Clarence E. Combs Mt. Moriah Cemetery - Union Township, OH
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N 39° 04.050 W 084° 17.462
16S E 734369 N 4327760
This large cemetery with over 20,000 graves and over fifty acres of land is located just east of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM3KZC
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2008
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The Clarence E. Combs, Mt. Moriah Cemetery is owned and operated by the Union Township Board of Trustees, Clermont County, Ohio. It is situated on land purchased in 1800 by Withamsville founder, Rev. Maurice P. Witham. Mt. Moriah Cemetery was originally affiliated with the Methodist Protestant Church of Tobasco (1835), presently Mt. Moriah United Methodist Church. The "Old Section" of the cemetery is located behind the white chapel built in 1842. In front of the chapel "The Black Line" ran on the original Ohio Pike.
"Clarence E. Combs" was added to the title of the cemetery in 1998. Clarence E. Combs (1916-1999) was a dedicated employee, then Sexton of the cemetery for approximately 50 years. He is interred at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Interred at Mt. Moriah Cemetery are some prominent pioneers and citizens dating back to the early 1800's. The Honorable, Dr. William Doan (1792-1847) was an eminent physician. He was also a Representative and Senator in the Ohio Legislature, and from 1839 to 1843 a member of Congress. Politician, Charles Cyrus Kearns (1869-1931) was a Republican and U.S. Representative from Ohio 6th District (1915-1931). Dr. Elisha Bennett(1809-1881) was one of the oldest practitioners of this county. In 1851 he was elected a Representative from Clermont to the Fiftieth General Assembly of Ohio by the Democratic Party. Also interred at Mt. Moriah Cemetery is the Witham Family, and Indian fighter, Richard Stockton (1739-1810). Richard Stockton's grave is the oldest marked grave in the cemetery.
From:
Mt. Moriah Cemetery History