History:

1875 map of Seven Mile clearly shows the location of the UB Church and cemetery.  In 1884 burials were stopped.  The Turnpike Road is Route 127 on today’s maps.  This cemetery is not the same cemetery as the German Reformed or Lutheran cemetery also in Section 32, just north west of Seven Mile in Wayne Township.

“Half an acre was given to the United Brethren Society in 1844….  The United Brethren Church was built in 1844. Jacob and Samuel FLICKINGER and John PRICE were the trustees. The building was of brick, one story, thirty by forty-five, and cost about $1,500. The first pastors were the Rev. Theophilus RORK and his assisstant. It was then a circuit. The membership of the Church at that time consisted of the FLICKINGERS, PRICES,FLENARD, ADAMSES, BREUBARGERS, and FELLERS. In 1847 an extensive revival took place, when the WALTERS, SHAFFERS, and LUCASES and others joined. The old church was taken down and a new erected in 1859. It was dedicated January 1, 1860, buy Bishop Edwards. It is thirty seven by sixty feet, one story high and twenty-two feet in the clear, and cost $5,000. The Rev. William LANTHERN was the first pastor, and served two years. The Rev. John WALTERS preached from 1865 to 1870, and the Rev. John KILBOURN is the present pastor. The membership is thirty. “   Excerpt from: Cyclopedia 1882- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohbutler/cyc/611.htm

Reference: 

Seven Mile, Ohio:  The Early Years by Marilyn Jacoby Edwards

Other Cemeteries used by Seven Mile locals-

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