Reuben Benedict House photograph   Save
Ohio History Connection
Description: Photograph of the Reuben Benedict home, a station on the Underground Railroad in Morrow County, Ohio. The home was built around 1828 near the village of Marengo. Reuben Benedict, a miller, along with his wife Anna and their 12 children, were one of a group of Quaker families who settled in this area along Alum Creek after migrating from New York. Because of the community's population of free and fugitive slaves and its Quaker ties, it was an active site in assisting formerly enslaved people making their way north. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1338_10
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Abolitionists; Underground Railroad; Fugitive slaves--Ohio--History
Places: Morrow County (Ohio)