Near Urbana in Champaign County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

The Grave Of Simon Kenton

1755 - 1836

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 13, 2022

1. The Grave Of Simon Kenton Marker

Inscription. Revolutionary War Soldier
Clark's Illinois Regiment, Virginia State, Troops
Brigadier General of the Ohio Militia - 1812

Erected by Urbana Chapter Daughters Of The American Revolution - Champaign County Historical Society.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) series list.

Location. 40° 6.037′ N, 83° 43.89′ W. Memorial is near Urbana, Ohio, in Champaign County. It can be reached from Patrick Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Urbana OH 43078, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

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,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

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least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Capt. Simon Kenton (here, next to this marker); Col. William Ward (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); John Quincy Adams Ward (about 800 feet away); In Memory of Simon Kenton (approx. ¼ mile away); General Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (approx. 0.4 miles away); Urbana (approx. half a mile away); The McClelland-Redding House (approx. one mile away); The Evan S. Patrick House (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Urbana.

Photographed by Trevor L Whited, November 21, 2022

2. The Grave Of Simon Kenton Marker

Photographed by Trevor L Whited, November 21, 2022

3. The Grave Of Simon Kenton Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 13, 2022

4. The Grave Of Simon Kenton Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 843 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 26, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. 2, 3. submitted on November 20, 2022, by Trevor L Whited of Kokomo, Indiana. 4. submitted on May 26, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.