Paris Township

Amrine Cemetery

            

                    

    This cemetery is located on west bank of Mill Creek on Amrine-Mill Road. While it is an inactive cemetery, it is still well maintained.  It is located where the Amrine Settlement was made by Abraham Amrine and his family in pioneer days.  Burials in this cemetery date to the 1820s.

Marysville Cemetery

      

    The Marysville Cemetery was located on the bank of Mill Creek on land surounded by Fourth Street, Plum Street, and Walnut Street.  This cemetery is believed to have been destroyed after the opening of Oakdale Cemetery.  According to the 1883 Beers' History of Union County, talk of abandoning this cemetery dates to late 1848.  The cemetery was expanded in 1863.  In 1877 a tax was established to purchase new land for a enw cemetery.  However, it was not until 1878 that the land for Oakdale Cemetery was finally obtained by the city.  Bodies from the Marysville cemetery were then removed to Oakdale Cemetery.  All that remains to mark the location of the Marysville Cemetery is the brick cross on the side of the Old Union Landmark Building.

 

Mount Zion Cemetery

             

    The Mount Zion Cemetery is located on Cradler-Turner Road south of Dogleg Road.  This cemetery was once associated with the Mount Zion United Bretheren Church.

Oakdale Cemetery
    

             

                    

    Oakdale Cemetery is located on the edge of Marysville on Fifth Street near Raymond Road.  It is the second cemetery that has served Marysville in its history.  When it was opened, the bodies from the old cemetery were moved to this site.  This cemetery is located on land that was once referred to as the Dynes Lands.  Improvements were made on this land, and the first interments were made by 1880.

Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery

    This is a private cemetery for the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church.  This cemetery is sometimes listed on maps as Saint Joseph's cemetery.  It is located on Raymond Road adjacent to Oakdale Cemetery.  This cemetery dates to the late 1800s.

    This cemetery is on Raymond Road just south of US 33.  It is located at the back edge of Oakdale Cemetery.  This tiny cemetery contains at least two marked veteran graves.