Pring-Pence-Springer Cemetery in Willshire Township, Ohio

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Get directions Sheets Road (County Road 64)
Willshire Township, Ohio 45898 United States

Coordinates: 40.79351, -84.78542
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Location: Section 7 Willshire Twp., Ca. 1/2 mile south of Wren, on Ohio Route 49 to Sheets Road; ca. 1/2 mile west on Sheets Road to the right of way going north for ca. 1/8 to 1/4 mile to cemetery. Marked by a small white sign by the road. There is a dirt lane that leads back to the cemetery about 1/4 mile walk to the woods.

This cemetery is in a very bad state. Very overgrown with wood growth and forest weeds. The majority of the stones are broken and lying on the ground. Many sunken in graves and a lot of the tombstones have been thrown in the creek that runs behind the cemetery. It has been sadly abandoned it looks like for years. There are a few Civil War Veterans in this cemetery with no flags for Veterans or Memorial Day.

This cemetery is in a disgraceful state.

The cemetery is located about 1350 feet north of Sheets Road (County Road 64) about 0.6 miles west of its intersection with Ohio State Route 49.

The cemetery is located in Willshire Township, Van Wert County, Ohio, and is # 12071 (Springer Cemetery / Pence Cemetery / Pring Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.