Chapter Programs 35Chapter Contact Information 36Chapter News and News Articles 37Frank Butwin and Anthony Wayne 38First Families of Defiance County 39Poor Houses/Infirmaries of Ohio 39Defiance County Townships 41Historical Publication Listing 42Surname Listing of Chapter Members 43Index of Names for 2019 Newsletters 44

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Winter 2019 Vol. XXXIV Issue 4

Defiance County GenealogyChapter and Board Meetings

Regular monthly meetings of the De-fiance Chapter OGS are held at St. JohnUnited Church of Christ at 7:00 p.m. unlessotherwise stated. The address is 950Webster Street— on the northeastern cor-ner of the Defiance Colllege campus. Entryis on the north side of the church adjacentto the college gymnasium.

Chapter meetings are the 4th Mon-day of each month except May, August, andDecember or as noted.

Board meetings are held at 2:30 p.m.the third Wednesday of the month at the St.John UCC at 950 Webster Street.

Table of Contents

Yesteryears’ TrailsQuarterly Newsletter Published by the Defiance County

Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical SocietyP.O. Box 7006 Defiance, OH 43512-7006Web Site: Http: www.defiancecountygenealogy.orgEmail address: defiancegenealogy2002@ yahoo.comBlog site: defiancecountyohiogenealogy.blogspot.com

Coming Chapter Programsfor 2020

Monday, January 27“Navigating Family Search: Some NewPaths” with Dianne Kline

Monday, February 24“Humorous WWII Postcards” with RichRozevink

Monday, March 23“Sharing Family Food Heritage”Members to bring family recipes orreminisces of their families’traditional foods.

OGSConference

2020

Unlocking the PiecesApril 29 to May 2, 2020Kalahari Resort &

Convention CenterSandusky, Ohio

www.OGSConference.org

Officers and TrusteesPresident - Joanne AllisonEmail: ljallison1@frontier.comVice-PresidentDan HaschCorresponding Secretary & MembershipDianne KlineEmail: dijimkline@gmail.comRecording Secretary - Mary WilliamsEmail: marywill@smta.ccTreasurer - Dan HaschEmail: dhasch@defnet.comFirst Families - Mary ScrantonEmail: mjs463@frontier.comNewsletter Editor - Mary WilliamsEmail: marywill@smta.ccTrustees:Rhonda CaslerDawn HaschPat Wise

Change of Address or Email ?If you change your postal or email address,

please make sure you email the chapter at<defiancegenealogy2002@yahoo.com>or send the changes to Defiance Chapter OGS, POBox 7006, Defiance, OH 43512-7006 so that yourcurrent information is on file.

Become a Member of DCGSChapter dues are $15.00 for an indi-

vidual and $18.00 per family.An additional $5.00 is required for

mailing the four annual newslettersthrough the U. S. Post Office. Membershipform is at the end of this newsletter or youmay download a membership form atwww.defiancecountygenealogy.org

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Defiance County FirstFamilies

If you can proveyour ancestor resided inDefiance County beforeJanuary 1846, your an-cestor can be classifiedas a “Pioneer.” If he or shelived here between Janu-ary 1846 and December1860, that ancestor can be classified as a “Settler.”To prove your lineage back to your ancestor, youmay use birth records, death records, marriage li-censes, census records, Bible records, and otherprimary or supportive secondary records.

The application fee is $15.00 which coversas many ancestors as you can prove and also cov-ers your membership pin. You must be a memberof the Defiance County Chapter OGS. This mem-bership may be paid at the same time as your ap-plication fee is paid. The cutoff date is August 1stof the year in which you apply. For more informa-tion and to download the application for First Fami-lies, please go to the Society’s web site atwww.defiancecountygenealogy.org or write to thechapter at PO Box 7006, Defiance, OH 43512-7006attention of Mary Scranton, chair.

Defiance County Centennial FamiliesTo acknowledge families which have been

in Defiance County for 100 years or more, our chap-ter has established a centennial recognition pro-gram. Just one item of proof showing that a familymember was here in 1918 or before is needed toregister a family. Upon registration, a certificate willbe sent from the chapter. For more information,please contact the chapter via email or by postalmail-- attention of Carol Ehlinger.

First Families of Defiance Countyand Centennial Families

Defiance County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical SocietyYesteryears’ Trails Vol.XXXIV Winter 2019

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OctoberBoard Meeting-

Dianne Kline noted that she had had sev-eral responses to the blog topic of surnames fromthe fly leaf of a Bible with Bruner and Zeller sur-names. She noted that those interested could re-fer to the Bible which is located at Auglaize Villagefor any additional information. At last count, theblog site had been visited 162,923 times.

Dianne noted that there currently are 85members. She also noted that she would like tofind a volunteer to take over membership duties.

It was decided to begin the 6:30 First Fami-lies reception at 6:30 with Frank Butwin's reenact-ment of Anthony Wayne followed by the First Fami-lies inductions and a memorial. Plans for refresh-ments and the memorial service were discussed.

Saturday, October 19, beginning at 10:00,will be a genealogy workshop at the Defiance Pub-lic Library.

After discussion, Pat Wise moved to in-crease membership in the chapter to $15.00 for anindividual and $18.00 for a family membership.Rhonda Casler seconded the motion which carried.

Joanne has notified OGS that we will fur-nish a basket of books and pamphlets about Defi-ance County for the spring OGS conference.

Programming for the remainder of this yearand the beginning of next year was discussed.

NovemberBoard Meeting-

PresidentAllison opened the meeting at 2:30with the above present. The secretary's reports fromthe previous board and October chapter meetingswere reviewed. Treasurer Dan Hasch presentedthe financial report for October showing a balanceof $4132.78.

President Allison thanked Dawn Hasch forvolunteering for the membership chair of the chap-ter. Dianne Kline noted that visitors to the chapterblog site now tally 165,978. A correspondence from

member William Schmertz suggested programshighlighting early settlers from each township. Theboard consensus was that this research would bebetter addressed in the blog or in the newsletter.Members were asked to investigate resources tosee if this is possible.

Rich Rozevink was present to ask if theTurnbull books might be reduced in price as therewill be a display at the Tuttle Museum highlightingthe business in the near future and a programplanned by Leon Jones also highlighting the busi-ness. Pat Wise noted that the book might also beused at Auglaize Village. Pat Wise moved to re-duce the price to $15.00 (down from $21.50).Dianne Kline seconded the motion which passed.Rich also suggested that the history books producedby the chapter be highlighted for Christmas giving.Dianne noted that she would do so in the blog. Marywill highlight them in the next newsletter. Rich vol-unteered to present a PowerPoint program with thehelp of Dan Hasch's computer expertise in Febru-ary highlighting his humorous World War II post-card collection.

A thank-you was received from Frank Butwin,our October reception speaker. He noted his en-joyment of being with the chapter for the evening.

Dianne Kline moved that the chapter jointhe Stryker Heritage Council at a yearly member-ship of $30. Rhonda Casler seconded the mo-tion. Dan Hasch moved that $50 be given to theWood County Historical Society as an honorariumfor the speaking engagement of Holly Hartlerode-Kirkendall at the coming November meeting.

Joanne announced that Lavoie's Photogra-phy of the Bryan area has donated 65,000 im-ages detailing local history and families of thearea to the Williams County Public Library.

Programming for the coming year wasdiscussed:

January - Dianne Kline - New Paths toNavigate Family Search

February - Rich Rozevink - HumorousWWII Postcards

March - Sharing Family Food HeritageFor a summer field trip-the regional archivallibrary located at the BGSU Library was sug-gested.

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Gen. Wayne, Portrayed by Frank Butwin,Visits DCGS Meeting

The following article was written by our chap-ter president Joanne Allison. It appeared inThe Crescent-News on November 2.

Defiance County Genealogical Society metOct. 28 when Frank Butwin, depicting Gen.AnthonyWayne, gave a PowerPoint program on the life ofthe general.

Born in 1745 in Easton, Pa., Wayne’s inter-est in military strategy began early while still a young-ster as he liked to command mock battles at re-cess with other boys. He was educated as a sur-veyor at his uncle’s private academy in Philadel-phia where he met Benjamin Franklin, who later senthim and some associates to work for a year sur-veying land granted in Nova Scotia.

In 1767, Wayne married Mary Penrose andreturned to work in his father’s tannery, while alsocontinuing work as a surveyor. Later he held countyoffices and served in the Pennsylvania legislature.

He adopted a military career at the outset ofthe American Revolutionary War, where his militaryexploits, his boldness, and fiery personality quicklyearned him promotion to brigadier general in Feb-ruary 1777 and the nickname “Mad Anthony.” Inother circles he also was called “Dandy Tony” some-times because he liked dancing with pretty womenat formal parties.

Wayne led many battles throughout theRevolutionary War. He was present at Valley Forge

Members ofthe DefianceGenealocialSociety weretreated to aPowerPointpresentationon the life ofGeneral MadAnthonyWayne byFrank Butwin.

during the winter of 1777-78. In 1780, he stoppedBenedict Arnold’s treasonous plan to surrenderWest Point to the British military by safeguardingthe fort.

After the war, Wayne returned to Pennsyl-vania and served in the state legislature for ayear, then moved to Georgia and settled uponthe tract of land that had been granted to him forhis military service. He was a delegate to thestate convention that ratified the United StatesConstitution in 1788.

President George Washington recalledWayne from civilian life in order to lead an expe-dition in the Northwest Indian War. During thattime he was instrumental in building several fortsin the Ohio country, including Fort Defiance andFort Wayne.

In 1794, a tree fell onto Wayne’s tent,knocking him unconscious, but he survived to beable to resume the march to the newly built FortDefiance. Two weeks later, he mounted anassault on the Indian confederacy at the Battle ofFallen Timbers in Maumee. This decisive victoryended the war.

He was then among those who negotiatedthe Treaty of Greenville between the tribal con-federacy and the United States which opened upthe Northwest Territory and Louisiana Purchase.The treaty gave most of Ohio to the UnitedStates and cleared the way for the state to enterthe Union in 1803.

Gen. Wayne died of complications fromgout in 1796 during a return trip to Pennsylvaniafrom a military post in Detroit. He was buried atFort Presque Isle, now Erie, Pa., where themodern Wayne Blockhouse stands.

His son, Isaac, disinterred Wayne’s bodyin 1809 and had the corpse boiled so as toremove the surviving flesh from the bones. Hethen placed the bones into a bone carrier andrelocated them to the family plot in the graveyardof St. David’s Episcopal Church in Wayne, Pa.The other remains such as the soup, uniform,knives, etc. were reburied in his coffin but redis-covered in 1878, giving General Wayne twoknown grave sites. A legend says that manybones were lost along the roadway which en-compasses much of U.S. Route 322, and that hisghost wanders the highway on Jan. 1 searchingfor his lost bones.

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Following Frank Butwin’s program, FirstFamilies chairman Mary Scranton awarded NancyRobinson and Sue Hepworth membership pinsand certificates into the First Families of DefianceCounty. Nancy and Sue are both residents ofCalifornia, but traced their ancestors to DefianceCounty before 1860.

Because this also made them eligible tobecome Centennial Family Members, Centennialchairman Carol Ehlinger presented them withthose certificates. The names of Pat Wise’sgrandchildren also were added to her First Fami-lies lineage.

A reception followed the meeting celebrat-ing the new First Families and Centennial mem-bers.

Following Frank Butwin’s program, First Fami-lies’ chair Mary Scranton (right) awarded Cali-fornian residents Nancy Robinson and SueHepworth membership pins and certificates forFirst Families of Defiance County. Pat Wise(second from right) added her grandchildren’snames to the First Families’ listing. CarolEhliger (left) presented the Californian womenwith their Centennial Families of DefianceCounty certificates showing that their familyhad lived in Defiance County for over 100 years.

Holly Kirkendall, curator of the Wood CountyMuseum, presented the history of publiccharity in Ohio prior to Social Security andWorkers’ Compensation

Museum Curator Explains the History ofEarly Public Charity in Ohio

The following article was written by our chap-ter president Joanne Allison. It appeared inThe Crescent-News on December 7.

The Defiance County Genealogical Societymet on Nov. 28, when Wood County MuseumCurator Holly Kirkendall presented the history ofpublic charity in Ohio prior to Social Security andWorkers’ Compensation.

For the past few years, Kirkendall andlocal photographer Jeffrey Hall, have traveledfrom Wood County to each of the other 87 Ohiocounties searching for historical records andphotographing former poor farm sites. Thus, thepoor-farm-story and the museum’s award-winningexhibit, “For Comfort & Convenience: PublicCharity in Ohio by way of the Poor Farm” werecreated.

In 1816, just 13 years after Ohio became astate, the Ohio General Assembly authorizedboards of county commissioners to construct poorhouses to care for those unable to provide thebasic necessities of life for themselves: food,clothing, and shelter. Permanent housing forindividuals was called, “Indoor Relief,” and tempo-rary help was called “Outdoor Relief.”

In spite of a few complaints sent to localnewspapers because of the added tax, the statebecame wholly responsible for the provision and

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regulation of these homes in 1867. The State Boardof Charities was formed in 1900 to focus on propermanagement in the care of residents.

Believing that each person needed to earntheir keep with an honest day’s work, an able in-mates were assigned various jobs on the farm topay for their lodging and food. However, some in-mates were too old or too crippled to work the farm,so outside employees were also hired to maintainthe facility. Usually, a superintendent managed thefarm and his wife managed the people.

In 1853, the name “Poor House” wasdropped, and the name “Infirmary” became the offi-cial title. Inmates were separated by gender andclassification. Besides adults, orphans and un-wanted or abused children also lived in the infirma-ries.

For those in the “insane” classification, aMental Health Warrant to Convey first had to beapproved by a judge. Ohio made great efforts togive good care to the legally insane.

Aged inmates received the promise theywould be provided with warm housing, food, sleep-ing facilities, clothing, medical care, and a Chris-tian grave. Many were content to live and workthere. There is currently a monument on the WoodCounty Home Cemetery listing names of inmatesburied there.

As bids for construction for a new and im-proved Wood County facility were presented in1869, builders were required to construct a fewapartments, single rooms for no more than fourpeople, fewer sets of stairs, a dormitory, a chapel,a basement and dining room, a laundry room, hos-pital wings, and administration offices. Since struc-ture fires were a very big concern in those days,fire prevention was considered in the new construc-tion plans.

The two-story building had to be within walk-ing distance of the county seat. The insane build-ing was separate from the main building. Childrenwere also in a separate building.

The need for the county poor farms declinedabout the time Social Security started. Some Ohiocounty homes were eventually torn down, somebecame county office buildings or nursing homes.

The Wood County Historical Society’s mu-seum in now housed in the former Wood CountyInfirmary building at the intersection of Interstate

75 and U.S. 6, south of Bowling Green. They areeager to share their interesting exhibits with thepublic.

It is the time of year for renewal (or tojoin for the first time!) of your DCGS mem-bership dues. This year the DCGS boardhas set dues of $15.00 for individuals and$18.00 for a family membership.

Your support helps us to supportinteresting programming, genealogy classes,our annual First Families reception, and ournewsletters, web site, and blog site.

Form is at the end of this newsletter.

Thank you!

For more information concerning the DefianceCounty Infirmary, please go to the DCGS chapterblog site hosted by Dianne Kline.

http://defiancecountyohiogenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-defiance-county-infirmary.html

There you will find an article entitled “An InfirmaryThat Is a Model: Defiance Institution Might BeCopied After By Other Similar Institutions in theState-- a Visit Through the Home.” The articlewas reprinted in The Crescent-News on April 13,2017 from an article originally printed in the Defi-ance Democrat on October 8, 1909.

The article begins: "...The DefianceCounty Infirmary is without a doubtone of the best arranged andequipped institutions of its kind in theentire Buckeye state... During thepast year, a new building has beencompleted at an expenditure of about$25,000 and an electric light plantinstalledat a cost of about $15,000..”

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Origins of Defiance County andIts Townships

On March 4, 1845, the Ohio government au-thorized the creation of Defiance County. Defiancewas created by taking areas from Williams, Henry,and Paulding Counties. Defiance County covers412 square miles, and one percent of the countyconsists of urban areas. Defiance County includesthree incorporated villages, Hicksville, Ney andSherwood, and the city of Defiance. In DefianceCounty there are twelve townships: Adams, Defi-ance, Delaware, Farmer, Hicksville, Highland, Mark,Milford, Noble, Richland, Tiffin and Washington.

Did you know?Adams Township was organized in 1836 whilebelonging to Henry County. It was named for JudgeBishop Adams, a pioneer settler. It is one of 10Adams townships statewide.

Defiance Township was not organized until1846 (after the organization of the county in1845). It was created from portions of AuglaizeTownship in Henry County and parts of PauldingCounty. It was so named after the fort estab-lished by General Anthony Wayne. The city ofDefiance was laid out in November 1822 byBenjamin Leavell and Horatio Phillips with 150lots platted.

Delaware Township was probably named afterthe native Americans living in the area. In 1817,the following tribes were in northwestern Ohio:the Wyandot, Seneca, Delaware (Lenape),Shawnee, Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Ojibwe (orChippewa). They relinquished their claim to fourmillion acres of land in northwestern Ohio bysigning the Treaty of the Maumee Rapids. Thevillage of Sherwood was named for GeneralIsaac Sherwood, a Civil War veteran and Con-gressman, who helped the village get its postoffice. The village of Delaware Bend was laidout by W.. D. Hill and Company in 1874.

Farmer Township was originally called LostCreek Township, and under the name Fsrmerwas organized in 1836. The present name honors

Nathan Farmer, an early settler. It is the onlyFarmer Township statewide.

Hicksville Township was organized in 1839. It isthe only Hicksville Township statewide. Led byHenry W. Hicks, the Hicks Land Company plattedthe community in 1835 and 1836. The village ofHicksville was incorporated in 1871. A postoffice has been in operation at Hicksville since1838.

Hicksville made its debut in Americanliterature in 1885 when Mark Twain mentioned thetown in Chapter 33 of The Adventures of Huckle-berry Finn. Tom Sawyer claims to be a strangerfrom Hicksville, Ohio.

Highland Township was organized in 1842 as apart of Henry County. Its name is suggestive ofthe two sandy ridges extending through thetownship. Ayersville was named after earlysettler Joseph Ayers. The village had a postoffice as early as 1849.

Mark Township was named for Mark Kenton, anearly hunter and trapper of the area. It is the onlyMark Township statewide. The township waserected by the Defiance County Commissionersin 1850 on petition of Mr. Williams C. Hutchinson.The village of Mark Center was laid out in 1875when the railroad was extended. The communitywas so named because of its location being nearthe geographical center of Mark Township. A postoffice has been in operation at Mark Center since1875.

Milford Township was established in 1837.Originally the township was a part of WilliamsCounty, and now the township is divided betweenWilliams and Defiance Counties. Williams Cen-ter was once the center of Williams County(before Defiance County was established in1845).

Noble Township is the smallest of the 12 town-ships and is bound on all sides by other DefianceCounty townships. The village of Brunersburgwas laid out in 1834 by Daniel Bruner and HenryZeller. The original plat had only 28 lots..

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Richland Township was organized in 1824 as apart of Henry County. The Wabash and ErieCanal was excavated beginning in 1837 andcompleted in 1842. The village of Independencewas laid out about 1838 by Foreman Evans.

Tiffin Township, organized in 1832, was mostprobably named for Edward Tiffin, the first gover-nor of Ohio. Ephraim Doty, acclaimed as the firstsettler, died in 1845. The village of Evansport waslaid out by Jacob Coy and Albert and AmosEvans in 1835 with a 122 lots.

Washington Township was established in 1838.Named for George Washington, first President ofthe United States. it is one of forty-three Wash-ington Townships statewide. Originally the villageof Ney was named Georgetown after GeorgeRidenour who laid out the original 28 lots in 1846.A post office called Ney has been in operationsince 1850. Ney, the present name, honorsMichael Ney, a French officer and military com-mander who fought in the French RevolutionaryWars and the Napoleonic Wars.

Highlighting Our DCGSHistorical Publications

Thanks to the efforts of Richard Rozevink andthe late David Bennett, our DCGS chapter hasbenefited of the research, compilation, and print-ing of articles which highlight historical peri-ods of Northwestern Ohio. Information for or-dering these publications is found at the end ofthis newsletter.

Campaigns of the Army of theNorthwest 1812-1813(pub. 2009)$10.00

Civil War Journal of Darius W. Baird(38thOVI) of NWOhio(pub. 2011)$10.00

Reproduction of Turnbull WagonCo. Catalogue 1904(pub. 2011)NOW reduced price of $15.00

225th Anniversary of AnthonyWayne's Fort Defiance; A Collectionof Short Stories(newly published 2019)$10.00

Trolley Car Accident in Defiancein 1904

The following article was printed in the Phila-delphia Inquirer on August 13, 1904.

Three persons were killed and three badlyinjured in a trolley car wreck at the Baltimore andOhio crossing in this city just before noon today.The killed: Mrs. Helen Reisenwetter, Cleveland,O., 27 years old; Gerald Gaede, aged 5; RollinGaede, aged 3, both sons of Rev. M. Gaede, ofDefiance.

The wounded: Mrs. Olga Gaede, EarlBarnhart, Harold Fraghl. The latter two are mem-bers of Company E, Sixth Regiment, Ohio Na-tional Guard, of Hicksville, en route to drill at theMaumee Valley chautauqua.

The crossing is at a curve, and the motor-man did not see a cut of cars backing down. Thetrolley car had a trailer and both were crowded.The injured will recover.

http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/defi-ance/cemeteries.htm

For bios of early Defiance natablessuch as Alfred P. Edgerton, William C.Holgate, Edwin Phelps, Charles ElihuSlocum, Adam Wilhelm--

http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/defiance/bios.html

Interesting websites--

For cemeteries of Defiance County thatlist their latitude and longitude--

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SURNAMES BEING RESEARCHED BY DCGS MEMBERS

If you would like to contact a member to discuss a common research surname, please emailyour contact information and the member's number to defiancegenealogy2002@yahoo.comand we will ask that member to get in touch with you.

Mem.# SURNAMES BEING RESEARCHED528 Richolt, King, Cooper621 Batt, Pahl99 Bayes, Haley, Partee448 Boesling, Schwake, Heldberg551/552 Mapes, Paxton, Cooper, Sigg, Cupp258 Rose, Wilson, Lewis, Hively, Gaskill, Inman, Cool653 Smith, Viebach, Watson392 Hussey, Stuckey, Mansfield, Sieren, Lloyd, Grosenbacher, Bennett, Peterson302 Diehl, Herr, Schmaltz, Conn, Swartzel27 Walters, Polter, Gusler, Snyder, Musser189 Anderson, Eitniear, Schoonover, VanVlerah, Wagner412 Dowe/Dauwe, Hilton, Speaker658/659 Hale, Parker630 Wolfrum5 Varner, Baum, Deckrosh, Ankney, Hill, Bish, McClure652 Artoon, Doan376 Meek241 Beerbower, Rinlecl, Parker648 Young, Hughes, Rulf, Redden, Blosser, Severns417 Bottenberg, Chaney, Perry103 Osmun, Scranton, Kurtz, Miller, Scott, Boone, Peter, Patten, Martin, Willard264 Durfey, Miller, Carr, Heller674/675 Bayliss, English, Vance, Miller/Mueller, Kimple, Kisabeth, Croyle168 Sevrence, Diehl, Moog, Brenner, Doty679 Gorman, Hovestadt, Carney536 Donley, McFeeters, English, Bergman, Fieldner520 Scranton, Yekisa, Bruggeman, Kurtz, Loomis, Blood, Romanus554 Henry Partee530 John Hall, Lydia Franklin Bills, Edward Hall428 William Lewis, Hively, Shasteen, Whitten, Karnes522 Bruggeman, Churchman, Coonrod, Coy, Fritz, Kurtz, Pollock, Scranton, Sims, Snyder,

Pendleton, Winters, Yargus, Yekisa415 Dickman, Endsley, Love, Relyea, VanVlerah, Boucher, Hughes433 Gerger, Lenhart/Lenhardt, Glanz, Konzon662 Veith, Osborn, Rohmer, Demann, Steinberger, McAdams672/673 Hart, Hootman, Doub, Perry, Koeppe, Steele356 Ross, DeMuth, Heller, Miller, Shoemaker, Kuhl, Helmich681/682 Gorman, Hovestadt

Index to the 2019 Yesteryears’ TrailsAbel, Alice L. 11

Abel, George Homer 11

Ackers, James 28

Adams, Bishop, Judge 41

Amaden, Addie 32

Andrew, Joseph 8

Andrew J. Tuttle Memorial Museum

17 25

Ansberry, Glen 20

Ansberry, Henry 20

Ansberry, J. T. 20

Ansberry, Thomas 20

Appleseed, Johnny 25

Archambeault, Edmund R. 17

Arrowsmith, Mary Evans 18

Ashton, Clara 29

Ashton, George 29

Ashton, James 28,29

Ashton, Lucretia 29

Ashton, Rebecca 29

Ashton, Samuel 29

Ashton, T. H. 28

Ashton, Thomas 28

Ashton, Thomas Hutchinson 28

Ashton, William 29

Ashton, Zachariah 29

Ashton,Benjamin, Dr. 28

Ashton, B. D. 28

Ball, U. 6

Baltz, John 11

Baltz, William Henry 11

Baltzm Gkadys Gertrude 11

Barnhart, Earl 42

Bennett, Thomas H. 30

Bergman, Christian 12

Bergman, Henry F. 12

Bergman, Marie W. 12

Biderman, Hattie O. 18

Bines, Maxwell 8

Blair, Enos 28

Boehm, Robert 7

Boff, Julianna Regina 16

Bokop, Henry D. 21

Botham, Elizabeth Higgen 11

Boyee, Cliff 21

Bradley, Daniel 8

Brown, Augusta 19

Brown, E. L. 19

Brown, Edward 19

Brown, Emilie 18

Brown, Fred G. 19

Brown, Fred J. 19

Brown, George 19

Brown, Harry 19

Brown, Harry J. 25

Brown, Helen 19

Brown, L. C. 19

Brown, Margaret O. 19

Brown, Mamie 19

Brown, R. C. 19

Brown, Robert 19

Bruner, Daniel 41

Burke, William C. 30

Burns, Alma 12

Burns, George 12

Burns, Harry D. 12

Butwin, Frank 38

Canal Days 26

Caris, Albert G. 21

Carmichael, John Francis 8

Carter, Sayed 28

Cary, Joseph T. 30

Casler, Rhonda 15

Chandler, Richard 8

Chapman, John 25

Cleason, Rena 7

Cluts, Iona 10

Cluts, John Jacob 10

Colby, Jonas, Dr. 25

Community Hospital Association

32

Compo, Robert W. 21

Conkle, J. P. 7

Corwin, Isaac 7

Coy, Jacob 42

Crist, Elwood O., Rev 21

Curdes, Emilie 19

Defiance Automatic Screw Machine Co.

17

Defiance County Infirmary 6

Defiance Machine Works 19

Derricotte, Gene 21

Desgrange, Louis G. 20

Donley, Arle Stella 12

Donley, William 12

Doty, Ephraim 42

Doub, Claron Herbert 10

Doub, Henry 10

Doub, John Wesley 10

Doub, Linda Lou 10

Doub, Max Hobart 10

Easterly, Raymond 32

Edgerton, Alfred P. 42

Edy, David 29

Elliot, Joseph 8

Emery, Bartlett J., Dr. 21

Engle, John 11

Engle, Melissa May 11

English Surname Meanings 33

Enos, Robert, Mrs. 19

Evans, Amos 42

Evans, Forman 42

Evans, Pierce 8

Farmer, Nathan 41

Fielder, Matilda 12

Filbrick, Charles 8

Filbrick, Thomas 8

Foltzene, Homer H. 19

Fraghl, Harold 42

Frederick, J. P. 7

Fulton County Heritage Society27

Gaede, Gerald 42

Gaede, M., Rev. 42

Gaede, Olga 42

Gaede, Rollin 42

Gage, Albert 12

Gage, Edward Eugene 12

Gage, Eugene Wilson 12

Gage, Margaret Lucille 12

Garfield, James A. 5

Garwood, Nancy Jane 11

Garwood, Samuel 11

Gorman, Mary M. 30

Gorman, Michael 30

Gorman, Theresa S. 30

Greenler, G. C. A. 6

Hadsell, Electra 11

Hall, Frank F. 21

Hamtrack, John Francis 8

Hanawalt, Bud 21

Hart, Berniece Irene 11

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Hart, Jonathan 11

Hart, Susan 10

Hart, Washington 11

Hay, Fred L. 21

Henderson, Denver 5

Hess, Mary E. 30

Hicksville Hospital 32

Higgenbotham, Andrew Jackson11

Hill, G. W. 8

Hill, Reed 28

Hill, W. D. 41

Hilton, Brice 8

Hinzman, Kathryn 10

Hoeltzel School 29

Holgate, William C. 42

Hootman, Diana L. 11

Hovestaft, Sophia 30

Hovey, Edward W. 20

Hart, Clyde Eugene 11

Hughes, Thomas 8

Hunt, Thomas 8

Hyde, Charles 8

Indian Removal Act 25

Jones, David 8

Keller, Sophia 17

Kennel, Margaret 10

Kenton, Mark 41

Kettenring, Charles, P. 21

King, Mary 11

Kirkendall, Holly 39

Kirtley, W. Guy H. 21

Kiser, Ethel 29

Kiser, Julia 29

Kiser, Mary E. 29

Kiser, Mary Elisabeth 28

Kiser, Merrill 29

Kline, Dianne 4

Klopfensteine, Elizabeth 10

Knight, Cynthia 11

Knight, Richard 6

Koeppe, Augustus 10

Koeppe, Garnet Pauline 10

Koeppe, George Carlton 10

Koeppe, John Frederick 10

Krotz, Alonzo, 30

Kryer, Steve 7

Leavell, Benjamin 41

Leech, Margareet 5

Lehman, Wright G. 21

Lewis, Howell 8

Lewis, Thomas 8

Marsh, Anna Elizabeth 10

Mattocks, Isaac Orin 30

Mattocks, Lillian Vernis Neate 30

Mattocks, Vernon Edward 30

Max, George 10

May, Martha M. 10

Mayo, Melanie 26

McClurken, Margaret 12

McFeter, Lucy A. 12

McGrew, Algernon Percy 12

McGrew, Sarah 12

McKenna, Eliza 12

McKnight, Daniel W. 21

Merickel, John A., Rev. 21

Miller, Don 21

Morehouse, Ester 32

Morse, Chauncey I. 21

Murphy, Guy O. 21

Neisley, Margaret 11

Newton, O. W. 19

Ney, Michael 42

Noffsinger, Orville R. C. 21

Nolan, George 21

Noyer, Charles 10

Noyer, Ida S. 10

Nye, Daniel H. 12

Nye, Emma Parker 12

Ohio Public Charity 39

Otis, W. E. 6

Papenhagen, Fank J. 21

Partee, Henry 6

Perkins, John 8

Perry, Alta Fern 10

Perry, George Curtis 10

Perry, Newton Jasper 10

Phelps, Edwin 42

Philips, Dick 21

Phillips, Horatio 41

Powell, William S., Dr. 21

Pratt, Elizabeth 5

Preston, William 8

Prewitt, Sally 11

Rath, William 7

Reisenwetter, Helen 42

Research for 662 Jefferson St. 28

Richards, Rachel 12

Richardson, Lydia M. 11

Ridenour, George 42

Ruder, Wilhelm Anthony 16

Rudolph, Lucretia 5

Ruess, William H. 17

Rummel, Penny 15

Schmertz, Algernon Percy 12

Schmertz, Robert Charles 12

Schmertz, William E., Jr. 12

Schmertz, William Erwin 12

Schmertz, William Erwin, Jr. 12

Scranton, Mary 28

Seaman, William 8

Seely, Charlotte A. 10

Seward, Alberta 12

Seward, Edmund C. 12

Sherer, James 10

Sherer, James W. 10

Sherer, Lenora Irene 10

Sherry, L. A., Dr. 17

Shippers, Mary Elizabeth 11

Shriver, Daniel 11

Shriver, Dora E. 11

Shriver, William Henry 11

Simonis, Louis 7

Skiver, Augustus 29

Slocum, Charles Elihu 42

Sly, Casandra 29

Sly, Clarinda 29

Sly, Elizbeth 29

Sly, Isabella 29

Sly, James M. 29

Sly, Lucinda 29

Sly, Maria 29

Sly, Mary 29

Sly, Sarah 29

Sly, Thomas H. 29

Sly, Tolbert 29

Sly, William S. 29

Southward, B. F. 29

Spangler, J. D. 18

Springer, Uriah 8

Squire, Virgil 21

Steel, Hiram H. 10

Steele, Alzeta M. 10

Stoll, Andrew 6

Strong, David 8

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Suffrage in Defiance 31

Sutphen, Richard H. 21

Swaerington, John 27

Swift, Emma 12

Tate, Lincoln J. 21

Tenzer, Herman B. 21

Thompson, Alexander 8

Tilton, Daniel 8

Tustison, Lee O. 21

Van Rensselaer, Solomon 8

Vanerbrock, John C. 21

VanHorn, Elizabeth 12

Wagner, F. J. 17

Wallace, William P. 21

Wayne, General Anthony 38

Wayne, Isaac 38

Weisenberger, John B. 30

Weisenburger, Frank P. 21

Whisler, John 8

Whitaker, Robert T. 21

WikiTree 22

Wilcox, Mary Jane 12

Wilder, Jesse 11

Wilder, Linda Doub 10

Wilder, Robert Lee 11

Wilder, William Lehr 11

Wilder, William Washington 11

Wilhelm, Adam 42

Williams, Mary 4

Winton, W. K. 29

Wonderly, Eli 6

Wood County Historical Society40

Wortman, R. W. 21

Wortman, Riley W. 21

Wyatt, Henry, Sir 15

Wyatt, Houte, Rev. 15

Wyatt, Mary 10

Younghusband, Isaac 8

Zeller, Charles W., Dr. 17

Zeller, Edward 17

Zeller, Henry 41

Zeller, Robert 17

Zeller, William 17

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talReprint of 1876DefianceCountyAtlaswith Indices (Paper- pub. 2007) 25.00Plat Map Index or Biographical Index for the 1876Def.Co.Atlas $8.00 eachIndex to the 1976DefianceCountyHistoryBook (pub. 2006) $15.00Index to theHistory of DefianceCounty 1883 (pub. 2008) $30.00Def. Co. Tombstone Index ‘78-’83: BookA-K or Book L-Z (pub. 2001) $30.00 eachEarlyDeath Records of Defiance Co. 1867-1884 (pub. 2001) $25.00Def. Co. Deaths 1884-1907: BookA-K or Book L-Z (pub. 2004) $25.00 eachDef. Co. Deaths 1908-1996: BookA-E, Book F-K, Book L-R or Book S-Z $30.00 eachDef. Co.Out of County and State Burial Permits 1973-1998 (pub. 2004) $25.00Def.Co.Riverside Interments: Jan. 1978-July 2006 (pub. 2007) $25.00Adams Township Def.Co. Inscription Book (Read in 2000; pub. 2005) $25.00Def. Twp.& CityTombstone Inscription. (New Riverside Cem. not included)

(Read in ‘78-’82; pub. 2001) $25.00Defiance City New Riverside Tombstone Inscriptions (Read ‘78-’82; pub. 2001) $35.00Delaware Twp.Def.Co. Tombstone Inscriptions (Read ‘01-’02; pub. 2005) $30.00Farmer Twp.Def.Co.Tombstone Inscriptions (Read ‘94; pub. 2008) $30.00Hicksville Twp.Def.Co.Tombstone Inscriptions (Read ‘00-’02; pub. 2007) $35.00Highland Twp.Def.Co.Tombstone Inscriptions (Read ’01; pub. 2005) $25.00Mark & MilfordTwps.Def. Co.Tombstone Inscriptions (Read ‘01; pub. 2004) $25.00Noble Twp.Def.Co.Tombstone Inscriptions (Read ‘92; pub. 2005) $20.00Richland Twp.Def.Co./Tombstone Inscriptions (Read ’78-’82; pub. 2001) $20.00TiffinTwp.Def.Co.Tombstone Inscriptions (Read ’96-’06; pub. 2001) $25.00WashingtonTwp.Def.Co.Tombstone Inscriptions (Read ‘97; pub. 2005) $20.00Def. Co. Births 1867-1908: BookA-D, Book E-I, Book J-M (revised 2016) $40.00 eachDef. Co. Births 1867-1908: BookN-Sl, Book Sm-Z (revised 2016) $35.00 eachDef. Co. Marriages - SmallVol 1: 1845-1861 (pub. 2001) $30.00Def. Co. Marriages - SmallVol. 2: 1855-1885 (pub. 2006) $25.00Def. Co. MarriagesVol. 1&2: Feb. 1885-May 1897 (pub. 2009) $25.00Def. Co. MarriagesVol. 3&4: Jan. 1897-Nov. 1903 (pub. 2009) $30.00Def. Co. MarriagesVol. 5&6: November 1903 –December 1912 (pub. 2010) $25.00Def. Co. MarriagesVol. 7&8 Dec. 1912-Nov. 1925 (pub. 2011) $25.00Defiance County Naturalizations (pub. 2008) $20.001890 Defiance County Veterans’ Census (pub. 2007) $15.00Enumerations of Males in DefianceCounty1847-1895 (pub. 2006) $25.00Campaigns of theArmy of theNorthwest 1812-1813 (pub. 2009) $10.00Civil War Journal of DariusW. Baird (38thOVI) ofNWOhio (pub. 2011) $10.00Reproduction of Turnbull Wagon Co. Catalogue 1904 (pub. 2011) $21.50

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