Cemetaries

Friendsville Cemetery, located on Friendsville Road just south of 224, is owned and operated by the Westfield township trustees since 1898. The cemetery is active and open for lot sales and interments. Click here for Lot pricing and cemetery rules. These documents are also posted at the Information Board at the cemetery. An updated Friendsville Cemetery map is currently being developed and should be available in the near future on this site.

The cemetery currently has three sections. The lower section (at the entrance) is open and active for lot sales and burials, the upper (or middle) section is our oldest burials which is closed for interments and is actively being preserved, and one additional acre is at the rear of the property for future development. Friendsville Cemetery

The Friendsville cemetery is owned and operated by Westfield Township Board of Trustees. Situated on the east side of Friendsville Rd. just south of U.S. 224, is one of Medina County's older cemeteries. Starting with Fanny Beach who died September 10, 1821. This historic burial ground is the final resting place to more then 600 people and continues to serve the township of Westfield to this day. The older section (on the hill) and the newer section (down front) comprise over 2 1/2 acres, with another acre yet to be developed, behind the old section. Veterans of many wars are represented including three (3) Revolutionary War veterans, seven (7) from the War of 1812, seven (7) from the Civil War, and many more from World Wars 1 and 2, as well as the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Laid to rest here are James Chapman and Warren Brainard, who were the first two to view this new land known as `Westfield' back in 1816; along with Eber Mallory who, in 1817, was one of the first two actual settlers. In fact it was Friendsville, then known as Winston's Corners, that was the first 'town' in Westfield Township and where many of its earliest settlers are buried.

By Mike McCann of the Medina County Preservation Society