Bethel in Clermont County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Private Edgar R. Aston

Medal of Honor

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 9, 2003

1. Pvt Edgar R. Aston-Medal of Honor Memorial Marker

Inscription. Medal of Honor. Private Edgar R. Aston, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry Indian Wars. Battle San Carlos, Arizona Territory 1865 with two other men, he volunteered to search for a wagon passage out of a 4,000 foot valley wherein an Infantry Column was immobile. The small group passed six miles among hostile Apache Indians and found the sought passage on their return trip down the canyon. They were attacked by the Apaches who were successfully held at bay.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Wars, US Indian. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.

Location. 38° 57.606′ N, 84° 4.518′ W. Memorial is in Bethel, Ohio, in Clermont County. It is on Spring Street. The marker is near the grave of Edgar R. Aston buried in Tate Township Cemetery, aka Bethel Cemetery in Section 7, Lot 40. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2655 Spring Street (Cemetery entrance), Bethel OH 45106, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Cincinnati.

It is also in the American

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Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bethel World War II Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Bethel Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Early Settlers Burial Ground (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bethel (approx. 0.7 miles away); Bethel Methodist Church (approx. 4.7 miles away); John Collins, Methodist Preacher and Circuit Rider / Bethel Methodist Church and Cemetery (approx. 4.7 miles away); Civil War Veterans (approx. 4.7 miles away); Elk Lick Mound (approx. 4.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bethel.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Old Bethel M.E. Church (was approx. 4.7 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Pvt Edgar R. Aston-sign at grave site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 9, 2003

2. Pvt Edgar R. Aston-sign at grave site

Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 8, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 652 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 8, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.