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Ossian in Livingston County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Ossian in WWI

 
 
Ossian in WWI Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, June 22, 2020
1. Ossian in WWI Marker
Inscription. Supported War effort through Liberty Loans, Red Cross work 1917-1918. Local men served in military and as Farm Cadets.
 
Erected 2018 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 541.)
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: AgricultureCharity & Public WorkWar, World I. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list.
 
Location. 42° 31.583′ N, 77° 46.207′ W. Memorial is in Ossian, New York, in Livingston County. It is at the intersection of Ossian Hill Rd and Valley Rd, on the right when traveling east on Ossian Hill Rd. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Dansville NY 14437, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what
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was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The First Presbyterian Church of Ossian (approx. 0.2 miles away); Gambrel Roofed Barn (approx. 0.3 miles away); Isaac Hampton (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ossian Center (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ossian (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fred C. Bonner Barn (approx. 1.7 miles away); Elias H. Geiger (approx. 2.2 miles away); One Room School (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ossian.
 
Ossian in WWI Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, June 22, 2020
2. Ossian in WWI Marker
Looking Northwest on Ossian Hill rd.
Ossian in WWI Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, June 22, 2020
3. Ossian in WWI Marker
Looking Southwest on Ossian Hill Rd. The road to the right is Valley Rd.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 23, 2020, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 524 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 23, 2020, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 25, 2026