McFerson Family Cemetery in Dover, Ohio

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Get directions Schneiders Crossing Road NE (County Road 80)
Dover, Ohio 44622 United States

Coordinates: 40.55994, -81.45022
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Located in Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Take Tuscarawas County Road 82 (Froman Hill Road)off of State Route 800 North of the Dover Dam. Proceed westbound for 2 miles on Froman Hill Road to the intersection of Schneiders Crossing Road and Dover-Zoar Road, continue westbound on Schneiders Crossing Road for another mile and the cemetery is on the left approximately 50 yards from the road. The McFerson Family Cemetery in located on private property owned by the Miceli Family. Only one grave marker and five bases still exist from this pioneer family cemetery. Information regarding the known burials was recorded in the Tuscarawas County Cemetery Records from research conducted by the Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society in the 1980s. Current property owner, John Miceli, indicated that the McFerson Family resided in a pioneer cabin situated on the hillside overlooking the cemetery. The Tuscarawas County Marriage records indicated that George McFerson and Mary Durn McFerson were married on 9 October 1823. There is a high probability that they were the parents of the burials that indicate: Daughter/Son of G. & M. McFerson which were recorded by the Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society in the 1980s.

The cemetery is located in Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and is # 11733 (McFerson Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.