Anselm Tupper was an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, a pioneer to the Ohio Country, and one of the founders of Marietta, Ohio, the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
10 Facts About Anselm Tupper
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The eldest son of Benjamin Tupper, Anselm enlisted in the fight for independence during 1775, while only eleven years old, achieving the rank of lieutenant before his seventeenth birthday.
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Anselm Tupper was unmarried, and was known as a favorite in society.
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In 1779, Anselm Tupper was appointed adjutant of Colonel Ebenezer Sproat's regiment.
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In 1786, Rufus Putnam and Benjamin Anselm Tupper founded the Ohio Company of Associates.
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Anselm Tupper was a notable member of the pioneer settlement of Marietta, and a favorite in society.
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Anselm Tupper was a founding member of the Society of the Cincinnati, and an original member of the American Union Lodge No 1 of Freemasons at Marietta along with others including Rufus Putnam, Benjamin Tupper, and William Stacy.
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Anselm Tupper was the second officer of the vessel Orlando, built at Marietta in 1803; he sailed with the Orlando from Marietta down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, across the Atlantic, and through the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas to Trieste.
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Anselm Tupper was the first school teacher in Marietta and the Northwest Territory, was a classical scholar, and was a poet.
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Anselm Tupper is buried with his father and many other American Revolutionary War soldiers and pioneers at Mound Cemetery in Marietta.