The Bassinger Cemetery is a small,
inactive cemetery located on the grounds of the Mid-Western Children's Home.
The
Warren County Genealogical Society reading
of the cemetery recorded 44 burials for individuals who died between 1815 &
1906 with the following surnames -
Collins, Doughman, Gooden, Goodwin,
Hanna, Long, Runyan, Safle, Shurts, Smith, Snell, Soth, Young
Location: |
- From Roachester-Cozzaddale Road (County Road 52) go south on Long
Spurling Road (County Road 171) about 3/4 of a mile. The Cemetery is
due south of the 1st turn in the road.
- Two entries in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003"
by the Ohio Genealogical
Society ,
- Cemetery #12249, Bassinger-(Basinger) Cemetery
and
- Cemetery #12251, Collins-Long Cemetery
- Coordinates: 39° 16' 53"N, 84° 07'
52"W
- Virginia Military District Survey #3798
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Links: |
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Transcriptions: |
- D.A.R. Turtlecreek Chapter & Warren County
Historical Society (available at the Historical Society Library)
- Early Vital Records Volume 4, page 26-27 [listed
as Long or Collins Cemetery]
- Early Vital Records Volume 8, page 35-36 [listed
as Long or Collins Cemetery now on Basinger
Farm - copied 1954 by Nelson Stewart]
- Warren County Genealogical Society
- Warren
County Cemetery Records Volume 2 page 1-2 [also see on-line
Name
Index]
- Runyan gravestone photos contributed
on 16 May 2006 by Bobbi
Tindle
- Snell and Doughman
photos contributed on 19 Mar 2007 by Mark
D. Montgomery of DuBois, Pennsylvania
- Bobbi
and Ron Tindle photographed all extant tombstones in the cemetery
for the Warren County "Virtual Cemetery" project in June,
2007 They were able to locate and photograph all but two of the
stones noted in previous readings. In addition they have photographed
a previously unrecorded stone for Mary
Jane Runyan and 10 footstones.
The results of their efforts will be incorporated into the planned
updates to the WCGS cemetery books. All their photos may be viewed
at this website.
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Variant Names: |
Long or Collins Cemetery [DAR Early Vital Records
Books]
Dr. Basinger Cemetery [WPA Veteran
Grave Registration Project]
NOTE:
The naming of this cemetery is easily confused with the nearby Ingle
Cemetery which is identified as the Long Cemetery
on topo maps, the I. W. Long Cemetery on the WPA plat
maps.
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Plat from WPA Veteran Grave Registration Project for the Dr. Basinger
Cemetery which lists 5 veterans noted in the index below. |