Poland in Mahoning County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Judge Turhand Kirtland
1755 - 1844
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2011
1. Judge Turhand Kirtland Marker
Born at Wallingford, Connecticut. Served during the Revolutionary War. Proprietor, Agent, and Surveyor of the Connecticut Land Company. Appointed Judge of Trumbull County by Territorial Governor Arthur St. Clair, 1800. State Senator, Trumbull County, 1815-1816. Poland Justice of the Peace, twenty years. Moderator of St. James Episcopal Church, Boardman, 1809. First Worshipful Master of Erie Lodge No. 47, Warren, 1803, oldest lodge in the Connecticut Western Reserve and one of six lodges to form the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio, 1809.
Served his God, his Country, his Fellowman, his Fraternity -- Benefactor of this Village Green and Cemetery.
Erected 1982 by The Thirty-one Lodges of the Twenty-Fourth Masonic District - Jefferson, Carroll, Columbiana, and Mahoning Counties, and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 1-50.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations
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Location. 41° 1.152′ N, 80° 36.525′ W. Marker is in Poland, Ohio, in Mahoning County. Marker is on Hine Circle near Main Street (Ohio Route 170), on the left when traveling north. Marker is immediately north of the Poland Presbyterian Church, on the west side of the Village Green. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2 Poland Manor, Youngstown OH 44514, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Old Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); The Village Green and Graveyard/Poland Presbyterian Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Four Heroic Chaplains (approx. ¼ mile away); Poland Village / Poland Town Hall (approx. ¼ mile away); President William McKinley's Boyhood Home (approx. 0.3 miles away); Poland Academy and Poland Seminary (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Old Stone Tavern (approx. 0.4 miles away); Poland Village Hall (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Poland.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2011
2. Judge Turhand Kirtland Marker
Poland Presbyterian Church in background
Also see . . .
1. Judge Turhand Kirtland. (Submitted on June 26, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties (1882). (Submitted on June 26, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
3. Turhand Kirtland at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on October 12, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2011
3. Judge Turhand Kirtland Grave Marker
In Poland Village Cemetery, adjacent to Poland Presbyterian Church.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2011
4. Judge Turhand Kirtland Grave Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 8, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 26, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 617 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 26, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
