Friends Of Buckeye Furnace
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Buckeye Cemetery

Buckeye Cemetery is located on top of the hill past the company store and can be driven by car up to the cemetery. The recordings were made on October 19, 1988 by Ed and Helen Walker, Virgil and Marquerite Ramsey.

Polly V. Bacus, wife of John, died July 13,1857 age 62y 6m 3d

Armilda Soule, daughter of A&DK died Feb 2, 1858 age 26y 1 lm 15d

Benjamin F. Soule son of A&DK died Jan 2, 1859 age 23y 6m 20d

Ellen S. Perkins, daughter of J&ME died Jul 17, 1865 age 3y 10m 12d

Catharine Lantz, daughter of C&C died Aug 5, 1869 age 7m 10d
William C. Brooks, son of J&M died Aug 29, 1869 age 10m 20 d

James C. Lantz, son of C&C died May 6, 1871 age 4y 8m 3 d

Edward N. Lantz, son of GH&OJ died Sep 14, 1878, age ly 8m 27d
William Lantz, son of GH&OJ died Oct 25, 1878 age ly lm 23 d

Purlie Walburn, son of E&C died Sep 28, 1880 age ly 5m 14d
Nora Knox, daughter of W&E died Oct 16, 1880 age 2y

Eliza Knox, wife of W. Knox, died Sept. 26, 1881 age 27y 5m 7d
Elizabeth E. Potts,. wife of John died Sep 29, 1881 age 21y 6m 7d

The tombstones recorded are all that remain of the cemetery. There may have been more but there was no evidence of them at the time. Since the Walker-Ramsey recordings in 1988, many more of the stones have been lost/destroyed only 4 remain. Of the 13 tombstones recorded: 8 are for children under 5 years old 2 of the adults (Armilda and Benjamin Soule) died before being married.

There are no adult tombstones between 1865 and 1880. There are no tombstones dated after 1881. Buckeye Furnace closed in 1894-95 but the church remained until mid 1900s.