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Old St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
Ridgefield Twp. Monroeville, OH


Information found in the Huron Co. Ohio Cemetery Inscription
By the Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society printed in 1997
Page 802
The Old St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery was located in Section. 4, Twp. 4, Range 23, Ridgefield the        south edge of the Huron River bank.  ( RT # 99, South of Monroeville, OH)  The first burial was in 1863 and burials may have been made through 1900,  although the new New St. Joseph Cemetery land was purchased in 1895.  Unfortunately,  all tombstones have been removed from the site, and a single monument marks the spot of the cemetery.  Some Graves have been move to the New St. Joseph Cem.
Information found in the Huron Co. Ohio Cemetery Inscription
By the Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society printed in 1997
Page 811
We note tha no orginal stones were left on that site  ( RT # 99, South of Monroeville, OH).,  However, in a field area high on a hill,  there is a large cement platform.  In the center is a spire-type monument inscribed HETTEL with two small markers in front.  On each corner, there are cube-type stones.  Three have inscriptions.  Nothing else remains of the cemetery.

#1- HETTEL, (monument)
#2- HETTEL, john A., d. 2 jun 1898 age 82 y 2 m 12 d  Father
#3- HETTEL, ( no name - would be Margaretha), d. 25 July 1887  age 65 y 6 m; Mother
Cube 1: DUFFEY  (GAR) (Nothing else)
Cube 2: BUTLER, William, b. 7 Dec 1838; d. 5 Dec 1865 age 27 y (GAR)
Cube 3: CLARY, Jacobus, d. 27 Jun 1869 age 75 y
               Ann, d. 6 Apr 1851 age 67 y
               (William), b. 8 Nov 1824; d. 9 Oct 1891
               Thomas, d. 12 Dec 1869 age 73 y
               WILLIAMS, Eliza M., b. 17 Apr 1803; d. 19 Apr 1898
Cube 4: -------- (GAR)  (No name of any kind)

the Huron Co. Ohio Cemetery Inscription By
the Huron County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society printed in 1997

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