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Township Pioneers and Founders and Ministers of the Clinton Baptist Church

 
 
Township Pioneers and Founders and Ministers of the Clinton Baptist Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2021
1. Township Pioneers and Founders and Ministers of the Clinton Baptist Church Marker
Inscription.

In Memory of
the Early Settlers
of this Township
and the Founders and
Ministers of the
Clinton Baptist Church

Norton • Grennell • North • West • Gaylord
Griswold • Peck • McMullen • Loomis • Ledyard
Bunting • Saunders • Davenport • Arnold

Rev. Elijah Peck • Rev. John Smitzer • Rev. Horace Jones
Rev. Chas. H. Hubbard • Rev. Alex Smith • Rev. Charles A. Fox
Rev. Henry Curtis • Rev. Geo. V. Walling • Rev. Joseph Curren
Rev. James Spencer • Rev. D.P. Purdon • Rev. B.B. Bunting
Rev. J.R. Remsen • Rev. James Rainey


 
Erected 1915.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesReligion & Religious StructuresSettlements & Settlers.
 
Location. 41° 39.03′ N, 75° 24.008′ W. Marker is near Waymart, Pennsylvania, in Wayne County. It is in Clinton Township. It is on Belmont Turnpike (Pennsylvania Route 296) north of Island Road (Local Route 547), on the left when traveling north. Clinton Center Cemetery is about 4.5 miles north of Roosevelt Highway (US 6). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Waymart PA 18472, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. It is also in the American Northeast, 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 and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker
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, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel (approx. 3.4 miles away); Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Miners Memorial (approx. 3½ miles away); War Memorial (approx. 3½ miles away); Forest City (approx. 3½ miles away); Waymart Area Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.8 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 4.8 miles away); Gravity Railroad Depot (approx. 4.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waymart.
 
Township Pioneers and Founders and Ministers of the Clinton Baptist Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2021
2. Township Pioneers and Founders and Ministers of the Clinton Baptist Church Marker
Michael and Susannah Grennell, Pioneer Settlers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2021
3. Michael and Susannah Grennell, Pioneer Settlers
Rufus Grenell, Pioneer Settler image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2021
4. Rufus Grenell, Pioneer Settler
Anna Grenell, Pioneer Settler image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2021
5. Anna Grenell, Pioneer Settler
John and Elizabeth Griswold, Pioneer Settlers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2021
6. John and Elizabeth Griswold, Pioneer Settlers
Rev. B.B. Bunting, Minister of Clinton Baptist Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2021
7. Rev. B.B. Bunting, Minister of Clinton Baptist Church
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 12, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 383 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on June 12, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jun. 12, 2026