Since 1856, Cincinnati Friends had been burying their dead at their cemetery in Cumminsville. However, by 1875, there was growing concern that the city was encroaching on this area, and might prohibit further burials there. The Burial Committee was tasked with evaluating the situation and determining the commercial value of
Quaker History
CFM Roots: The Eighth Street Meetinghouse
The first meeting for worship at the meetinghouse on Eighth and Mound Streets was held in June1869. The new facility was considerably more spacious and well-appointed than either of the meetinghouses on Fifth Street. A reporter from the Cincinnati Daily Gazette described it in exquisite detail: The building is a
CFM Roots: Leaving the Fifth Street Meetinghouse
After Cincinnati Friends constructed the new Orthodox meetinghouse on Fifth Street in 1830, they continued to make improvements to it, including the installation of gas lights and the construction of a carriageway from John Street. However, as the meeting grew from about 180 members to about 215, the existing facilities
CFM Roots: The Children’s Home
In the nineteenth century, many Cincinnati Friends felt called to address the needs of the city’s most vulnerable citizens: its children. Some had mothers who had been imprisoned and had no other option but to take their children to jail with them or leave them homeless. Some youngsters were under
Quaker Byway: Harveysburg Free Black School
A little more than a decade after its revolution and founding, the United States of America proclaimed its first major expansion, creating its first incorporated territory in 1787, to become known as the Northwest Territory. The incorporation included 300,000 bountiful square miles filled with thick forests, an abundance of rivers