Program

Ohio History Connection

Subject

Cemetery, People

Location

561 East Third Street, Xenia, OH 45385

Lat/Long

39.683223, -83.9190239

Grant Recipient

Ohio History Connection

Gowdy Cemetery was sold by James Gowdy to the Associate Reformed Church in 1820 for 50
cents. After Xenia’s Woodland Cemetery was chartered in 1845, Gowdy fell into disuse. Its last
burial was James Gowdy in 1853. Gowdy Associate Reformed Cemetery is the resting place for
many prominent citizens that brought mercantile and economic growth to Xenia and Greene
County. Gravesites include:

➤ Revolutionary War veteran Robert Kendall (1751-1842);
➤ War of 1812 veterans James (1777-1853) and Robert Gowdy (1732-1831);
➤ James and Samuel Gowdy (1780-1851), who opened Xenia’s first permanent store in 1806;
➤ Robert Charlton (unknown-1850), who owned and operated a grist mill on Charlton Road.

WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION
GREENE COUNTY OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
CITY OF XENIA
OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION
2023