Sugar Grove Cemetery
near Cygnet, Ohio
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This is also called the Whitacre Cemetery, as it is located on the old
Reason Whitacre farm. It's very pretty there, still today. Reason has both wives buried on
either side of him. The Sugar Grove Cemetery was opened in 1841, and
the first person buried there was Hanna Whitacre, eldest daughter of Reason. Her
stone reads Feb 15, 1840.
The Sugar Grove Church and Sugar grove School were also located on the Reason Whitacre
Farm. The church was established here in 1840. A meeting house was built on the east side
of the Reason Whitacre farm, which stood until the fall of 1894 when it was moved to Jerry
City. Most of the seventy members were formerly members of the Sugar Grove Society.
[ information taken from Cemeteries in Bloom Township, Wood County, Ohio]
| ELIZABETH | wife of Isaac | 7-11-1855 | 30 y 1mo 26d |
| HANNAH | 1840 | {FIRST GRAVE HERE} | |
| MAHLON | 9-26-1867 | 28y 6m 17d | |
| MAHLON | 7-28-1847 | 61y 9m 23d | |
| MARION | son of Reason & Mary | 7-31-1879 | 3 days |
| MARY | [first wife of Reason] | B. 3-19-1820 D. 5-26-1864 |
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| MARY M | [2nd wife of Reason] | B.12-24-1835 D.1-15-1902 |
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| PHEBE | wife of Mahlon | D 8-9-1849 | 62y 4m 20d |
| REASON | B.Nov 8, 1814 [NOTE: the date
is incorrect on the stone] D Sept 25 1900 |
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| SARAH J | dau of Mahlon & Phebe | D. 8-12-1842 | |
| SAMUEL | D 8-9-1877 | 27y 11m | |
| SAMUEL M | son of Isaac & Elizabeth | D. May 1843 | |
| PRESTON (WHITAKER) | D 9-16-1840 | 35y 10m 26d |