Jefferson County Chapter

Cross Creek Twp
Jefferson County, Ohio

Sec 9,Twp 6,Range 2

On top of Gould’s RR Tunnel – Cross Creek Twp. - Cemetery area located near a privately owned land fill and heavily stripped mined area. Nothing left of the church/cemetery but a few tombstones thrown in a small wooded area in the middle of four-wheeler roads and forgotten strip mined hills, deplorable condition.

Article by: Flora L VerStraten

Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions of Family Members

The following information was compile by Doyle & Ruby Ekey. For further information concerning this cemetery and other “Ekey related” genealogy materials contact the Ekey’s at Dekey68402@aol.com or 2224 SW Prairie Rd., Topeka, KS. 66614-1460.

Note: The Ekey’s sent the chapter a wonderful booklet that they compiled which consisted of the following: Ekey Cemetery, the original church, schoolhouse, maps, and photos. They also included other wonderful genealogical records. As I read through the booklet, where I could see their years of genealogical work, it made me feel a great blanket of sadness for the state of our county cemeteries. As my mind pondered the countless stories of strip mining and logging, we continue to find many of our pioneer ancestors tombstones gone forever. Of course, only a handful of graves at the Ekey Cemetery exist today due to strip mining over the years.

Doyle & Ruby Ekey made a research trip here in 1999. We'd like to thank them for all the wonderful information they have shared with the chapter!

The following is taken from Doyle & Ruby Ekey’s trip in 1999: “Ekey Cemetery:”