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Downing Cemetery

Also known as Downington Cemetery , Old Pageville Cemetery

Pageville, Meigs County, Ohio, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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  • Ohio State Route 681
    Pageville, Ohio 45710 United States

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This cemetery is also called Old Pageville Cemetery or Downington Cemetery.(Original Cemetery)Started by the Downing Family, Pageville was originally called Downington Post Office and Downington (for short.) It was later changed to Pageville and named for the Page Family who laid out the town lots, and is now called Pagetown by the locals.

The Downing (Old Pageville) Cemetery is located on a hill across a pasture field (on private peoperty) NW of the intersection of State Routes #681 & #684. It cannot be reached by car nor seen from the road. Only on foot and with permission.

In addition to the 9 graves readable in 1981 there were a large number of sunken areas, indicating there may have been others buried there at one time. There were no other stones in 1981 when read by Robin Townsend (above or under ground).



The cemetery is located in Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio, and is # 13922 (Downing Plot Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.





This cemetery is also called Old Pageville Cemetery or Downington Cemetery.(Original Cemetery)Started by the Downing Family, Pageville was originally called Downington Post Office and Downington (for short.) It was later changed to Pageville and named for the Page Family who laid out the town lots, and is now called Pagetown by the locals.

The Downing (Old Pageville) Cemetery is located on a hill across a pasture field (on private peoperty) NW of the intersection of State Routes #681 & #684. It cannot be reached by car nor seen from the road. Only on foot and with permission.

In addition to the 9 graves readable in 1981 there were a large number of sunken areas, indicating there may have been others buried there at one time. There were no other stones in 1981 when read by Robin Townsend (above or under ground).



The cemetery is located in Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio, and is # 13922 (Downing Plot Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.





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  • Added: 19 Dec 2001
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 981831