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Title
Simon
Kenton
Memorial
Subject
Memorials--Ohio
Oak Dale Cemetery (Urbana, Ohio)
Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Urbana (Ohio)
Champaign County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
shows
the
memorial
for
Simon
Kenton
, in the
Oak
Dale
Cemetery
in
Urbana
. A
large
headstone
for
Happersett
can
be
seen
in the
background
.
Simon
Kenton
(April
3
,
1755
–
April
29
,
1836)
was a
famous
United
States
frontiersman
and
friend
of
Daniel
Boone
,
Simon
Girty
,
Spencer
Records
and
Isaac
Shelby
. He
served
as a
scout
during
Lord
Dunmore's
War
in
1774
. He
participated
in a
number
of
military
engagements
against
the
British
and
Indians
during
the
American
Revolution
. In
1778
, he
joined
George
Rogers
Clark
on a
successful
expedition
into the
Illinois
Country
to
attack
British
outposts
as
well
as
Indian
settlements
. That
same
year
he
accompanied
Daniel
Boone
in an
attack
on the
Shawnee
Indians
'
settlement
of
Chillicothe
near
Oldtown
,
Ohio
and
returned
to
service
under
George
Rogers
Clark
as a
scout
in
1779
. In
1794
he
served
in the
militia
under
General
Anthony
Wayne
and
fought
at the
Battle
of
Fallen
Timbers
. In
1798
, he
moved
to
Ohio,having
formerly
lived
in
Kentucky
,
became
a
Brigadier
General
in the
Ohio
Militia
in
1805
and
participated
in the
Battle
of the
Thames
,
Canada
,
during
the
War
of
1812
.
Oak
Dale
Cemetery
is
located
at
319
Patrick
Avenue
in
Urbana
. The
60-acre
grounds
,
begun
in
1856
,
is
still
in
use
.
It
holds
two
mausoleums
, a
gazebo
and
several
historical
monuments
.
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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Type
StillImage
File Name
SA1039AV_B09F10_022.tif
Image Height
5943
Image Width
4744
File Size
84610840 Bytes
Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
picture
Date created
2010-04-27
Date modified
2010-06-17
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