Military
Wars
- List of wars with dates
Researching Military Records
- Military sources to research
Veterans
- Veterans of Wayne County, Ohio, 18th Century - American Revolution
- Veterans of Wayne County, Ohio, 19th Century - War of 1812; Mexican-American War; Civil War; Spanish-American War
- Veterans of Wayne County, Ohio, 20th Century - World War I; World War II; Korean; Vietnam
War of 1812
Wayne County Pensioners, War of 1812
This list of soldiers may be found in Ben Douglass' History of Wayne County, Ohio on page 760. Douglass indicates this list is from records found in Columbus, Ohio.
Last Name | First Name | Town |
---|---|---|
Achenbach | John | Moreland |
Bulger, (widow) | Rachel | Fredericksburg |
Crummel | John | Apple Creek |
Espy | Jacob B. | Wooster |
Fike | Henry | Smithville |
First, (widow) | Catharine | Apple Creek |
Johnson | William | Wooster |
Jones | Sylvanus | Wooster |
Kenney | Simon | Canaan |
Ludwig | John | Reedsburg |
McFadden | James | Cedar Valley |
Messmore | George | Apple Creek |
Pittinger | Thomas | Lattasburg |
Potter | Benjamin | Millbrook |
Rieder | Daniel | Koch's |
Starner | Henry | Wooster |
Other Soldiers from the War of 1812 have been listed throughout the History of Wayne County, Ohio by Ben Douglass:
Last Name | First Name | Page |
---|---|---|
Armstrong | Thomas | 779 |
Beall | Reasin | 323 |
Folgate | John | 646 |
Frederick | Thomas | 854 |
Johnston, Sr. | Matthew | 565 |
McClarran | Robert | 309 |
Pittinger | Thomas | 225 |
Piper | John | 839 |
Robison, Sr. | David | 730 |
Smurr | Elias | 566 |
Civil War
Wayne County Service Pensions, Civil War
Wayne County, Ohio Military Material
- Lateral files (very limited for 20th and 21st century wars and conflicts)
- Wayne County Grave Registration Cards
- Wooster Goes to War: Perspectives of the Home Front During World War Two
- Soldier’s Relief Commission 1902-1944
- Soldiers Relief Records, World War I, 1917-1918
- In Memoriam: A Compilation of the Locations of the Grave Sites of Veterans Buried in Wayne County, Ohio
- Visit Veterans Buried in Wayne County, Ohio for a more up-to-date list of this book.
- Various scrapbook clippings from Shreve newspapers during World War II
- Newspaper clippings concerning Wayne County, OH during
- The Spanish-American War
- World War I
- World War II
- Our Wayne County Heritage
- This book includes more than military records. There is a list of land grants registered in Wayne County; Apprentice Indentures of Wayne County, Ohio; The Wayne County Company; Sale of School Lands; Federal Census of Wayne County 1820; Naturalization Records in Wayne County; Gone to California! An Account of the Dennison Company; Jackson, O Presbyterian Church Session Minutes, 1827-1875.
- Hardesty’s Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia (select biographical sketches of Civil War soldiers, Wayne County, OH)
Military Information in Newspapers
Local newspapers include not only general information on war but information pertaining to those who are drafted, killed in action, missing in action, and letters from afar.
Gallery
References
External Links
Grave Sites of Veterans Buried in Wayne County, Ohio
Categories:
- Individuals with Achenbach Surname
- Individuals with Bulger Surname
- Individuals with Crummel Surname
- Individuals with Espy Surname
- Individuals with Fike Surname
- Individuals with First Surname
- Individuals with Johnson Surname
- Individuals with Jones Surname
- Individuals with Kenney Surname
- Individuals with Ludwig Surname
- Individuals with McFadden Surname
- Individuals with Messmore Surname
- Individuals with Pittinger Surname
- Individuals with Potter Surname
- Individuals with Rieder Surname
- Individuals with Starner Surname
- Individuals with Armstrong Surname
- Individuals with Beall Surname
- Individuals with Folgate Surname
- Individuals with Frederick Surname
- Individuals with Johnston Surname
- Individuals with McClarran Surname
- Individuals with Piper Surname
- Individuals with Robison Surname
- Individuals with Smurr Surname
- Military
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