- Title, side A
- Israel Harrington and Elmore
- Text, side A
- Israel Harrington (1779-1841) established a tavern at Lower Sandusky (now Fremont) shortly after the War of 1812. As a judge and land speculator, Harrington influenced the organization of much of northwestern Ohio. In 1824 he traded the tavern for land a short distance from this site, where an Indian trail crossed the Portage River. Elmore grew from this settlement. Harrington and his father (also Israel Harrington, a veteran of the American Revolution) are interred here, along with many of the pioneers who transformed this section of the Black Swamp into productive farmland.
- Sponsors
- The Elmore Historical Society, The Elmore Community and The Ohio Historical Society
- Address
- Intersection of Rice and Clinton Streets
Elmore, OH 43416 - Location
- In the cemetery on the N side of Rice Street
- Coordinates
- Latitude: 41.4780470, Longitude: -83.2903420.
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