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First Blendon Presbyterian Church

Franklin County · 6350 S Hempstead Road, Westerville, OH, 43081 -- In cemetery at NE corner of Dempsey and S. Hempstead roads.

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Side A: On this site in 1829 the Presbyterians of Blendon Township built their first church. The land was donated by Timothy Lee for “church and burial” purposes. The Reverend Ebenezer Washburn, buried here, was the first minister. The church was destroyed one week after its dedication by an apparent act of arson. Side B: Same

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Marker data: Ohio Historical Markers program, Ohio History Connection (Remarkable Ohio)

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