| In 1833, when Gaines Goode buried his young daughter, Narcissa, in the meadow of his farm on the east ridge |
| of the Little Miami River Valley, he unknowingly began the nucleus of one of the most unusual cemeteries |
| in the midwest. Goode deeded a tract of land adjoining and surrounding the grave to the Waynesville Methodist Church |
| for a cemetery, under the administration of church trustees. |
| The old Methodist Graveyard became the foundation of Miami Cemetery Association which was established |
| April 2, 1866, The Cemetery Association was orginized by authority of an act of the Ohio |
| Legislature adopted Febaruary 24, 1848. |
| The Monument at the entrance of the Miami Cemetery was erected in 1876, by the Wayne Twp. Veterans Association. |
| The Miami Cemetery Association board members: Pres. Pat Davidson - Marilyn Fultz - Brad Conner |
| Gary Coffman - Ellis Welch - Clerk/Tres. Judy Crutchfield |
