Near Marlboro in Stark County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Marlborough Quaker Burying Grounds & Meeting House

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 16, 2014

1. Marlborough Quaker Burying Grounds & Meeting House Marker

Inscription. The Marlborough Society of Friends Meeting was established in 1813 by the Salem Quarterly Meeting at the request of the Springfield (Damascus) Meeting. The Marlborough Friends and Lexington Friends combined to become the Alliance Friends in 1865 and relocated to 322 East Perry Street in Alliance, which was the site of a Methodist Episcopal Church. The Marlborough Friends Meeting House and the burying ground were sold to W.W. Holibaugh in 1897 and remain in private ownership. When State Route 619 was widened in 1941, some burials were exhumed and re-interred

Erected 2003 by Jerry Whitmeyer and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 14-76.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection, and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1813.

Location. 40° 57.044′ N, 81° 12.295′ W. Marker is near Marlboro, Ohio, in Stark County. It is on Edison Street Northeast (Ohio Route 619) half a mile east of Marlboro Avenue Northeast. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Alliance OH 44601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Amish Country

and in Greater Cleveland.

It is also in the American Midwest.

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles

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of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Deer Creek Quaker Cemetery (approx. 3.1 miles away); Lexington Quaker Cemetery (approx. 4.9 miles away); Spanish American War Veterans (approx. 5 miles away); The Deceased of Co. F. 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (approx. 5 miles away); The Sultana Tragedy (approx. 5 miles away); Mabel Hartzell (approx. 5½ miles away); Alliance-Birthplace of Ohio's State Flower - The Scarlet Carnation (approx. 5½ miles away); Atwater Coal Company Mine Disaster (approx. 5.6 miles away).

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 16, 2014

2. Marlborough Quaker Burying Grounds & Meeting House Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,049 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 16, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.