W. P. A. Cemetery Survey - Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Washington Township

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.

In this series, some of the general surveys of Defiance County cemeteries will be shared, transcribed as written 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:
 http://defiancecountygenealogy.org/cemeteries.html

Emanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery

(Trinity Lutheran)

1. Name:

The Emanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery, Washington Township, sometimes called the Ginther Graveyard.

2. Location:

Located one and one half miles north of Ney, Ohio, on state route #15, on the west side of the road and on the bank of Lick Creek, back of Emanuel Lutheran Church.  Reached over route #15 going north from Ney, Ohio.

3. Caretaker:

Kept up jointly by the Washington Twp. Trustees and the Emanuel Lutheran church.  Mr. Geo. Garver , Ney, Ohio, is the caretaker.

4. Description:

Situated on a small rise of ground just back of the church building and on the bank of a creek.  It is well wooded with oak and pine trees.  It is fenced on three sides with an ornamental wire fence.  The front side next to the church is open. It is one of the modern graveyards and is very well kept. Its denomination is Lutheran.  It contains around two acres and is laid out in lots.  Much open space is still left.

5. First burial:

Sarah Goller, 1876, a six year old child of the Gollers.

6. Important people:

Geo. Ginther, 1830 - 1915, a well to do and county known farmer

John Webber, 1853 - 1916, widely known farmer

Geo. Goller, a German settler from Wittenberg who came to this county in 1855 and became one of the first citizens.  He died in 1888.

 7. Markers:

There are very few old style markers in this grave yard, almost all of them are the new type heavy granite ones.  None of them are so different and none stands out above the rest.

8. Epitaphs:

The only difference here is that a lot of the reading is in German.  On the Goller stone is written his history about coming to America and by frugal effort became a foremost citizen of the county.

9. This cemetery is still used today and is one of the most noted in Ney, Ohio, and surrounding vicinity.

Cecil Cadwallader and Chas. Gish

Authority: Arlo Fidder, Ney, Ohio, Route #1

 

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:
 http://defiancecountygenealogy.org/cemeteries.html)

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.)

W. P. A. Cemetery Survey - Lintz 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:
 http://defiancecountygenealogy.org/cemeteries.html)

Lintz Cemetery

1. Name of Cemetery: The Lintz Cemetery, Washington Township

2. Location:

One mile directly west of Ney, Ohio, in section #20, Washington Township.  One half mile south of state route #249, and on the Old Bellefountaine pike, out of Ney.  To reach this place from the main street of Ney, Ohio, which is route #15, turn west on the macadam at the city service gas station and go one mile along an angling road.  The grave yard is to the right of this road going out of Ney.

3. Caretaker: Mr. Geo. Garver, Ney, Ohio and the Washington Twp. Trustees.

Photo from www.findagrave.com

4. Description:

A pretty little graveyard containing about an acre of ground, setting on a hill and fenced in with a good ornamental wire fence.  It is well kept, all but the trees which need trimming and the rotten and dead limbs sawed off.  The grass is kept mowed and the graves and markers are in good shape.  

It is undenominational and was the original Ney graveyard before the one in the village of Ney was taken over by the town.  It gets its name from the people who formerly owned the land on which it stands.  It is quite well known in and around Ney.  The trees are mostly all pine and cedar. 

5. First Burial:

The oldest marked grave is that of William Keller who died in 1849, but I am told there are older graves in the place which are unmarked today.  About 1838 is thedate given as the original plotting of the graveyard. 

6. Important persons:

Charles Gardner at www.findagrave.com

Chas., Henry and John Gardner, three brothers of importance in and around Ney, are the chief persons.  These brothers were well to do farmers and also business men in Ney up to ten years ago.  All three have died in the last ten years at ages in the 80s.

Others are the Thomases and Gollers, important farm people.  This family of Gollers is a distant relative of Merle Goller, prominent attorney of Defiance, Ohio.  The direct descendants of this family still live one mile to the north of this graveyard on route #249.

7. Markers:

There is a unique marker in this graveyard over the grave of Prudence Kimmel.  It is a whole bronze open coffin covering the whole grave, and has flowers planted in the open top.  At the head is a stone rising a foot above this coffin ... grave covering, and on this is her name and birth and death dates.  It is very well kept.

Prudence Kimmel at www.findagrave.com

There are also several very nice, large granite markers here and some very old ones.

8. Epitaphs:  None unique, unusual or original

9. This graveyard is still kept up and used.  Several open lots are still to be had.

Cecil Cadwallader and Chas. Gish

Authority: Mrs. Chas. Walker, Route #1, 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.)