Clinton Chapel Cemetery
Also known as Old North Methodist Episcopal Cemetery,
and Armbruster Cemetery
Clinton Township, Franklin County, Ohio
No evidence of cemetery remains

Clinton Chapel Cemetery was located at
3100 North High Street
(Map)

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NameDate of Birth Year of BirthDate of Death Year of DeathRemarks
_____, _____ (30)         30 U. S. Civil War Soldiers, unknown names and regiments
Bacon, Daniel     03 Jun 1845 Son of Rev. Sadosa & Anna Bacon, aged 24y 5m
Bacon, Jane     10 Mar 1840 Daughter of Rev Sadosa & Anna Bacon, aged 20y 3m 21d
Beckley, Daniel     16 May 1846 Aged 55y 9m 11d. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Daniel Beckley was born in New Haven, Connecticut on 05 Aug 1790, son of Joseph & Jane (Bosworth) Beckley. He married Sally Camp in 1809 in Canaan, Connecticut, Sally Camp was the sister of Polly (Camp) Hunt. Daniel died in Montrose, Iowa
Boyer, John     21 Oct 1845 Aged 3y 4m 25d
Boyer, Margaret Amanda     28 Sep 1845 Wife of John Boyer, aged 20y 6m 11d
Brevoort, Julia Webster 25 Dec 1837 27 Jan 1866 [Burgstrom lists Daughter of A. & G. Webster; Phillips lists daughter of A. & J. Webster; Building Heritage lists daughter of A. & M. Webster.] Webster genealogy notes indicate Julia's parents were Amason Webster & Julia Beach, Julia Beach died soon after Julia Webster's birth, and Julia was raised by Amason's second wife, Mary Pinney, first cousin to Julia Beach. Green Lawn Cemetery Lot Book indicates moved from Webster Cemetery to Green Lawn Cemetery on 13 Dec 1910. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Julia Beach Webster married John Sing Dorsey Brevoort on 22 Mar 1860. He was the son of Henry Isaac & Angeline Maria (Hunt) Brevoort. Angeline was the daughter of Pyrum Hunt & Polly Camp. Julia died of pneumonia in Onarga, Illinois
Bull, Alonson     01 Feb 1858 Aged 60y 3m 13d. Moved to Green Lawn Cemetery. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Alonson Bull was born in 1797 in Manchester, Vermont, son of Pvt. Thomas Bull Jr. & Sylvia (Benedict) Bull. He married Hanna Leonard in Vermont in 1822
Bull, Delia Maloon (Matroon) (Matoon)     25 Oct 1873? Aged 47y. Wife of Jason Bull. [Burgstrom lists daughter of John E. & Thankful Maloon with Matroon handwritten next to the entry, year of death 1873; Building Heritage lists daughter of John E. & Thankful (Stebbins) Mattoon, year of death 1873; Phillips lists daughter of John E. & Thankful Matoon, year of death 1843.] Moved to Union Cemetery on 28 Mar 1910. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Delia Mattoon was born in 1796 in Vermont, daughter of Dr. John E. & Thankful (Stebbins) Mattoon. She married Rev. Jason Bull on 03 Jan 1815 in Franklin County, Ohio, and died there on 25 Oct 1843
Bull, Flora D.         Moved to Union Cemetery in Mar 1910. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Flora Bull was the wife of Thomas W. Bull & daughter-in-law of Rev. Jason & Delia (Mattoon) Bull
Bull, Jason     10 Feb 1861 Aged 68y. Moved to Union Cemetery on 28 Mar 1910. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Jason Bull was born in 1793 in Manchester, Vermonth, son of Private Thomas Bull Jr. & Sylvia (Benedict) Bull. Jason Bull married Delia Mattoon in Franklin County, Ohio on 03 Jan 1815. After her death in 1843, he married Sarah F. Sawyer on 22 Dec 1846. Sarah died on 25 Jul 1891 and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Watseka, Illinois
Bull, Sylvia 05 Jan 1768 20 Dec 1846 Moved to Union Cemetery on 28 Mar 1910. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Sylvia Benedict, daughter of Jonathan Benedict & Lucy Castle, was born in Manchester, Vermont. She married Private Thomas Bull Jr. there on 23 Mar 1788. Two of their six children, Rev. Jason Bull & Alonson Bull were buried at Clinton Chapel Cemetery
Bull, Thomas Jr. 17 Nov 1762 16 Oct 1823 Moved to Union Cemetery on 28 Mar 1910. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Private Thomas Bull Jr. was born in Manchester, Vermont, son of Captain Thomas Bull & Martha A. Hart. He married Sylvia Benedict there on 23 Mar 1788.  Two of their six children, Rev. Jason Bull & Alonson Bull were buried at Clinton Chapel Cemetery
Bull, Thomas W.     24 Oct 1855? Son of Jason & Delia Bull, aged 29y 10m 3d [Burgstrom & Building Heritage list year of death 1855; Phillips lists date of death 1845]. Moved to Union Cemetery on 28 Mar 1910. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Thomas W. Bull was born on 21 Dec 1815, probably in Franklin County, Ohio, son of Rev. Jason & Delia (Mattoon) Bull. He married Flora D. [--?--]
Cline, Adaline (Adeline) 11 Jun 1824 23 Apr 1852 Wife of Jacob B. Cline [Burgstrom & Building Heritage list first name Adaline; Phillips lists first name Adeline]
Cline, Jonathan Adam     09 Sep 1847 Son of J. B. & A. Cline, aged 1y 2m 28
Coe, A. T.     21 Apr 1863 Aged 27y 5m 7d
Coe, John W.     01 Aug 1851 Aged 30y
Cole, Alva B.     08 May 1862 Son of William D. & H. M. Cole, aged 1y 8m 5d
Crick, _____         U. S. Civil War Soldier, unknown regiment
Crowhurst, Robert     16 Aug 1866? Aged 21. [Wagner lists year of death 1866; Phillips lists year of death 1868]. This gravestone was 1 of 2 standing at 1942 reading
Ferguson (Furguson), Joseph     13 Nov 1862 Son of J. & H. Ferguson, aged 30y 10m 8d. Co A 3rd Reg. O.V., wounded at battle of Chaplin Hill, Kentucky Oct. 8 [Burgstrom & Building Heritage list last name Ferguson, battle of Chaplin Hill; Phillips lists last name Furguson, battle of  Chaplin Hills]
Field, John 22 Jan 1761 07 Mar 1861 Aged 100y 1m 16d
Field, Sarah 07 Aug 1773 07 Nov 1845 Wife of John Field, aged 72y 3m
Furguson, Hannah     26 Dec 1861 Wife of James Furguson, aged 68y 2m 14d
Haddock, H.         U. S. Civil War Soldier, 18th U. S. Inf
Hunt, Polly 02 Apr 1794 21 Jan 1875 Wife of P. R. Hunt, aged 81y
Hunt, Pyrum R.(Pirum B.) (Perrin R.) 09 Oct 1791 18 Apr 1869 Aged 78y [Phillips lists name Pirum B.; Burgstrom lists name Perrin R.; Building Heritage lists Pyrum R.] Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Born Hiram Ripley Hunt, Pyrum was the son of Captain William & Susanna (Fellows) Hunt. He changed his name to Pyrum/Pirum sometime between the 1840 and 1850 census. Born in Stephentown, New York, he married Polly Camp on 23 Jul 1814 in Greenbush, New York. His daughter, Susan Johnson, was also buried in Clinton Chapel Cemetery
Johnson, Susan F. 21 Aug 1818 21 Apr 1876 Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Susanna Fellows Hunt, daughter of Pyrum & Polly (Camp) Hunt, married William S. Johnson. He died on 10 May 1854 and was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio
Kiner, Casper     11 Jan 1861 Aged 66y 10m 17d
Kiner, Elizabeth     27 Aug 1873 Wife of Casper Kiner, aged 72y 9m 27d
Kiner, Lucy     07 Jan 1861 Daughter of J. & L. Kiner, aged 8y 1m
Kiner, Mary     16 Aug 1873 Daughter of Casper & E. Kiner, aged 39y 10m 20d
Kiner, Michael     26 Mar 1850 Son of Casper & Elizabeth Kiner, aged 31y 6m 8d. Moved to Union Cemetery.
Kiner, Morris E.     08 Mar? 1878 [Burgstrom & Building Heritage list date of death 08 Mar 1878, aged 23y 28d; Phillips lists date of death 08 May 1878, aged 28y 23d]
Labur, Peter         U. S. Civil War Soldier, Pennsylvania Regiment
Loy, Abram     26 Aug 1877 Aged 50y 4m 25d
Loy, Jacob 12 Jun 1782 16 Apr 1874  
Loy, Lucinda     15 Jul 1869 Wife of Abram Loy, aged 38y 8m 29d
Loy, Mary 21 Mar 1788 24 Jun 1865  
Meteer (Metters), William E.     04 Oct 1841 Burgstrom & Building Heritage list last name Meteer, aged 22y 21d; Phillips lists last name Metters, aged 27y 12d]
Mock, Catherine     14 Jan 1846 Wife of Samuel, aged 26y 8m 14d
Mock, Clifford Amelia     18 Sep 1847 Daughter of Minerva & Joseph Mock, aged 1y 2m 6d
Moon, Albert L.     28 Dec 1870 (Our Loved One) Son of Albert L. & Constance M. Moon, aged 2y 4m 25d
Moon, Alfred (A. L.)     27 Mar? 1860 [Burgstrom & Building Heritage list name Alfred, date of death 27 Mar 1860, no age at death listed; Phillips lists name A. L., date of death 27 May 1860, aged 30y 8m 6d]
Moore, Constance M.     07 Aug 1871 Wife of A. L. Moon, aged 32y 10m 20d. This gravestone was 1 of 2 standing at 1942 reading
Newfer, William     07 Oct 1851 Aged 59y 11m 15d
Piatt, William Pinkney 01 Aug 1839 25 Jun 1860 Aged 20y 10m 24d
Price, Solomon         U. S. Civil War Soldier, 1st Tenn. Infantry
Ramsey, David     22 Aug 1843 Aged 17y 3m 10d
Rotterman, Howard     01 Jul 1875 (Our little Howard) Son of R. S. & A. Rotterman
Sawyer, Jotham (Jonathan)     02 Mar 1856 Aged 78y. [Phillips lists first name Jotham; Burgstrom, Scott, & Building Heritage list Jonathan] Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Jotham Sawyer, son of Jotham Sawyer and Dinah Weeks, was baptized on 06 Dec 1778 in Templeton, Massachusetts.  He married Lucy Fiske/Fisk in Templeton on 08 Jun 1805
Sawyer, Sarah M.     06 Jul 1857 Daughter of A. O. & M. L. Sawyer, aged 19y 7m 6d. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows:  Sarah M. Sawyer was born on 30 Nov 1837 (calculated from age on gravestone) and resided with Rev. Jason & Sarah F. Sawyer Bull at the time of the 1850 census
Smith, Harry     23 Apr 1863 Son of J. B. & J. A. Smith, aged 7m 3d
Smith, Ida         Aged 3y 13d
Smith, Jacob B.     13 Mar 1872 Aged 40y
Smith, Jenney     11 Apr 1858 Daughter of C. & L. Smith, aged 2m 17d
Smith, Jeremiah S.(B.) 11? Mar 1823 07 Apr 1847? [Burgstrom & Building Heritage list date of birth 11 Mar 1823, Phillips lists 04 Mar 1823. Burgstrom & Building Heritage list middle initial S., Phillips lists B. Burgstrom lists year of death 1817 with an underline indicating uncertainty due to difficulty reading the gravestone, Building Heritage & Phillips list year of death 1847]
Smith, John 28 Aug 1787 09 Apr 1865 Born in Francistown, New Hampshire
Smith, Joseph Nelson (Wilson)     28 Aug 1868 Aged 43y 1m 21d [Burgstrom & Building Heritage list middle name Nelson; Phillips lists Wilson]
Smith, Kittie         (Our Little Kittie) Daughter of J. B. & S. G. Smith
Smith, Laura (Lavina) A.     07 Sep 1858 Wife of Jacob B. Smith, aged 25y 5m. [Burgstrom & Building Heritage list first name Laura, aged 25y 5m; Phillips lists Lavina, aged 25y]
Smith, Lizzie W.     14 Jul 1872 Daughter of J. & S. Smith, aged 9m 21d
Smith, Myra     27 Jan 1862 Daughter of J. B. & J. A. Smith, aged 7m 13d
Smith, Olive Wilson 13 Oct 1790 26 Aug 1865 Born in Cooperstown, New York, wife of John Smith
Tripp, Anna (Anne)     21 Aug 1846 Wife of Stephen Tripp, aged 58y 1m 5d [Burgstrom & Phillips list first name Anna, Building Heritage lists first name Anne]
Tripp, Stephen     15 Apr 1863 Aged 65y 5m 4d
Tripp, Sylvia     30 Sep 1835  
Weber, Alma N.     02 Jul 1860 Son of F. & S. Weber, aged 10m 20d. Moved to Union Cemetery
Weber, George F.     01 Feb 1865 Son of F. & S. Weber, aged 11m 13d. Moved to Union Cemetery
Webster, John Sr.     20 May 1860 Aged 73y 3m 9d. Moved to Green Lawn Cemetery on 13 Dec 1910. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: John Webster, son of Philologus & Sarah (Scott) Webster, was born on 11 Feb 1787 in Connecticut. He married Lydia Steadman before 1812 and died in Clinton Township, Franklin County, Ohio. His son Oliver, and grandson Joseph, were buried in Clinton Chapel Cemetery
Webster, Joseph Trimble     24 Aug 1864 Son of Amason & Mary Webster, aged 19y 8m 5d. Green Lawn Cemetery Lot Book indicates moved from Webster Cemetery to Green Lawn Cemetery on 13 Dec 1910. Information from Sharon Brevoort is as follows: Joseph Trimble Webster, son of Amason & Mary (Pinney) Webster, was born on 19 Dec 1844 in Clinton Township, Franklin County, Ohio. He was the grandson of John & Lydia (Steadman) Webster who were also buried in Clinton Chapel Cemetery. Booster News article
Webster, Loyal     03 Aug 1855 Son of Elihu & Nancy Webster, aged 29y 1m 22d. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Loyal Webster, son of Elihu & Nancy Webster, nephew of John & Lydia (Steadman) Webster, was born on 19 Jul 1826
Webster, Lydia     13 Jan 1839 Wife of John Sr., aged 46y 4m 1d. ONWGQ-Cooke indicates a gravestone also at Cooke Cemetery. Green Lawn Cemetery Lot Book indicates moved from Webster Cemetery [Cooke Cemetery] to Green Lawn Cemetery on 13 Dec 1910. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Lydia Steadman was born on 12 Sep 1792, she married John Webster Sr., and died in Clinton Township, Franklin County, Ohio. Her son, Oliver, and grandson Joseph, were also buried in Clinton Chapel Cemetery
Webster, Oliver W.     01 Jan 1839 Aged 21y 11m 20d. ONWGQ-Cooke indicates a gravestone also at Cooke Cemetery. Green Lawn Cemetery Lot Book indicates moved from Webster Cemetery [Cooke Cemetery] to Green Lawn Cemetery on 13 Dec 1910. Information from Sharon Brevoort, Mar 2018, is as follows: Oliver Wolcott Webster, son of John & Lydia (Steadman) Webster, was born on 11 Jan 1817 in Franklin County, Ohio
Wilson, John     02 Oct 1849 Aged 81y 7d
Wilson, Rachel (Rachael)     22 Sep 1852 Wife of John Wilson, aged 80y 11m. [Burgstrom & Building Heritage list first name Rachel; Phillips lists first name Rachael]

 

 

Sources:

Cowen, B. R., Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Ohio to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the year 1867, Columbus: L. D. Myers & Bro., State Printers, 1868, pages 114-150.
https://books.google.com/books?id=KQA8AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA111&dq=%22List+of+the+Union+Dead+buried+at+Clinton+Chapel+Cemetery%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilm7PVzZPTAhWC4yYKHXTPCLoQ6AEIJDAA#v=onepage&q=%22List%20of%20the%20Union%20Dead%20buried%20at%20Clinton%20Chapel%20Cemetery%22&f=false.


Burgstrom, Phyllis (comp.), Record of the Former North M. E. Church (or Armbruster) Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, 1962, compiled from a list written in 1909. Donated to the Columbus Public Library 1962. No information was provided regarding the author of the list. The names and dates are the same as the list compiled by Ivan R. Scott although Mrs. Burgstrom's list is alphabetized. This source is cited as Burgstrom.

Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, Lot Book, Section U, Lot 76, Lot owner Charles L. Webster.

Phillips, D. E. and F. T. Cole, "Inscriptions From the Graveyard Near the Old M. E. Church in Clinton Township, Franklin County, Ohio." The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly, Volume VII, October 1904, pages 284-285. This source is cited as Phillips.

Historical Committee of the North Broadway United Methodist Church (comp), Building Heritage, North Broadway United Methodist Church 1924-1974, 1974, page 4 and Appendix, Burials in the "Old Clinton Chapel Cemetery." The list of burials in the Appendix was provided by Mrs. R. D. Burgoon. No information was provided regarding the author or date of the list. This source is cited as Building Heritage.

Scott, Ivan R., Some Franklin County Cemeteries, 1973. "Names of People Buried in Clinton Chapel Graveyard Located at one time in Clinton Twp. Franklin Co. Ohio," pages 2-4. Donated to the Columbus Library. No information was provided regarding the author or date of the list. The names and dates are the same as the list compiled by Phyllis Burgstrom although Mr. Scott's list is not in alphabetical order.

Union Cemetery website, Burials on the Web, accessed May 2013.

Union Cemetery Interment Cards, transferred to microfilm 06 May 1971, Columbus Public Library.

Wagner, Charles W. (comp.) Cemetery Records of Franklin County, Ohio, Columbus, 1949. "Old Methodist Burrial (sic) Ground.," page 18 (1942 gravestone reading of 2 stones still standing).


Links of Interest:

Booster Article about Clinton Chapel, Joseph T. Webster gravestone found 1964 (Link)

Clintonville History Website, Clinton Chapel (Link)

Ohio History Central, Clinton Chapel History (Link)


 

 

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