| The OES visited Pisgah Cemetery on July 13, 2007.
Established in 1852, there are 185 parishioners of the Pisgah Church
that once stood next to the cemetery buried within. When it was
founded the intersection of State Routes 256 and 204 were country
lanes. Today it is a bustling major intersection. In June 2007, the
cemetery underwent a restoration project and an iron gate was set to
be installed. Most of the tombstones are in excellent shape, only a
few are broken or illegible and there are a few veterans of the
Civil War buried here. The city of Pickerington now maintains the
cemetery. |
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| Location
Information: Active Cemetery |
| Pisgah Cemetery is located at the
intersection of State Routes 256 & 204 in Pickerington, Fairfield County. |
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| Photographs |
The new iron gate for Pisgah Cemetery waiting to be installed. Newer tombstones are mixed with old stones throughout the cemetery. The cemetery sit atop a small hill above State Route 256. A few of the broken and misplaced tombstones next to a storage shed. The tombstone of Civil War Veteran John Petty and his wife Harriet Ream. Notice the tombstone of Henry Good in the foreground. He died May 8, 1872. A different tombstone just feet away lists another Henry Good who died in 1872! Could it be the same guy? An interesting tombstone that looks kind of like a clover marks the final resting place of Harvey and Elizabeth Middleton. The tombstone of Jesse Middleton, who was born in the 1700s and died in 1875. The tombstones of Peter and Jemima Houser. The top of Peter's stone rests against the bottom half. This is the large granite stone of America Ann Ucker and family. America died on October 5, 1875. This small marker in the ground stated only the initials C.S.U. The infant tombstones of Nancy and Minie Middleton. The tombstone of a Civil War Veteran named Orlie Fishbaugh. Two children are buried in this plot. Julian and Infant Fishbaugh. The tombstone of Lida Wagner Mull holding up another stone. On the back of the stone being held up is a painted inscription of "RIP ROCK M". These three in-ground stones belong to members of the Griffith family. The tombstone of Civil War Veteran Dewitt C. Bird and his wife Marilla J. The tombstones of Christopher and Barbara Groves are on the hillside. A bird's-eye view of Pisgah Cemetery.
The new iron gate for Pisgah Cemetery waiting to be installed.
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