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.