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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ART_jacob-millers-tavern_Somerset-OH.html
In 1805, for $1.50 an acre, Jacob Miller purchased this property in the Congressional Land Office in Chillicothe, capital of the new state of Ohio. He and Somerset co-founder John Finck then each built a tavern on either side of town along the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ARS_first-catholic-church-in-ohio_Somerset-OH.html
St. Joseph Church, "Cradle of the Faith in Ohio." was the first Catholic church in the state. Dominican Father Edward Fenwick, later the first bishop of Cincinnati, came from Kentucky to visit local Catholics for the first time in 180…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8GP_the-sheridan-monument-1829-courthouse_Somerset-OH.html
(Side A):The Sheridan MonumentThe Sheridan monument was erected by and given to the Village of Somerset by the State of Ohio in 1905 to honor the memory of Somerset's General Phillip Henry Sheridan. "Little Phil" was raised in Somerset and graduat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8GO_the-sheridan-homestead_Somerset-OH.html
The present frame dwelling was built by Gen. Sheridan for his parents in 1859. Under the large oak tree near the house, William Henry Harrison, Corwin, Ewing and Hamer addressed political meetings before the Civil War. In the grove in front of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8GN_first-lutheran-synod_Somerset-OH.html
Lutheran congregations formed in Perry County beginning in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth century. The Mother Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, sent missionary pastors to Ohio to preach to the growing number of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7R5_general-philip-henry-sheridan_Somerset-OH.html
(Side A):Philip Sheridan was most likely born in County Cavan, Ireland in 1831, but records do not indicate his actual birthplace. His family moved to Somerset when Philip was a child and lived down the avenue from this site. His family later owne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7QS_a-seed-of-catholic-education-in-ohio-the-cradle-of-catholicity-in-ohio_Somerset-OH.html
Side 1 A Seed of Catholic Education in Ohio In April 1830 four Dominican sisters from St. Catherine's, Kentucky, founded St. Mary's Academy, the first Catholic school in Perry County. Bishop Edward Fenwick, first Bishop of Ohio, donated a small…
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