Ertel-Patterson Cemetery, Warren County, Ohio
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Ertel-Patterson Cemetery
north side of Mounts Road & east of Morrow-Cozaddale Road
Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio

Most if not all of the burials in this family cemetery (located in the northeast corner of a 101 acre farm in Military Survey #1497) are for Daniel and Catharine (Myer) Ertel and their descendants including 4 of their 10 children: Valentine Ertel (1793-1820), Daniel Ertel (1797-1870), John Ertel (1799-1851) & Elizabeth (Ertel) Patterson (1806-1881).
Daniel and Catharine (Myer) Ertel
were among the earliest settlers in Hamilton Twp. A number of Biographical Sketches in Beers History of Warren County provide additional information about the family.
  Page 938, Joseph Baker
Page 944, Jacob Ertel
Page 944, John Ertel
Page 949 Daniel Hewitt
Page 1038 Thomas J. Patterson
Page 1045 Aaron W. Ertel
 
The farm is shown on the following maps however the 1875 map is the only one which indicates the location of the cemetery in the northeast corner of the property with an orchard shown to the south and west. Except for the 1932 plat book, the farm is shown to be owned by J. Ertel/Ertle, J. Ertel Heirs, and then John Ertel.
1856 Wall Map
1867 Wall Map 1875 Atlas 1891 Atlas 1903 Atlas 1932 Plat Book

Location:  
  • This small farm cemetery is located on the Hildebrant Family Farm (private property) at 2098 Mounts Road. The cemetery is just east of the farm buildings in a little grove of trees surrounded by cultivated fields. The Patterson pillar monument, located centrally on the west side of the cemetery, is the main visible structure. In addition to headstones with engraved names and dates, there were a number of smaller limestone rocks that were sticking vertically out of the ground but were too weathered to have any words visible. It is assumed that they were headstones made out of the local, native limestone, but not polished smooth like commercially made headstones (normally, native limestone rocks are not found sticking up vertically from natural freeze and thaw ground movement). The cemetery is laid out roughly north south, with the Patterson family in the west central portion, the Patton family in the north east, and the Ertel family in the southeast corner.
  • Cemetery #12234 in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003" by the Ohio Genealogical Society
  • Garmin Coordinates: N 39 deg 19.460', W 84 deg 10.497' (at the large Patterson Monument)
  • Military Survey #1497 [recorded as Survey #1548 for Property Account #2622661]
Links:  
Transcriptions:  
  • D.A.R. Turtlecreek Chapter & Warren County Historical Society (available at the Historical Society Library)
    • Early Vital Records Volume 4, page 17 with 10 burials listed.
    • Early Vital Records Volume 8, page 56 (basically the same as Volume 4 data)
  • Warren County Genealogical Society
    • Phillip Hart of Morrow, Ohio, visited the cemetery December 13, 2005 & January 7, 2006 to photograph all extant tombstones for the Warren County Genealogical Society and the Warren County OHGenWeb Project. Phil has found the tombstones for Daniel and his wife, Lydia Ertel which were not included in previous readings of this cemetery.
    • Larry W. Collins visited the cemetery on 26 Apr 2006 and again (with Chuck Griffen and Arne Trelvik) on 19 May 2006. By probing the ground, they were unable to unearth a number of additional tombstones - that of the original Ertel family settlers, Daniel and Catherine Ertel along with 9 other tombstones that had not been recorded in previous readings of the cemetery.
    • The cemetery will be included in Warren County Cemetery Records Volume 5 when it is updated with 21 known burials.
Variant Names:  
  • Patterson Cemetery, Hildebrant Farm Cemetery

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The Patterson Monument is the defining structure in the cemetery. It is located at the western edge of the area, approximately halfway between the north and south ends of the cemetery.

dimensions are:
Base 76 cm/30" square
Monument 39.5 cm/15.5" square
Height - 236cm/93" [the top of the pillar has been knocked off]

by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 
& by
Larry W. Collins
west side of Patterson Monument
top bottom
Thos. Patterson Elizabeth Patterson his wife
died Nov. 20, 1862 died Jan. 1, 1881
aged 56 years 8 months & 19 days aged 74 years 9 months & 19 days
by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 
& by
Larry W. Collins

south side of Patterson Monument
John W. Patterson, their son
died April 1, 1852
aged 18 years 6 months & 29 days
by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 
& by
Larry W. Collins 
north side of Patterson Monument
Mary Jane Patterson, their daughter
died July 10, 1864
aged 26 years 8 months & 8 days
by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 
& by
Larry W. Collins 

Brother

no visible letters either side.
178 cm/70" south of Patterson Monument
Wide - 22cm/8.75"
Thick - 5.5 cm/2.25"
High - 24 cm/9.5"

by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 

MOTHER

Small headstone 60 cm/24" NE of NE corner of Patterson Monument. Partially laying down towards the east.
no visible words visible on west side. East side buried in dirt.

by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 
Andrew J. Ertel
son of
J. & M. Ertel
died
Apr. 11, 1855
aged 19 years 4 months 10 days
by
Larry W. Collins
20 May 2006
       
In memory of
Daniel Ertel
who died
Apr. 29, 1830
aged 64 years 3 months 18 days
Catharine Ertel
wife of
Daniel Ertel
died July 21, 1855
aged 84 years & 3 days
by
Larry W. Collins
21 May 2006

Daniel Ertel
died Oct. 9, 1870
aged 73 years & 6 days
Thoust left this world of ___ and pain
and only died to live again

Headstone broken and laying against live tree. Possible base next to tree.
16.5 m/54 ft east and 7.3 m/24 ft. south of Patterson Monument
Width - 46 cm/18"
Height - 55 cm/21.5"
Thickness - 7 cm/2.75"

by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 
Elizabeth Ertel
wife of John Ertel
died Mar. 22, 1833
aged 34 years 5 months & 2 days
by
Larry W. Collins
20 May 2006

E. E.
[footstone]

by
Larry W. Collins
20 May 2006
Infant Dau.
of J. & M. Ertel
born
Dec. 21, 1860
died same day
by
Larry W. Collins
20 May 2006

John Ertel
died Mar. 22, 1851
aged
51 years 6 months 11 days

Dearest Father we have lain thee down to rest.
Thy troubles are all ended & thy virtues blest.

by
Larry W. Collins
20 May 2006
Jonathan Ertel
son of
Daniel & Lydia Ertel
died
June 10, 1830
aged 4 months 3 days
by
Larry W. Collins
21 May 2006

Lydia Ertel
wife of Daniel Ertel
died Nov. 26, 1861
aged (illegible - possible 56 - verse in cursive writing not legible)

Two broken pieces of same headstone broken and laying among fallen trees; SE corner of cemetery about 16.5 m/54 ft east and 7.3 m/24 ft south of Patterson monument
Top part is 46 cm/18" wide; 55 cm/21.5" high and 7 cm/2.75" thick
Bottom portion is 46 cm/18" wide, 44 cm/17.5" high, 5 cm/2" thick.

by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 

L. E.

Small marker 150 cm/59" east and 50 cm/26" north of Daniel Ertel headstone. Only words are the letters L. E. on the east side of headstone.

by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 
Sarah A. Ertel
dau. of J. & M. Ertel
died
Sept. 30, 1845
aged 1 month 20 days
by
Larry W. Collins
20 May 2006
Solomon Ertel
son of J. & M. Ertel
died March 22, 1867
aged 29 years 6 months 6 days
by
Larry W. Collins
20 May 2006

Valentin Ertel
died
Aug. 26, 1864
Aged 22 years 7 months 28 days

[Civil War Soldier]

[broken stone - age in part taken from "Early Vital Records Volume 4, page 17"]

by
Larry W. Collins
21 May 2006

Valentine Ertel
died
Apr. 18, 1820
aged
26 years 4 months 2 days

[War of 1812 Veteran]

[note: the footstone in this photo marked V. E. was actually with the tombstone for Valentin Ertel]

by
Larry W. Collins
21 May 2006

Hiram Patton
son of Robert & Mary Patton
died Aug. 3, 1842
aged 2 years & 10 months [see close-up]

7.6 m/25 ft north of Patterson Monument. Laying down towards the east.
Width - 29 cm/11.5"
Thickness - 6.5 cm/2.5"
Height - over 38 cm/15"

by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 
& by
Larry W. Collins 
Sophia A. Snyder
died
Oct. 6, 1862
aged
9 years & 6 months
by
Larry W. Collins
21 May 2006
Possible base for missing headstone
3.5 m/11.5 ft. east of "Brother" headstone
Length - 60 cm/23.5"
Width - 35.5 cm/14"
long axis NE/SW direction
by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 
Unknown headstone
165 cm/65" north of Hiram Patton
Broken base & laying towards east. Nor words visible - heavily weathers and native limestone
Width 25 cm/10"
Thickness - 4 cm/1.5"
Height - over 43 cm/17"
by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 
Unknown Headstone
2.3 m/7.5 ft east of other unknown headstone Upright, with no visible words; heavily weathered native limestone
Width - 28 cm/11"
Thickness - 4 cm/1.5"
Height - 25 cm/10" above ground
by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 

Unknown Headstone

Small headstone with no words visible.
Located 40 cm/16" east and 25 cm/10" north of L. E. headstone. Highly weathered native limestone.

by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 

Either base for missing headstone or broken headstone

Located 8.2 m/27 ft east and 3.7 m/12 ft south of Patterson Monument.
Width 50 cm/20"
Thickness 13 cm/5"
Above ground - 18 cm/7"

by
Philip Hart
Morrow, Ohio 

Numerous unmarked fieldstones and footstones were found suggesting additional burials in this cemetery. Some of them are shown below.

         

Only two names are listed in the DAR reading of the cemetery that were not uncovered by the efforts of Phil Hart and Larry Collins. If you have a photo of either of these, please consider sharing them with us.
Surname Given Name Died Age
Ertel Eliza 22 Mar 1888 5m 7d
Ertel Nancy Jane    

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