Pioneer Cemetery - Westerville, OH
N 40° 06.304 W 082° 55.643
17T E 335726 N 4441199
Pioneer Cemetery was established in 1817 and is the final resting place of many of Blendon Township's earliest pioneers. It is located in Westerville, Ohio, USA.
Waymark Code: WMAH38
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2011
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"Pioneer Cemetery is located at Westerville's coporate limits on S. State Street. The original section was known as Jameson Cemetery, named for Robert Jameson, who donated the land. Over the years it was renamed to West Church Pioneer and later changed to Pioneer Cemetery. The cemetery was maintained for many years by the Blendon Township Trustees. In the 1970s, as Westerville's corporate limit was extended to include this land, the City took over ownership of Pioneer.
It was established in 1817, with the first burial being Eliza Palmer, infant daughter of Ethan Palmer. Within the Jameson section of Pioneer can be found many of Blendon Townships earliest pioneers. Among them are Robert and Margaret McCutcheon Jameson, Isaac and Ursala Clark Griswold, and brothers Benjamin and Simeon Moore, with their families. There are also numerous Jameson, Schrock and Osborn family members buried here."
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We estimate there are about 1,000 graves in this cemetery.