Independence in Defiance County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Kentucky & Ohio Soldiers Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2019

1. Kentucky & Ohio Soldiers Memorial

Inscription. Kentucky & Ohio Soldiers Who died in service to our country within Defiance County, Ohio

Ensign James Liggett • Pvt. Wyatt Stepp • Pvt. Guy Hinton • Pvt. William Bevis • 4th Sgt. Nathaniel Mitchell • Johnny Logan Indian Scout • Pvt. James Burass • Pvt. Matthias Emmett • Pvt. Elijah Kelsoe • Pvt. Christian Shyrock • Pvt. Williamson • Pvt. John Muldrough • Pvt. Moses Leon • Pvt. John French • Lt. Thomas Coleman • Capt. William Ellis • Corp. Bland Ballard • 2nd Sgt. James H. Bomar • Pvt. John Clark • Pvt. Samuel Henderson • Pvt. James Hill • Pvt. John M. Robinson • Pvt. William Barkley • Pvt. William B. Woodruff • Pvt. James Kenny • Pvt. Andrew Robb • Pvt. Tabor Leavell • Pvt. John Williams

Erected by Defiance Co. Chapter Of The Ohio Genealogical Society; Jewell American Legion Post #635; Auxiliary Unit #635; Auxiliary Unit #635 - Jewell Fire Department; Jewell Community Center.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War of 1812.

Location. 41° 17.522′ N, 84° 15.759′ W. Memorial is in Independence, Ohio, in Defiance County. It is on Ohio Route 424 0.3 miles west of Overly Road

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, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 29125 OH-424, Defiance OH 43512, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial 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 walking distance of this marker: Winchester's Camp No. 3/Fort Starvation / The Old Kentucky Burial Grounds (here, next to this marker); Fort Starvation (here, next to this marker); Eagles Nest (approx. ¼ mile away); Ohio Department of Natural Resources 75th Anniversary (approx. half a mile away); Welcome (approx. ¾ mile away); Osage Orange (approx. 0.8 miles away); 70 Vet Survivors of C.C.C. Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); You Are On The Buckeye Trail (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Independence.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2019

2. Kentucky & Ohio Soldiers Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 28, 2018

3. Kentucky & Ohio Soldiers Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2019

4. Kentucky & Ohio Soldiers Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2019

5. Kentucky & Ohio Soldiers Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2019

6. Kentucky & Ohio Soldiers Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on May 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 376 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 21, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.