Hanover in Chautauqua County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The King from Hanover

James Jesse Strang 1813-1856

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 15, 2017

1. The King from Hanover Marker

Inscription. Hanover resident, 1816-1836, at Dennison's Corners and Keach's Corners. Clerk of Dennison's Corners School #10 and of Forestville Baptist Church. Studied law, taught, and married in Silver Creek. Attended Fredonia Academy. Ellington Postmaster, Randolph newspaper publisher. Mormon leader at Voree, WI., and Beaver Is., MI. Seceded from U.S. Proclaimed King 7/8/1850. Michigan Legislator, author, lecturer, naturalist. Murdered by followers 7/9/1856.

Erected 2011 by Vincent P. Martonis, Hanover Historian.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Environment • Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 42° 29.641′ N, 79° 8.97′ W. Marker is in Hanover, New York, in Chautauqua County. It is at the intersection of Dennison Road (County Route 89) and King Road, on the right when traveling south on Dennison Road. Marker is at Dennison Corners. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Silver Creek NY 14136, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western

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New York,

and in the Southern Tier.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: George F. Abbott (approx. 2.2 miles away); Dr. Eleanor E. Burnside (approx. 2.3 miles away); Birthplace of Mary Smith Lockwood (approx. 2.3 miles away); Site of First Settlement (approx. 2.8 miles away); Ehmke Family Home (approx. 3.2 miles away); Dedicated to the Men and Women (approx. 3.6 miles away); The Swift Mansion (approx. 3.7 miles away); The Lincoln Maple (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hanover.

Also see . . . James Strang - Wikipedia. (Submitted on July 16, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, July 15, 2017

2. The King from Hanover Marker

Marker at center.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2019. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 747 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 16, 2017, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.