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photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
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Author: Michael B. Gunn
Born November 1, 1758 in Somerset, Somerset County, PA. He served with the Pennsylvania Militia as a Private in Washington County, Militia at the time in June 11, 1782 of Colonel Crawford’s defeat and capture by the Indians. He married Agness Archer (1760-1834); children: James, Moses and Samuel. He settled in Belmont County in 1807. He died on December 27, 1836 and buried at Crabapple Cemetery, Saint Clairsville, Wheeling Township, Belmont Co., OH. Cemetery notes and/or description: Crabapple Church and Cemetery are located in Wheeling Township, Belmont CO., OH, about two miles south of New Athens and a short distance north of Uniontown. The first nucleus of the Crabapple Presbyterian Church was gathered as early as 1799 by Rev. Joseph Anderson. It’s one of the oldest cemeteries in the county and is near the Harrison County, border. It is on Zeyer Rd., CR 96, north of Uniontown, off SR 9, in an area of reclaimed strip mines. The original Presbyterian Church here was the first and largest in Wheeling Township. Crabapple Cemetery is also known as Crabapple Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The cemetery is 3.27 acres and dates from 1806. The cemetery is well kept but many of the stones are no longer readable. DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition, Part 3, p. 3145. Veterans Grave Registration Belmont County, Ohio (Washington DC, Works Progress Administration). Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series, Vol. IV, p. 425. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004. Has an old tombstone, a new stone and a bronze DAR marker.
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