Near Bellefontaine in Logan County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Quaker Meeting Place / Site of First Church and School in Rushcreek Township

Quaker Meeting Place Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015

1. Quaker Meeting Place Marker

close up, showing text

Inscription. Side A
Quaker Meeting Place
This cemetery marks the location of a Quaker Meet ing house built before 1820. Wm. Reames, a Revolutionary soldier, and Thomas Stanfield were promoters and mem bers of the society.

Side B
Site of First Church and School in Rush Creek Township
This Friends meeting house was also used as a school for Quaker children. Later it became the first public school in the township.

Erected 1951 by Logan County Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Education • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1820.

Location. 40° 24.789′ N, 83° 42.899′ W. Marker is near Bellefontaine, Ohio, in Logan County. Marker is on Rushsylvania Pike (County Route 9), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4056 Co Highway 9, Bellefontaine OH 43311, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Ohio State Eagles Recreation Park (approx. 1.8 miles away); Ohio Hi Point Career Center (approx. 2.9 miles away); Dr. Earl S. Sloan

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(approx. 3 miles away); Campbell Hill (approx. 3 miles away); Remembrance 1951- 1969 (approx. 3 miles away); Bellefontaine (approx. 3.1 miles away); a different marker also named Bellefontaine (approx. 3.3 miles away); Bellefontaine War Memorial (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bellefontaine.

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015

2. Quaker Meeting Place Marker

close up, showing text Side B

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015

3. Quaker Meeting Place Marker

close up, of another plaque, mounted on a boulder, in the cemetery

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015

4. Quaker Meeting Place Marker

yet another plaque, in the cemetery

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015

5. Quaker Meeting Place Marker

full view of marker

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015

6. Quaker Meeting Place Marker

full view of boulder in cemetery

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015

7. Quaker Meeting Place Marker

view from marker, back lane to cemetery

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015

8. Quaker Meeting Place Marker

cemetery site

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015

9. Quaker Meeting Place Marker

looking NW from the cemetery, one can see the former home of Thomas Stanfield. When I was a child, you could still see remnants of a road from the cemetery/school/church site to this house.

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, April 30, 2015

10. Quaker Meeting Place Marker

the former home of the Stanfield family

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 13, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 662 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on May 13, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.