Warren County Genealogical Society
Warren County, Ohio
Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society

Shakers of Union Village Cemetery
Turtlecreek Township

 

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This online index only lists the individual, death date (if known) and reference page. We are creating a master index of everyone who is buried in this county and their burial location to aid researchers. We are especially in need of people buried here who have no stones or whose stones no longer exist. If you have any of this information or if you have additional information for anyone who is buried in this cemetery, please email the Warren County Genealogical Society.

 

Cemetery Description

Cemetery Name

Shakers of Union Village
Variant Name(s) Shaker Family, North Family

The cemetery is listed as "East Shaker" in the GNIS system and elsewhere which we believe is incorrect. The cemetery is located immediately west of the site of the "North Family" at Union Village and a considerable distance from the site where the "East Family" of the Shakers was located.

Township

 Turtlecreek

Status

 Abandoned

First Known Burial

 1897

General Condition

 Average Maintenance

Tombstone Condition

 Fair

OGS Cemetery #

 12299

Location:

The cemetery is located in Armco Park on the west side of State Route 741 about 1 mile north of State Route 63. The cemetery is on the east side of the service road heading south from the main entrance to the park in a large grassy enclosure surrounded by tall walnut trees.

PLEASE NOTE: Armco Park is a private facility. To visit the burial ground, you will first have to obtain permission at the main gate.

Coordinates:

 39° 27' 22" N, 84° 16' 44" W

STR/ VMD

 Section 19, Township 3E, Range 4N

Property Account:

 5311314

Parcel ID:

 08193000090

Map:

 GIS Map of Location      Plat Map      Township Map 

Cemetery History

 This cemetery was visited in August 2004 by Katherine L. Rowland who writes, “Many inferences have been made in articles and lectures, to the effect that the Shakers did not put monuments on gravesites. However, there were, apparently, exceptions, at least toward the last years of Union Village. Five markers, complete with names, now stand in the old North Family Cemetery; in addition, there are two field stones without names; and one concrete base with marker missing.” The name East Shaker which this cemetery is sometimes called is a mistake from the WPA maps.

Cemetery Transcriptions
  • D.A.R. Turtlecreek Chapter & Warren County Historical Society (available at the Historical Society Library)
    • Early Vital Records Volume 21, page 135
      [I believe that this is a list of burials in the cemetery located at the intersection of Routes 63 & 741. I don't think it includes burials in the North Family Cemetery.]
  • Warren County Genealogical Society
    • Not currently included in any of the society publications.  Information from the photos taken by Katherine Lollar Rowland in Aug 2004 and other society volunteers will be used to add  the cemetery to the new cemetery books planned by the society.
  • Other Known Transcriptions
    • None known of

Gravestone Images

Gravestone photos for the Warren County, Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project are being posted to the Warren County OHGenWeb Project
To view images ===> Shakes of Union Village Cemetery
To submit images ==> email to Arne H. Trelvik at atrelvik@gmail.com [please send high resolution digital images if available]

 

Alphabetical Index
Photo Deceased Died Military Cemetery Vol Page Twp.
  Avis, Helen 1935   Shaker Family photo   Turtlecreek
Need photo Cochran, Sarah E. 1908   Shaker Family obit   Turtlecreek
  DeVan, Temperance 1908   Shaker Family photo   Turtlecreek
Need photo Holland, Mary Ann 1909   Shaker Family obit   Turtlecreek
Need photo Patterson, Emily V. 1910   Shaker Family obit   Turtlecreek
  Robinson, Emily 1897   Shaker Family photo   Turtlecreek
  Sawyer / Swayer, Margaret 1905   Shaker Family photo   Turtlecreek
  Snooks, Harriett 1905   Shaker Family photo   Turtlecreek
Need photo Wallace, Jeannette 1903   Shaker Family fam. journal   Turtlecreek

 

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