Headstone of Judge Joseph Moore, Mitchell-Morrison Cemetery, Shawnee State Forest, Scioto County, Ohio.

ID: 379 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Andrew Feight, Ph.D., from the Scioto Historical Series, private collection, Friendship, Ohio. ~ Creator: Andrew Feight, Ph.D. ~ Date: 2016

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Headstone of Judge Joseph Moore, Mitchell-Morrison Cemetery, Shawnee State Forest, Scioto County, Ohio.

Two hands shaking, one with female cuffs and the other male, mark the grave of one of Scioto County's pioneer era judges who is best remembered for having established the region's stone quarry business.

This file appears in: Mitchell-Morrison Cemetery at Moore's Run

Mitchell-Morrison Cemetery at Moore's Run

By Andrew Feight, Ph.D.

Where Moore's Run exits the river hills of Shawnee State Forest, just off modern-day US Highway 52, near the "100 Mile House," one finds a particularly significant pioneer era graveyard, which dates back to the first decades of the…