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Arthur St. Clair (1737-1818)

Arthur St. Clair (1737-1818) is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Westmoreland County, dedicated 1995.

Westmoreland County · dedicated 1995 · N Maple Ave.

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President, Continental Congress, 1787; member, 1785-87. First Governor of the Northwest Territory (lying between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers), 1787-1802. Earlier, he was Westmoreland County Court Justice after the county's formation in 1773, and Major General in the Revolutionary War, 1777. A native of Thurso, Scotland, he lived his last years on Chestnut Ridge, near Ligonier, and is buried just east of this marker.

under a mile from where Mary Ann Gabby lived in the 1790s

what this marker records spans 1773 to 1802, overlapping Mary Ann Gabby's years here

From one family's 77-marker roster

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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