Zesiger Cemetery
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This Zesiger Cemetery is located on the south side of Ohio Route # 78, 2.6 miles from the intersection of Ohio Routes # 78 and # 7 in Clarington, Ohio. There are 7 tombstones in this cemetery although one of the stones is not planted in the ground and is leaning against another that is firmly planted. This small cemetery is located between two houses that face Route @ 78 at a distance of about 50 yards from each.
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It appears likely that the
Zesiger Cemetery could have been originally much larger and that it could have been
encroached upon in later years by people claiming the land for a home sites. The massive size of two of the stones
probably served to protect the few remaining graves. At the time of this
inventory, stone # 5 was not secured in the ground and was leaning against
stone # 6.
Approximate width of
cemetery (perpendicular to Rt. # 78) is 15 feet
Approximate depth of
cemetery (measured parallel to Rt. # 78) is 15 feet
Top of above chart is roughly
southwest
Names listed by Stone Number
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Rudolph
Zesiger died Mar 21, 1872 aged 61 yr,
4 mo, 11 da |
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Mary
wife of Rudolph Zesiger died Aug 27, 1877 aged 62 yr, 10 mo, 28 da |
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Elizabeth
wife of Issac N. Smith died Feb 11, 1880 aged 20? Yr, 4 mo, 12 da |
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Jacob
Zesiger died Apr 27, 1882 in his 29th yr |
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Walter
L. Smith died Mar (or May) 25, 1880 aged ? mo (This stone is not fixed in the
ground but is leaning against stone # 6 |
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Center
part of this large stone is missing no inscription exists |
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Benjamin
Zesiger son of R & M Zesiger died Oct 1st 1859 in his 19th
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Inventoried, Measured, and
Charted November
16, 2003 by R.E. Harrington
Latitude/Longitude/elevation
measurements for the Zesiger Cemetery were made with a GPS on the headstone of Rudolph
Zesiger (1810 1861). Accuracy = +/-
18 feet; elevation corrected to ground
level = 700 feet; latitude = N 39 o
45.441 ;
longitude = W080o 54.411
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