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Historical
Society offers presentation on Woodland Cemetery
The Darke County Genealogical Society Inc. is having a historic
presentation on Mar. 5, Sunday at 2:00 P.M. at Garst Museum in
Greenville, OH. Enjoy a presentation through time as you discover
the timeless beauty and fascinating history of Woodland Cemetery and
Arboretum, Dayton, OH.
Woodland Cemetery is the final resting place of the King and Queen of
the Gypsies “Levi and Matilda Stanley”. Many of the nation’s most
well-known inventors and innovators are buried in this well-known
Dayton cemetery, such as, Orville and Wilbur Wright, poet: Paul
Laurence Dunbar, writer: Erma Bombeck, and George P. Huffman (Huffy
Bicycles). Others buried at this historical cemetery, George
Newcom, one of Dayton’s founders and Clement Vallandigham, the man
without a country.
The speaker is Angela Hoschouer. She is the Manager of
Development and Marketing for Woodland. She is a founding member
of the Randolph Twp. Historical Society, a member of the Ohio
Genealogical Society with a status as a First Family of Ohio, First
Family of Greene County, and a member of the Society of Civil War
Families of Ohio.
This presentation is free and open to anyone interested. It will
be followed by refreshments and a regular Darke County Genealogy
meeting. For more information call 548-8295.
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