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Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house near OH 150 in the village of Mount Pleasant, Ohio.It was built in 1814 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and was the first Quaker yearly meeting house west of the Alleghenies.
The Mount Pleasant Historic District encompasses the historic center of the village of Mount Pleasant, Ohio. Founded in 1803 by anti-slavery Quakers, the village was an early center of abolitionist activity and a well-known haven for fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad. The village center is relatively little altered since the ...
Mount Pleasant is a village in southern Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 394 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. Founded in 1803 by anti-slavery Quakers, the village was an early center of abolitionist activity and a well-known haven for fugitive slaves on the Underground ...
In 1801 they joined the Quaker migration to the Northwest Territory. [4] In the following year [5] he moved with his family to Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio. [6] In the same year he became founder and delegate to Ohio's first constitutional convention [7] for Jefferson County. [8] [9] Nathan became a leader and minister of the Quakers in that ...
David growing up in Winchester, Virginia, but in 1802 [3] he moved with his family to Mount Pleasant, Jefferson, Ohio. [4] Like his ancestors he owned a farm. He also served as a minister for the Society of Friends (Quakers). In 1812 he married with Rebecca Taylor Updegraff (1790-1867). She worked as a well-regarded Quaker minister.
Quaker schools in Ohio (3 P) Pages in category "Quakerism in Ohio" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... (Mt. Pleasant, Ohio) N. New ...
Ohio Concord Hicksite Friends Meeting House, east of Colerain, Belmont County, Ohio; Green Plain Monthly Meetinghouse, South Charleston, Clark County; Mount Pleasant Friends Meeting House, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County; Wilmington Friends Meeting House, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio [11] Pennsylvania See also Friends meeting houses in ...
Fellow Quaker Charles Osborne, who editing the Philanthropist (later moved to Cincinnati), also showed him journalism and printing basics. Lundy's house in Mount Pleasant. On his birthday, January 4, 1816, Lundy published a circular indicating his intent to found a national anti-slavery society to focus antislavery sentiment and activity.