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Hardin Township Cemetery, "Richey Cemetery" : Section 22, 1 mile W, 2 miles
S, 1/2 mile W of Stratford, behind farm buildings. Found by driving west up a lane,
lies behind a farmers home. It has over 305 marked graves,
mostly Scandinavians. Some of the earlist persons buried here are: Emily Sackrison
who died Jan 1, 1855;
Mrs. J. Peterson born 1834 died 1877; and Lisa Lundgren born 1806, died 1878. Also called Johnson Cemetery
on the USGS page.
Hardin Cemetery : Section 21, 1 mile S, 4 1/4 miles E, 1 mile S of Dayton,
1 block South in pasture.
The two graves were fenced in by the Webster County Historical Society. Buried here - Jane Hardin, the wife
of Joseph Hardin who came to the area in 1849 and settled in Section 21.
She was the daughter of C. & C. Briant of Hocking County, Ohio, died Dec 17, 1855 age 37 years
and is buried along side of her 7-year-old son Conrad.
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