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.
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