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Clinton Township in Tiffin in Seneca County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Josiah Hedges

1778 - 1858

 
 
Josiah Hedges Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 22, 2023
1. Josiah Hedges Marker
Inscription.
Founder of Tiffin
1821

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1821.
 
Location. 41° 6.173′ N, 83° 9.054′ W. Marker is in Tiffin, Ohio, in Seneca County. It is in Clinton Township. It is on South County Road 13 north of County Road 36, on the right when traveling south. The marker stands near Hedges' grave site. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1431 S County Rd 13, Tiffin OH 44883, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Union Veterans Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Tiffin G.A.R. Memorial (about 400 feet away); St. Joseph Catholic Church (approx. 1.3 miles away); Rev. John Martin Puetz / Rev. John Peter Puetz (approx. 1.4 miles away); The origin of the Ursuline Sisters (approx. 1.4 miles away); Former Federal Post Office Building (approx. 1.4 miles away); Early Electric Illumination, 1884 (approx. 1.6 miles away); Camp Noble (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tiffin.
 
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Josiah Hedges Grave Stone image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 22, 2023
2. Josiah Hedges Grave Stone
Hedges Family Plot image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 22, 2023
3. Hedges Family Plot
In the Greenlawn Cemetery.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 337 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 27, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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