IRA CEMETERY
a.k.a. Hale Cemetery or Cranz Cemetery
Bath Twp, Summit County, Ohio

Location:  2499 Ira Road, at the intersection of Oak Hill Road and Ira Road. Within view of the Hale Farm Homestead.
Contact:  Bath Township Trustees
Size: .7 Acres
Established:  About 1829
History:  Also known as Hale or Cranz Cemetery, this burial ground has had a long history. The original owner of the ground on which the cemetery lies was Erwin J. Hammond. When he sold 150 acres to William Cranz, one-quarter acre was set aside for a cemetery. This was transferred to the Trustees of Bath Township in 1863; another strip of land was added by deed from Othello Hale in 1879. Today, the cemetery covers .7 acres. There are 218 recorded burials in this cemetery, including eleven veterans. The first burial was in 1812 and the most recent in 2005. The earliest of the veteran burials is that of Jason Hammond, a private in the Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War.

The Summit County Chapter, OGS welcomes new information about our county's cemeteries. If you have any information on this cemetery or any other cemetery in the county, please contact the Chapter at: summitogs@yahoo.com

Judy Anne Davis-Cemetery Chair

© September 2001 Summit County Chapter, OGS. All rights reserved; modified August 2, 2007