Guseman-Thrush

CEMETERY

TWP 14 | RNG 19 | SEC 3 | SW QTR

2499-2501 LANCASTER-CIRCLEVILLE ROAD SW
LANCASTER, OH 43130

Joe McFarland

The Far-Land Legacy
The Publishing Legacy Company

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Legacy Card for the Guseman - Thrush Cemetery.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

From Lancaster, travel west on Cedar Hill Road and when it merges into Lancaster-Circleville Road SW (SR-188) turn left down a gravel, single lane drive at 2499 – 2501 Lancaster-Circleville Road. About half way down the gravel lane the cemetery fence may be seen across the cornfield. Parking access is either on the lane or pull off into the grass. There is a point further back to turn around where the lane forks. Please do not back up onto SR-188.

THE HISTORY

Down a gravel lane lies a small family cemetery which led to a cabin during pioneer days where Elizabeth (Strayer) Guseman gave birth to her children. Once enveloped in red cedar trees now lies all but in ruins enclosed within a handmade iron fence. The fence is believed to have been constructed by John’s two sons as they were blacksmiths. The cemetery rests on the farmland once owned by John Guseman. Both John and his sons, Jacob and John, were all blacksmiths.

PHOTO GALLERY

MEMORIALS

Based on location of tombstone

ROW 1

John
Guseman II

Elizabeth
Strayer

ROW 2

Richard
Thrush

Mary Alice
Guseman

ROW 3

Mary Ellen
Thrush

Sarah M.
Thrush

Sophia Theresa
Thrush

Based on Burial Record - Burial Spot Unknown

John William
Guseman

FAIRFIELD COUNTY MAP

THE REFERENCES

Cemeteries of Hocking Township, Fairfield County, Ohio (Lancaster: The Fairfield County Chapter of The Ohio Genealogical Society, 1994), 26.

Charles Goslin, “Nature Notes,” Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, December 9, 1961, 4.

“Guseman Cemetery,” Find A Grave, Last modified June 20, 2011, https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2407083/guseman-cemetery.

PHOTOS

All Legacy Cards designed by Joe McFarland. All photos taken by Joe McFarland unless otherwise noted.

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