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Location: U.S. 250 AND 21ST STREET

City: MCMECHEN

State: West Virginia

Zip Code: 26040

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers

Year Dedicated: 2002

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: ALLEN C. BROWNE


CAPTAIN WILLIAM FOREMAN WAS A COLONIAL AMERICAN OFFICER FROM HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, WHO WAS KILLED DURING AN INDIAN AMBUSH AT THE MCMECHEN NARROWS ON THE OHIO RIVER SOUTH OF WHEELING, VIRGINIA IN 1777.


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