The day I came across the mention of Worthington Cemetery, I had no idea it would blossom into an Ohio Historic Marker and breaking bread with living descendants.
Worthington Cemetery: Origins & Connections Keep Reading »
The last Native Peoples, Wyandots, were removed from this area in 1843. The Removal made it legal to settle north of the Greenville Treaty Line.
Highland Township, Defiance, Ohio: Birth & Death of a Black Community Keep Reading »
Thus far, this project has focused on Archibald Worthington, but this blog is about his daughter Margaret. She lived her own story, and it is an important one to tell.
The Worthington Cemetery Project: Margaret Matilda Worthington Keep Reading »
See recent media coverage of the Worthington Cemetery Project, including a segment airing 7/26 on WTOL 11.
Worthington Project in the News! Keep Reading »
Read the results of a GPR survey conducted at the suspected site of Worthington Cemetery in this guest article by Eric Hubbard & Chris LaMack.
The Worthington Cemetery Project: GPR Results Keep Reading »
DPLS Adult Services Associate Sarah Marshall returns to the site of Worthington Cemetery to see what dowsing rods might uncover.
The Worthington Cemetery Project, part IV Keep Reading »
This is the third installment of an ongoing research series wherein Sarah Marshall, Adult Services Associate at Defiance Public Library, investigates this history of Defiance County’s only historic Black cemetery, what’s become of it, and where we might go from here.
The Worthington Cemetery Project, Part III Keep Reading »
Read Part II | Read Part III | Read Part IV | Read Part V | Read Part VI | Read Part VII | Read Part VIII | Read Part IX | Read Part X Digging into the past is never an easy task. While researching Riverside Cemetery in Defiance
The Worthington Cemetery Project: Part I Keep Reading »
