The Encyclopedia of Ohio History http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org Copyright 2006 The Ohio Historical Society James Monroe Trotter served in the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War and, following this conflict, became the first African American to find employment in the Boston, Massachusetts division of the United States Post Office. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3356 11/11/2008 The Ridges was formally an asylum for the mentally ill in Athens, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3355 11/11/2008 The Ridges was formally an asylum for the mentally ill in Athens, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3354 11/11/2008 The J.M. Smucker Company produces a wide array of jams, jellies, and other food items. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3353 11/11/2008 The First Regular African Baptist Church of Christ of Chillicothe, the predecessor of the First Anti-slavery Baptist Church and of the First Baptist Church, was an African-American church established in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1824. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3352 11/11/2008 The First Regular African Baptist Church of Christ of Chillicothe, the predecessor of the First Anti-slavery Baptist Church and of the First Baptist Church, was an African-American church established in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1824. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3351 11/11/2008 Jerome Monroe Smucker founded the J.M. Smucker Company, which produces a wide array of jams, jellies, and other food items. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3350 11/11/2008 The First Regular African Baptist Church of Christ of Chillicothe, the predecessor of the First Anti-slavery Baptist Church and of the First Baptist Church, was an African-American church established in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1824. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3349 11/11/2008 Emma Ann Reynolds was the first African-American woman admitted to the Medical College of Chicago at Northwestern University. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3348 11/11/2008 The Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church was an African-American church established in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1821. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3347 11/11/2008 Established in Ohio during the early nineteenth century, the Poke Patch Settlement was a predominantly African-American community. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3346 11/11/2008 Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie, a pivotal naval engagement between British and American forces during the War of 1812. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3345 11/11/2008 Established in Ohio during the late eighteenth century, the Pee Pee Settlement was a predominantly African-American community. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3344 11/11/2008 The Ohio Naval Militia had its roots in the Ohio Militia, which was formed in 1803. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3343 11/11/2008 David Leroy Nickens was probably the first African American to be ordained as a minister in Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3342 11/11/2008