I was told the Old Dover Cemetery was destroyed by the Cravat Coal Co. They dug a huge trench some distance away and bulldozed stones, remains and all into the pit & covered it up.
I was also told that Abel and his wife Lydia were moved to Amity Cemetery, Belmont Co, OH. Need proof of where they were or are buried.
The following information was donated by: Terry Magyar (#47053508)
Bonnie Owen - Jun 17, 2016
Abel Brown is my 4th great grandfather
The following quote is from Climbing the Brown Family tree by Brenda Brown Lasko---
chapter 7--entitled Abel Brown's story
"The Gates are buried in the Boger Cemetery on Cats Run, the Lemleys in their own cemetery on their old farm and Abel and Lydia were buried in the Old Dover Cemetery. This brings up one of the most despicable acts imaginable.
In the 1970's Cravat Mining Company destroyed this cemetery by moving it to strip mine the area. The graves were bulldozed and dumped into a trench at the new site. Descendants of the families buried here were horrified to find bones and pieces of caskets littering the area. A few tombstones were moved and placed in the new cemetery, Abel's being among them. His stone reads: "In memory of Abel Brown who departed this life March 8th 1841 aged 75 years 12 days." Lydia's marker is gone but two small old stones are placed near Abel's headstone. One in front says EB and on the right side one says JB. It was thought that they may have been markers for his son Joseph and wife Elizabeth but I found their burial site in Monroe County. It is possible that they were markers for his son, John, and his wife. They may have been markers for two of Abel's children or grandchildren that we haven't discovered. So much of the information we need was lost when this cemetery was destroyed. A class action suite was filed to force restoration of the burial site but little could be done to restore what had been destroyed so thoughtlessly.
I was also told that Abel and his wife Lydia were moved to Amity Cemetery, Belmont Co, OH. Need proof of where they were or are buried.
The following information was donated by: Terry Magyar (#47053508)
Bonnie Owen - Jun 17, 2016
Abel Brown is my 4th great grandfather
The following quote is from Climbing the Brown Family tree by Brenda Brown Lasko---
chapter 7--entitled Abel Brown's story
"The Gates are buried in the Boger Cemetery on Cats Run, the Lemleys in their own cemetery on their old farm and Abel and Lydia were buried in the Old Dover Cemetery. This brings up one of the most despicable acts imaginable.
In the 1970's Cravat Mining Company destroyed this cemetery by moving it to strip mine the area. The graves were bulldozed and dumped into a trench at the new site. Descendants of the families buried here were horrified to find bones and pieces of caskets littering the area. A few tombstones were moved and placed in the new cemetery, Abel's being among them. His stone reads: "In memory of Abel Brown who departed this life March 8th 1841 aged 75 years 12 days." Lydia's marker is gone but two small old stones are placed near Abel's headstone. One in front says EB and on the right side one says JB. It was thought that they may have been markers for his son Joseph and wife Elizabeth but I found their burial site in Monroe County. It is possible that they were markers for his son, John, and his wife. They may have been markers for two of Abel's children or grandchildren that we haven't discovered. So much of the information we need was lost when this cemetery was destroyed. A class action suite was filed to force restoration of the burial site but little could be done to restore what had been destroyed so thoughtlessly.
I was told the Old Dover Cemetery was destroyed by the Cravat Coal Co. They dug a huge trench some distance away and bulldozed stones, remains and all into the pit & covered it up.
I was also told that Abel and his wife Lydia were moved to Amity Cemetery, Belmont Co, OH. Need proof of where they were or are buried.
The following information was donated by: Terry Magyar (#47053508)
Bonnie Owen - Jun 17, 2016
Abel Brown is my 4th great grandfather
The following quote is from Climbing the Brown Family tree by Brenda Brown Lasko---
chapter 7--entitled Abel Brown's story
"The Gates are buried in the Boger Cemetery on Cats Run, the Lemleys in their own cemetery on their old farm and Abel and Lydia were buried in the Old Dover Cemetery. This brings up one of the most despicable acts imaginable.
In the 1970's Cravat Mining Company destroyed this cemetery by moving it to strip mine the area. The graves were bulldozed and dumped into a trench at the new site. Descendants of the families buried here were horrified to find bones and pieces of caskets littering the area. A few tombstones were moved and placed in the new cemetery, Abel's being among them. His stone reads: "In memory of Abel Brown who departed this life March 8th 1841 aged 75 years 12 days." Lydia's marker is gone but two small old stones are placed near Abel's headstone. One in front says EB and on the right side one says JB. It was thought that they may have been markers for his son Joseph and wife Elizabeth but I found their burial site in Monroe County. It is possible that they were markers for his son, John, and his wife. They may have been markers for two of Abel's children or grandchildren that we haven't discovered. So much of the information we need was lost when this cemetery was destroyed. A class action suite was filed to force restoration of the burial site but little could be done to restore what had been destroyed so thoughtlessly.
I was also told that Abel and his wife Lydia were moved to Amity Cemetery, Belmont Co, OH. Need proof of where they were or are buried.
The following information was donated by: Terry Magyar (#47053508)
Bonnie Owen - Jun 17, 2016
Abel Brown is my 4th great grandfather
The following quote is from Climbing the Brown Family tree by Brenda Brown Lasko---
chapter 7--entitled Abel Brown's story
"The Gates are buried in the Boger Cemetery on Cats Run, the Lemleys in their own cemetery on their old farm and Abel and Lydia were buried in the Old Dover Cemetery. This brings up one of the most despicable acts imaginable.
In the 1970's Cravat Mining Company destroyed this cemetery by moving it to strip mine the area. The graves were bulldozed and dumped into a trench at the new site. Descendants of the families buried here were horrified to find bones and pieces of caskets littering the area. A few tombstones were moved and placed in the new cemetery, Abel's being among them. His stone reads: "In memory of Abel Brown who departed this life March 8th 1841 aged 75 years 12 days." Lydia's marker is gone but two small old stones are placed near Abel's headstone. One in front says EB and on the right side one says JB. It was thought that they may have been markers for his son Joseph and wife Elizabeth but I found their burial site in Monroe County. It is possible that they were markers for his son, John, and his wife. They may have been markers for two of Abel's children or grandchildren that we haven't discovered. So much of the information we need was lost when this cemetery was destroyed. A class action suite was filed to force restoration of the burial site but little could be done to restore what had been destroyed so thoughtlessly.
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