Cemetery: Steele Cemetery
Other: Old Sommer-Speicher Cemetery
Sign: Yes
Street: Intersection of CR 23 (Back
Orrville Rd.) & Eby Rd.
City: Wooster, Ohio- possibly 1 to 2 miles
Township: Greene
County: Wayne
State: Ohio
Nation: USA
Zip: 44691
Status: Inactive
Size: Small
Directions: County Rd. 23 before
Buchwalter Greenhouse
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features: Encroaching farm field. Large
ditch, and road built over part of it.
Property: Private
Access: Inaccessible
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: 1817
Gravestones: Headstones destroyed, 30 to
50 graves.
Oldest: 1822
Newest: 1854
Removed: Yes
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: Yes
Association: No
Records: Yes
Inventory: Unsure
Availability: Wayne County Ohio Burial
Records, Wayne Co. Historical Society 1975
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: No
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: No
Granite: No
Marble: Unsure
Native: Unsure
Slate: Unsure
Others: Unsure
Wood: Unsure
Materials: Unsure
Architectural: Unsure
Angels: Unsure
Draperies: Unsure
Fraternal: Unsure
Hands: Unsure
Lambs: Unsure
Monograms: Unsure
Plants: Unsure
Photos: Unsure
Religious: Unsure
Scrollwork: Unsure
Urns: Unsure
Carvings: Unsure
Condition: Cemetery in danger of
destruction
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: No
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: Yes
Pollution: No
Vandalized: Yes
Report: No
VA: Gravestones-Overturned
VA: Gravestones-Broken
VA: Gravestones-Stolen
VA: Graves-Desecrated
Overgrowth:Problem-Access
GroundCover: Yes
Moss:
Vines:
Drainage: Problem-Constant
Problem: Encroachment
Problem: Apathy
Owner: Unknown
Use: Agricultural
Bordering: Residential
Change: Smaller
Reason: Agriculture
Visited: Occasionally
Archeology: No
Habitat: No
Contacted: The farmer who plows closer
daily. The Wayne Co. Cemetery Preservation Society, The Township
Trustees, the neighbors of the property. Wayne Co. Sheriffs Dept.
Surnames:
Miller, Reider, Steele
Other Information:
The cemetery headstones were tossed over a
hill at the back of the property and are supposedly still there.
The hill falls into a railroad bed. The person who bragged about
doing this to his neighbors is now deceased. The current owner
keeps encroaching on the property. The township mows the little
corner left. The Ruritan Club provided the sign designating it as
The Steele Cemetery. Deed records show the exact measurements and
location of the cemetery by "chains".
Support:
Wayne Co. Sheriff Dept. 330-264-3333-
Sheriff Tom Mowrer.
The Wayne Co. Cemetery Preservation
Society, c/o Genealogy Dept. Wayne Co. Public Library, N. Market
St. Wooster, Oh 44691- (330-262-0916)
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name: Robin Biddle
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Date: 6-27-02
