Simon Kenton
1755–1836 (age 81)
Frontiersman
Biography
Simon Kenton became an emblem of the American frontier, guiding the earliest settlers of Kentucky and the Ohio Valley with deep knowledge of the wilderness and the courage of a scout.
Though his later years brought hardship, he remained a living chronicle of those first settlements, and his resting place at Oak Dale marks the frontier he helped secure for generations to come.