Pleasant Township near Van Wert in Van Wert County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Woodlawn Union Cemetery Veterans Memorial
R E Baxter Corp Co A 52 Ohio Vol Inf Civil War Sep 18 1840 Jan 23 1921 Richard Breese Co H 5 Ohio Vol Cav Civil War Oct 6 1841 Jul 31 1927 Andrew J Lybold 1st Lieut Co B & D 64 Ohio Vol Inf Civil War Mar 31 1837 Dec 29 1925 Robert J Cavette Serg 14 Iowa Inf Civil War Sep 9 1840 Feb 19 1923 William H Mozier 1st Lieut Co D 65 Ohio Vol Inf Hosp Steward Civil War Jun 29 1835 Feb 12 1918 Reuben Hooks Pvt Co A 41 Ohio Vol Inf Civil War 1840 1920 Richard B Peirson Co K 29 NJ Vol Inf Civil War Apr 16 1838 Sep 28 1917 John Byron Longsworth Pvt Co C 32 Ohio Vol Inf Civil War Feb 28 18?3 May 11 1916 Truman Steinmetz Corp Co E 57 Ohio Vol Inf Civil War 1840 1919
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.
Location. 40° 52.189′ N, 84° 36.808′ W. Memorial is near Van Wert, Ohio, in Van Wert County. It is in Pleasant Township. It is on Woodland Avenue (County Road 134) west of John Brown Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 9188 John Brown Rd, Van Wert OH 45891, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial 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: Company D, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ohio Department of Natural Resources 75th Anniversary (approx. 0.4 miles away); This Flag (approx. 1.2 miles away); Operation Desert Storm Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Ohio National Guard (approx. 1.2 miles away); Van Wert County Wourld War II Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); First County Library in the United States (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Van Wert.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 26, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 262 times since then and 24 times this year. Last updated on April 18, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 26, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.



