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The Harvey cemetery was at one time known as the Samuel Howard burial grounds. Samuel Howard and his 2nd wife Charlotte sold this land to the Harvey's before moving west in the 1840s. (See Deed book "J", page #253) Samuels 1st wife died sometime in the 1830s and is buried in this cemetery. In a paper recorded on 17 Mar 1877 it states: March 10, 1877. At a meeting in Schoolhouse #6 in Prairie township, the following were elected Trustees of the Howard Cemetery Association, to serve until their successors are elected and qualified, Viz.. James L. Waters, Otho L. Williams and Absalom Harvey. Note-- Elmer E. Harvey is added to the Trustees, as O. L. Williams has died. Recorded March 17, 1877. Also Evan Harvey, a son of Wm. and Jemima Page Harvey is supposed to be buried in this cemetery. He was accidentally mistaken for a deer by his brother-in-law, John Harris, and fatally shot sometime in the 1820s.
In 2002, Charlene Harvey, widow of Congressman Ralph Harvey, the last of the direct Harvey lineage, passed away and the land was sold. The cemetery lot was set-aside in the deed to be maintained by the Prairie township trustees,
There were several burials that were recorded in the Henry County Pauper's Asylum records as being buried here. Also Wm. Godfrey, a descendant of the Miami Indian Chief Francois Godfroy, along with his wife, is also known to be buried here, according to Wm.'s obituary.
The old cemetery is falling into disrepair and needs a lot of maintenance and repair. There are several damaged and unreadable stones and many unmarked graves in this cemetery. This list is copied in most part from the recordings done by Thomas Hamm in 1973, with revisions as I have found them in other records.
| Name | Death | Born | Other Info
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| Benbow, Jacob J. | 24 Feb 19862 | 18y,10m,15d | Son of Adam & Abigail
| | Bouslog, Catherine | 1855 | 94y | Wife of John
| | Bouslog, Daniel | 30 Jan 1853 | 58y,6m,1d | Son of John
| | Bouslog, Dorothy | 1887 | | Dau. of John
| | Bouslog, Elijah M. | 9 Jul 1844 | 9m,17d, | Son of L & R
| | Bouslog, Elizabeth | 24 Sep 1845 | 29y,5m,11d |
| | Bouslog, John Sr. | 4 Apr 1855 | 99y |
| | Bouslog, Matilda | 25 Jan 1870 | 69y,7m,3d | Wife of Daniel
| | Bouslog, Nimrod | 14 Oct 1844 | 24y,9m,5d | Son of D & M
| | Cold, Christiana | 3 Aug 1845 | 25y11m,23d | Wife of Caleb H.
| | Cold, Isabella | 15 Jun 1843 | 5y,3m,17d | Dau. of A & H
| | Cross, Samantha | ND | 73y,6m |
| | Davis, Isaac N. | 7 Feb 1842 | 2m,26d |
| | Davis, James A. | 7 Apr 1867 | 17y.8m,3d | Son of J & M
| | Davis, Jehu | 7 Sep 1872 | 71y,9m,22d |
| | Downs, Elizabeth B. | 25 Feb 1861 | 60y,9m,21d | Same stone as R & M
| | Downs, Mathew | 7 Jul 1847 | 30y | Same stone as R & E
| | Downs, Robert | 26 Jun 1872 | 82y,3m,24d | War of 1812
| | Gallusha, Mary D. | 2 Aug 1864 | 2y,7m,1d | Dau. of S & J
| | Garrett, Adda L. | ND | ND |
| | Garrett, Charles E. | 1 Jan 1853 | 1y,6m,17d | Son of Nate & Eliz
| | Garrett, Daniel Webster | 22 Jun 1876 | 19y,2m,5d | Son of Nate & Eliz.
| | Garrett, Elizabeth | ND | ND |
| | Garrett, Elizabeth | 11 Mar 1875 | 57y,10m,25d | Wife of Nathan
| | Garrett, Elmer | 21 Feb1864 | | Son of N & E
| | Garrett, Hannah Teetor | 1923 | 1844 |
| | Garrett, John P. | 1 Nov 1865 | 39y,2m,6d |
| | Garrett, Mary E. | 30 Aug 1865 | 13y,6m,13d | Dau. of A & R
| | Garrett, Nathan | 27 Feb 1892 | 2y,7m,2d | Son of Wm. H.
| | Garrett, Nathan | 21 Mar 1856 | 12d | Son of JP & M
| | Garrett, Rebecca | 13 Apr 1872 | 84y,11m,21d | Wife of Jno.
| | Garrett, William H. | 1908 | 1839 | Same stone as Hannah
| | Godfrey, --- | 17 Dec 1880 | | Wife of Wm.
| | Godfrey, Wm. | 22 Jun 1886 | 33y |
| | Grim, Daniel W. | 8 Sep 1873 | 30 May 1871 |
| | Hale, Sarah | 11 May 1868 | 46y,11m,6d | Wife of Thomas
| | Hale, Thomas | ND | ND |
| | Harvey, Absalom | 24 Jul 1892 | 66y,5m,2d | Same stone as Eliza
| | Harvey, Bertha | 27 May 1888 | 17y,11m,14d | Dau. of Mat & Jane
| | Harvey, Charles | 30 Mar 1951 | 1y,11m | Son of Abs. & Elizabeth
| | Harvey, Eliza E. | 31 Oct 1853 | 16y,30d, | Dau. of James & Margaret
| | Harvey, Elizabeth Downs | 11 Jan 1917 | 84y,2m,29d | Wife of Absalom
| | Harvey, Elmer | 10 Mar 1855 | 8m,6d | Son of Joel & Sarah
| | Harvey, Emma E. | 25 Mar 1865 | 29y,9m,15d |
| | Harvey, Evan | 15 Jan 1863 | | Son of Joel & Sarah
| | Harvey, Evan | 1820s | | Son of Wm & Jemima
| | Harvey, George R. | 21 Jan 1868 | 1y,8m,27d | Son of M & S
| | Harvey, Infant | 6 Mar 1858 | 8d | Son of Nathan & Sarah
| | Harvey, James | 12 Jan 1871 | 75y,8m,29d | Same stone as Margaret
| | Harvey, Jemima Page | | | Wife of Wm.
| | Harvey, Joel | 16 Aug 1913 | 91y,9m, 28d | Same stone as Sarah
| | Harvey, Margaret Cann. | 19 Jun 1871 | 73y,7m,27d | Same stone as James
| | Harvey, Mary Ann | 3 Mar 1865 | 2m,20d | Dau. of A & E
| | Harvey, Sarah Downs | 16 Jul 1888 | 64y,3m,3d | Same stone as Joel
| | Harvey, William | Feb 1831 | 79y,9m |
| | Hickman, Charlotte | 30 Mar 1845 | 25y,6m,14d | Wife of ET
| | Howard, Mrs. Samuel | | | 1st wife of Samuel Howard
| | Jeffries, Margaret Harve | 24 Oct 1890 y | 38y,9m,16d | Wife of Perry
| | Marshall, William C. | Unreadable | | Unreadable
| | McVicker, Mary | 5 Mar 1886 | 75y,8m.24d | Wife of William
| | McVicker, Sarah A. | 9 Aug 1876 | 11y,5m,17d | Dau. of MO & M
| | McVicker, William | 31 Mar 1851 | 33y,11m,19d |
| | Meeks, Harriet | 6 Dec 1925 | 90y | Dau. of Daniel & Harriet
| | Meeks, Infant | 25 Jan 1871 | | Dau. of T & ME
| | Rhoton, Jennetta | 20 Nov 1859 | 9m.20d | Dau. of F & S
| | Rhoton, Jessie May | 29 Aug 1877 | 6m,29d | Dau. of F & S
| | Rhoton, Susana | 28 Dec 1878 | 42y,2m,6d | Wife of Franklin
| | Sansee, Mathew M. | 26 Mar 1864 | 1y,1m,6d | S of S & J
| | Scott, John H. | 12 Jul 1879 | 42y,3m,25d |
| | Smith, Elizabeth | 3 Jun 1848 | 41y,11m,29d | Wife of R
| | Smith, Ira R. | 15 May 1864 | 50y,1m,9d |
| | Smith, Marietta A. | 8 Apr 1877 | 18y,8m,22d | Dau. of IR & ME
| | Smith, Mary | 22 Sep 1851 | 69y,11m,28d | Wife of Robert
| | Smith, Robert | 25 May 1850 | 68y,1m |
| | Stanford, Eunice Ann | 2 Apr 1891 | 79y,2m,28d | Wife of James
| | Stanford, James | 10 May 1879 | 63y,5m,11d |
| | Waters, George | 22 Sep 1870 | 83y,11m,10d |
| | Waters, Louisa M. | 3 Apr 1852 | 4y,5m,14d | Dau. of James & Mary
| | Waters, Mary | 21 Sep 1854 | 67y,6m,12d | Wife of George
| | Williams, Abraham | 15 Dec 1866 | 4m,5d | Son of OL & RS
| | Williams, Albert | 14 Mar 1907 | 25 Oct 1832 |
| | Williams, Elizabeth | 28 Jul 1869 | 22y,10m, 21d | Dau. of OL & RS
| | Williams, Gabriel | 14 Dec 1899 | 65y,7m,4d | Same stone as Sharlott
| | Williams, Jane | 19 Mar 1881 | 27y,6m,11d | Dau. of SL: & Ruth
| | Williams, Nathan | 2 Oct 1866 | 25y,6m,25d | Son of OL & RS
| | Williams, Ruth S. | 29 Sep 1897 | 86y,9m,4d | Wife of OL
| | Williams, Sharlott | 15 Feb 1882 | 44y,8m,4d | Same stone as Gabriel
| | Williams, Warren | 8 Oct 1879 | 4m,22d | Son of Gabriel & Sharlott
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