys were probably done around 1936.

For more up to date information on the cemeteries, check out this chart on our website:
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Ney Cemetery

1. Name of cemetery:  Ney Cemetery

2. Location, how reached:

This cemetery is located at the northwest outskirts of the Village of Ney in Washington Township, Defiance County.  (It) is on the east side of state route #15, which goes to Bryan, Ohio.

3. Name and address of caretaker:  George Garver, Ney, Ohio

Ney Cemetery at www.findagrave.com

4. General description, size, appearance, denomination, fencing, etc.:

There are ten acres in Ney Cemetery.  It is fenced with an ornamental iron fence, (and) is well shaded with numerous pine trees as well as maple and oak.  It also has much evergreen shrubbery throughout the grounds.  The cemetery is laid out in lots.  It has two gateways and two stone driveways.  It is well kept and the trees and shrubbery trimmed; however, it is not so beautiful or stately as the Farmer Center Cemetery.  The village of Ney and the trustees of Washington Township keep the cemetery up.  It has, however, many fine markers of marble and granite.

5. Name and date of first burial recorded:

The cemetery was started in 1865.  Several graves were made that year, an Artline child, John Welker, and Chas. Dean, all in July of that year.

George W. Erlston, died Sept. 1865, at www.findagrave.com

 6. Names of important persons buried there; for what noted:

Charles Doud, Ney businessman and farmer, who was killed this spring, is perhaps the best known.

Geo. W. Ury, 1814 - 1895, one of the pioneer Urys who settled this district in 1845, is also buried here, as are the Garvers, Motters, and Pollocks, all well to do farmers and early settlers.

  

         

George Washington Ury at www.findagrave.com

This is not the first graveyard in Washington Township.  Many of the old timers are buried elsewhere, several of them at Farmer Center, six miles to the west.

7. Markers of unusual appearance:

The outstanding marker in this cemetery is the new, modern, heavy Italian marble monument on the Chas. Doud lot erected to Chas. Doud after his untimely death last spring.  It is placed on a built up lot and at each side are urns of the same material as the large marker.  There are three markers of this description in Defiance County, one in Riverside Cemetery at Defiance one at Farmer Center, and one here.

Charles Edward Doud at www.findagrave.com

8. Unusual epitaphs:  None

9. Is cemetery used for new burials?

The cemetery is used today.  Recently, some land was bought to be sold in lots.  Many of the markers already placed haven't the death date inscribed yet.  

C. Callawader and C. Gish, Reporters

Consultant: Mrs. D. L. Barrick, Ney, Ohio  

(The Works Progress Administration was formed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in reaction to the Great Depression as a means of employing Americans and stimulating the economy.  Established in 1935, one of the projects of the W.P.A. was to conduct Historical Records Surveys, one of which included finding information on cemeteries and the graves of veterans.  The W.P.A. was disbanded in 1943, but the historical information provided on these surveys continue to be of interest and are, thankfully, preserved.)