Near Bellefontaine in Logan County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Quaker Meeting Place / Site of First Church and School in Rushcreek Township
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015
1. Quaker Meeting Place Marker
close up, showing text
Inscription.
Quaker Meeting Place, also, Site of First Church and School in Rushcreek Township. . Side A , Quaker Meeting Place , This cemetery marks the location of a Quaker Meet ing house built before 1820. Wm. Reames, a Revolutionary soldier, and Thomas Stanfield were promoters and mem bers of the society.
Side B , Site of First Church and School in Rush Creek Township , This Friends meeting house was also used as a school for Quaker children. Later it became the first public school in the township.
Side A
Quaker Meeting Place
This cemetery marks the
location of a Quaker Meet
ing house built before 1820.
Wm. Reames, a Revolutionary
soldier, and Thomas Stanfield
were promoters and mem
bers of the society.
Side B
Site of First
Church and School in
Rush Creek Township
This Friends meeting house
was also used as a school
for Quaker children. Later
it became the first public
school in the township.
Location. 40° 24.789′ N, 83° 42.899′ W. Marker is near Bellefontaine, Ohio, in Logan County. Marker is on Rushsylvania Pike (County Route 9), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4056 Co Highway 9, Bellefontaine OH 43311, United States of America. Touch for directions.
close up, of another plaque, mounted on a boulder, in the cemetery
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015
4. Quaker Meeting Place Marker
yet another plaque, in the cemetery
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015
5. Quaker Meeting Place Marker
full view of marker
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015
6. Quaker Meeting Place Marker
full view of boulder in cemetery
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015
7. Quaker Meeting Place Marker
view from marker, back lane to cemetery
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015
8. Quaker Meeting Place Marker
cemetery site
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015
9. Quaker Meeting Place Marker
looking NW from the cemetery, one can see the former home of Thomas Stanfield. When I was a child, you could still see remnants of a road from the cemetery/school/church site to this house.
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015
10. Quaker Meeting Place Marker
the former home of the Stanfield family
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 13, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 662 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on May 13, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.