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The Quaker Cemetery stands in front of the grove of trees where the Friends’ Church once stood.
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Jacob Ebersole is remembered in local folklore as a miser, though the historical evidence is sketchy.
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Jacob Ebersole, his wife, and their son and daughter-in-law are represented by this large stone in the southeast corner of the Quaker Cemetery on Zolman Road.
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The only Willits tombstone the author was able to find in the Quaker Cemetery was one for David Willits and wife. David may have been a brother or uncle to the unfortunate Taylor, who may or may not be buried here.
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Some early settlers preferred to hoard gold coins instead of trusting their wealth to wildcat banks, many of which collapsed in the Panic of 1819. Mount Vernon had one of these institutions, which issued its own currency. This original piece of legal tender for the Owl Creek Bank in 1816 can be found in the Knox County Museum in Mount Vernon.
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