Water Pump - Pioneer Cemetery - Westerville, OH, USA
N 40° 06.302 W 082° 55.550
17T E 335858 N 4441192
This old hand pump is located in the historic Pioneer Cemetery in Westerville, Ohio, USA.
Waymark Code: WMDCF6
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2011
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Based on inscriptions on the water pump, the pump was manufactured by the F.E. Myers and Bro. Company in Ashland, Ohio, USA.
The following is a brief history of this cemetery where the hand pump is located:
"Pioneer Cemetery is located at Westerville's coporate limits on S. State Street. The original section was known as Jameson Cemetery, named for Robert Jameson, who donated the land. Over the years it was renamed to West Church Pioneer and later changed to Pioneer Cemetery. The cemetery was maintained for many years by the Blendon Township Trustees. In the 1970s, as Westerville's corporate limit was extended to include this land, the City took over ownership of Pioneer.
It was established in 1817, with the first burial being Eliza Palmer, infant daughter of Ethan Palmer. Within the Jameson section of Pioneer can be found many of Blendon Townships earliest pioneers. Among them are Robert and Margaret McCutcheon Jameson, Isaac and Ursala Clark Griswold, and brothers Benjamin and Simeon Moore, with their families. There are also numerous Jameson, Schrock and Osborn family members buried here."
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