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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 ...
Nathan Updegraff was born to the couple Joseph Updegraff (1726-1801), commissioner of York County, Pennsylvania, and Mary Webb Updegraff (1747-1833). [1] He descended from a long line of ministers and elders of the Quaker church, [2] which belong to the Op den Graeffs, a German family of Dutch origin. [3]
Mount Pleasant was laid out in 1803. It was named for its scenic landscape. [4] An early variant name was Jesse-Bobtown. [5] In 1802 [6] Nathan Updegraff of the Pennsylvanian Op den Graeff family settled north in Mount Pleasant. [7] His family belonged to the 19th-century Quaker families of Ohio [8] and produced a lot of Quaker Ministers and ...
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.
Pages in category "Quaker meeting houses in Ohio" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Friends Meetinghouse (Mount Pleasant, Ohio) G.
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A Elisabeth Abegg (1882–1974), German educator who rescued Jews during the Holocaust Damon Albarn (b. 1968), English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer Harry Albright (living), Swiss-born Canadian former editor of The Friend, Communications Consultant for FWCC Thomas Aldham (c. 1616–1660), English Quaker instrumental in setting up the first meeting in the Doncaster area Horace ...