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Mark McGohon, Jr., born in Ireland in 1750 and died in Kentucky in 1848, emigrated to America as a boy and fought in the battles of Paoli, Boundbrook, Brandywine, and Germantown. He served under General George Rogers Clark and General Josiah Harmer and also took part in other campaigns against the Indians. He was a defender of Fort Harrod in the westward sweep of advancing civilization and was the first to be buried in Memorial Acre in 1930.
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Harrodsburg, Kentucky · United States
