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Comrades Of Washington Settled In Butler County; Graves SoughtIii Greenwood and In numerous other cemeteries m Butler county He the bodies of 95 men who were associates of George Washington In the Revolution. The coming observance of the BUcentetmlvl oi Washington's birth makes opportune reference to these But Jet county patriots, some of whom served under the immediate command of Washington.From data gathered through the efforts of the Daughters ‘ of the American Revolution It Is known that there are resting In grayes Jn Butler county 05 men who Eerved in the Revolution. The locations of the graves of 57 of these men are known and have been marked, Tliere remain still 38 whom the effort* of a quarter of a century of research have been unable to find,Seek Resting' Place*Effort is being made to discover thc graves of .these. 38 patriots this yenr. Mi’S. Mary M, Hughes. Oxford, Chairman of the Research committee of the George Washington BI-centennial committee of Oxford, is undertaking this patriotic .work, Touching this phase Mrs. Elughes said.:George Washington could not b^. happy In his Hlrthday party if ali Che honor and the glory were.given to. hini, and t hose who we re -aaso-ciated with him neglected, Georg Washington, loved these mPu( even as they loved him, KLs “Farewell lo the Army ts most touching and, as we know, his administration. made provision for tha* patriotic army whose interests were always 50 dear to him.’'In Known GwciAmong the 57 patriots of Ute Revolution whose burial places In Butler county cemeteries ate known are: ’Isaac Anderson, Venice; Jeremiah Brann. LayhSgh Center; Daniel Baker, Somerville; Jonathan’ Barrett. Hamilton; John c* Beckett, near West Chester; Thomas Berry. Miltonvllle: David . Black. Hamilton; William Caldwell. Oxford; Thomas, cixr, Oxford; Joseph Ccmpton, Trenton; ca.pt. Cootey.jDarrtown; * John Craig, Wayna township; Mcees DeOamp, Bethel; Swnuel Dickey, Elk Creek cemetery, Madison township.John Hammond Dorsey, Jr., Oxford; . Jonathan Emerson, Old Cemetery, Hamilton; John Freeman, Oxford; Henry Gamer, Reily township; Rjy, James Grimes, Union'' township; David Griffis, north of Princeton; John Hal!, farm in Hanover township; Isaac Hull, Greenwood cemetery, Hamilton; Joseph Hodgson, Oxford .township; Thomas Hunt, Huntsville; Thomas Irwin, St...Diair. township; John Kitchell, St. Clair township.Some At Hamilton Andrew Lewis, Bethel cemetery, Reily township; William McClellan, Hamilton; Joseph Makeu. Hamilton; Nat ban tel Meeker, St. Charles; Elios Miller, LeSourdsviUc; J acob M11 ter, Tren ton; As ahel Mu r-dock, Oxford; David Niles, St. Clair township; Michael Pearce, Trenton: Moses Potter, Trenton; •Rus'Ch Potter . Trenton; George Reed, Somerville: James nelly, Old Cemetery, Hamilton; John Rally,Hamilton; Thomas Rslly, Hamilton; Mathias Roll, Hanover town-ahlp; Pierson Sayre, Hamilton; Samuel Seward, Union township..Wlllflffl Shaffer, Amanda; Peter Shafer, Amanda; Thomas Simmons, Collinsville; Jonathan Smalley, Butler County Country Olub; John Smith, Relly; Henry Taylor, Seven Mile; Matthew Vnn Dine, West-Chester; Alexander Von Gorden, Liberty. .township; JamesWarden, Trenton; Charles Water* man, Oxford; Judge Henry Weaver, Trenton; James Woodmansee* Sr., Liberty township; William Wright, Liberty township; John Wingate, Greertwocd cemetery, Hamilton.In Unknown Graves —The 38, the locations of whose graves are unknown, Include: Robert Anderson; J. Bath a no or Bath-man; James BUckhbrn; Paul Bon-nell, Richard Butler, Thomas Butler, Fines cinipbell. James Cat ter-lln. Joseph Cook, Peter Cummins, William Darke, Christopher Dickson, George Egfers, David Garrigua George Gordon, Isaac Hammond,Daniel Heston, Cornelius Rlnscy or Hlnslcy. Joseph Lummla , Elijah Mills. Abram Montgomery^ EdwardMurphy, John NestolU, Thoittt* Nixon, John Paulhmtd.Jsaac Paxton, John Philip*, David Reece, Levi Smith. Meeker Squier, Robert Taylor, John Swear-enger, Gardner Vaughn, John Vin-nodge, John Wallace; James Wilkinson, Audrey Wilaon, Nathan Win ton.Appreciate Inform*lion . If there we any having Information of the location of the unknown graves of those Patriots this information should be given lo Mrs. Mar/ M. Hughes, chairman of the Research committee of the George Washington Bl-centennll committee, Oxford, Ohio.The research that has !orated the graves of 57 Revolutionary soldiers in rtutlcr county has extended over a per led of 25 yeaije. To the success that has rewarded this effort has been given patriotic service freely by Ohio men and women. In the compilation of the record no detail too insignificant was overlooked. County cemeteries were investigated by faithlul D. A. It., chapter chairmen. The U. S. Pension Bureau* and newspapers gave valuable R-ssLstence.-John Roily, John Wingate and Pierson Sayre are believed to hfrvfc been the I three Revolutionary war soldiers In Butler coubty. All Ihrcc passed away within a Space of 21 months.John Roily was the first taken June 7. 1850; jplm Wingate riled April 15, 1851; Pierson Saytc wot tli elast dying April 4, 1052.Pierson Sayre served three terms as sheriff of Butler county. IIe was • the contractor who built in 1820 the two public offices that stood on cither ride of the old couH hous* and were razed with it when the present court house was built In 1800.Jn 1834, Picrron Sayre built a Female Academy on Front and Monument avenue. This Is still sUndinr and for many years has been Him- j Uton*s DSty Hail. it- will be 100 • yeajfc old in 1934, two years hence, 1
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Hamilton Daily News
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Sat, Feb 13, 1932
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