Civil War records of Defiance Post preserved and

Copies of Civil War Veterans

of Bishop Post 22

Now Available for Purchase

(Information provided by the Defiance Veterans Office)

In the summer of 2005, Charles Duerk of the Defiance American Lion Post #117 and Tanya S. Brunner of the Defiance Veterans Office teamed up to preserve the historic document of the Lion Post. The Legion had custody of the GAR records (Grand Army of the Republic - Civil War Veterans). The Grand Army of the Republic was organized in 1866 with the Defiance membership organized in 1879. In 1897 there were 225 names on the Defiance rolls. Record books, membership rosters, and photographs of the Bishop Post were photocopied and the copies were sent to the Defiance Public Library for safekeeping.

On one of Tanya’s visits to the Lion Memorial Hall at 648 South Clinton Street, she noticed a sizable picture on display about four feet long and two foot wide. It was a compilation of 176 individual head photos of members of the GAR post. Minute books from the organization would reveal that the photos were commissioned by the post during several different years-- 1980, 1909, 1911, 1919, and 1922. At one time the photos may have been in different frames before being compiled into one large display.

Tanya Brunner enlisted the assistance of Glenda Matney, a professional photographer with Van Ausdale Image Center of 220 Clinton St. in Defiance. Glenda took photographs of the veterans in several small groups that would enable the photos to be put into a book format. Glenda donated her talents and the American Legion membership voted to finance the development and printing of the photos at a cost of $202.30.

The Defiance Public Library purchased archival quality materials to hold the copied photos. Tanya Brunner of the Veterans Office assembled two identical books. Both were donated to the library-- one for public use and one to be kept in library storage as a backup copy. Each of the photo pages is numbered and anyone wanting a copy of the photos may go to Van Ausdale and ask for a print for the pages they would like for a fee. (Van Ausdale Image Center of 1431 N Scott St Napoleon, OH)

The following are the Civil War veterans whose photos are available with the page they are now found on and the year the photo was taken.

Name Page No. Year

Adams, Jacob 8 1908

Adams, Lorenzo 6 1909

Allison, George 7 1919

Andrews, James K. 2 1911

Ash, Joseph S. 14 1909

Ashton, Michael S. 9 1919

Babbitt, Dwight S. 1 1922

Bable, James 5 1919

Bacon, J.M. 17 1922

Baughman, John A. 20 1909

Beardsley, L.E. 14 1908

Bell, M.A. 18 1908

Benner,, J. M. 8 !908

Benner, Lt. W.T. 17 unknown

Betts, Albert H. 8 1911

Black, Luther 12 1909

Block, Frank 6 1922

Blue, Lewis D. 21 1909

Brechbill, A.T. 11 1908

Breidenbaugh, H. 1 1910

Brown, Joseph 14 1910

Butler, Geroge W. 17 1909

Butler, John 5 1910

Carpenter, Lyman A. 10 1909

Carpenter, William E. 14 1908

Carroll, Thomas R. 9 1908

Colwell, ORlando 13 1911

Conrad, Frederick 15 1909

Corbin, James 9 1911

Crandall, James F. 3 1919

Crane, Charles 12 1911

Davidson, John M. 10 1911

Davis, Abraham B. 13 1911

Deamer, G. (Soloman) 11 1908

Deatrick, George W. 15 1908

Dickman, Peter 4 1910

Dicus, George H. 11 1908

Diehl, Christian 13 1911

Duck, Franklin 20 1910

Dyerman, Orlando 16 1922

Easley, Samuel 1 1911

Ebright, William 11 1908

Elliot, Albert 8 1908

Elliot, Matthew 6 1919

Fager, Henry F. 21 1919

Fisher, J. O. 20 1911

Foss, Henry 21 1911

Gatlin, W.J. 19 1922

Gilts, Peter 12 1922

Ginrich, Henry A. 12 1919

Gorman, M.B. 19 1908

Grogg, Nelson D. 2 1911

Grosenbacker, Fred 13 1919

Hale, G. I. 2 1908

Hahn, Phillip 21 1909

Hall, Adam 5 1910

Hall, Edwin J. 6 1910

Hall, William 8 1910

Hardesty, I. E. 15 1908

Harmening, J. F. 14 unknown

Hatfield, James 15 1910

Hawk, Hiram 10 1909

Helpman, P. E. 16 1908

Hess, John 4 1909

Hickey, George F. 12 1908

Hill, William S. 5 1919

Hilton, Walter 12 1919

Hooker, George 19 1922

Houck, Michael 4 1922

Houtz, John B. 16 1919

Hughes, John W. 8 1909

Karr, T. L. 5 1911

Kehnast, August 16 1910

Kehnast, W. A. 12 1908

Keiser (Kiser), A. J. 4 1908

Kesselmeyer, August 1 1919

Kesselmeyer, Chas. 1 1910

Killey, George W. 16 1919

Killion, John 20 1910

King, A. W. 15 1908

Koch, Tillman 6 1909

Krause, Theodore 18 1922

Krontz, Jacob 20 1910

Lance, William W. 10 1919

Lenhart, Wm H. 19 1919

Lewis, Edmund N. 16 1909

Lewis, Jonathan 17 1919

Link, Henry 19 1909

Lowe, F. A. B. 5 1910

McCellips, James 18 1911

McCollister, John 11 1908

McElroy, Josiah M. 7 1911

McGuire, Cornelius 1 1919

McMillen, Prosser D. 14 1909

Mallett, E. R. 11 1908

Marcellus, Wm. 11 1919

March, Fred 20 1910

March, Frederick W. 18 1909

May, Harrison T. 7 1911

Miller, Henry 19 1919

Minsel, Adam 12 1911

Minsel, Andrew J. 7 1909

Minsel, Peter 6 1919

Mohr, John H. 6 1909

Mollencup, George 9 1909

Myers, J. W. 13 1908

Myers, John 15 1910

Myers, Thomas M. or L. 18 1910

Nedry, John F. 1 1922

Neiderhauser, H. 8 1908

Neill, Lewis 19 1909

Oldfield, James R. 13 1908

Osborn, J. J. 2 1908

Osborn, Peter 10 1909

Palmer, J. W. S. 13 1911

Partee, O. W. 2 1911

Partee, ? 21 unknown

Perkey, Martin 9 1908

Phiester, Conrad 14 1910

Randolph, James C. 7 1919

Rath, Michael 10 1919

Renollet, L. D. 4 1910

Repogle, J. N. 20 1922

Repp, James 15 1922

Rhodes, E. P. 12 1908

Richardson, L. W. 8 1909

Richolt, John M. 19 1919

Rife, Lewis P. 13 1909

Roberts, George P. 11 1911

Robinson, Coe G. 21 1919

Robinson, Jacob 21 unknown

Roehrs, Wm. 8 1922

Rothenberger, Henry 17 unknown

Sanford, A. J. 10 1909

Scheuerman, John 11 1909

Schoepfle, C. H. 5 1911

Schultz, W. F. 9 1908

Sheffield, John A. 13 1919

Shofferd, Nelson 6 1909

Singles, Samuel 9 1909

Sitterly (Sirerly), Louis 9 1909

Smith, Bennett 15 1919

Smith, Wesley 21 1919

Solley, George 17 1919

Sonnet, Peter 17 1909

Southworth, B. F. 14 1919

Speiser, Christ 4 1911

Sproul, Andrew 9 1911

Squire, George T. 17 1909

Stevens, Daniel 18 1910

Stevens, M. B. 18 1910

Tennyson, Andrew 20 1922

Thacker, L. G. 8 1908

Tomlinson, Hugh 21 1911

Travis, W. C. 14 1908

Tuttle, Andrew 16 1922

Van Dusen, Nathaniel 7 1919

Van Vlerah. H. S. 1 1910

Waldner, Jonas 15 1910

Waterman, George W. 21 1909

Weber, John 10 1919

Wendel (Wendell?), Edwin 17 1910

Whetstone, SAmuel 8 1922

Widmer, John 16 1910

Williams, George 5 1910

Wood, Harvey 19 1909

Woodcox, Benj. B. 18 1922

Woodruff, A. B. 10 1909

Woods, George A. 6 1910

Wrede, Warner 2 1910

Young, John 1 1911

Zoll, Jacob 20 1919

Zook, John 5 1910