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WE ARE LOOKING FOR OBITUARIES OF CIVIL WAR VETERANS

After 140 years, the Civil War continues to fascinate us. It changed the life of every citizen who lived through those dark days. For the veterans, military service became a part of their identity and their obituaries often mention the unit of service, their participation in G. A. R. activities, and names of comrades.

Ransom Reed was the first Union County soldier to fall in battle, September, 1861. The last survivor, Cyrus Stamats, died February 13, 1939. During the nearly 80 years between those deaths, our local newspapers printed many stories about the war. We hope to make a special collection and we invite others to submit clippings of Union County interest. Some of our veterans moved from the county following the war, so articles from any newspaper are welcome.

Mail a copy to us at P. O. Box 438, Marysville, Ohio, 43040. If you’d rather, scan it and send to vsmit8@columbus.rr.com or, if you can cite a local newspaper source and date, we may be able to find and print it from our microfilm.

PICTURES

We are looking for pictures to to post on our site. We currently have several cemetery pictures and a few school pictures posted on this website. We would like to post more pictures. We are looking for family photos, school photos, event photos, or just any pictures that might be of historical or genealogical interest to anyone researching their Union County roots. YOU CAN HELP US! You can either scan the originals and email us the files. Or, you can mail us your photos. We will then scan the photos for you and return them. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP ON THIS PROJECT!

RECORD TRANSCRIPTION

The marriage records of Union County have been indexed from 1820-1899 by Diane Hurl, and this index is available in print format (see our publications). The index for Volume G, covering 1900-1904 is available on this website. An index to Volume H which holds an additional two years of records, would be a valuable addition. . If you can work at the Marysville Probate Courthouse transcribing these into an electronic format, let us know. We’d like to merge volumes G and H into one file holding a total of seven years of data.

UNION COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES

Rebekah Headings is currently hosting the Union County section of the U. S. and Ohio Biographies project. The web address is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unicountyohbio. Currently she has no biographies from people who lived in Union County later than 1883. She welcomes any submitted biographies of individuals who lived in Union County. These biographies can be as brief or in depth as the available information supports. If you have access to a computer, biographies can be emailed to Rebekah at rebekahmary@chuckeryohio.com. If you would rather mail submissions to her, her address is 1335 Lombard-Chuckery Road Plain City, Ohio 43064. Any submissions are greatly appreciated. You will be credited with submitting any biographies. And, the biographies will be covered under current copyright laws, and you will remain the sole owner of any biographies you submit. You will just be allowing Rebekah to use your information on the biography website.

Last updated

Thursday, 22-Jan-2009 12:34:18 MST