Early Settlers Burial Ground
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maggieszoo
N 38° 58.121 W 084° 04.875
16S E 752874 N 4317353
Found this marker while geocaching. The coords are actually a little way into the cemetery. The marker is at the entrance.
Waymark Code: WMAMA
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2006
Views: 49
Text : Side A
Resting here among other pioneers are: Obed Denham, native of Plainfield, New Jersey, donor of this plot, founder of Bethel in 1798, and pioneer abolitionist; Thomas Morris, antislavery leader, veteran state legislator, U.S. senator 1833-1839, and Liberty Party vice presidential nominee 1844; Reader Wright Clarke, U.S. representative from the Clermont District 1865-1869, and U.S. Treasury second auditor 1869-1870; "The Unknown Hunter"; befriended by Obed Denham and the first person buried in this hallowed ground.
Marker Number: 2-13
County: Clermont
Significance of Location: Place
Bicentenial Mark: no
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
Website address: Not listed
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