Hiram Ohio Cemetery Pictures

This summer I was in Michigan for a conference, so I rented a car and drove down to Portage County, Ohio to see if I could find any information on Harriett Green Bates's parents. Here are some pictures from that trip. Please note that my camera skills don't do the places justice; the Bates family lived in some beautiful places and they are all still rural.

These first two pictures are of the Bates plot in the Hiram, Ohio cemetery. The cemetery is situated at the southwest corner or town adjacent to where Louden Bates lived or at least owned a plot of land (he owned three different plots in the township. The Bates plot (on this side of and behind the building) in the cemetery has one general headstone that someone added and quite a few unmarked spaces. Samuel Bates and his wife Elizabeth's headstones are still legible as is their son's, Samuel Bates', headstone which is made of metal. Samuel Bates' headstone was broken and the top portion cemented back onto the base. I believe William and Sarah Bates are buried here as well and that they probably lived on section of land adjacent that Louden inherited.