About Our Cemeteries
We encourage you to visit our beautiful cemeteries, take photos, and take the time to read the tombstones. Then research the people lying in rest, say a small prayer for them, and share with others what you learned. We must work to preserve these sacred grounds; someone must take the place of the caretakers who have passed on.
Unfortunately, like in every county, many of our ancestor’s resting places have been destroyed. If members of the family have moved from here, there is no one to take care of the cemetery.
Weather, farm animals, machinery, and just plain vandalism are the main result of many of the cemetery’s demise. If you need assistance in locating either a grave or a cemetery, the township trustees are the best place to begin. Let’s teach the next generation how to be caretakers of the remaining cemeteries we have located.
Woodland Cemetery Burials
Looking for relatives buried in Woodland Cemetery? This is the index to the Burial Records of Woodland Cemetery in Ironton, Ohio.
The original records are housed in the History Department (Hamner Room) at Briggs Library in Ironton, Ohio and cover the years 1871 – 1999. Be sure and call the library before coming.
Cemetery Locations
Beginning in the 1980s, the Lawrence County, Ohio Genealogy Society started transcribing cemeteries, to aid genealogists in locating old burial sites. Then, in the late 1990s Tom Clutters, Perry Campbell, and Julian Barnett began talking to older residents and finding additional cemeteries and headstones. Be sure and visit this page.
Headstone Photos
This blog is old headstone photos of Lawrence County, Ohio. Over the years I have collected thousands of tombstone pictures that I have taken, plus many others that have been donated by our wonderful volunteers.
Historical Stories
On our Cemetery Inscriptions & More page, you will find listings of cemeteries, their locations, stories, and inscriptions.
Along with all that material, you will have free access to the late Tom Clutters, Perry Campbell, and the late Julian Barnett’s cemetery books they published in 1999, which are listed by townships in this collection.
Burial Index
Searching for burial records can be dishearting. Try searching this list of individuals’ names and the cemetery where they were buried. This resource is helpful for the genealogist, whether you are investigating a family or just one person.
History of Memorial Day
Want to know the origins of Memorial Day? This excellent article written by R. C. Hall and published in The Huntington Herald Advertiser lays out how it all began, and the old tradition of “Decoration Day” in Rome Cemetery in Lawrence County, Ohio.
The Jewish Arch in Woodland Cemetery Ironton, Ohio.
