The annual Chariton Cemetery Heritage Tour, sponsored by the Chariton Historic Preservation Commission, is less than a month away. Hard to believe time moves this fast!
This year's tour, focused on what we've declared to be "South Hill" --- atop the hill in the southeast corner of the cemetery --- will begin at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, in that area of the cemetery.
Five volunteers will portray five figures from Lucas County's past whose remains are buried there --- Mabel Ann Black, a nurse, who will tell her own story and that of her two brothers, Tom and Walter, two of the county's four Spanish American War losses; Lewis Bonnett, among the most prominent of our early farmers; Isabelle Greer Redlingshafer, a Benton Township pioneer; Isaac N. Threlkeld, a Lincoln Township pioneer; and Samuel White Walthall (left), one of three War of 1812 veterans buried in the cemetery.
Admission is free, but free-will donations to support Preservation Commission projects will be accepted. Now go mark this date on your calendar!
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