Standing by their gravestones were the following residents:

Scott James b. 1844 – d. 1900 In 1880, by a vote of 7 to 3 the City Council named Scott the first black police officer in Lancaster.

Joseph Hunter b. 1752 – d. 1826 Dorothy Hunter b. 1779 – d. 1861 The Hunters emigrated from Kentucky in 1798 and were the first white settlers in present-day Fairfield County.

Henry Giesy b. 1836 – d. 1864 Giesy organized two companies, four days after the attack on Fort Sumter and became BVT Brig. General Major 46th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Frances Stanbery b. 1811 – d. 1840 Daughter of Lancaster’s first lawyer, Frances married Henry Stanbery who became the lead defender of President Andrew Johnson during the first impeachment trial the nation had ever experienced.

Charles Sherman b. 1788 – d. 1829 Sherman was an attorney who came to Lancaster in 1810, and later became the father of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman and U.S. Senator John Sherman.

Darius Tallmadge b. 1800 – d. 1874 Tallmadge came to Lancaster in 1833 and later became the owner of the Ohio Stage Coach Company so was known as the “Stage Coach King.