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Symmes
Burial Ground map |
To walk to the cemetery park at the Y and follow the path along the “creek” to stairway up to the cemetery.
“Nilles Road at Hicks
Boulevard, Fairfield, OH. This one-acre historical site is the burial ground
of the city’s first settlers, with many burials taking place in the late
1700s. Early Fairfield area settlers, Celadon and Phebe Symmes and seven of
their children are buried in the cemetery. (513) 867-5348 or www.fairfield-city.org” |
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Primary Source: “Bulletin
of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio” Volume 12, No. 3 (July 1954): Symmes
Burial Ground, Butler County, Ohio. (Genealogy Department) Heiser, Alta H.,
comp. 258-260 SYMMES
BURIAL GROUND Butler County, Ohio Copied by Mrs. Alta H.
Heiser, Hamilton Ohio "On the Story Farm (1944) east from Symmes Corner; on a hill overlooking the meanderings of
Pleasant Run Creek. There is nothing to show how it was originally reached
nor does an entrance show today. Apparently begun as a family burial plot, it is now forgotten." Additional data
is supplied by Mrs. Heiser and this is in brackets Also reference, Fairfield Ohio, Esther R Benzing
1978. |
The 1954 Bulletin was found online when searching key words Symmes burial ground.Photographs taken by Glenn & Caroline Huppi in 2005. Names without links tombstones were not found in 2005. |
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LNAME |
Fname |
Death Date |
Birth Year/ Age |
Relationship/ Comments |
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James |
Jan. 26, 1847 |
76 yr. |
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Sarah H |
Oct. 17, 1852 |
79 yr |
[wife of James GALBRAITH] |
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HARGAN |
Esther [Symmes] |
Nov. 1851 |
23 yr |
[wife of James Hargan],
dau. of Timothy& Harriet Wilmuth SYMMES |
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HARGAN |
Mary V |
1852 |
1851 |
dau. of J. & E. Hargan |
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Charles |
July 20, 1853 |
23 yr., 5 m., 11 d |
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KEHM |
2 infant daughters,
triplets w/ Rachel above |
March 28, 1859 |
1 day |
buried two infant
daughters of Peter and Katherina Kehm |
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KEHM |
Katherina |
Apr. 3, 1859 |
26 yr., 4 m., 15 d |
wife of Peter Kehm |
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KEHM |
Rachel |
Apr. 1859 |
10 days |
daughter of Peter and
Katherina Kehm |
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MESLER |
Isaac G |
Dec. 12, 1856 |
6 yr., 4 m., 11 d |
son of I. R. & Sarah
K. Mesler |
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POWERS |
Sarah Deborah
Symmes |
May 28, 1869 |
. 52 yr., 3 m., 19 d |
dau. of C.
& P. Symmes[9th and last child of
Celadon and Phebe Symmes} |
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RINEHEART |
Sarah H |
1848 |
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wife of George
Rineheart[Stone broken.] |
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Robert P |
1847 |
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son of George & Sarah
Rineheart |
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Lydie Kate |
1867 |
26 yr. |
wife of J. E. Roberts |
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SYMMES |
Celadon |
July 11, 1837 |
67 yr., 1 m., 11 d |
. "The deceased
emigrated from Sussex, N. J., to Cincinnati in 1789, from there to North
Bend, Ohio, in 1790, from there to his last residence; in 1796 his family
joined him from the Bend. |
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SYMMES
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Joseph Randolph |
No Date |
[b. 1814], |
[8th child of Celadon and
Phebe Symmes. No inscription for him or for his
second wife, Mary C, whom he married in 1848; only for Martha J. Huston who
d. 1840. The tall marble shaft fell off the base and rolled down the hill.] |
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SYMMES |
Nancy H |
1814 |
1810 |
son of Joseph R. &
Mary C. Symmes |
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SYMMES |
Samuel |
Feb. 12,1842 |
12 yr., 1 in., 11 d |
son of Daniel T. &
Amanda Symmes |
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William F R |
Jul 15, 1842 |
11Y 2M 1D |
son of Wm & Rebecca
SYMMES |
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William |
Mar 15, 1809 |
36Y 3M 21D b 1774 |
[William Symmes (1774-1809) married Rebecca Fitz Randolph in
1796. He is probably buried here, too, but no stone exists. He was a brother
of Celadon, who married Phebe Fitz Randolph.] |
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John H |
Dec. 1, 1840 |
5 weeks |
son of Joseph R. &
Martha J. Symmes |
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Eliza |
1831 |
27 yr |
consort of Benjamin Symmes Eliza Gaston Symmes was
sister of Lucinda Gaston who married Daniel Tuthill Symmes. Benjamin Symmes
was 4th child of Celadon and Phebe Symmes.] |
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Daniel T |
Aug. 14, 1830 |
[b. Nov. 5, 1799] 31 yr.,
9 m., 9 |
[m. (1) 1823, Lucinda
Gaston, dau. of Joseph & Mary Gaston; m. (2) Amanda ? . Daniel Tuthill Symmes was 2nd child of Celadon and Phebe Fitz Randolph
Symmes.] |
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Rebecca [Fitz Randolph] |
Aug. 25, 1839 |
62 yr., 10 m., 11 d |
wife of William Symmes |
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Timothy |
June 6,1838 |
30 yr., 8 m |
son of William &
Rebecca Symmes [He married Harriet Wilmuth.] |
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Phebe Fitz Randolph |
Aug?? 27, 1822 |
75Y 11M 7D |
[Married Oct. 14, 1794,
Phebe Fitz Randolph; her headstone and that of their daughter Nancy H.,
1810-1814, lay broken and scattered at base of Celadon's stone which was
still standing in 1950 [Mrs. Heiser].] |
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John C |
May 25, 1838 |
38 yr |
[3rd child of Celadon and
Phebe Symmes.] |
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Martha J. Huston |
Nov. 2, 1840 |
26 yr., 8 m., 18 d |
wife of Joseph Randolph Symmes 1 tombstone and then monument daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth
HUSTON |
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James R |
Aug. 26, 1849 |
1 yr., 1 m., 8 d. |
son of Joseph R. &
Mary C. Symmes |
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Martha |
Feb. 9, 1856 |
2 yrs., 10 m., 28 d |
dau. of Joseph R. &
Mary C. Symmes |
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Celadon |
Nov. 22,1858 |
10 m., 1 d |
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John C |
Aug. 21, 1858 |
3 yr., 6 m., 8 d. |
son of Joseph R. &
Mary C. Symmes |
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John Newton |
Feb. 23, 1844 |
[b. Aug. 6, 1818], . 25
yr., 6 m., 17 d |
"Of Ross County,
Ohio." [This a large modern monument, square and carved on three sides;
other sides have the inscriptions: "Member of Senior Class in Miami
University," "Infant son of William and Mary Wilson, d. Sept. 2,
1814." There are verses on the stone. J. N. Wilson was a student at
Miami University, 1842-1844.] |
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Infant son |
Sep 2, 1814 |
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son of William & Mary
Wilson |
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Fairfield Ohio, Esther R Benzing 1978 |
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“According to history there are supposed to be 125 burials
in the Symmes burial grounds. Whether
or not each grave had a marker is unknown.
Since the land around the burials was pasture land after most of the
burials, it could be that the markers were knocked down by farm animals and
thus buried under the sod. The
Fairfield Township Trustees many years ago put a fence around the standing
few stones to preserve them.” |
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Reference http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohbutler/cyc/ The Butler County Cyclopedia, 1882 to learn about the older families buried in this cemetery |
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This
page was last update: 3/3/09 |
