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Location: Richland County OH

Beebe Cemetery, Rome, Richland County, Ohio

(Loc. about two miles from Stewart, Ohio on Arnold Farm) BEEBE Hannah, d. 8 Apr. 1825, ae. 13 yrs. Dau. of Chas. & Sally. Theodore, d. 6 Apr. 1829, ae. 6 yrs. Son of Chas. & Sally. BEEBE Mrs. Melissa, d. 6 Mar. 1821, ae. 20 yrs. Consort of Peter. CRIPPEN Margaret R., b. 23 Feb. 1854, d. 29 Dec. 1853 FOREMAN Priscilla. (age broken off) HATCH-STARR Elizabeth, d. 4 Mar. 1848, ae. 60 yrs. Martha Rebecca Starr, b. 9 July 1848, d. 15 Jan. 1850. (She lies north of Grandma Hatch). HOPKINS Luther, b. 28 Aug. 1785, d. 24

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