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'''McPherson Cemetery''' is a [[cemetery]] located in [[Clyde, Ohio|Clyde]], [[Ohio]], [[United States]]. McPherson Cemetery is known for being the burial place of the [[Union Army]] General [[James B. McPherson]], for whom the cemetery is named.
▲'''McPherson Cemetery''' is a [[cemetery]] located in [[Clyde, Ohio|Clyde]], [[Ohio]], [[United States]]. McPherson Cemetery is known for being the burial place of the [[Union Army]] General [[James B. McPherson]], for whom the cemetery is named.
==History==
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==Notable Burials==
*[[James Birdseye McPherson]]
*George Burton Meek - Fireman 1st class USN - killed aboard the [[USS Winslow (TB-5)|''USS Winslow'']]. Meek was believed to have been the first American killed by Spain during the Spanish-American War.
*[[Charles H. McCleary]] - Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Captain in the Union Army. He was awarded the CMOH as a First Lieutenant in Company C, 72d Ohio Infantry for action on December 16, 1864 at Nashville, Tennessee. His citation reads "Capture of flag of 4th Florida Infantry (C.S.A.), while in advance of his lines."
▲*George Burton Meek - Fireman 1st class USN - killed aboard the [[USS Winslow (TB-5)|''USS Winslow'']]. Meek was believed to have been the first American killed by Spain during the Spanish-American War.
▲*[[Charles H. McCleary]] - Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Captain in the Union Army. He was awarded the CMOH as a First Lieutenant in Company C, 72d Ohio Infantry for action on December 16, 1864 at Nashville, Tennessee. His citation reads "Capture of flag of 4th Florida Infantry (C.S.A.), while in advance of his lines."
*[[Rodger Wilton Young]]
*Emma Anderson, mother of author [[Sherwood Anderson]].▼
▲*Emma Anderson, mother of author [[Sherwood Anderson]].
==Regulation==
McPherson Cemetery has regulations on the amount of items that can be placed around gravestones, and where these items can be placed. No more than three items are allowed to be donated to a gravestone, unless they are not placed on the grass. Cemetery staff encourage people to keep items away from the lawn as much as possible to prevent damage to lawnmowing equipment and to the donated items.<ref>{{cite web | title = Cemetery visitors urged to follow rules on placing tributes |publisher=''[[The News-Herald (Ohio)|Port Clinton News Herald]]''|last=Shoup|first=Craig|date= 8 May 2015| url = http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/story/news/local/2015/05/08/cemetery-visitors-urged-follow-rules-placing-tributes/27010375/ | accessdate = 2016-01-09 }}</ref>
==Incidents==
===Vandalism===
There have been multiple cases of vandalism in McPherson Cemetery. The most notable example is the August 2010 persistent destruction of graves and items. Two teenagers were charged for this crime, who caused an estimated $100,000 of damage to the cemetery. In September, after the incident, Clyde's [[city manager]] Paul Fiser said that "the cemetery [was] 95 percent back to normal, thanks to the hard work of the parks and cemetery department."<ref>{{cite web | title = Second teen charged in McPherson Cemetery vandalism |publisher=''[[Sandusky Register]]''|last=Webber|first=Sarah|date= 27 September 2010| url = http://www.sanduskyregister.com/News/2010/09/28/Second-teen-charged-in-McPherson-Cemetery-vandalism.html | accessdate = 2016-01-09 }}</ref>
===Theft===
In 2013, Jeffrey Huey, a Clyde citizen who is a self-proclaimed "art enthusiast", was detained for stealing 60 to 70 items from multiple different cemeteries in the area, including [[Oakland Cemetery (Sandusky, Ohio)|Oakland Cemetery]] in [[Sandusky, Ohio|Sandusky]] and McPherson Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web | title = Evidence of grave crimes found in Clyde |publisher=''[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]]''|last=McCray|first=Vanessa|date= 11 June 2013| url = http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2013/06/11/Evidence-of-grave-crimes-found-in-Clyde.html | accessdate = 2016-01-09 }}</ref>
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