Wilmot cemetery booklets preserve local history

The Old Wilmot Cemetery is located adjacent to Wilmot, just outside its borders, and it is maintained by Sugar Creek Township.

In 1887 village residents established a new cemetery called Greenlawn, located along U.S. Route 250 just southwest of the village. Many remains were moved from the old cemetery to the new cemetery, which is why some tombstones at Greenlawn have death dates before the cemetery was established.

While the Wilmot Cemetery Association does not have responsibility for the Old Wilmot Cemetery, a project was undertaken to gather information about the burial site. Association President Linda Kurtzman Doyle researched information on those who remain buried in the old cemetery and those whose remains were moved to Greenlawn.

That information, along with a history of the old cemetery, has been compiled into a booklet available for $10.

Additionally, a booklet about the history and burials at Weimer Hill Cemetery, located in Sugar Creek Township just outside Wilmot, has been compiled. Weimer Hill was one of the first cemeteries in the township and is the final resting place of many early pioneers who settled in Sugar Creek Township. The booklet is available for $7.50.

Both booklets include more than the names of those interred in the two cemeteries. Research has been done to identify dates of birth and death and names of parents and spouses if applicable.

Proceeds from the sale will be used by the Wilmot Cemetery Association to offset maintenance costs at Greenlawn. The booklets are available from the association’s clerk.