Ashtabula County OhArchives Photo Tombstone.....Fobes, Lt. Simon ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jim Barry jimbarry1946@aol.com April 3, 2011, 10:20 pm Cemetery: Wayne Center Cemetery Name: Lt. Simon Fobes Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ashtabula/photos/tombstones/waynecenter/fobes9953ph.jpg Image file size: 140.0 Kb A plaque honoring the founder of Wayne Twp. I'm guessing it was put there by the township. LT. SIMON FOBES, ESQ. APRIL 5, 1756 - JANUARY 30, 1840 MINUTEMAN, BUNIKER HILL, CANADA EXPEDITION, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY CAMPAIGNS, CAPTAIN AT QUEBEC, HE ESCAPED AND LED A SMALL GROUP THROUGH MAINE TO SAFETY. SELECTMAN OF SOMERS. CONNECTICUT JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, THREE-TERM CONNECTICUT LEGISLATOR PURCHASED 1500 ACRES IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP IN 1803 A FOUNDER OF WAYNE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/ashtabula/photos/tombstones/waynecenter/fobes9953ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb