The OES visited Conklin Cemetery on July 30, 2007. Established around 1812, Conklin Cemetery is a very old family burying ground that has definitely seen better days. According to records, there are at least 48 burials in the cemetery, although there could be some undocumented burials as well. The oldest tombstones belonged to George Teegardin, who died on October 30, 1812, and an Infant Rinesmith, who died sometime in October 1812. The last recorded burial was Rachel Teegardin, who died on September 21, 1879, at 78-years-old. There was at least one veteran’s tombstone in the cemetery, that of Aaron Teagardin of the Revolutionary War. Many of the tombstones in the cemetery were broken or illegible, but there were a few that remained standing. During our visit, we found the cemetery to be completely overgrown with weeds and trees. We are surprised that we didn’t get poison ivy or ticks while we were walking around the cemetery.
Conklin Cemetery is in a wooded area behind a private residence on Winchester Road near Ashville; Pickaway County.
Photographs
The view as we approached Conklin Cemetery on top of a small hill.
Taller tombstones could be seen above the weeds but others were completely covered.
More stones near the rear of the cemetery.
The fallen tombstone of John Teegardin, who died on March 24, 1841. He was born on January 3, 1806 and married Mary Logan in 1829. John was 35 when he died.
This stone simple had E.D. It was likely someone's footstone.
The tombstone of Revolutionary War veteran Aaron Teegardin. Aaron was born in Maryland in 1754 and died in Pickaway County on March 21, 1823.
Daniel Knouse's tombstone was tall and near the center of the cemetery. He died on December 11, 1844 at 61.
The tombstone for Peter Kroninger, who died on July 16, 1837.
Huldah Elizabeth Rockey died on February 10, 1844 at only three years old.
The tombstone of 43-year-old Sarah Loffer, who died August 7, 1844. She was married to Jacob Loffer.
Three broken tombstones were at the base of this tree. The stone propped up on the tree belonged to two month old Conrad Decker, who died in 1850. The bottom stone belonged to William Decker, who was only six months old when he died in 1844.
This very large tree just outside the cemetery probably remembers the funerals of some of those buried here.
