The Graveyard Getaway
Last week my mom, sister, niece, and I went on a two day trip we called the Graveyard Getaway or Cemetery Crawl or Dead Drive, depending on whom you ask. Our trip began at the Waldschmidt Cemetery in Camp Dennison, Ohio, the final resting place of my fifth great-grandparents Daniel and Catherine Selllers Price and fourth great-grandparents Jeremiah and Elizabeth Wiggins Price. Germany, as the settlement was originally called, was founded by German immigrant Christian Waldschmidt. The Price (or Preisch) family were among the second wave of settlers in Germany. Camp Dennison was built during the Civil War on the land of Nimrod Price, Daniel and Catherine's other son. Our next stop was Troutwine Cemetery in Lynchburg, Ohio. My great-grandparents, Jesse and Mary Shaper Dudley, great-uncles Lewis and Thomas Dudley, and uncles Everett and Mitchell Donaldson are buried there. Jesse's sister, Jane Dudley Setty, is also buried nearby. My second great-grandfather, John Shaper,