Ashtabula County OhArchives Photo Tombstone.....Fobes, Capt Simon Sr 
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Jim Barry jimbarry1946@aol.com November 17, 2008, 10:38 am

Cemetery:           Center Cemetery, Wayne Twp
Name:               Capt Simon Sr Fobes

Date Of Photograph: September 2008
Photo can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ashtabula/photos/tombstones/center/fobes3869ph.jpg
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This sandstone tombstone is unreadable in many places.  There is an outline of 
a C and enough to determine that this was Capt Simon Sr.  His son, Simon Jr, 
was only a Leutenant.  The back (east) third of the cemetery is nearly all 
members of the Fobes family.  His stone is near the middle (north-south) 
several rows from the back.

Additional Comments:
Simon Sr was NOT in the Revolutionary War as the flag holder indicates, but was 
in the French and Indian War.  Simon Sr was the second settler to die in Wayne 
Twp, (of a broken heart) 3 or 4 days after his wife of 60 years (Thankful 
Ellis) was the first to die.  She is supposed to be buried beside him, but 
there is no stone to be found.  Their grandson, Joshua Fobes, is credited as 
the first settler of Wayne Twp.  They are my 5x great grandparents.

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