Markillie Cemetery

North Main

Markillie and St. Mary’s Cemeteries share a common entrance, but are two separate burial grounds.  (http://www.hudson.oh.us/120/Cemeteries)

Markillie started with a burial in 1850 when John Markillie’s mother, Lucy C. Markillie, asked to be buried under an elm tree that she thought to be an especially beautiful spot on their property.

Five years later the cemetery was officially established, and in 1869 the heirs of John Markillie deeded the land to Hudson Village.

Note the Chapel at the front that has historic recognition, and the windows in it –designed by a Hudson resident, the late Peter McDonald—that were part of the most recent restoration.  The Chapel was built in the late twenties through fundraising by the Women’s Cemetery Association of Hudson.  According to an article from 1926, the women raised the amount through “socials, suppers, lawn fetes, contributions, and other means.”

The wall at the cemetery entrance is courtesy of a WPA project in the summer of 1937.  Besides the front wall, the men graded and leveled about five acres of land from what was then the cemetery proper to North Main.  At this time, they also added another drive to the south. 

According to a July, 1937 Times article, “it is expected that part of the frontage now being seeded will later be used for cemetery lots, but the section nearest the highway will remain as a park, for decorative purposes.”    Note the Veterans Monumentswhere Memorial Day events are held each year.