Memorial Plaque - Athens, OH
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N 39° 19.928 W 082° 06.359
17S E 404678 N 4354217
Plaque on the entrance to the West State Street Cemetery listing the veterans of the War of 1812 who are interred in the cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMCKEH
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2011
Views: 2
Listed on a bronze plaque mounted on the far right brick column at the entrance to this old cemetery are the following names:
IN MEMORIAM
WAR OF 1812
Parker Carpenter
Nemiah Gregory
Dr. Leonard Jewitt
Abel Steadman
This list is on a plaque that also lists the names of Revolutionary War, Mexican War and Spanish American War veterans who are interred here.
Dr. Leonard Jewitt served as a surgeon under Colonel Safford, Second Regiment, Ohio Militia. Nemiah Gregory may have been the Capt. Nehemiah Gregory of Capt. Nehemiah Gregory's Company that
served from Jan. 1, until Feb. 21, 1813.
Location/Address:
West State Street
Athens, OH USA
County/Province: Athens County
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Date Erected/Dedicated: Not listed
Who put it there? Private/Government?: Not listed
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