The OES visited Pisgah Cemetery on July 13, 2007. Established in 1852, there are 185 parishioners of the Pisgah Church that once stood next to the cemetery buried within. When the cemetery was founded, the intersection of State Routes 256 and 204 were merely country lanes. Today it is a major bustling intersection that marks the northern boundary of Pickerington. In June 2007, the cemetery underwent a restoration project and a new metal gate was installed. We visited the cemetery just before the sign was raised into place. Most of the standing tombstones on our visit were in excellent shape, only a few were broken or illegible. There are a few veterans of the Civil War buried in the cemetery. A new shopping center was built immediately east of the cemetery in 2013-14. A white vinyl fence was installed to separate the cemetery grounds from the new development. The City of Pickerington now maintains the cemetery.
Location Information: Inactive Cemetery [Safe]
Pisgah Cemetery is located at the intersection of State Routes 256 and 204 in Pickerington; Fairfield County.
Photographs
The new metal gate for Pisgah Cemetery just before it was installed.
Newer tombstones were mixed with old stones throughout the cemetery.
The cemetery is atop a small hill above State Route 256.
A few of the broken and misplaced tombstones next to a storage shed.
The tombstone of Civil War veteran John Petty and his wife Harriet Ream.
The tombstone of Henry Good is in the foreground of this photo. Henry died on May 8, 1872.
A second tombstone just feet away that lists Henry good who also died in 1872. It is probably the same person, but this stone was installed after his wife's passing in 1910.
This interesting tombstone looked like a clover. It marked the final resting place of Harvey and Elizabeth Middleton.
The tombstone of Jesse Middleton. He was born in 1799 and died on March 14, 1875.
The tombstones of Peter and Jemima Houser. Peter died in 1854 at 31-years-old. His daughter Jemima was only two.
The large granite tombstone of America Ann and Jennie Ann Elzeine Ucker. America died on October 5, 1875 at 24 and Jennie died in 1876 at 9 months.
This small marker in the ground listed just the initials C.S.U.
The tombstones of Nancy and Minnie Middleton. Nancy died in July 1868 at 4-years-old. Minnie died a month later at 1-year-old.
The tombstone of Orlie Fishbaugh. A Civil War veteran's marker was next to the tombstone.
Two infant children were buried in this plot. They were Julian and Infant Fishbaugh.
A broken stone was propped up against the tombstone of Lida Magner Mull (1856-1885).
"R.I.P. ROCK M." was painted on the back of the propped-up tombstone.
These three in ground stones belonged to members of the Griffith family.
The tombstone of Civil War Veteran Dewitt C. Bird and his wife Marilla.
The tombstones of Christopher and Barbara Groves were on the hillside. Christopher died on September 19, 1871 at 71-years old. Barbara died in 1889 at 83.
