This column is a regular sharing of the family, work, and community perspective of Rick Platt, President and CEO of the Heath-Newark-Licking County Port Authority.
Friday, May 2, 2014
212 Years of Ohio Pride, Verified
The Ohio Genealogical Society gave recognition today for a member of my family being in Ohio before Ohio became a state. Thanks to James and Sallie McConnell coming to Ohio before Ohio was a state, I earned First Families of Ohio status with the pre-statehood designation.
They got married in Kentucky and came across the Ohio River, probably, in 1798. I could prove it in 1802.
I missed the actual ceremony which was held today in Sandusky, but my family can celebrate nonetheless.
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