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Submitted: 10/31/09 • Approved: 11/3/09 • Last Updated: 8/13/15 • R111972-G111969-S3
This Whetstone family plot is shared by four brothers. The center marker (approx 3 foot high, 5 foot wide) reads: WHETSTONE.
Their smaller individual markers are in the foreground and are inscribed (from left to right):
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ALVA
1845-1920
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WILSON
1844-1916
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JOSEPH
1849-1910
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(and partially hidden by a weeping elm tree)
BARCLAY
1851-1903
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Loc: R25-7, 8, 9 & 10. Joseph, Wilson and Alva Whetstone's Ohio Death Certificates show their parents as Absalom Whetstone and Mary Ann Shriver; reference Ohio Death Certs 1910 #57897, 1916 #28053 and 1920 #25618, respectively.
Contributed on 10/31/09 by murmering-markers
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Record #: 111972