New California in Union County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Jerome Township Civil War Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 21, 2008

1. Jerome Township Civil War Memorial

Inscription.
(Columned Section mid-level on monument)

(East Face - front of monument)Our Jerome Township Heroes “In honor of the men who served in the Army of the Union; those who fought and lived and those who fought and died. May this shaft ever call to memory the story of the glory of the men who wore the blue.”

(North Face): Profile of Abraham Lincoln
“Bright upon the historic page,
Enrolled their names shall ever shine.
With peerless luster, age on age,
Through bright'ning realm of coming time.”

(West Face lists wars from the Revolution to Spanish-American, with exception of the Civil War)
(South Face concludes list of Jerome Township soldiers who served in the Civil War)

(Battles listed around base of monument): Gettysburg (east face)
Chickamauga (north face)
Vicksburg (west face)
Appomattox (south face)

Civil War 1861.
(# Soldiers Who Died On The Field.)
1st O. V. C.
Capt. James Cutler • Capt. William L. Curry • Sergt. Patterson Bradley • Sergt. A. L. Sesler • Corp. William B. Harriott • Clark, S. P. • # Ewing, James S. • # Goff, Presley E. • Garner, Alonzo M. • # Lucas, Benjamin F. • Ruehlen, Samuel H. • Ruehlen, William

12th O. V. C.
# Channell, William S. • Adams, Nelson C. • Cary, Isaac • Gundy, Simon • Hawn, Philip • # Heath, Daniel

13th O. V. I..
Bain, James D. • Wood, Harvey S. • Bain, David • Collumber, Joseph • # Taylor, David C.

17th O. V. I..
Lieut. Daniel Taylor • Black, James • Durborough, Washington • # Fleming, Robert F.

17th O.V.I..
Hill, Andrew • Hobert, Leander • Hobert, Lorenzo • Huff, Lysander • Kent, David • Kile, William N. • Kilbury, James M. • Langstaff, James G. • Langstaff, Justin G. • Lucas, Benjamin F. • McClung, John • McCune, David • McDowell, John P. • Norris, George • Patch, Eslie • Perry, John F. • Perry, Luther • Ruehlen, Samuel • Ruehlen, William • Stevens,

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Marion • Surface, Reuben W. • Taylor, William • Thomas, Daniel • Wells, Lewis W. • Williams, John

30th O.V.I.
Maj. Elijah Warner • Capt. James D. Bain • Philander F. Beverly • Assist. Surgeon • Henry R Brinkerhoff, 1st Lieut.

30th O. V. I.
2nd Lieut. Henry Hensel • Sergt. Horace Beach • Sergt. Bazil Burton • Sergt. James Collier • # Sergt. John Engle • Sergt. Hiram Roney • Corp. Amos Beach • # Corp. James Brobeck • # Corp. Caleb Green • # Corp. Benjamin Gamble • Corp. Alex. Harkness • Corp. Robert McCrory • Corp. James G. Langstaff • Corp. John A. Porter • Corp. Addison Wells • Ashbaugh, David R. • Ashbaugh, Milton O. • Beach, Joseph • Beaver, William • Bercaw, Jeremiah • Borland, William • Brinkerhoff, William B. • Brown, William G. • Bogan, Joseph • Buckley, Joseph • Buckley, Samuel • Cabo, John • Collier, William • Cowen, James • Dennis, William H. • # Donaldson, David M. • # Ellis, Daniel W. • Fleck, Thaddeus S.

Civil War 1861.
(Concluded)
187th O.V.I.
McCampbell, Addison • Post, Frank W. • Homine, Henry C. • Romine, Jacob M. • Woodburn, Heber

191st O.V.I.
Lieut. Henry Hensel • Lattimer, David B.

197th O.V.I.
Lape, Emanuel

27th
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2. Jerome Township Civil War Memorial South and East Faces
Note missing cannon balls.
U.S.C.T.
Butcher, Joseph

18th U.S.I.
Beal, George • Converse, H. G. • Converse, Jasper • # Ditmus, Gotfried • Kahler, Joseph • McClung, James • Patch, Lemuel • # Rider, Henry • # Stierhoff, George • Swank, George W. • Williams, David

7th O. Indep'd't. S.S.
Capt. William McCrory • Dickson, Samuel

10th O. Bat'y L.A.
Adams, Charles M.

Signal Corps.
Lattimer, George W.

U.S. Navy.
Cone, Daniel R. • Curry, Llewellyn B.

Co. D 9th Minn. Inf.
Kent, Philo

Indiana Inf.
# Hill, James, Regt. Unknown

Squirrel Hunters.
Capt. James S. Ewing • David D. Beard • Forester Beard • Addison Curry • J. B. Dort • Rev. B. D. Evans • Salatheil Ewing • W.H. Fleck • L.G. Hoff • Frederick Kimerly • James Kilbury • Zachariah McCune • John Taylor • William Wilcox • Joseph Windle • Samuel Wise

Civil War 1861. (Continued From Back Side) 110th O. V. I.
Heath, George W.

113th O. V. I.
Hudson, David • # Sinsel, William

121st O. V. I.
Capt. Otway Curry • # Lieut. Robert F. Fleming • Corp. Stephenson B. Cone • Corp. John W. Bryan • Corp. J.M. Fookes • Baker, Bernard • Cone, James C. • # Cone, Otway B. • Curry, David • McClung, John • Warner, Joshua

Our Jerome Township Heroes East Face Panel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 21, 2008

3. Our Jerome Township Heroes East Face Panel

C. • # Ketch, Lewis J. • Lamme, Bowen J. • Patch, Eslie • Patch, Harmon

128th O. V. I.
Carson, Andrew L. • Carson, Samuel H.

129th O. V. I.
Sergt Chester L. Robinson • Clark, James • Edwards, Festus • Huffvine, Lewis

133rd O. V. I.
Sergt. Edward S. Churchman

133rd O. V. I.
Corp. Lucas B. Goff • Pence, David M. • Evans, Benjamin • Goff, Tillman • South, Samuel

136th O. V. I.
Lieut. Bowen J. Lamme • Sergt. William Green • Sergt. James Guy • Corp. Isaac D. Mapes • Corp. David McCune • Corp. John Q. Adams • Corp. John McCullough • Wagoner, Edwin G. Adams • Chapman, James F. • Dall, Francis • Kahler, Henry • Kent, Marion • Kent, William • McCullough, Zenis O. • McCune, Zachariah • Mapes, Jacob • Martin, George • Martin, William • Nunnemaker, Samuel S. • Ryan, Nathaniel • Preston, M. A. • Palen, William • Ruhlen, Jacob • Scott, John M. • Tarpening, Ira • Warner, Isaac H. • Wilcox, William • Windall, Jacob

136th O.V.I.
Windall, Joseph

145th O.V.I.
Bowersmith, Jacob

174th O.V.I.
Corp. Chas M. Adams • Corp. Robert E. Benson • Benson, John • Beach, Amos • Edwards, George C. • O'Harra, Russell B. • Oliver, James • Oliver, William

Jerome Township Civil War Memorial East Face image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 21, 2008

4. Jerome Township Civil War Memorial East Face

Soldiers Who Died on the Field.

M. • Swank, Thomas L. • McKitrick, David F. • Myers, Henry A. • Perry, Albert T. • Perry, Chas. W. • Perry, Ezra • Wells, Marvel W.

186th O.V.I.
Roney, Chas. M.

187th O.V.I.
Corp. James Curry • Corp. James G. Langstaff • Beathard, Charles W. • Brake, Lewis A. • Collier, Arthur • Dickson, Adelbert • Edwards, Festus • Hawn, Philip M. • Johnston, Jeremiah

War Of Revolution. (1776)
Col. James Curry

War Of 1812.
Capt. James A. Curry • Alder, Jonathan • Buck, James • Kent, Daniel • Kent, John • Shover, Simon • Shover, Adam • Noteman, Andrew • Taylor, William

Mexican War. (1846)
Cutler, James • Clevenger, William • Lamme, William • Oliver, Alexander

Spanish-American War (1898)
U.S. Army.
Col. George Ruehlen

1st O. V. C.
Parmenter, John • Parmenter, Thomas • Patch, Evan

4th O. V. I.
Beaver, James • Beaver, Wassen • Wise, William

17th U. S. I.
Fletcher, Chester M. • Hill, Harry • Peaks, William

Civil War 1861.
(Continued From Right Side)
54th O.V.I.
Mcclung, William • Surface, Reuben W. • Nessle, George • Norris, Jacob • Norris, George K.

58th O.V.I.
Drum Maj. Dunallen • Marion Woodburn

63rd O.V.I.
# Sergt. Eli Casey

66th
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5. Jerome Township Civil War Memorial East Face
O.V.I.
# Sergt. Delmore Robinson • Collumber, Jesse • McKitrick, James H. • Smith, Jacob H. • Smith, John T. • # Stithem, Leonard • # Shineman, David

82nd O.V.I.
Oliver, Alexander H.

85th O.V.I.
# Smeck, Henry

86th O.V.I. (3 Mo & 6 Mo)
Beach, William • Beaver, John • Beaver, Nathaniel • Chapman, James • Huffvine, Lewis

(86th O.V.I. 3 Mo & 6 Mo.)
Post, Frank W. • Robinson, Chester L. • Robinson, David G. • Collier, Arthur • # Curry, Addison • Gill, Andrew • Hohn, Daniel • Hopkins, Lafayette B. • Kahler, Henry • # Ketch, Lewis J. • Moffitt, John • McCampbell, Wm. • McNeal, Wm. • Robinson, Imer • Wise, Eli • # Wise, William • Woodburn, Heber • Woodburn, Lawson

88th O. V. I.
Corp. Isaac Mummy • Beard, Forrester L. • Bethard, James W. • Fleck, William H. W. • # Fulk, William • Jackson, James • # McIntyre, Geo F. • Mummy, Jacob • Norris, Jacob • Wise, David B.

94th O. V. I.
Capt. Andrew Gowans

95th O. V. I.
Allen, Calvin J. • # Beard, S. B. • Bethard, James F. • Bethard, William • O'Harra, William • Ellis, Daniel • Myers, Jacob • McClung, John • Williams, John P.

96th O. V. I.
Sergt. Robert A. Liggett • # Sergt. William D.

Abe Lincoln North Face Panel image. Click for full size.

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6. Abe Lincoln North Face Panel

Laughead • Sergt. Andrew J. Smith • # George W. Mitchell • Corp. George Butler • Corp. David Edwards • Cole, Thompson O. • # Green, William J. • Gowans, A. D. • Kent, William • Liggett, Robert A. • Liggett, William M. • Liggett, Alfred P. • Morford, John W. • Magill, Edgar • McCampbell, James L. • McIntire, David • McIntire, George • # Nonenacher, Jacob • Perry, Jesse N. • # Ruehlen, George W. • Woodburn, David H. • Williams, William H.

Civil War 1861.
(Continued From Front Side)
30th O.V.I.
Forquer, Peter • Freshwater, George • # Fultz, John • Graham, Hezekiah • # Grubb, Benjamin C. • Grubb, William • Hahn, William F. • Hahn, William H. • # Hamilton, John E. • Hill, Andrew • Hobbs, Sylvester • Hoffiner, Lewis • Huffvine, Moses • Huffvine, William H. • # Houtz, Joseph • # Hudson, Joseph • # Jackson, William H. • # Johnson, Samuel • # Langstaff, Juston O. • Lacourse, Alonzo • Lacourse, William C. • # Laymaster, David D. • Mahaffy, Alexander • # Marsh, David • Martin, Theodore • Merryman, James M. • Moore, Albert • Moore, Frank M. • Moore, Sylvester • # Morrow, Henry • # Mullen, Ezekiel • McCumber, Walter • McCumber, William • #

Jerome Township Civil War Memorial North Face image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 21, 2008

7. Jerome Township Civil War Memorial North Face

Continued from front (east) panel

McCumber, Zeno • # McIntire, James

30th O.V. I.
# McIntire, Joseph • # McKim, David • Noble, Lewis C. • Norris, Robert • # Patterson, John • # Patterson, Robert • # Perkins, Atlas • Perry, Daniel • Perry, Luther • Preston, Thomas H. • Roney, Jesse • Ruehlen, Solomon • Schofield, James • # Scott, David S. • Shaw, Thomas • # Skinner, Lyman B. • # Smith, David • Smith, Orville D. • # Stevens, James • Stephens, Saulsbery • Taylor, Adam • Thomas, Byron • # Urton, Thompson P. • Wagner, James • Wells, William • Wolfe, John M. • # Wollam, Andrew J. • # Wood, Aaron

32nd O.V. I.
Converse, Henry M. • McDowell, John P. • # McDowell, Robert N. • Robinson, John B.

34th O. V. I.
Highland, Seth G. • Oliver, Alexander S.

40th O. V. I.
Com. Sergt. Austin Z. Converse • Conklin, David • Crego, Isaac • Hawn, Philip • Myers, Henry • # McDowell, Jesse V. • Snodgrass, Delmore

46th O. V. I.
Harriott, William B. • Pence, David M. • Williams, John P. • Corp. Charles S. Comstock • Converse, Ammon P. • # Gowans, James E. • Buckley, Edward R. • # Hudson, William • # Uray, Thomas

54th O. V. I.
Sergt. David Cook • Sergt. Marion Stevens • Beaver, George •

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8. Jerome Township Civil War Memorial North Face

# Clark, James • Goff, Robert N. • Hobert, Lorenzo • Huff, Lysander • # Kent, David • Lape, Jeremiah • Lape, Zacharian • Martin, Charles

Erected 1913.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Heroes • War, US Civil.

Location. 40° 9.376′ N, 83° 14.2′ W. Memorial is in New California, Ohio, in Union County. It is at the intersection of U.S. 42 and Industrial Parkway (Old U.S. 33), on the right when traveling south on U.S. 42. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Plain City OH 43064, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Till Plains

and in the Columbus Metropolitan Area.

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:

Non-Civil War Soldiers on West Face Panel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 21, 2008

9. Non-Civil War Soldiers on West Face Panel

Jerome Township Soldiers' Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Jerome Township Veterans Wall of Honor (within shouting distance of this marker); New California Church (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Jerome United Methodist Church/Company E, 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (approx. 3.3 miles away); Jerome Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); Joshua Ewing (approx. 3.4 miles away); Old Indian Trail (approx. 3½ miles away); Plain City Town Clock (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New California.

More about this memorial. The monument has been relocated to a safer position—set back 200 feet from the intersection (40.15603, -83.23717).

Regarding Jerome Township Civil War Memorial. Jerome Township soldiers who served in the Civil War are listed on all four sides of the monument.

Some of the cannon balls on top of low wall surrounding the monument are missing.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Also see . . . History of Jerome Township by W. L. Curry. To read up on this monument suggest reading

Jerome Township Civil War Memorial West Face image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 21, 2008

10. Jerome Township Civil War Memorial West Face

Continued from north face.

the History of Jerome Township by W. L. Curry available at this link. Within the book is a complete history of the monument, the dedication service and main address by Colonel Curry given in 1913.

Your picture is very well done and very recent. I have been searching on the net for the original picture when the monument was dedicated May 30, 1913 and have not been able to locate one. I'm also looking for copy of story of the dedication posted in the Marysville Journal, but have not found it at this date.

R.Rhodes/Jerome Twp Trustee 1/01/2009 (Submitted on January 2, 2009, by Ron Rhodes of Plain City,, Ohio.)

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11. Jerome Township Civil War Memorial West Face

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 21, 2008

12. Jerome Township Civil War Memorial West Face

Jerome Township Civil War Memorial South Face image. Click for full size.

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13. Jerome Township Civil War Memorial South Face

Continued from west face.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 21, 2008

14. Jerome Township Civil War Memorial South Face

Jerome Township Civil War Memorial Statue image. Click for full size.

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15. Jerome Township Civil War Memorial Statue

Credits. This page was last revised on June 8, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,515 times since then and 105 times this year. Last updated on June 4, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. submitted on October 27, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.