Beebetown is an

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in Medina County,

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Name and history

In 1823, Abram Beebe, for whom the place was named, brought his wife Dorcas and nine children from

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with an ox team. He purchased fifty acres on the Liverpool corner for $165.50 and built a log house. The Fullers purchased the

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corner of the area and found on it a hut which had been built by

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. It had no fireplace or chimney but they managed to live in it the first winter. The following summer, the Fullers built the first frame house in Beebetown. Mrs. Fuller, eager to start an orchard for the family, had brought seeds and clippings from

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. A pear tree grew from one of these. Part of it, 140 years old, still stands. Historic sites include the Beebetown schoolhouse (now a residence), cemetery, and Beebetown Baptist Church, originally built in 1852, after a two-story log building (circa 1838) on the site was no longer suitable. Several houses within the township also date back to the 1800s.

Notable person

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, author, illustrator and publisher

References

External links

Ohio Home Town Locator
{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Medina County, Ohio Unincorporated communities in Ohio Populated places established in 1823