Near The Bend in Defiance County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Original Site of St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Cemetery and Log Church
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 21, 2018
1. Original Site of St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Cemetery and Log Church Marker
In 1855, Pioneer Roman Catholic settlers of the Black Swamp erected a 16 x 24 log church where you are now standing reserving the land beside it for their cemetery thus founding St. Stephen's Parish.
Here they assembled to worship God with Farther Francis Wusterholt as their priest.
In 1880 after the log church was destroyed by fire, the present St. Stephen's church was erected in Delaware Bend.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1855.
Location. 41° 16.491′ N, 84° 29.71′ W. Marker is near The Bend, Ohio, in Defiance County. It is on County Route 424, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Defiance OH 43512, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Black Swamp and in the Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tale of Ensign James Liggett / Major Adam Charles Muir, 41st Regiment of Foot (approx. 1.1 miles away); Sawmill Shanty (approx. 2.9 miles away); Kieffer Log Cabin (approx. 2.9 miles away); Caboose 90950 (approx. 2.9 miles away); St. Johns Lutheran Church (approx. 3 miles away); Mollasses Production
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Photographed by Craig Doda, January 21, 2018
2. Original Site of St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Cemetery and Log Church Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 21, 2018
3. St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Cemetery
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 21, 2018
4. Limbaugh Grave at the Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on May 12, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 561 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 11, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
