Sunday, September 2, 2012

SIMON KENTON & JOHN Q. WARD BURIAL SITE /CHAMPAIGN COUNTY


URBANA, OHIO
URBANA TOWNSHIP
OAK DALE CEMETERY

John Quincy Adams Ward (June 29, 1830 – May 1, 1910) was an American sculptor, his sculptors/statues are placed throughout the country. His "Indian Hunter" is an outdoor bronze sculpture located at Central Park in Manhattan, New York. His wife had a replica of the sculpture to be placed there to mark his grave in Urbana. Simon Kenton was a renowned American frontiersman, soldier, and pioneer who played a significant role in the settlement of Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.

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