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Elizabeth Dunn McGohon

Old Fort Harrod State Park, Kentucky
· Sacred to the Memory of the wife of Mark McGohon Jr.
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Born in Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Dunn McGohon emigrated to Kentucky with her husband following the Revolutionary War. A pioneer woman, she heroically met the toil and danger of the frontier and nobly did her part in maintaining domestic life within Fort Harrod when surrounded by peril and attacks from Indians. Her efforts aided in establishing the Presbyterian Church at Harrodsburg.
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