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Title
John
Cleves
Symmes
tomb
Subject
Memorials--Ohio
Monuments--Ohio
State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Continental Congress (United States)
Symmes, John Cleves, 1742-1814
National Register of Historic Places
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
North Bend (Ohio)
Miami Township (Ohio)
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
Reverse
reads
"
Harrison
Memorial
State
Park
.
District
#12
,
Hamilton
Co.
,
North
Bend
" The
tombstone
,
located
in
Congress
Green
Cemetery
in
North
Bend
(west
of
Cincinnati)
, and
is
one
of the
earliest
contained
therein
.
Residents
established
the "
Pasture
Graveyard
" in the
early
1800s
by
land
previously
owned
by
President
William
Henry
Harrison's
family
.
Many
other
Symmes
and
Harrison
family
members
were also
interred
in the
cemetery
,
which
eventually
became
known
as the
Congress
Green
Cemetery
. The
cemetery
closed
to
burials
in
1884
.
Inscription
on
tombstone
reads
: " Here
rest
the
remains
of
John
Cleves
Symmes
,
who
at the
foot
of these
hills
,
made
the
first
settlement
between
the
Miami
Rivers
.
Born
on
Long
Island
,
State
of
New
York
,
July
21st
A.D
.
1742
.
died
in
Cincinnati
February
26th
A.D
.
1814.
"
Plaque
on
tomb
reads
"
Revolutionary
soldier
John
Cleves
Symmes
,
1742
-
1814
.
Marked
by
Cincinnati
Chapter
Daughters
of the
American
Revolution
"
John
Cleves
Symmes
, was a
delegate
to the
Continental
Congress
from
New
Jersey
, and
later
a
pioneer
in the
Northwest
Territory
. He was the
son
of the
Rev
.
Timothy
Symmes
(1715–1756)
and
Mary
Cleves
(died
c
.
1746)
of
Suffolk
County
,
New
York
on
Long
Island
. He was also the
father-in-law
of
President
William
Henry
Harrison
,
who
married
his
daughter
Anna
. They
eloped
on
November
25
,
1795
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
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File Name
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Image Height
5110
Image Width
6267
File Size
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Display File Type
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Format
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Date created
2010-03-17
Date modified
2010-06-17
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