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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2210_the-site-of-the-st-jacob-lutheran-church-and-cemetery_Anna-OH.html
Here the pioneer founders of the congregation built a log church in 1832. In this place they laid to rest their dead from 1832 until 1900. "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W2R_st-patrick-catholic-church-historical_Anna-OH.html
St. Patrick Catholic Church was organized as a parish in 1862. The first church, made of logs, was built in 1863. At that time, the community was mostly Irish. The second church, a wood frame building, was erected in 1874. The last church, built o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H0U_rumley_Anna-OH.html
Rumley was a colored community, platted in 1837 by Joel and Wesley Goins, who purchased 400 acres of land. They were freemen from Baltimore, Maryland. The deed to the land was granted and signed by President Van Buren. Over 500 Negroes lived in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H0Q_wenger-one-room-school_Anna-OH.html
side A Wenger One Room School Dinsmore District #4 Dinsmore Township School District No. 4 was formed in 1865 following a decision by the township board of education that a school would be built in the center of every four sections of land, or eve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJXG_john-w-carey_Anna-OH.html
John W. Carey was born in 1805 in West Virginia [sic - Virginia] and came to Shelby County with his parents, Cephas and Jane Williamson Carey. Around 1833, J.W. Carey bought a thousand acres in Dinsmore Township, west of the present railroad in wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ14_lois-lenski_Anna-OH.html
Side A:Acclaimed author and illustrator of juvenile literature Lois Lenski was born in Springfield in 1893, grew up in Anna, and graduated from Sidney High School. In 1915, Lenski graduated from The Ohio State University and moved to New York City…
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