Ann E. Plants, Duck Creek Cemetery, Mercer County, Ohio. (2025 photo by Karen)
This is the tombstone of Ann E. Plants, located in row 6 in the Old Section of Duck Creek Cemetery, Black Creek Township, Mercer County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed.
Ann E.
Dau of
T. & M.
PLANTS
Died
Aug. 24, 1851
Aged
22 days
Ann E. Plants was born in Mercer County, Ohio, on 2 August 1851, the first child born to Tobias (1820-1888) and Maria (Neville) (1819-1903) Plants. Ann was born and died between census enumerations and before Ohio recorded births or deaths. Her tombstone is one of the very few records of her life.
Duck Creek Cemetery, Black Creek Township, Mercer County, Ohio (2025 photo by Karen)
Ann’s parents moved from the Wayne County, Ohio, area to Liberty Township in 1850, the year before Ann was born. Her father Tobias purchased 80 acres of farmland from Albert Cortelyou on 12 September 1850. [1] His property was located on the southeast corner of State Route 49 and Strable Road, land that would eventually become the north end of Chattanooga.
Tobias Plants was one of the first businessmen in Chattanooga, Ohio, running a general store as early as about 1854. [2] Tobias, living in Liberty Township, gave his occupation as grocer in the 1870 census.
Tobias and Maria had two other children, but only one child lived to adulthood, William Plants (1852-1890). Their son Francis (1856-1864) is also buried in Duck Creek Cemetery and is laid to rest very near his sister Ann. Ann’s tombstone is the smaller of the two.
Ann E. & Francis Plants, Duck Creek Cemetery, Mercer County, Ohio (2025 photo by Karen)
Tobias and Maria Plants lived in Liberty Township for thirty years and were enumerated there in the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses. Tobias sold his 80 acres in Chatt to Jacob Deitsch on 8 October 1870, [3] and Tobias, Maria, and William moved to Crestline, Ohio, where Tobias worked as a druggist. The three of them remained in Crestline the rest of their lives and all three are buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Crestline.
Tobias Plants died 12 July 1888, age 68 years, [4] his widow, Maria (Neville) Plants, died 3 March 1903, age 84 years, [5] and their son William Plants died 5 December 1890, age 38 years. [6]
[1] Albert Cortelyou to Tobias Plants, Mercer County, Ohio, Deeds Vol. P:48, 12 Sep 1850; Mercer County courthouse.
[2] Mrs. Maria Plants obituary, Crestline Advocate, Crestline, Ohio, 12 Mar 1903, Newspapers.com.
[3] Tobias Plants to Jacob Deitsch, Mercer County, Ohio, Deeds Vol. 16:441, 8 Oct 1870; Mercer County courthouse.
[4] Tobias Plants, Find a Grave memorial no. 100998955; Greenlawn Cemetery, Crestline, Richland County, Ohio; Find a Grave.com.
[5] Maria Plants, Find a Grave memorial no. 100998934; Greenlawn Cemetery, Crestline, Richland County, Ohio; Find a Grave.com.
[6] William A. Plants, Find a Grave memorial no. 100998965; Greenlawn Cemetery, Crestline, Richland County, Ohio; Find a Grave.com.
