Birthplace of Ambrose Bierce

Birthplace of Ambrose Bierce (HM2B27)

Location: Reedsville, OH 45772 Meigs County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 7.346', W 81° 52.987'

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An influential American journalist of the late nineteenth century, Ambrose
Bierce (1842 c. 1914) was born in Meigs County and reared in Kosciusko
County, Indiana. He fought in the Union Army during the Civil War,
a formative experience related in his short stories "Chickamauga" and
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Moving to San Francisco in the years
after the war, he began his career as a writer and newspaper columnist.
His cynical wit and elaborate puns reached a wide audience during the
last quarter of the nineteenth century through such papers as William
Randolph Hearst's San Francisco Examiner. Bierce's best-known book, The
Devil's Dictionary (1911) is a lexicon of humorous definitions first published
in his newspaper columns. In December 1913 or January 1914, Bierce
vanished during travels in rebellion-torn Mexico.
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HM NumberHM2B27
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Year Placed2003
Placed ByThe Ohio Bicentennial Commission, the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, September 2nd, 2018 at 5:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 423660 N 4330734
Decimal Degrees39.12243333, -81.88311667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 7.346', W 81° 52.987'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 7' 20.76" N, 81° 52' 59.22" W
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Area Code(s)740
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 38900 OH-7, Reedsville OH 45772, US
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