Early Settlers Burial Ground

Resting here among other pioneers are Obed Denham, a native of Plainfield, New Jersey, donor of this plot, founder of Bethel in 1798, and pioneer abolitionist; Thomas Morris, an antislavery leader, veteran state legislator, U.S. senator from 1833 to 1839, and Liberty Party vice presidential nominee in 1844; Reader Wright Clarke, U.S. representative from the Clermont District from 1865 to 1869, and U.S. Treasury second auditor from 1869 to 1870; and "The Unknown Hunter," befriended by Obed Denham and the first person buried in this hallowed ground.

Bethel, Ohio · United States