Mound Hill Cemetery
Main Street / Seville Road, Seville Ohio
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Mound Hill Cemetery is under the direction of the Guilford Township Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees direct the general care and custody of the property and grounds of the cemetery, the control and direction of all subordinate officers and workmen employed therein. In addition, they shall adopt and approve rules and regulations affecting the rights of proprietors and the conduct of the visitors of the cemetery. The grounds maintenance department has general charge of perpetual care services.
The Sexton has general charge of sales, interment and disinterment services, and memorials. The sexton shall keep such books of record, make such reports and perform such other duties appropriate to the office as the Trustees may require. |
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Mound Hill Cemetery is the oldest continuous operating cemetery Medina County. This cemetery has space available to accommodate casketed and cremated remains. Acreage: 19.194 Number of Burial Spaces Developed to Date: 8,946 Number of Developed Burial Spaces Available: 976 Inquiries should be directed to the Mound Hill Cemetery Sexton. |
Cemetery History
Established as a pioneer cemetery, the original plat of Mound Hill was surveyed, and conveyed by deed to Guilford Township for burial purposes in 1824. The grounds ascend gradually from the road, north, to the mound from which the cemetery takes its name. The mound itself, is thought to be one of Ohio's ancient Indian burial grounds. The spot has long been considered consecrated earth, and sacred to their memory.
Mound Hill serves as the final resting place of hundreds of area pioneer settlers, and includes numerous veterans of the Revolutionary War through the battles of this century. The first burial was that of Harriet Wilson, wife of Robert Wilson, who arrived in 1821. She was the first adult to perish in the Seville settlement. Mrs. Wilson was born in 1797, and died 9 Jun 1824, at the age of 27 years 5 months. She was laid to rest near the highest elevation. In 1826, John Cook, a forty-one year old newcomer, died soon after arriving from the East. He was the first white man laid beneath the sod of the new cemetery. Here, the Eastman, Allton, Harris, Leland, Gleason, Welch, Norton, Corwin, Stoakes and Harkness families memorialized their loved ones who passed prior to 1824. Also interred are the world renown Giants of Seville, Captain Martin Van Buren Bates, his wife, Anna Haining (Swan) Bates, and their infant son, Babe.
For many years it was but an ordinary country graveyard, with nothing about it to attract attention except its natural beauty. Members of early families maintained and decorated the grounds from inception until an ordinance to provide for the regulation, protection, and keeping in repair the Cemetery of the Village of Seville passed on the 16th day of July 1866. In 1867, the authorities of Seville had the grounds regularly laid out into lots, walks and drives. Trees were ordered from Cleveland, and arrived by way of freight train. And the whole enclosed by an Osage hedge, with appropriate gates. Soon after, sales of large family plots were offered by public auction. By 1881, several acres had been added by way of purchase, the drives graded, and two rows of evergreen hedge surrounded the mound. A stone stairway leading from Main Street, and iron fencing with brick posts were added thereabout. The cemetery footprint has since been enlarged. The western sections of the cemetery were acquired in 1943, 1964, and 1966. Sales commenced in 1945, Maude (Miller) Freeman was the first to be interred on the 20th day of April. The eastern most row of section three was bestowed by George F. Freudiger in 1948. A new maintenance garage was constructed, which was enlarged in 2008. A brick chapel was erected in 1996, and the village of Seville held a dedication ceremony on Labor Day 2003 for the new granite entrance memorial.
Mound Hill serves as the final resting place of hundreds of area pioneer settlers, and includes numerous veterans of the Revolutionary War through the battles of this century. The first burial was that of Harriet Wilson, wife of Robert Wilson, who arrived in 1821. She was the first adult to perish in the Seville settlement. Mrs. Wilson was born in 1797, and died 9 Jun 1824, at the age of 27 years 5 months. She was laid to rest near the highest elevation. In 1826, John Cook, a forty-one year old newcomer, died soon after arriving from the East. He was the first white man laid beneath the sod of the new cemetery. Here, the Eastman, Allton, Harris, Leland, Gleason, Welch, Norton, Corwin, Stoakes and Harkness families memorialized their loved ones who passed prior to 1824. Also interred are the world renown Giants of Seville, Captain Martin Van Buren Bates, his wife, Anna Haining (Swan) Bates, and their infant son, Babe.
For many years it was but an ordinary country graveyard, with nothing about it to attract attention except its natural beauty. Members of early families maintained and decorated the grounds from inception until an ordinance to provide for the regulation, protection, and keeping in repair the Cemetery of the Village of Seville passed on the 16th day of July 1866. In 1867, the authorities of Seville had the grounds regularly laid out into lots, walks and drives. Trees were ordered from Cleveland, and arrived by way of freight train. And the whole enclosed by an Osage hedge, with appropriate gates. Soon after, sales of large family plots were offered by public auction. By 1881, several acres had been added by way of purchase, the drives graded, and two rows of evergreen hedge surrounded the mound. A stone stairway leading from Main Street, and iron fencing with brick posts were added thereabout. The cemetery footprint has since been enlarged. The western sections of the cemetery were acquired in 1943, 1964, and 1966. Sales commenced in 1945, Maude (Miller) Freeman was the first to be interred on the 20th day of April. The eastern most row of section three was bestowed by George F. Freudiger in 1948. A new maintenance garage was constructed, which was enlarged in 2008. A brick chapel was erected in 1996, and the village of Seville held a dedication ceremony on Labor Day 2003 for the new granite entrance memorial.
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Driving Directions:
GPS Coordinates – Latitude: 41.0108, Longitude: -81.8539 From the West – Lodi – Take I-76 East to Exit 2 (SR-3, Seville). Turn right onto SR-3. Turn left at the third traffic light on to East Main Street. Drive approximately 1 mile, and the Cemetery is on the left. From the North – Cleveland – Take I-71 South to I-76 East (exit 209). Then follow the Lodi Directions. From the South – Columbus – Take I-71 North to I-76 East (exit 209). Take I-76 East to Exit 2 (SR-3, Seville). Then follow the Lodi Directions. From East – Akron – Take I-76 / SR-224 West to Exit 7 (SR-57, Rittman). Turn left onto SR-57. Turn right at the second traffic light onto Seville Road. Travel 5.3 miles. Cemetery is on the right. From the Southeast – Canton or from Akron - Canton Airport – Take I-77 North to SR-224. Travel West on SR-224; will merge with I-76. Then follow Akron Directions. |