Friends of Greenlawn Cemetery Foundation

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Friends of Greenlawn Cemetery Foundation

Founded in March 2017, the FOGCF is dedicated to the restoration and preservation of Greenlawn Cemetery.

Historical Re-enactments, Easter Sunrise Services, Serenity Garden, Christmas Memorial Services, Tree Mapping, Beautification and much more. Immediate Goals:
*Digitizing records with mapping and genealogical information on website and smartphones
*Chapel restoration and proposed memory garden
*Fence and perimeter enhancement
*Security

06/17/2026

Window Wednesday episode Echo

06/15/2026

Monument Monday🪦

Phillip Salladay
Birth - Switzerland 1760
Death - Scioto County 1813

Anna Christina Flick Salladay
Birth - Germany 1750
Death - Scioto County 1847

…..“Phillip Salladay and his wife spoke and read the German language and I think they were raised in one of the canyons of Switzerland. They emigrated to this country about the close of the Revolutionary War and settled in the western part of Pennsylvania. As soon as the North Western Territory was opened up for settlement he removed with his family to the west and bought the lower most lot in the French Grant on the Ohio River. Here he cleared land, built houses and barns. Planted orchards and made meadows and raised a family consisting of nine children, four sons and five daughters.

Women suffered from the hardships of settling a new country much more than the men. They were cut off from the privileges of society and the enjoyment of certain small luxuries so dear to the heart of every woman who has enjoyed the happiness of housekeeping in our older settlements, it is true there was plenty to eat as it was. But who wants to be confined to ‘Hog and Hominy’ the year round.

Mrs. Salladay came to the conclusion that she would not stand this kind of living but would go back to where she came from and live better or at least get a supply of such articles as she needed and return. Traveling in those days was not as expeditious nor pleasant as it is now. But yet people and even women travelled sometimes. So Mrs. Salladay engaged a passage in a canoe which was going up river to the nearest point to her place of destination. Whether they camped on the bank on the river or stopped at some house, tradition doesn’t say. But at all event she left her family and went back to Pennsylvania in a canoe. After enjoying herself among her friends till she was satisfied, she purchased such small articles of luxury and comfort as were necessary to her in her western home such as coffee, tea, pepper, spices, and calico and muslins which were very necessary in dressing small children. She returned to her family, lived to be very old, surviving her husband and all her children, except one……”

Mrs. Salladay was a member of the old Tygarts Creek Baptist Church. She was at the organization of the church which was the first organized religious body in this part of the country.

These are a few paragraphs from a photocopied article that was found in a book while doing Monument Monday research. There are many members of the Salladay family interred in Greenlawn Cemetery but these very early settlers in the family are buried in the Salladay family cemetery in Sand Hill, located in Green Township. We are continually looking for information about the lives of our early women but unfortunately there is not a lot of recorded information about them. Anna Salladay is one of the few but what a great story.

06/14/2026

FLAG DAY is celebrated on June 14th, to commemorate the Continental Congress adopting the Stars and Stripes as the official U.S. flag in 1777.

The first formal observance occurred on June 14th, 1885, when a Wisconsin school teacher named Bernard J. Cigrand had his students write essays honoring the flags birthday.

"Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness....Every color means liberty. Every thread means liberty. Every star and stripe means liberty." - Henry Ward Beecher

Photo by Toni Dengel

06/13/2026

It's a beautiful day, don't let it get away!🌞🌳🌸

06/10/2026

Window Wednesday. Episode Delta

06/08/2026

Monument Monday🪦

William Quincy Adams
Born - July 20, 1827
Died - November 12, 1892

William Quincy Adams was born July 20, 1827, at Wellsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia). His father, Preston Adams, died when William was three years old. He then moved, with his mother, to the home of her parents (surname McDowell).

His mother taught at a private school for four years with William receiving his only education during that time.

When he was seven years old, his mother married a second time and moved West. William, however, did not want to go and was able to remain under the care of his grandparents. At the early age of seven years he found employment in a dry-goods store.

He soon gained a reputation for having the purest morals and highest business integrity. He inherited, from his mother, a literary talent and as a boy began writing for magazines and local newspapers.

His thirst for knowledge led him to apply all of his leisure time to studying and reading. With very little formal education he became a man of rich and vast knowledge.

Mr. Adams married Miss Julia Connell, also from Wellsburg, on November 20, 1849, and they had seven children. They remained in Wellsburg until 1854, when the family moved to Cincinnati, where Mr. Adams was affiliated with the coal business. His energy and strict business integrity soon brought much wealth to the family.

In 1870, he moved to Portsmouth and became involved in the fire-brick business, which he continued until his death in 1892. He spent the last day of his life working in his business.

He was a member of All Saints Church, and was well known for his charity.

“Portsmouth and its interests were dear to him, he did his part in promoting the welfare of the town, and as one of its most public-spirited citizens he was held in high esteem of all who knew him. Such is the epitome of life of a worthy citizen of Portsmouth, who has finished his work and gone to his last rest.”

Mr. William Quincy Adams died on November 12, 1892.
Mrs. Julia Connell Adams died on August 3, 1909.

06/06/2026

Remembering D-Day

An estimated 244 Ohioans died storming the beaches and dropping through the air on D-Day, 82 years ago today. In all, 4,414 Allied soldiers, sailors, airman, and coast guardsman died during the first 24 hours of the invasion. They were part of the more than 160,000 Allied troops involved in Operation Overlord that day. About 839,000 Ohio men and women would serve during World War II. More than 23,000 would never come home.

The Normandy American Cemetery located just above Omaha Beach contains 10,000 American names of dead and missing. Among them are the names of 46 Ohioans who died on June 6, 1944.

~Ohio Department of Veterans Services

Photo from the Ohio Department of Veterans Services and features Jim "P*e Wee" Martin

06/03/2026

Window Wednesday Episode Charlie. The Cross

06/01/2026

Monument Monday 🪦

Captain William McClain
December 25, 1809
September 10, 1867

Captain William McClain was born near Wheeling, Virginia, on December 25, 1809. His father, Hugh McClain, came from Ireland before the Revolutionary War, and served under George Washington. He settled in Virginia, and William was born there.

William left home when he was twelve years old 😮 and began work on a canal boat. When he was eighteen years old he became a pilot on a steamer and shortly after he became the captain of the vessel.

In 1832, he built his first boat, the Lady Washington, at Wheeling (now West Virginia). He went on to build a number of boats including, the Lady Marshall, A.M. Phillips, Dunkirk, and David White. He also built two packets (mail boats), the Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone. They were constructed in Cincinnati and traveled regularly between Maysville and Cincinnati.

He built the Bostona numbers one, two and three. They were used by the government during the Civil War. The Bostona was associated with the Underground Railroad and a lawsuit that followed.

Captain McClain was a steamboat captain for over forty years. He navigated the waters of the Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers. He was well known from Pittsburgh to New Orleans as a model captain. Thirty years after his death he was still remembered as a legend along the rivers he traveled.

Mr. McClain was married to Sarah Thompson of Wheeling on October 26, 1831. They were the parents of three children. They resided in Clermont County, Ohio, before arriving in Portsmouth.

Captain William McClain died on September 10, 1867, at the age of 57.

Sarah Ann Thompson McClain died on July 18, 1908, at the age of 93. Sarah is a sister of Amanda Pursell.

They are buried in the Evergreen 3 section near Grant Street.

05/31/2026

Mr. Dwayne Mullins is generously volunteering his time to mow, trim, and maintain Soldiers Circle in Greenlawn Cemetery. Give him a shout out when you are driving through, we are very grateful to see him every week.

Address

PO Box 333
Portsmouth, OH
45662

Website

https://www.friendsofgreenlawncemeteryfoundation.org/

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