The OES visited Paint Memorial Cemetery on October 18, 2002, The cemetery, just off of Old Xenia Road, is also known as Paint Creek Cemetery, Paint Township Cemetery, and Withrow Cemetery. The original section of the cemetery was likely established in the 1820s, as those were the oldest tombstones we were able to find during our visit. Veterans of the Civil War and later wars are buried in the cemetery. A newer section was added to the cemetery in 1966 and is currently still in use. Many of the tombstones were still in good shape, but there were a few that had been weathered beyond recognition and/or broken.
Location Information: Active Cemetery
Paint Memorial Cemetery is off Old Xenia Road near Newport; Madison County.
Photographs
The sign for Paint Memorial Cemetery listed the superintendent, clerk and trustees.
This sign erected in 1966 called the cemetery Paint Township Cemetery.
Many of the older tombstones were in this corner of the cemetery.
Old and new stones were mixed together in another corner.
A couple of sheds used to store cemetery supplies.
The double tombstone for Hannah Minshall and her daughter Clara Armstrong. They died within three days of each other in June 1866.
Looking from the newer section back to the older section.
Another view of the older section of the cemetery.
From the front of the cemetery to the rear.
Civil War veterans were among the burials pictured here.
Another look toward the rear of the cemetery.
More of the Paint Township Cemetery.
The tombstone for John Stroup. John was born in 1788 and died on January 18, 1845.
The well-preserved tombstone of Rebecca Stoup, John's wife. She died on August 23, 1823 at 23-years-old.
The tombstone for Miles Hornbeck, who died on December 15, 1864.
Looking from Hornbeck's tombstone toward the rest of the cemetery.
A painted lamp statue marked the grave of a child.
This small marker simple read, "Little Helen." According to records, she died from pneumonia in 1943 at a year and three months.
Jesus statues accompanied some of the newer burials.