WELSH CHAPEL CEMETERY
(aka Jones Cemetery, Evans Cemetery, Old Welsh Cemetery)

The Welsh Chapel was founded in the 1840s to sustain the spiritual need of the Welsh settlers who lived in the surrounding area. It was a small, framed Methodist church. Early services were conducted in Welsh—a Gaelic dialect. After the turn of the century, regular services were discontinued and the church was sold to Merret Evans of Roscoe. He then sold the building to Joe Tonkinson of Yarmouth who tore it down. The cemetery was formed around this pioneer church.
  Joseph Jones was buried in 1850, and his is the earliest date of burial found, although there may be earlier burials as there are many unmarked graves. There were many deaths in 1855 from the cholera epidemic of that year. The last date of burial is of Maria Goudie, who was buried in 1928. There is a most interesting stone of Mr. Lloyd which is engraved in the Welsh Gaelic language.
  There are many broken stones, unmarked graves and sunken stones.

The Welsh Chapel Cemetery is located in Yellow Spring Township, section 31, about four miles west of Mediapolis. It is situated on the Yarmouth-Mediapolis road. It is on a hill to the south. You can reach it only by foot.

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