In Memory of Catherine Gouger Goodman, pioneer wife and mother, born in New Jersey in 1732, captured by Shawnee Indians 1744 in Berks Co. Pa.
Excerpt from Catherine's Life Story
"One day in 1744, during King George's War, Catherine's mother and sister went to the spring down over the hill to "fetch water". Her father and older brother were tending crops in a near by field. Catherine remained at the house with her 2 younger brothers. She saw some Shawnee Indians creeping out of the forest. She sent the older boy to warn their father while she stayed with the younger one, hoping that her father would reach the house before the Indians. She was a very brave little girl and tried to stall off the Indians until her father's arrival but was unable to do so. They killed her father and brothers who were rushing towards the house and carried Catherine and her little brother, a four year old lad with golden curls, into the forest. The mother and sister escaped as they were out of sight of the house.
The Indians took the children westward over an Indian trail through a dense forest. After a couple days walking, Catherine saw two Indians lagging behind with her little brother. Later when they rejoined the tribe the child was missing but one of them wore two red curls on his belt. Catherine knew they had killed him because he could not keep up in the westward march.
After many weary days the Indians stopped in a beautiful river valley at their camp ground. Catherine was given a teepee of her own and kindly treated. They called her "White Squaw".
Catherine settled down to live with the Indians ever hopeful of an opportunity to escape or be rescued by some of her own people. She played with the Indian children of whom she became quite fond. With their dark skin and black hair they did not look much like her own brothers, but she enjoyed caring for them, teaching them the games she knew, and learning to play the Indian games.
She learned to do the things an Indian woman teaches her girls. She made pottery from the clay taken from the hills by the camp. The clay was mixed with water, molded and dried. A big hole was dug in the ground, hot stones were placed in it and the pottery placed carefully around them. More stones were added; then the hole was covered with earth and left for several days to bake. Some of them were decorated with dye made from the juice of berries or bark. She also learned to weave blankets on the crude frames hung from a tree.
Catherine remained with these Indians for five years, and most of the time was spent on this camp sight. One day some French-Canadians came to the camp to trade with the Indians. Catherine managed to talk with them, telling them of her captivity. Before leaving the traders bargained with the Indians for her and took her back to their home in Canada. Here she remained for two years to work out the ransom paid for her to the Indians.
Again through some traders who came from Pennsylvania to trade grain, she found transportation back to her old home in Berks County. Her homecoming was saddened when she found the cabin deserted and her family gone. The father and brothers had been killed at the time of her capture and her mother and sister had succumbed to the hardships of pioneer life. She found a home with some friends where she remained until she became the bride of George Goodman in 1756."
LATER IN LIFE; she was happy and excited to return to this special place and share her story over and over with her grandchildren;
With her son John and his family, she came to Ohio in 1798 and by a strange fortune John had picked 160 acres of land on the same spot where she had been held a captive with the Shawnee Indians. She died 15 July 1801, and lies here in this place, chosen by herself and cleared by her own hands.
Monument erected by her great grandchildren 1915.
It is my understanding that Crouse Chapel holds the records for this burial. Even though it's not in the cemetery proper, the Goodman's helped establish the Crouse Chapel, a Methodist Church, that sits on John Goodman's donated ground.∼this new 2021 plaque was dedicated by land owners (no relation) to mark the home/land /and Goodman Heritage which came before them I Gina have acquired a lot of info on the Goodman family feel free to contact me by e-mail [email protected]
over the years the original head stone for Catherine which I included has been hide by weeds
Catherine Gougar Goodman
near the Chillicothe-Columbus pike, west of Kingston, Ohio, has been erected a fine monument to mark the last resting place of Catherine Gougar Goodman, the first white woman settler in Ross County, of whom there is any positive record.
The monument was erected by her descendants headed by Ex-Mayor Oliver P. Goodman of Kingston. Many of the family live in Green Township and Chillicothe. The spot where the monument stands had been cleared by Catherine Goodman herself and it was her request that she be buried there. It is now visited by many tourists, standing as it does on historic ground; -- ground where she herself was held captive by the Shawnees Indians. The inscription on the monument reads,
In memory of Catherine Gougar, pioneer wife and mother, born in New Jersey, 1732, captured by the Indians 1744 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and for five years held a captive at and near this place. Sold to French-Canadian Traders, she served in Canada for two years. Finally gaining her freedom, she returned to her former home only to find her parents gone and herself homeless. She lived with friends until 1756 when she married George Goodman, who died in 1795. With her son, John, came to Ohio in 1798 and by a strange fortune, settled on this spot where she had been held a captive while with the Indians. Died in 1801 and lies here in the place chosen by herself and cleared by her own hands. This monument erected by her great great grandchildren in 1915.
Her parents emigrated to Northumberland County, PA, when she was a little girl and later moved to Berks County, being among the early Pioneer families in that part of the county. In 1744 when she was 12 years old, she and a little brother were captured by Indians. Her father [and brothers] were killed in the fight, but her mother [and a sister] had gone to a spring some distance away earlier to get water and were not discovered by the Indians.
The Indians took Catherine and her younger brother westward and on the third day the little boy was unable to keep up with the march. Catherine saw two Indians lagging behind with him. After a while the two again joined the march. The sister saw a little fair haired scalp hanging to their trophy belt and recognized it as being that of her little brother. She knew then that he had been killed. Catherine was held captive for five years but was not unkindly treated. As stated above, she was traded to French-Canadians, who took her to Canada where she remained two years.
Finally returning to Pennsylvania, she found her mother [and sister] dead and the cabin home abandoned. She remained with friends there until her marriage with George Goodman in 1756. Six children were born to them, four sons and two daughters. In 1798, Mrs Goodman, then 66 years old, came to Ross County, Ohio with her son John, who took up land in what is now Green Township.
His mother recognized the places where she had lived when a captive of the Shawanese Indians. She had brought with her a left handed sickle made for her in Berks County in 1757. On this sickle, is cut the name of R. W. Shaw, possibly the name fo the man who made it. (The sickle is in the possession of Alice Goodman of Kingston, Ohio.) With this implement, the aging pioneeer helped to clear a spot which she recalled as one of the scenes of her Indian captivity. Here she lived and died, and at her request, she was buried on the spot she had cleared. A monument has been erected by her descendants, who still live on the original tract, to mark the last resting place of a pioneer mother whose strange experience has seldom been equaled.
As a side note, I would like to say "Thank You!" to Gina Davis and family for the beautiful plaque they placed to honor our very special great grandmother.
Thank You Gina Davis and family!
Excerpt from Catherine's Life Story
"One day in 1744, during King George's War, Catherine's mother and sister went to the spring down over the hill to "fetch water". Her father and older brother were tending crops in a near by field. Catherine remained at the house with her 2 younger brothers. She saw some Shawnee Indians creeping out of the forest. She sent the older boy to warn their father while she stayed with the younger one, hoping that her father would reach the house before the Indians. She was a very brave little girl and tried to stall off the Indians until her father's arrival but was unable to do so. They killed her father and brothers who were rushing towards the house and carried Catherine and her little brother, a four year old lad with golden curls, into the forest. The mother and sister escaped as they were out of sight of the house.
The Indians took the children westward over an Indian trail through a dense forest. After a couple days walking, Catherine saw two Indians lagging behind with her little brother. Later when they rejoined the tribe the child was missing but one of them wore two red curls on his belt. Catherine knew they had killed him because he could not keep up in the westward march.
After many weary days the Indians stopped in a beautiful river valley at their camp ground. Catherine was given a teepee of her own and kindly treated. They called her "White Squaw".
Catherine settled down to live with the Indians ever hopeful of an opportunity to escape or be rescued by some of her own people. She played with the Indian children of whom she became quite fond. With their dark skin and black hair they did not look much like her own brothers, but she enjoyed caring for them, teaching them the games she knew, and learning to play the Indian games.
She learned to do the things an Indian woman teaches her girls. She made pottery from the clay taken from the hills by the camp. The clay was mixed with water, molded and dried. A big hole was dug in the ground, hot stones were placed in it and the pottery placed carefully around them. More stones were added; then the hole was covered with earth and left for several days to bake. Some of them were decorated with dye made from the juice of berries or bark. She also learned to weave blankets on the crude frames hung from a tree.
Catherine remained with these Indians for five years, and most of the time was spent on this camp sight. One day some French-Canadians came to the camp to trade with the Indians. Catherine managed to talk with them, telling them of her captivity. Before leaving the traders bargained with the Indians for her and took her back to their home in Canada. Here she remained for two years to work out the ransom paid for her to the Indians.
Again through some traders who came from Pennsylvania to trade grain, she found transportation back to her old home in Berks County. Her homecoming was saddened when she found the cabin deserted and her family gone. The father and brothers had been killed at the time of her capture and her mother and sister had succumbed to the hardships of pioneer life. She found a home with some friends where she remained until she became the bride of George Goodman in 1756."
LATER IN LIFE; she was happy and excited to return to this special place and share her story over and over with her grandchildren;
With her son John and his family, she came to Ohio in 1798 and by a strange fortune John had picked 160 acres of land on the same spot where she had been held a captive with the Shawnee Indians. She died 15 July 1801, and lies here in this place, chosen by herself and cleared by her own hands.
Monument erected by her great grandchildren 1915.
It is my understanding that Crouse Chapel holds the records for this burial. Even though it's not in the cemetery proper, the Goodman's helped establish the Crouse Chapel, a Methodist Church, that sits on John Goodman's donated ground.∼this new 2021 plaque was dedicated by land owners (no relation) to mark the home/land /and Goodman Heritage which came before them I Gina have acquired a lot of info on the Goodman family feel free to contact me by e-mail [email protected]
over the years the original head stone for Catherine which I included has been hide by weeds
Catherine Gougar Goodman
near the Chillicothe-Columbus pike, west of Kingston, Ohio, has been erected a fine monument to mark the last resting place of Catherine Gougar Goodman, the first white woman settler in Ross County, of whom there is any positive record.
The monument was erected by her descendants headed by Ex-Mayor Oliver P. Goodman of Kingston. Many of the family live in Green Township and Chillicothe. The spot where the monument stands had been cleared by Catherine Goodman herself and it was her request that she be buried there. It is now visited by many tourists, standing as it does on historic ground; -- ground where she herself was held captive by the Shawnees Indians. The inscription on the monument reads,
In memory of Catherine Gougar, pioneer wife and mother, born in New Jersey, 1732, captured by the Indians 1744 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and for five years held a captive at and near this place. Sold to French-Canadian Traders, she served in Canada for two years. Finally gaining her freedom, she returned to her former home only to find her parents gone and herself homeless. She lived with friends until 1756 when she married George Goodman, who died in 1795. With her son, John, came to Ohio in 1798 and by a strange fortune, settled on this spot where she had been held a captive while with the Indians. Died in 1801 and lies here in the place chosen by herself and cleared by her own hands. This monument erected by her great great grandchildren in 1915.
Her parents emigrated to Northumberland County, PA, when she was a little girl and later moved to Berks County, being among the early Pioneer families in that part of the county. In 1744 when she was 12 years old, she and a little brother were captured by Indians. Her father [and brothers] were killed in the fight, but her mother [and a sister] had gone to a spring some distance away earlier to get water and were not discovered by the Indians.
The Indians took Catherine and her younger brother westward and on the third day the little boy was unable to keep up with the march. Catherine saw two Indians lagging behind with him. After a while the two again joined the march. The sister saw a little fair haired scalp hanging to their trophy belt and recognized it as being that of her little brother. She knew then that he had been killed. Catherine was held captive for five years but was not unkindly treated. As stated above, she was traded to French-Canadians, who took her to Canada where she remained two years.
Finally returning to Pennsylvania, she found her mother [and sister] dead and the cabin home abandoned. She remained with friends there until her marriage with George Goodman in 1756. Six children were born to them, four sons and two daughters. In 1798, Mrs Goodman, then 66 years old, came to Ross County, Ohio with her son John, who took up land in what is now Green Township.
His mother recognized the places where she had lived when a captive of the Shawanese Indians. She had brought with her a left handed sickle made for her in Berks County in 1757. On this sickle, is cut the name of R. W. Shaw, possibly the name fo the man who made it. (The sickle is in the possession of Alice Goodman of Kingston, Ohio.) With this implement, the aging pioneeer helped to clear a spot which she recalled as one of the scenes of her Indian captivity. Here she lived and died, and at her request, she was buried on the spot she had cleared. A monument has been erected by her descendants, who still live on the original tract, to mark the last resting place of a pioneer mother whose strange experience has seldom been equaled.
As a side note, I would like to say "Thank You!" to Gina Davis and family for the beautiful plaque they placed to honor our very special great grandmother.
Thank You Gina Davis and family!
In Memory of Catherine Gouger Goodman, pioneer wife and mother, born in New Jersey in 1732, captured by Shawnee Indians 1744 in Berks Co. Pa.
Excerpt from Catherine's Life Story
"One day in 1744, during King George's War, Catherine's mother and sister went to the spring down over the hill to "fetch water". Her father and older brother were tending crops in a near by field. Catherine remained at the house with her 2 younger brothers. She saw some Shawnee Indians creeping out of the forest. She sent the older boy to warn their father while she stayed with the younger one, hoping that her father would reach the house before the Indians. She was a very brave little girl and tried to stall off the Indians until her father's arrival but was unable to do so. They killed her father and brothers who were rushing towards the house and carried Catherine and her little brother, a four year old lad with golden curls, into the forest. The mother and sister escaped as they were out of sight of the house.
The Indians took the children westward over an Indian trail through a dense forest. After a couple days walking, Catherine saw two Indians lagging behind with her little brother. Later when they rejoined the tribe the child was missing but one of them wore two red curls on his belt. Catherine knew they had killed him because he could not keep up in the westward march.
After many weary days the Indians stopped in a beautiful river valley at their camp ground. Catherine was given a teepee of her own and kindly treated. They called her "White Squaw".
Catherine settled down to live with the Indians ever hopeful of an opportunity to escape or be rescued by some of her own people. She played with the Indian children of whom she became quite fond. With their dark skin and black hair they did not look much like her own brothers, but she enjoyed caring for them, teaching them the games she knew, and learning to play the Indian games.
She learned to do the things an Indian woman teaches her girls. She made pottery from the clay taken from the hills by the camp. The clay was mixed with water, molded and dried. A big hole was dug in the ground, hot stones were placed in it and the pottery placed carefully around them. More stones were added; then the hole was covered with earth and left for several days to bake. Some of them were decorated with dye made from the juice of berries or bark. She also learned to weave blankets on the crude frames hung from a tree.
Catherine remained with these Indians for five years, and most of the time was spent on this camp sight. One day some French-Canadians came to the camp to trade with the Indians. Catherine managed to talk with them, telling them of her captivity. Before leaving the traders bargained with the Indians for her and took her back to their home in Canada. Here she remained for two years to work out the ransom paid for her to the Indians.
Again through some traders who came from Pennsylvania to trade grain, she found transportation back to her old home in Berks County. Her homecoming was saddened when she found the cabin deserted and her family gone. The father and brothers had been killed at the time of her capture and her mother and sister had succumbed to the hardships of pioneer life. She found a home with some friends where she remained until she became the bride of George Goodman in 1756."
LATER IN LIFE; she was happy and excited to return to this special place and share her story over and over with her grandchildren;
With her son John and his family, she came to Ohio in 1798 and by a strange fortune John had picked 160 acres of land on the same spot where she had been held a captive with the Shawnee Indians. She died 15 July 1801, and lies here in this place, chosen by herself and cleared by her own hands.
Monument erected by her great grandchildren 1915.
It is my understanding that Crouse Chapel holds the records for this burial. Even though it's not in the cemetery proper, the Goodman's helped establish the Crouse Chapel, a Methodist Church, that sits on John Goodman's donated ground.∼this new 2021 plaque was dedicated by land owners (no relation) to mark the home/land /and Goodman Heritage which came before them I Gina have acquired a lot of info on the Goodman family feel free to contact me by e-mail [email protected]
over the years the original head stone for Catherine which I included has been hide by weeds
Catherine Gougar Goodman
near the Chillicothe-Columbus pike, west of Kingston, Ohio, has been erected a fine monument to mark the last resting place of Catherine Gougar Goodman, the first white woman settler in Ross County, of whom there is any positive record.
The monument was erected by her descendants headed by Ex-Mayor Oliver P. Goodman of Kingston. Many of the family live in Green Township and Chillicothe. The spot where the monument stands had been cleared by Catherine Goodman herself and it was her request that she be buried there. It is now visited by many tourists, standing as it does on historic ground; -- ground where she herself was held captive by the Shawnees Indians. The inscription on the monument reads,
In memory of Catherine Gougar, pioneer wife and mother, born in New Jersey, 1732, captured by the Indians 1744 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and for five years held a captive at and near this place. Sold to French-Canadian Traders, she served in Canada for two years. Finally gaining her freedom, she returned to her former home only to find her parents gone and herself homeless. She lived with friends until 1756 when she married George Goodman, who died in 1795. With her son, John, came to Ohio in 1798 and by a strange fortune, settled on this spot where she had been held a captive while with the Indians. Died in 1801 and lies here in the place chosen by herself and cleared by her own hands. This monument erected by her great great grandchildren in 1915.
Her parents emigrated to Northumberland County, PA, when she was a little girl and later moved to Berks County, being among the early Pioneer families in that part of the county. In 1744 when she was 12 years old, she and a little brother were captured by Indians. Her father [and brothers] were killed in the fight, but her mother [and a sister] had gone to a spring some distance away earlier to get water and were not discovered by the Indians.
The Indians took Catherine and her younger brother westward and on the third day the little boy was unable to keep up with the march. Catherine saw two Indians lagging behind with him. After a while the two again joined the march. The sister saw a little fair haired scalp hanging to their trophy belt and recognized it as being that of her little brother. She knew then that he had been killed. Catherine was held captive for five years but was not unkindly treated. As stated above, she was traded to French-Canadians, who took her to Canada where she remained two years.
Finally returning to Pennsylvania, she found her mother [and sister] dead and the cabin home abandoned. She remained with friends there until her marriage with George Goodman in 1756. Six children were born to them, four sons and two daughters. In 1798, Mrs Goodman, then 66 years old, came to Ross County, Ohio with her son John, who took up land in what is now Green Township.
His mother recognized the places where she had lived when a captive of the Shawanese Indians. She had brought with her a left handed sickle made for her in Berks County in 1757. On this sickle, is cut the name of R. W. Shaw, possibly the name fo the man who made it. (The sickle is in the possession of Alice Goodman of Kingston, Ohio.) With this implement, the aging pioneeer helped to clear a spot which she recalled as one of the scenes of her Indian captivity. Here she lived and died, and at her request, she was buried on the spot she had cleared. A monument has been erected by her descendants, who still live on the original tract, to mark the last resting place of a pioneer mother whose strange experience has seldom been equaled.
As a side note, I would like to say "Thank You!" to Gina Davis and family for the beautiful plaque they placed to honor our very special great grandmother.
Thank You Gina Davis and family!
Excerpt from Catherine's Life Story
"One day in 1744, during King George's War, Catherine's mother and sister went to the spring down over the hill to "fetch water". Her father and older brother were tending crops in a near by field. Catherine remained at the house with her 2 younger brothers. She saw some Shawnee Indians creeping out of the forest. She sent the older boy to warn their father while she stayed with the younger one, hoping that her father would reach the house before the Indians. She was a very brave little girl and tried to stall off the Indians until her father's arrival but was unable to do so. They killed her father and brothers who were rushing towards the house and carried Catherine and her little brother, a four year old lad with golden curls, into the forest. The mother and sister escaped as they were out of sight of the house.
The Indians took the children westward over an Indian trail through a dense forest. After a couple days walking, Catherine saw two Indians lagging behind with her little brother. Later when they rejoined the tribe the child was missing but one of them wore two red curls on his belt. Catherine knew they had killed him because he could not keep up in the westward march.
After many weary days the Indians stopped in a beautiful river valley at their camp ground. Catherine was given a teepee of her own and kindly treated. They called her "White Squaw".
Catherine settled down to live with the Indians ever hopeful of an opportunity to escape or be rescued by some of her own people. She played with the Indian children of whom she became quite fond. With their dark skin and black hair they did not look much like her own brothers, but she enjoyed caring for them, teaching them the games she knew, and learning to play the Indian games.
She learned to do the things an Indian woman teaches her girls. She made pottery from the clay taken from the hills by the camp. The clay was mixed with water, molded and dried. A big hole was dug in the ground, hot stones were placed in it and the pottery placed carefully around them. More stones were added; then the hole was covered with earth and left for several days to bake. Some of them were decorated with dye made from the juice of berries or bark. She also learned to weave blankets on the crude frames hung from a tree.
Catherine remained with these Indians for five years, and most of the time was spent on this camp sight. One day some French-Canadians came to the camp to trade with the Indians. Catherine managed to talk with them, telling them of her captivity. Before leaving the traders bargained with the Indians for her and took her back to their home in Canada. Here she remained for two years to work out the ransom paid for her to the Indians.
Again through some traders who came from Pennsylvania to trade grain, she found transportation back to her old home in Berks County. Her homecoming was saddened when she found the cabin deserted and her family gone. The father and brothers had been killed at the time of her capture and her mother and sister had succumbed to the hardships of pioneer life. She found a home with some friends where she remained until she became the bride of George Goodman in 1756."
LATER IN LIFE; she was happy and excited to return to this special place and share her story over and over with her grandchildren;
With her son John and his family, she came to Ohio in 1798 and by a strange fortune John had picked 160 acres of land on the same spot where she had been held a captive with the Shawnee Indians. She died 15 July 1801, and lies here in this place, chosen by herself and cleared by her own hands.
Monument erected by her great grandchildren 1915.
It is my understanding that Crouse Chapel holds the records for this burial. Even though it's not in the cemetery proper, the Goodman's helped establish the Crouse Chapel, a Methodist Church, that sits on John Goodman's donated ground.∼this new 2021 plaque was dedicated by land owners (no relation) to mark the home/land /and Goodman Heritage which came before them I Gina have acquired a lot of info on the Goodman family feel free to contact me by e-mail [email protected]
over the years the original head stone for Catherine which I included has been hide by weeds
Catherine Gougar Goodman
near the Chillicothe-Columbus pike, west of Kingston, Ohio, has been erected a fine monument to mark the last resting place of Catherine Gougar Goodman, the first white woman settler in Ross County, of whom there is any positive record.
The monument was erected by her descendants headed by Ex-Mayor Oliver P. Goodman of Kingston. Many of the family live in Green Township and Chillicothe. The spot where the monument stands had been cleared by Catherine Goodman herself and it was her request that she be buried there. It is now visited by many tourists, standing as it does on historic ground; -- ground where she herself was held captive by the Shawnees Indians. The inscription on the monument reads,
In memory of Catherine Gougar, pioneer wife and mother, born in New Jersey, 1732, captured by the Indians 1744 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and for five years held a captive at and near this place. Sold to French-Canadian Traders, she served in Canada for two years. Finally gaining her freedom, she returned to her former home only to find her parents gone and herself homeless. She lived with friends until 1756 when she married George Goodman, who died in 1795. With her son, John, came to Ohio in 1798 and by a strange fortune, settled on this spot where she had been held a captive while with the Indians. Died in 1801 and lies here in the place chosen by herself and cleared by her own hands. This monument erected by her great great grandchildren in 1915.
Her parents emigrated to Northumberland County, PA, when she was a little girl and later moved to Berks County, being among the early Pioneer families in that part of the county. In 1744 when she was 12 years old, she and a little brother were captured by Indians. Her father [and brothers] were killed in the fight, but her mother [and a sister] had gone to a spring some distance away earlier to get water and were not discovered by the Indians.
The Indians took Catherine and her younger brother westward and on the third day the little boy was unable to keep up with the march. Catherine saw two Indians lagging behind with him. After a while the two again joined the march. The sister saw a little fair haired scalp hanging to their trophy belt and recognized it as being that of her little brother. She knew then that he had been killed. Catherine was held captive for five years but was not unkindly treated. As stated above, she was traded to French-Canadians, who took her to Canada where she remained two years.
Finally returning to Pennsylvania, she found her mother [and sister] dead and the cabin home abandoned. She remained with friends there until her marriage with George Goodman in 1756. Six children were born to them, four sons and two daughters. In 1798, Mrs Goodman, then 66 years old, came to Ross County, Ohio with her son John, who took up land in what is now Green Township.
His mother recognized the places where she had lived when a captive of the Shawanese Indians. She had brought with her a left handed sickle made for her in Berks County in 1757. On this sickle, is cut the name of R. W. Shaw, possibly the name fo the man who made it. (The sickle is in the possession of Alice Goodman of Kingston, Ohio.) With this implement, the aging pioneeer helped to clear a spot which she recalled as one of the scenes of her Indian captivity. Here she lived and died, and at her request, she was buried on the spot she had cleared. A monument has been erected by her descendants, who still live on the original tract, to mark the last resting place of a pioneer mother whose strange experience has seldom been equaled.
As a side note, I would like to say "Thank You!" to Gina Davis and family for the beautiful plaque they placed to honor our very special great grandmother.
Thank You Gina Davis and family!
Gravesite Details
Technically she is not buried in Crouse Chapel's Cemetery with others members of her family. She lies in this place, chosen by herself and cleared by her own hands. The Chillicothe-Circleville Pike, Route 23, passes between the old home and the grave
