Anselm Tupper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Continental Army officer, pioneer to the Ohio Country
Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1763
Place of Birth: Easton, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 25-Dec-1808
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Anselm Tupper
- Anselm Tupper (1763–1808) 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.
- 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.
- After the war, he was a pioneer and surveyor in the Northwest Territory, and became major of the militia at Marietta during the Northwest Indian War.
- Tupper was the first school teacher at Marietta, and was a classical scholar and poet.
- He was unmarried, and was known as a favorite in society.
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