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CHAPTER XIV


MILITARY ANNALS.


The military activities carried on in the territory now included within the confines of Auglaize county during the progress of the War of 1812 have been set out in that section of this work devoted to the days of Indian occupancy and of the early, settlement of the county, where also is carried the story of the campaigns carried on here during the time of the earlier Indian wars Among the pioneers of this county were quite a number of men who had participated in the War of 1812 and there also were among these pioneers several who had taken part in the Revolutionary war and whose last days were spent here. So far as is known this latter list was confined to five men, Peter Sunderland, John Ridley, William Richardson, William Rogers and William Taylor, who had taken up their residence here following the opening of the lands in this region to settlement. Peter Sunderland came to Ohio in 1817, he then being eighty years of age, and located at Dayton, whence in 1822, as has been set out elsewhere, he came up here with his son, Dye Sunderland, and settled in the Ft Amanda neighborhood, where he died five years later at the age of ninety years. John Ridley, a native of Maine, lived to the great age of 106 years and his last days were spent in the home of his son, John, at Waynesfield, where he died in 1867. It has been written of him that "he was never known to be sick, and died of old age." William Richardson, who was a boy soldier during the Revolution and who later served as a soldier of the War of 1812, was for years a resident of this county, making his home with the family of his son, Elder Daniel L. Richardson, in Logan township, but the last twenty years of his life were spent in Paulding county, where he lived to the great age of 109 years.


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William Richardson was a cousin of "Mad Anthony" Wayne, whose campaigns throughout this region had carried terror to the hearts of the Indians, the respective mothers of the two having been sisters. It is said that Richardson was married seven times. One of his wives, Catherine Millhouse, was a sister of Barbara Dillbone, who with her husband had been murdered by three Shawnees. Richardson avenged this murder by tracking down and killing the redskins, getting two of them in the vicinity of Piqua and the third down the Auglaize, about two miles north of where Buckland is located. It has been written of Richardson that he was a man of powerful physique and great endurance and that "he would rather fight than eat," this pugilistic propensity gaining for him the local sobriquet of "Rowdy" Richardson. He died in 1874.


It is also said of William Richardson that during the early settlement period, owing to his great physical strength and fearlessness, he was pressed into service by the law-abiding settlers to do the public flogging at Wapakoneta for certain offenses committed and that in consequence he became a terror to all local evil doers. The person found guilty of an offense against the well being of the community was given so many lashes across the bare back, according to the nature of the offense, with a long whip. Frequently the blood would flow freely and the culprit would beg for mercy. Some persons might think this mode of punishment brutal, but the law-abiding settlers considered it the most merciful as well as the most effective way of punishing criminals that could be devised to meet the conditions of the time and place, when courts were remote and "lock-ups" were inadequate. They were compelled to protect themselves against the criminal class and it was up to them to devise an effective mode of punishment. It is said that those who were flogged by the efficient "Rowdy" Richardson either left the country or, if they remained, were good citizens ever afterward.


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VETERANS OF THE WAR OF 1812.


According to the older chronicles, the following is the roster of the veterans of the War of 1812 who made their homes in this county following the opening of the lands to settlement : Isaac Bogart, Reuben Brackney, William Brackney, Joseph Brown, William Craft, John Elliott, James Gibbs, John Hardin, Aaron Howell, Bennett W. Langley, Robert Linzee, James Maran, Shadrach Montgomery, Gideon Mott, Elisha Noble, William Richardson, William Ridley, William Ryan, Robert Skinner, Edward Tissue, George Whetstone, Jacob Whiteman and Henry Woolery.


By the time the Black Hawk war came on in 1832 there was sufficient permanent settlement here to arouse alarm among the settlers in face of a possible uprising of the redskins still remaining here, but there was no cause for alarm as the Indians of this region were not particularly concerned in the affairs of their red brothers farther west and the flurry passed off without special local incident. Ohio's quota in that war was soon filled from the older settlements and so far as known there was no recruiting for this service in the territory now comprised within this county, at least the older chronicles make no mention of it. There may have been some among the adventurous souls who then were settling here who responded to the call to arms, but if so their names have not been preserved in that connection.


Though there was considerable settlement here by the time the Mexican war broke out in 1846, all the lands of value here having been taken up by that time and the territory now included within the county having a population of right around 10,000, Auglaize county had not yet come into its own as a civic entity and was not erected until two years later, in 1848, the year in which the war closed. The call to arms for that war elicited a considerable local response, quite a few going out with the 1st Ohio, others with the 2d and another detachment with the 4th. Those who enlisted from this region in this behalf, according to the older chronicles, were as fol-


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lows James Basil, John Bauemel, Samuel Brewer, Joseph Brockert, Michael Busch, John Evans, Andrew Fisher, William Focht, W. B. Gibbs, James Harrod, Gotlieb Hermsmeyer, Ernest Herring, Charles Hipp, W. W. Howell, Private Hutchison, Henry Jacobs, Leopold Jacobs, Dr. W. G. Kishler, Thomas Lembert, Charles Levering, John Lowe, David Mitchell, Lafayette Markley, Caspar Metz, Levi Mix, Samuel R. Mott, Elijah Nichols, William Shafer, Benjamin Switzer, Francis Switzer, Joseph Watters, Andrew Zanglein and Nicholas Zanglein.


THE CIVIL WAR.


And then thirteen years later, in April, 1861, came the great Civil war or the war of the rebellion of the Southern states. The only newspaper published in Auglaize county during the period of the Civil war was the Auglaize Democrat, at Wapakoneta, the county seat. In the issue of this paper of date April 22, 1861, under the heading "The Union Forever—Auglaize Responds," there is the following account of the manner in which the call to arms was being met here: "Our usually quiet village presents quite a warlike appearance. On Saturday last notice was given that a meeting would be held on Monday evening for the purpose of raising a company of volunteers. Early Monday morning the cannon began to boom and by 10 o'clock our town was one solid mass of people. Court being in session, Judge Metcalf, after opening, made a patriotic speech and adjourned until May 22. The crowd then proceeded to the depot and gave the Lima company, who passed through, a parting salute.


"In the evening the meeting was held at the court house and speeches were made by Messrs Andrews, Walkup, Craig and others and the call then was made for volunteers. The call was nobly responded to—some sixty coming forward and signing the roll and taking the oath.


"Auglaize is nobly responding to the call for volunteers. She is turning out the best of her sons—men who will stand


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by the flag of their country to the last. They are men whom we look upon with pride."


And the feeling of pride thus expressed in behalf of the soldiers of the Union has never abated, but indeed has increased with the passing of the years and will continue to find expression so long as there remains one of the now rapidly dwindling representatives of the hosts which went forward at the call of arms in defense of the Union in those dark days more than half a century ago, and after all are gone will still find perpetual expression in the noble monuments that everywhere over the land are being erected to the memory of the deeds they nobly performed. Following the response of the initial volunteers above noted, others came as the days passed and the urgency of the nation's need became personally apparent. Recruiting offices were maintained in the county, manned by officers from Camps Vance, Cleveland, Chase, Troy and Lima, and before the close of the war more than 1,100 men from this county had entered the service of the army.


A STORY THAT NEVER CAN BE TOLD.


In the nature of things this brief review cannot purport to be a complete history of the Civil war period in A uglaize county, the limitations of this work prohibiting. A volume in itself could be written on the activities of that period. Regimental histories and the records of the adjutant general's office cover the stories of field service. The story of home service never has been, perhaps never can be, adequately told. That is a tale written on the hearts of those who had to participate and inspired indeed would be the pen that could present in all its poignancy of detail the heartbreaking strain of those days of stress. Here is a theme that might well attract the pen of some one here at home with a proper sense of the historical value of homely, everyday events. The thesis may yet be written. Handled properly it would be wonderfully illuminating, wonderfully interesting.


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Suffice it to say that in the main Auglaize county acquitted itself aright in every responsibility arising out of that period. Unhappily, and it is a matter of bitter memory even yet, there was not always complete accord. Even as in many Northern communities, there were some few who sympathized with the cause of the rebellion and certain neighborhood dissensions thus created have not been forgotten. But this hardly is the place to go deeply into that—another story that in its entirety would require a separate volume, should any one now care to sift the tale and set it out for posterity.


OFFICIAL WORK OF SOLDIER RELIEF.


The journal of the board of commissioners for Auglaize county carries in brief official memoranda the story of public relief designed to mitigate somewhat the pressing need of such families of the soldiers in the field as might be suffering by reason of the temporary withdrawal of the mainstay of the family, but this is only a partial record of such relief. The local organizations, the noble women's relief corps and similar associations of amelioration, did as much in their quiet and effective way--a self-sacrificing service ofttimes as heroic as the more spectacular service rendered in the field. All had their shoulders to the wheel in this time of the Nation's need. The commissioners' journal as of June 18, 1861, sets out as follows the manner in which this relief work officially was inaugurated: "The board this day appointed A. H. Trimble and M. W. Smith a central committee for the county to receive reports and to disburse funds to the different township committees, appropriated for the relief of the families of volunteers." Alexander H. Trimble was probate judge at that time and Marmaduke W. Smith was auditor. In that same month, under the provisions of a special act of the Legislature, the commissioners had levied a tax of one- half mill upon the taxable property of the county to meet the necessary relief expenditures, and a fund thus was created to meet all the more pressing needs arising out of the situation.


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In the journal of that same date it also is noted that "the board also appointed the following township committees : Salem township, A. J. Pickerel!; Noble township, Nicholas Brewer; St. Marys township, A. H. Dieker ; German township, Christian Smith; Jackson township, J. P. Schmieder; Logan township, Russell Berryman; Moulton township, N. A. Murdock ; Washington township, Jesse Roberts ; Duchouquet township, J. B. Craig; Pusheta township, Lawrence Singertingerr; Clay township, Arthur Bitler ; Wayne township, Harris Wells; Goshen township, Sampson Buffenberger." And then came this notation: "The county central committee were further ordered to apportion the relief funds to the different townships, proportionate to the number of families in each requiring aid." And thus the work of public relief to the families of soldiers began, and the work was maintained so long as the need continued. 'Under the operation of the law this fund has been available during all the years since the war and as occasion arises is still drawn upon, disbursements in that behalf in this county during the past fiscal year having been near 82,000. The county also provides a room in the court house for the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic. The local post at the county seat has a present membership of fifty-three. Nathan Kerst, the commander, has held that post for many years.


ROSTER OF SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR.


Forty years and more ago there was compiled a service record of the soldiers from this county who had participated in the cause of the Union during the Civil war and from that record in the older chronicles the following roster is taken, Auglaize county's honor roll:


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William Abeler

Adam Accuntius

George Adam

Harvey Adams

George W. Akers

James W. Allen

Silas D. Allen

Jacob Alspaugh

Henry Althaven

George W. Andrews

William H. Archer

Fred A rkenberg

Thomas J. Armstrong

John W. Arnold

J. J. Arthur

Moses Ashburn

Thomas Askern

Christ Aue

Gustav Augeberk

A. B. Aylworth


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James H. Aylworth

Wallace Aylworth


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Albert P. Bailey

Gerard Bailey

James P. Bailey

Joshua Bailey

Walter S. Bailey

David Baker

Elijah Baker

Jacob Baker

J. F. Baker

John W. Baker

Oliver L. Baker

William Baker

William C. Baker

William P. Baker

Charles Bambauer

Abram Barber

Clemons Barhurst

Henry Barlet

P. Barnhart

John H. Barr

John W. Barr

William R. Barrington

Peter Batch

James Baughman

Henry Baumann

J. A. Bavar

William Bayliff

Jacob Bear

Anthony Beaver

Emmanuel Bechdoldt

James Beech

Samuel S. Beech

William Beech

M. Beemer

Charles Behm

John Behm

Herman Beimbrook

Hiram S. Bennett

James P. Bennett

John F. Bennett

John R. Bennett

O. Bennett

Thomas G. Bennett

Thomas S. Bennett

Orlando F. Benton

Henry Bergman

Franz Bergmeier

Hamilton Berry

Richard A. Berry

Bernart Berting

Francis M. Bidwell

Isaac Bidwell

M. Bigelow

A. Bilger

Henry Bilger

Gottlieb Binder

Elias Birk

Samuel Bitler

Daniel F. Bitter

Lewis Bitter

William Bitter

Jefferson Black

Joseph M. Blackburn

William Blakely

William Blank

John Blase

Anton Blum

Valentine Blum

Charles Boesel

August Boettger

Jacob M. Bogart

Oliver Bogart

W. H. Bomgardner

Solomon Bomgardner

Solomon Borton

John W. Bowers

Lafayette Bowman

John E. Bowser

M. J. Bowsher

Henry H. Bowyer

Madison F. Boyer

John Boysel

James F. Bradley

Reuben Brackney

Samuel Brackney

Jacob Bradley

R. S. Branman

Thomas P. Breckon

John Breese

E. F. Brewer

Frank Brewer

J. W. Brewer

John W. Brewer

William H. Brewer

Frederick Briar

Freidr. Brockriede

Mathias Brodbeck

T. W. Brotherton

S. P. Brundige

Alonzo Bryan

Lorenzo D. Bryan

William Bryan

Daniel Bubp

Fred Bucholz

John Bucholz

William Budke

C. N. Buffenbarger

Fred Buhr

Frederick Buhr

Jacob H. Burd

Franklin Burden

John M. Burden

Sylvester Burden

William H. H. Burden

Mathew Burgett

G. W. Burk

John N. Burke

George Burmeister

George W. Burton

George Bush

Peter M Bush

Martin Bustedter

David Butler

Alexander Caldwell

Clark Campbell

J. W. Campbell

Lewis C. Campbell

William W. Canady

William Carter

I. B. Casperson

George F. Chiles

George W. Chiles

Harvey M. Chiles

Jeremiah W. Chiles

John Chiles

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J. M. Chipman

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John Christy

William R. Christy

James P. Church

Albert V. H. Clark

Ed Clark

J. Clark

Jesse Clark

Theodore Clawsing

Christopher Clay B.

D. Claybaugh

George W. Cline

Henry M. Cline

Samuel B. Cline

John M. Coleman

Marvin Coleman

H. R. Combs

Joseph L. Combs

Joseph P. Conkwright

George Conner

Peter J. Cook

Amos Coon

Barney Coon

Samuel Coon

George H. Copeland

J. F. Copeland

John A. Copeland

John M. Copeland

Miller Copeland

Alva Cordrey

Davis D. Cordrey

Jacob Cordrey

Jeremiah Cordrey

Riley Cordrey

Temple N. Cornell

John Coterell

John H. Cotterman

W. H. Covell

John Covert

Wilber F. Cowells

Francis Craft

John Craft

Samuel Craig

George Cramer

D. A. Crawford

William Crawford

Reuben Crider

James Cutler

John Cutler


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Peter Dalzell

Hiram Daniels

Reason Daniels

Harvey Davis

John Davis

Naaman Dawson

George W. Day

Jesse Day

Francis A. Deeker

John H. Deering

Adam Deigel

Peter Delong

Bernard Deppen

John DeRush

William Devoir

William Dicke

David Dickensheets

Fred Dickman

Theo Dickman

John Dietras

Fred Dirkmann

John Distelrath

James C. Dobie

Henry Doehring

John Dohse

Bernhart Dorsten

Joseph Dorsten

Eli Dougherty

Thomas J. Dougherty

William R. Dougherty

William J. Downard

J. D. Driskell


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James S. Earl

Wilber Earl

Daniel Eastman

Henry Ebbyhausen

John Ehlen

John W. Elliott

Joseph Elliott

William Chiles

Thomas M. Elliott

William V. Elliott

Henry Elshoff

John Emerick

John W. English

Joseph Enneking

William Ersig

Edward H. Ewing

Robert Ewing


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Anton Fahrer

Jacob Fike

Archibald Finley

Henry Finke

I. Firel

George Fischer

John Fischer

Edwin B. Fisher

George Fisher

Caspar Fister

A. Fleischmann

James Fleming

J. T. Fleming

Rodney Florida

William Flowers

A. Foreman

Joseph Foreman

Thomas Foreman

Daniel Fox

Thomas Frazier

William Frazier

George Frederick

Anton Friedrich

Jacob Frey

John Frey

Lewis Freymann David

Fritz John D. Fritz

J. A. Funke

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J. H. D. Gallaway

Joseph Gardner

William S. Gardner

Henry C. Garver

G. E. Geiger

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Adam Geiss

Edward Gerber

Frederic Geyer

Christopher Giberson

Theodore Gier

David Gilmore

James Gilmore

James Gilroy

John Gilroy

John A. Glenn

Jacob Gnagi

John Gnagi

John Goetz

W. H. Golden

Philip Goll

Herman Gosemann

James Gossard

Philip Gossard

George Gould

Kinsey Gould

Thomas Gould

Barton Graham

David Gray

Edward Graybill

Philip Gress

Albert Greve

Daniel Gross

M. Gross

N. Gross

J. J. Grubbs

Henry Grube

William Grube


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G. Hamilton

Harvey Hamilton A.

M. Hamlin Edwin J.

Hamm Louis Hamm

W. Handelsman

William Haney Philip

R. Hanks Solomon C.

Hanks Wallace Hapon

Asa Hardin

William Harper

William S. Harper

Ephraim Harriatt

Thomas Harris

W. H. H. Harrison

John Harshbarger

John Hasenier

John C. Hassenier

Newton J. Harter

Edwin J. Haum

Fred Hauss

Frederick A. Hauss

Herman Haverbeck

Charles W. Hawkey

Abram Hawkins

Reuben Haywood

Walter S. Haywood

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Bernard Heilers

Henry Heitman

Theodore Helen

George C. Heller

John H. Heller

Abraham Helmer

Henry H. Heman

Chrrst Henke

William Henna

Charles F. Herbst

Erhart Herbst

John E. Herndon

William Herring

Jenks Heston

Joseph S. Heston

Samuel Heston

Fred Heusch

George W. Hiett

James M. Hiett

William V. Hiett

Fred Hilgeman

Perry S. Hill

D. C. Hinkle

Charles Hipp

John Hirks

George F. Hiss

John Hodson

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C. L. Hollingsworth

J. J. IIollingsworth

Josephus Hollingsworth

William Holly

Martin Hoon

John Hopkins

Jacob Horner

Christian House

Isaac House

Henry Howell

John Howell

G. H. Huckarmann

Jesse Hudson

Wilhelm K. Huebner

Henry Huffman

John Hull

William Hull

E. C. Hullinger

Jerry Hullinger

Thomas E. Hullinger

Frederick Hummel

George Hungelin

Franklin C. Hunter

Richard Hurm

Daniel T. Hurley

William W. Hurley

George Hutchison

John R. Hutchison

S. W. Hutchison


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Jacob Ice


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Elmer W. Jackson

Lewis P. Jackson

Philip Jackson

Thomas Jackson

Henry Jacobs

James Jacobs

John Jacobs

Silas Jacobs

Benjamin F. January

B. Franklin January

William Jennings

William Johnn

Azariah Johns

E. D. Jones

Evan Jones

Richard Jones

Thomas H. Jones

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Thomas Julien

George W. Justice


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Abraham Kaga

James Kannard

George W. Kantner

William Kantner

William Karpp

H. Katenhausen

J. W. Katterheinrich

William Kates

Thomas D. Keefer

Amos R. Keeler

Henry B. Kelley

James Kelley

Joseph Kemper

Thomas Kemper

William Kennedy

James Kenney

Thomas Kenney

David H. Kent

Empire M. Kent

William Kenton

Philip Kern

Henry Kettler

Jacob Kiefer

John Kiefer

Nicholas Kiefer

John Kies

George Kindle

John J. Kindle

Thomas Kindle

Willis King

Jesse Kinsey

Thomas Kinstle

Conrad Kirchner

J. L. Kishler

Williiam S. Kishler

David Kizer

Hiram Kizer

Jacob S. Kizer

John Kizer

Henry Kladde

John Kladde

Anton Klipfel

Joseph Klug

Henry Kiute

George Knost

Charles Koch

Andrew Kohler

B. Kokenge

F. E. Kolter

Michael Kopf

Andrew Kraft

Anton Krieger

John Kreitzer

Charles T. Kruse

George B. Kruse

Charles Kuhle

William Kuhlhorst

R. A. Kuhn


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William F. Lacey

Isaac Lamasters

A. Lamon

Christopher Landis

David Landis

Henry Landis

Richard Lang

Philip Lange

Fielding L. Langle

John Lanning

William D. Lanning

D. W. Lawrence

W. V. M. Layton

Ebenezer A. Lenox

Henry C. Lenox

Richard H. Lenox

Casper Limbert

George Limbert

Michael Linder

F. H. Linglebeck

John Lintz

Albert Linzee

John C. Little

John C. Littler

John Luckmann

George W. Luce

William Loper

William Luedirke

Christian Luft

J. D. Lusk

John E. Lusk

J. W. Lusk


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Isaiah Mahan

James M. Mahan

S. T. Mahan

Samuel B. Major

Jacob Mann

John H. Manning

William P. Manning

Anton Markert

John Markling

Friedric Marrus

J. D. Marshall

Frank M. Martin

Nathan Martin

Herman Mason

George Matson

Robert Matson

Joseph Mawhorr

Henry May

Jacob May

Lyman Means Lyman

N. Means James S.

Meeker William B.

Meeker Amos G.

Mefferd Thomas

Melson John Merkle

J. D. Mertz

James Meslon

John Meslon

Frederick Meyer

Henry Meyer

John A. Meyer

John Henry Meyer

A. B. Miller

August C. Miller

Isaac Miller

John Miller

John S. Miller

J. W. Miller

Lorenze Miller

Merritt Miller

J. T. Milnor

William H. Minnich

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Ellis Minshall

Amos B. Mix

Birhan Monday

John Monger

Anderson Montague

C. H. Montgomery

Robert Montgomery

S. Montgomery

J. W. Moody

Andrew J. Morey

Ephraim Morey

Martin V. Morey

John W. Morrin

Benjamin Morris

Benjamin F. Morris

George Morris

John W. Morris

Samuel Morris

William Morris

William H. Moss

Samuel R. Mott, Jr.

Samuel R. Mott, Sr.

Orland Murlin

Peter Murray

Abram Musser

Daniel Musser

Friederich Musser

Harvey Musser

Basil Myers

Martin V. Myers

William A. Myers


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Martin McBeth

William McBeth A.

McClintock

J. W. McClintock

William J.McClintock

Joseph McGolly

John T. McComas

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John McCormick

Joseph L. McCoy

J. C. McCreight

Noah McCullough

William McDougal

F. J. McFarland

J. I. McFarland

John D. McFarland

William S. McFarland

Alex Y. McGinnis

Thomas McGinnis

William M. McGinnis

Elias T. McGough

John McHugh

Duncan McKercher

Daniel P. McLain

Robert A. McLean

Robert McMurray

Samuel McPherson

E. McWilliams


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John H. Nagle

Philip Nagle

Caleb D. Nash

Samuel Naus

August Nebel

Ignatius Nerdger

Benjamin R. Newman

Thomas Newman

Andrew H. Nickell

Armour Nickels

Theo Nieberg

William Niemeyer

August Nieter

Thomas M. North

J. Northrop

Isaac N. Nungester

John Nuss, Jr.

Henry Nye


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John Ochs

Aug. Ohlers

Lewis Ohlers

George Orr

John Orr


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William Pappe

James Parish

B. M. Parker

John W. Parr

Julius Paulis

Bernard Paulls

Philander Pepple

Elias Perkins

George W. Perkins

John A. Perkins

W. A. Perkins

Henry Pfaiz

F. E. Phelps

Lewis Phil

Michael Philbin

Joseph Pillars

Charles Pitchford

Theo Plagge

John H. Plough

Benjamin Plummer

James W. Porter

Jasper N. Porter

William Porter

Charles Prange

Joseph Prante

Andrew Prince


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S. Randall

John F. Rain

John T. Rain

William Remsey

William Range

William Reed

Samuel Reed

Robert Reeder

Samuel Reich

John Reichelderfer

William Reiter

Simon L. Rexstraw

Casper Rhine

Asa Rhodes

Abraham Richey

John A. Rinehart

David Rison

Francis J. Roby

Lanson C. Robinson

B. Rodman

Christ Roettger

Fritz Roettger

George M. Rogers

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J. W. Rogers

George H. Roney

Silas C. Roney

William Roney

_____ Ronnebaum

John Rosengarten

George Roth

George Ruck

Jacob Ruck

Benjamin Rudebaugh

J. H. Rump

Adam A. Rush

Harrison Rush

William Russell

William Ryan


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John Saggaser

Frederick Sallada

John D. Sanders

Jacob Saum

Jacob L. Savage

William Savage

Lewis Cass Sawyer

John Sayers

George Schaffer

Henry Schaefer

Jacob Schaefer

George Schaller

William Schaup

Charles Schemmel

William Scherman

Bernan Schindler

Stephen Schindler

Anton Schlanzcr

Caspar Schmidt

Casper Schmidt

Henry Schmidt

Henry Schneider

John Schneider

Christ Schnell

Frank Sellers

Frederic Scholl

Dietrich Schroeder

N. Schubert

John B. Schuette

William Schuette

Ber. Schulenberg

Henry Schulenberg

William Schulenberg

William Schuman

Christian Schurr

Fred Schwarke

Albert S. Scott

George Scott

William Seemann

Frank Sellers

Louis Sellers

S. G. Serrells

Lawrence Sexton

Albert Shackelton

Jacob Shafer James

W. Shafer Thomas

Shafer David Shanks

Joel Shannon

John Shannon

R. A. Sharp

James W. Shaw

R. Shindollar

J. D. Shipman

Samuel Shockey

John Shoup

Martin Shoup

Purley Shry

Charles A. Sibbert

Henry Sicdenberg

Fred Siemer

William Silver

David G. Simpson

Albert Smith

Caspar Smith

Charles Smith

Frank J. Smith

George Smith

James Smith

Jacob H. Smith

John Smith

John U. Smith

William Smith

William A. Smith

John Snyder

W. S. Snyder

A. P. South

Henry Sprague

Nehemiah Sprague

George W. Spray

Robert J. Sproul

Frank Staas

Louis Staas

Daniel Staley

Philip Staley

Reuben Staley

Valentine Staley

John Stein

Henry Steineman

Charles Stevenson

F. E. Stevenson

T. W. Stevenson

Morris J. Stilwell

Michael Stone

Fritz Storck

"Lewis Stout

Samuel Strawser

Michael Stroh

Dillard Sullivan

Patrick Sullivan

Henry Sundmacher

Isaiah Sutton

George Swarts

Henry Swarts

James L. Swink

William H. Swink


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O. P. Tabler

Bernh. Tangemann

Joseph Tangemann

Jacob Taylor

John Taylor

Joseph H. Taylor

Fritz Tellman

James Tennis

Joel S. Tennis

Jacob Tester

J. A. Throckmorton

William Tiemann

F. W. Tippie

M. B. Tippie

O. A. L. Tippie

L. E. Titus

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F. Tobe

John K. Todd

Lafayette Tompkin

Frank Trau

Henry M. Trimble

James Truesdale

S. Trusdale

Hiram Tucker

John W. Tucker

Joseph Turner

Starling B. Turner


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J. W. Underwood

Samuel Updike


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F. C. VanAnda

John Vandiver

F. VanSchoyck

M. Vanwornier

William Virk

Christian Vockell

William Vornholt

F. M. Waggant

Hiram Waggoner

Peter Wagner

Henry A. Wagoner

Adam Wahler

Herman Wahrer

Israel Walk

Edmund B. Walkup

John Walkup

John A. Walter

Joseph J. Walter

Gotthart Walther

Lewis H. Ward

Mark A. Ward

Wist Warford

William Waterman

George Watson

George W. Watson

John Watson

Robert Watson

W. H. Watt

Adams Watters

James M. Weadock

John Weaver

Joseph W. Weaver

C. Weifenbach

Jacob Weiler

Arhart Weiller

Louis Weinberg

J. C. Weller

Frederick Wellman

Fred Wellmeyer

Russell V. Wells

George Wesswasser

M. B. Wheeler

John S. White

Adam Whiteman

A. L. Whiteman

Charles Whiteman

Charles L. Whiteman

Charles D. Whiteman

Judson Whiteman

William Wiedemann

Henry Wieser

John Wiibrink

John Wilhelm

G. W. Williams

George W. Williams

Henry C. Williams

Oscar B. Williams

Peter H. Williams

William E. Williams

James Wilson, Jr.

Jacob Wilt

L. Winegardner

Samuel Winegardner

S. T. Winegardner

Gustav Wintzer

William B. Wise

John Wisely

Nathan Wisely

Lewis Wisener

John Wiss

John Witte

C. Woehrmann

Adam Wolf

John W. Woodall

James Wooley

John C. P. Wooley

Stephen Wooley

A. Worthington

Jefferson Worthington

Thomas Wright


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Philip Yale

Frank M. Young

James C. Young

James P. Young

Job Young

John W. Young

Joseph Young

M. B. Young

William Young


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Jacob Zerkle William

Zerkle Fred Ziegler

George Zimmerman

Paul Zink

Julius F. Zwez




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THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.


And then in 1898 came on the war with Spain, that brief but eventful war which aroused in the American mind a new conception of world obligation and placed this nation in a new position in the forefront of world affairs. At that time Auglaize county had a company of the Ohio National Guard, a well organized and well equipped unit of the state military outfit, under the command of Capt. John G. Hoegner, with its armory at Wapakoneta. This company was automatically carried forward into the federal service following the declaration of war on April 21, 1898, and was ordered to rendezvous at Kenton, where its members were enrolled for service on April 25. Four days later they were ordered to the general rendezvous for Ohio troops at Camp Bushnell at Columbus and went into camp at that place on April 29, and on May 10 the company was mustered into the volunteer service of the United States army as Company L of the 2d Ohio regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry. On that same date this regiment was ordered to Camp George H. Thomas (Chickamauga Park, Georgia), where it was brigaded with the 1st Pennsylvania and the 14th Minnesota as the 3rd Brigade, 2d Division. During the time of its stay at this general rendezvous this regiment received instruction in target practice and some further training and on August 28 received orders to move with the brigade to Knoxville, Tenn., where it remained at Camp Poland until November 15, when it was ordered to Camp Torrence, Macon, Ga., where it was under waiting orders when the war came to an end, December 10, 1898. Two months later, February 10, 1899, it was mustered out of service at Macon.


The official muster roll of Company L (Wapakoneta), from the History of the Ohio National Guard, follows : John G. Hoegner, captain; Charles 0. Brokaw, first lieutenant ; Roy E. Layton, second lieutenant ; William M. Linder, Frank L. Snyder, Wilbur Dingler, Miller English, George W. Berry and Walter H. Ahlers, sergeants; Harry Hale, George W.


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Hassenier, John Musser, Marion R. Adams, Otto A. Gessler, Albert J. Miller, Henry W. Wentz, Edward W. Ryon, James W. Shockey, rail. Means, Albert M. Osenbaugh, William Dickas, Guido F. Franke and Elza Red, corporals; Max Bischoff, Ellard K. Botkin, George Bitler, Russell D. Buxton, Walter F. Bowsher, Rufus Burke, Emra S. Blakely, George F. Bloss, Calvin Carter, Hallie W. Cook, Nathaniel Crider, George R. Crawford, Fernando C. Dearbaugh, Roy Day, Adolphus J. Dawson, Frank O. Dellinger, Walter R. English, Clifford D. Fisher, 'William H. Fisher, Tony Focht, Wilbur C. Gahret, William J. Graff, George Harter, Ferdinand E. Hollman, Henry Herring, Joseph Herbst, William W. Harter, William L. Heitman, John Smith Howe, William E. Ivins, Clarence B. Kettler, Andrew Kinninger, Edward F. Krentzman, Bert E. Kerst, Albert M. Koch, Charles Lucas, Marion Lucas, Otto M. McAdams, Elmer E. Mayer, Howard C. Miller, William A. Meihls, John A. McAvoy, Lawrence F. Meyers, Geo. M. Meyers, Rollie McClellan, John O'Connell, William C. Peckham, Harley F. Phillips, John T. Pohlaben, William M. Place, Franklin D. Ritchie, Tony Ruther, Lewis Reece, William E. Stewart, Anthony Schaffer, William G. Schneider, Samuel C. Smith, Elzy H. Shaner, Charles C. Shaner, Henry B. Seifert, George A. Steinecker, William F. Stueve, Alonzo D. Summers, Jacob F. Schragle, Samuel L. Tobias, Charles A. Terry, Clark W. Terry, William Tomhafe, Chas. P. Tannehill, Fred A. Wentz, Elmer J. Wentz and Grover Winemiller. Discharges—Isaac W. Anderson, Roy Hunter, Edgar Levy, Clinton A. Runyon, Winfield B. Wisener, Glenn W. Keep, Frank M. Clark, Samuel L. Blakely, Henry G. Agenbroad, Otto A. Steinebrey, William B. Morey. Transfers-

C. L. Mueller, captain surgeon; Mack S. Earl, Samuel J. Howell, Charles D. Gamble, Oscar V. Berry and Robert A. Breese. Died—Elmer E. Mayer.


Among those from this county who served in the subsequent war in the Philippines to put down the insurrection of the natives (1899-1900) were Joseph T. Dickman, then captain if the 8th U. S. Cavalry, who achieved fame as a general in the World War; Otto Jacobs, Lawrence Sexton,


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Arthur Weadock, Grant Williams, George Williams, Frank Miller, George Ulysses, Lemuel Gibson, Clifford Fisher, Jacob Schragle, Louis Agenbroad, John Speaks, Ferd Miller, Jefferson Waltermeiers, Earl McMannamy and Benjamin F. Weidman. The Spanish-American war veterans maintain a "camp" at the county seat. -


Company L arrived home from Macon on Sunday, February 12 (1899), and was greeted by a crowd of welcoming and expectant home folks at the Wapakoneta station. On Monday evening following a reception and banquet was tendered the homecoming soldiers by the ladies of the city at the court house, the evening entertainment concluding with a dance at the city hall. In its story of the homecoming, the Republican observed that "it is fitting that mention should be made of the splendid showing of this company as a part of the 2d regiment, and the perfect harmony that prevailed among officers and men. The company has always been regarded as one of the star companies of the `star' regiment of Ohio. Many of the boys have been detailed on special duty as a recognition of their ability and have contributed to raise the standard of intelligence and soldierly bearing up to the highest and they may well be proud of having served in Company L. * * * The men are true examples of the brand of America's soldiers. * * * They came home without having heard the hum of bullets, but with a consciousness of having done the duty assigned them and no one will doubt that if it had been a part of their duty to take San Juan Hill it would be as securely held as they now hold the hearts of our citizens."


THE WAR OF 1917 OR WORLD WAR.


And then in the spring of 1917, nearly twenty years after the Spanish-American war, came America's participation in the world war, or as the historical branch of the United States War Department calls it, the War of 1917, and in this war Auglaize county did its part, even as it had rendered full service in the preceding wars in which the Nation had be-


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come engaged. The story of that war is too recent a thing to require extended review here. Many histories of the war have been and are being written and the story is still unfolding. It will require the perspective of another generation to set the tale out aright.


Since the summer of 1914 the chief nations of Europe had been in armed conflict, beginning with the declaration of war by the Central powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary) against Serbia on July 28 of that year. This was the flame that ignited the powder magazine. In the first week of August the Central powers declared war also against Russia, France and Belgium, and with the invasion of the latter country by Germany, Britain on August 4 declared war against the Central powers and entered the conflict. In that same month Montenegro and Japan took a part in what by that time was coming to be a world war ; in the next spring (1915) Italy entered the conflict against the Central powers, San Marino followed a month later and then Portugal, Roumania and Greece, the latter coming in in November, 1916. Meanwhile American interests were becoming involved in the general world conflagration and on April 6, 1917, the United States declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in association with the other powers that were in opposition to Germany and Austro-Hungary. Before the end of 1917 Panama, Cuba, Siam, Liberia, China and Brazil also had declared war against the Central powers and in 1918 Guatemala, Nicaragua, Hayti and Honduras had taken similar action, so that by the time the war came to an end with the signing of the armistice on November 11, 1918, no fewer that twenty-three nations were associated or allied in the war against the Central Powers, twenty-five nations thus having been involved in dreadful conflict, the duration of which from the active beginning of hostilities in August, 1914, to Armistice day in 1918 was four years, three months and seven days. The duration of the American participation in the war was one year, seven months and five days, during which time no fewer than forty-two divisions of troops had been sent abroad


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and the army had been raised to 4,000,000. American army casualties in the war totaled 302,612, with deaths numbering 77,118. Ohio's share in these casualties amounted to 16,007, with deaths numbering 4,082, to which latter number Auglaize county contributed thirty-nine to the "gold star" roster of this county, as follows:


William S. Allen

August Bornhorst

Charles H. Cook

Charles A. Crist

Waverly E. Crites

David A. Fisher

Carl B. Graessle

Oscar Havermehl

Ralph Hineman

Harold J. Ice

Curt Edgar Ihle

Vernon Keiber

William H. Kipp

Frederick C. Klute

Benjamin Koetter

Robert E. Langhorst

James N. Latimer

Dewey Lewis

Dewey Linn

Guy Locke

Urban J. McFarland

Ralph M. Morris

Earl Munch

Ralph R. Naus,

Cyrus Reed

Herman Reed

Andrew J. Reineke

Frank Rostorfer

Edwin J. Schoonover

Walter Schulte

Leo J. H. Silk

Herman H. Soelman

Walter E. Spees

Wilbert Stonerock

Fred Sullivan

Ferrell Swink

Joseph Thobe

Alfred J. Tobens

Thomas J. Weaver


LOCAL ACTIVITIES OF THE WORLD WAR.


Auglaize county's participation in the activities attendant on this war was vigorous and continous. Every duty laid upon the county was faithfully performed and in both man and money power she rendered all that was required and more, for in addition to the large number of men called to service under the operation of the selective service act many volunteers went forward into the army from here and in all calls for money, either in loans to the Government or in the various "drives" for funds for relief organizations, her quota invariably was oversubscribed, so that it may be said that from that fateful day in April, 1917, when war was declared, to the joyous day in November of the next year, when by the signing of the armistice the struggle was brought to a close, Auglaize county undeniably was at war.


Unhappily, and in a review of this sort the fact can not be overlooked, there were here and there over the county a few instances of reluctant or less than wholehearted participation. On Armistice day, when the joyous population was


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celebrating some of these reluctant ones were compelled somewhat painfully to acknowledge the unpopularity of their attitude. Regarding that celebration, the Wapakoneta News commented thus on the manner in which the news of the cessation of hostilities was received at the county seat, similar manifestations of joy of course being noted throughout all parts of the county: "Wapakoneta laid aside her dignity Monday, day and evening, and gave vent to its enthusiasm over the signing of the armistice by Germany and the cessation of hostilities in a manner that betokened the fact that the city is well nigh 100 percent American. * * * It was one glorious night of joy. It was a delirium of patriotic fervor, martial music, band music, the rattle of firearms, the yells of exultation of the celebrants, the cheers of the crowds—it was wonderful," and much more along that line.


In the corridor of the Auglaize county court house there is a bronze tablet carrying the following inscription: "W. S. S.—In recognition of the patriotism of the people of Auglaize county who oversubscribed their War Savings Quota in 1918 this tablet is erected by the Ohio War Savings committee." Charles F. Herbst, of Wapakoneta, was chairman of the War Savings committee in this county. The quota for Auglaize county in the War Savings "drive" was $625,700 and the sales of the War Savings stamps in the county aggregated $629,800.


It was so also with the Liberty Loan calls upon the unstinted patriotism of the people of the county. The quotas apportioned to this county in the earlier of these loans, the First, the Second and the Third, were absorbed by the banks of the county, which took over the bonds in amounts proportionate to their respective resources and these then were redistributed throughout the county through the ordinary channels of distribution. When the Fourth Liberty loan came on, however, in the fall of 1918, the quota for this county was such that it became necessary to organize a "drive" such as had become a familiar and popular form of patriotic activity throughout the country, so that all might have a hand in the


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absorption of bonds apportioned to this county, the county's quota on this loan having been fixed at $1,389,700. The county was organized down to the city ward and township precinct units, with Otto J. Boesel, of Wapakoneta, as county chairman and Theo H. Tangeman, also of that city, as secretary, and the drive began, with the result that this loan also was oversubscribed, the amount of bonds sold aggregating $1,390,190. When the Fifth or "Victory" loan, the last in the great series, came on in May, 1919, this same committee was continued and another drive began. This loan also was oversubscribed by the people of the county, the quota for the county having been $1,128,200 and the amount subscribed, $1,168,350.


ACTIVITIES OF THE RED CROSS SOCIETY.


In the beneficent Red Cross movement incident to the war, equally generous and liberal support also was given by the people of the county. For convenience and for the better organization of the units comprising the "drives" in this behalf, the county was divided into two chapters of the Red Cross Society, one for the western part of the county, with St. Marys as the center of activities, and the other for the eastern part of the county, with Wapakoneta as the center. This movement was inaugurated on July 1, 1917, and the latter or eastern chapter was organized by the election of J. H. Goeke as chairman; Henry Moser, vice chairman; C. W. Timmermeister, secretary, and Alice Wilson, treasurer. Mr. Goeke after awhile moved from the county and Theo H. Tangeman succeeded him as chairman and about the same time Miss Wilson was succeeded as treasurer by Malcolm Baxter, Mr. Moser and Mr. Timmermeister retaining their respective positions, and this organization has been maintained since the war. At the "peak" of the movement in this county the Eastern Auglaize chapter of the American Red Cross numbered 3,300 members, many of whom have annually renewed their membership since the war.


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From the time of its organization on July 1, 1917, up to January 1, 1920, the acute need of its war activities then being over, this chapter received from subscribers the sum of $19,614.91 from which disbursements were made totaling $13,862.38, leaving a balance as of the latter date of $5,752.53 as a working fund for the normal and continuing activities of the chapter. During the period of the war each community in the county also maintained a "war chest," these local activities being carried on with the several townships as units. As an example of the work thus carried on in this behalf, in the way of general relief, the Duchouquet township war chest, with 1,487 members raised $23,338.33. Its disbursements aggregated in general distribution $18,947.55, leaving a balance of $4,390, which was turned over to the American Legion.


The Western Auglaize chapter of the American Red Cross, with headquarters at St. Marys, was organized with the following officers : Chairman, C. R. Backus ; secretary, Hobart Scott ; treasurer, H. G. McLain. At the "peak" of the activities of this chapter during the war period, the membership totaled more than 2,000. Following the conclusion of the war the chapter presented to all "gold star" households within that district memorial brassards commemorative of the supreme sacrifice rendered by representatives of these respective households. Since the war the chapter has been maintained, a continuing influence for good in the community, and the present (1922) officers are C. C. McBroom, chairman, David Armstrong, Jr., secretary, and H. G. McLain, treasurer.


OPERATIONS OF THE DRAFT BOARD.


The necessity in this war of raising a great national army without delay, systematically and with an orderly regard for absolute fairness to all in the selective operation, brought into being the national selective service law by which every eligible person in the country would be brought under the direction of county draft boards created for that purpose and selections there made by equitable processes for army service. Up-


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on the creation of the draft board for Auglaize county, James W. Shockey, a veteran of the Spanish-American war and former sheriff of the county, was made chairman of the board, the other members being G. W. Hassenier and Dr. E. F. Heffner. W. C. Davis, former postmaster, volunteer secretary of the board, later was joined in secretarial duty by Gilbert Kreitzer, assigned from the army, and Grace Shawber and Marguerite Krein rendered service to the board as stenographers and clerks.


Under the operation of this law all eligible persons were required to register for possible army service, subject to the call of the board in numerical order, this numerical order having been based upon an ingenious "lot" system operated in Washington and automatically and systematically covering the entire country. The first registration of eligibles was carried out in June, 1917, and in this county the number registering was as follows : In the first class, 684; second class, 129; third class, 116; fourth class, 1,084, and fifth class, 222, or a total of 2,237. In the registration of June-August, same year, there were registered in the county 150 persons in class one, 23 in class two, 9 in class three, 23 in class four and 36 in class five, or a total of 241. The third registration in the following September brought out 644 in class one, 4 in class two, 19 in class three, 716 in class four and 31 in class five, or a total of 1,434. In the registration of boys eighteen years of age, there were 271 in class one, 1 in class four and 1 in class five, a total of 273, the whole of the registration for service in the county reaching a grand total of 5,941 persons. Out of this list there were inducted into service under the operation of the selective service law 799 men. Of these, 149 were inducted prior to December 15, 1917, and 563 after that date. Seventy-seven of those registering and answering the prescribed questionnaires did not wait for the expected call in the sequence of their respective numerical orders, but enlisted and got into the service without further ado in the matter. Company K of the 2nd regiment (infantry), Ohio National Guard, at St. Marys automatically went forward into service and was federalized for duty in the National army.


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ROSTER OF SERVICE MEN.


In the very nature of things it will perhaps be impossible ever to work out a complete and authentic roster of the men from this county who rendered service in the World war. Quite a number it is known enlisted for service upon the first call to arms and got into the army before the selective service law became operative, but this is an indeterminate number and may never be definitely checked up. The county council of the American Legion is seeking through the several posts of the Legion to make up a list of all former service men accredited to this county and in time may accomplish this. From the list already in hand in this connection and from the soldiers' discharge record book in the county recorder's office and the records of the local Red Cross the following names are presented as an incomplete roster of the men from this county who rendered service in that great war :




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Charles A. Abbott

Leroy W. Abbott

Carl A. Abe

Andrew G. Accuntius

R. C. Ackerman

Dale E. Adams

Harold Ague

Walter J. Ague

Charles E. Aherns

Al H. Ahlers

Clemens F. Albers

Leroy W. Albert

Earl S. Alexander

Evert Alexander

Leroy E. Alexander

Millard W. Allen

William S. Allen

Otto C. Althoff

Walter H. Althoff

Alpheus E. Anderson

Boyd Anderson

James P. Anderson

Robert B. Anderson

Robert T. Anderson

Walter W. Anderson

Elmer R. Andrews

Robert C. Ankerman

Carl D. Arnholt

Walter C. Arnold

Harry Ashbaugh

Harry S. Ashbaugh

Lorenz D. Ashbaugh

Harry Ashton

Henry Athmer

John Axe

John L. Axe


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Frank Bachman

Walter Bachman

Samuel Bahr

Vernon E. Bahr

Claire Bailey

Earl R. Bainter

George E. Baker

O. V. Baker

Robb Wilston Baker

Robert W. Baker

Thomas V. Baker

John V. Ballinger

Albert P. Bambauer

Carl M. Banzing

Ernest McC. Barber

Charles E. Barns

John K. Barrington

Alfred John Barth

Elmer L. D. Barthauer

Charles K. Basil

F. S. Bates

William Bauer

William E. Bauer

Frank Baxter

Frank H. Baxter

Fred Baxter

James F. Baxter

Clarence F. Bay

Leroy Beale

Ben Bebbeler

Earl C. Bechdolt

H. E. Bechdolt

Paul F. Bechdolt

Ferd F. Becker

Edgar H. Beeler

Lloyd W. Beerline

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H. N. Behrens

H. H. Behrns

Edward W. Belcher

Ralph V. Benner

Albert Bensman

Elmer J. Bensman

Louis B. Bensman

Jerome Benson

Herbert C. Bentlinger

Carl Benzing

Carl M. Benzing

Kurt E. Berend

Alfred R. Berg

Carl H. Berg

Hugo P. Berg

George Bernard

Clemens A. Berning

Robert Bernhold

Carl F. Berron

Charles Bertke

Walter J. Bertram

Wilbert V. Best

Alonzo Biglow

Albert R. Billger

Amos E. Binkley

%Fred V. Binkley

Arthur Bittler

Ray Black

Roy A. Blaine

Philip Blakley

Charles I. Blank

Guy Bonnard Blank

Joseph Bockrath

Bernard H. Boecher

Caesar A. Boesel

Clifford W. Boesel

Clifton W. Boesel

Irwin H. Boesel

Milton C. Boesel

Reuben J. Boesel

Richard E. Boesel

Russell V. Bogart

Charles W. Bolen

John Bollinger

Clarence Bonifield

Henry Borgeding

August Bornhorst

Herbert Boroff

Henry R. Botkin

John M. Botkin

john Botkins

Orien V. Botkins

Orley B. Bowers

Vernon Bowman

Gerald F. Bowsher

Harry F. Bowsher

Harmon Boysell

Harry L. Boysell

Albert Boyer

Albert M. Boyer

Harold C. Brackney

Arthur A. Brandewie

John H. Brandewie

William Brautigam

William H. Brautigam

Hubert Brecount

Herbert C. Bretlinger

Leroy Briggs

Leo R. Brigs

Guy B. Brincefield

Sam Brinkley

Raymond Brodbeck

R. W. Brochart

Alpheus A. Brockert

Alphonso A. Brockert

Richard W. Brockert

Floyd Browne

Ralph Broyles

Ralph Virgil Bruner

Eugene Bryne

John E. Bryne

Richard T. Budde

Delbert E. Budling

Eldon Buffenbarger

Alva Burd

Walter Burd

Elmer B. Burden

Vernon E. Burden

Vernon M. Burden

John P. Burke

Thomas M. Burke

I. H. Burkhart

Arthur D. Burnfield

Raymond L. Burris

Nelson W. Burton

William N. Burton

Forest W. Bush

Virgil Bush

Andrew Busse

Charles B. Busse

Herman Buthker

Bernard R. Byrne

Eugene Byrne

John E. Byrne


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Wm. Dewey Caldwell

James W. Campbell

Nelson Campbell

Ralph W. Campbell

Theodore A. Campbell

Vane Campbell

Charles Carmen

Frederick Carmen

Earl Carey

Roger L. Carter

Hiram Casperson

Tony Casperson

Orlando A. Chambers

George A. Chase

D. A. Chiesa

Otis Chilcoat

Delmer F. Chiles

Luther Chiles

George E. Chronic

James Allen Clark

E. H. Clark

Theodore Claus

Wilbert L. Clingerman

James L. Coats

Thomas Cobb

Asa Harley Coil

Bernard Coil

Charles O. Coil

Julius B. Coil

Justus B. Coil

William H. Conkle

Frank P. Connaughton

George H. Connaughton

Charles Homer Cook

G. D. Cook

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James M. Cook

Robert C. Cook

Wayne Cook

Vane L. Cook

C. W. Cooper

Donald E. Copeland

Harold A. Copeland

Lewis S. Copeland

F. E. Corvan

Pearl L. Covert

Wilber L. Covert

William L. Covert

William Cowhick

Gerard Cramer

Joe Cramer

Frank C. Crider

Charles A. Crist

Waverly E. Crites

Zeldon E. Crites

Arthur Croft

Clarence W. Crossley

Floyd Crow

Robert W. Crow

Boyd C. Cuderson

John C. Cummins

Wilbur E. Cummins

Janes S. Curtis

George L. Custer

George T. Custer


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Henry B. Dahlinghaus

John A. Dahlinghaus

Irvin Dammeyer

Orin S. Dammeyer

Kepple G. Dickson

Roy Davidson

John W. Davies

Lewis L. Davis

Samuel F. Davis

William D. Davis

O. M. Day

William J. DeCorsey

Clinton DeDermott

Harry Deerhake

Harvey C. Deerhake

Henry B. Deiters

Donald O. Dellinger

Harry B. Delong

C. W. Delrich

S. L. Depweg

Edgar H. Devore

Edward Dicke

Harold Dickerson

Hilmer C. Dickman

Kepple G. Dickson

Henry J. Dieringer

Newton E. Dixon

Glen Dixon

Guthrie Dobie

,Irvin R. Dobie

Irwin Leroy Dobie

Adlai L. Doenges

Irwin J. Dohse

Irwin Dohse

William Donnerberg

William J. Donnerberg

John F. Doorley

William T. Doorley

Charles F. Doute

Fred Doute

John Downing

William E. Dowty

Walter Draper

Henry L. Drees

William J. Drexler

Clyde P. Driscoll

William L. Drury

Harry V. Dunathan

Harry E. Dunham


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Roy Earl

Roy R. Earl

Victor Earl

Raymond Edgington

John P. Edminston

Robert W. Edminston

John P. Edmiston

Robert W. Edmiston

Harold L. Edmonds

Herbert Eiting

Carl W. Ekermeyer

Carl A. Elliott

Richard A. Elliott

Russell O. Emerson

Brion L. Emerick

Orion L. Emerick

Elmer F. Ende

Oscar H. Erb

Theodore J. Erb

Reinhart E. Eschmeyer

Robert B. Esser

Edward F. Eyersman

Ferdinand F. Eversman

Harvey W. Eversman

Vernie E. Eversman


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Ottis Fannon

John H. Fastnigt

George B. Faulder

Henry Feldman

Ralph Ferris

Carl Fickel

Lawrence F. Fiely

William B. Finfrock

Emil H. Finke

Charles Fischer

George Fischer

Henry Fischer

Arthur Fisher

Arthur L. Fisher

David A. Fisher

Francis Fisher

Francis G. Fisher

G. W. Fisher

Harold C. Fisher

Harold L. Fisher

Joseph Fisher

Joseph C. Fisher

Joseph Claude Fisher

Lawrence W. Fisher

Robert W. Fisher

Russell Fisher

Vernon A. Fisher

Walter Fisher

William V. Fisher

Bryan Fite

Henry W. Fledderhohn

Walter R. Fledderjohann

HISTORY OF AUGLAIZE COUNTY - 511

Cloyce C. Fleming

Wilbur Flemming

Frank E. Flemming

William R. Flemming

Bloom Henry Focht

James D. Focht Clyde

T. Fogle

Harold W. Fogt

Lamont Folk

Leo T. Portman

William Fortman

Arthur L. Foos

John Foster

Charles W. Fox

Adolph Frank

Carl Frank

Edward F. Frank

Dewey F. Franklin

I. S. Franklin

Charles C. Fray

Edward K. Frazier

Anton F. Frenzer

Alexander T. Frey

Charles Frey

Harvey Henry Fricke

Frank J. Frierott

William C. Fry


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Maurice D. Gagley

Herbert Garman

Edward G. Garrett

Charles A. Gast

John W. Gast

William Geiger

William Geiger Jr.

Farey Geise

Albert Gephart

Robert Gephart

Leo H. Gerber

Edwin G. Gerstner

Gilbert Gerstner

Harry F. Gerstner

Elmer B. Gerwels

Joseph W. Gerwels

August V. Gesler

Cleo J. Gesler

Erxil A. Gesler

Mearl P. Gesler

Cleo J. Gester

Carl Gibbons

Howard W. Gibbs

Benjamin F. Gieseke

David S. Gilmer

James G. Gilmer

David Staley Gilmore

Walter Gilmore

Grover Glass

Peter L. Glynn

Clarence H. Goeke

Frank Goldstein

Julius Goldstein

John Goodin

George C. Goodrich

Alva Goodwin

John Goodwin

S. E. Goodwin

Mearl Gosler

Roy C. Gossard

Norval O. Goudy

Oliver Grabel

Carl B. Graessle

Harold H. Gray

Fred A. Greber

Forest O. Greber

Leo A. Greber

Leonard W. Grewe

Edward W. Griffin

Orn Levadron Griffin

Ralph J. Groll

Elias W. Gross

Charles R. Grothaus

Daniel H. Grothaus

Franklin F. Grothaus

Walter W. Grothaus

William C. Grothjan

Charles B. Groysle

Oscar H. Guckes

F. W. Gunther


—H—


Joseph Hackemoller

William F. Hackemoeller

Harvey Hagemier

George Hale

E. J. Halsema

George W. Hale

Clyde Haman

Russell E. Hamilton

Charles M. Hampson

Glen J. Hanlin

Carl D. Hanold

Linzee Lehr Hardin

Burley W. Hardesty

Hal M. Hare

E. D. Harjehausen

Edward J.Harjehausen

Oscar C. Harjehausen

Joseph L. Harkemoller

Henry Harman

Lewis Harmon

Slane Harmon

Arnold Harpest

Lawrence S. Harpest

Othel B. Harpest

George W. Harris

Oscar F. Harris

Charles Harrison

Oscar D. Harrison

Don W. Harrod

Fred K. Harrod

Charles A. Harsch

Burdette Hauss

John B. Hauss

Oscar Havermehl

George A. Haveman

Carl Havmier

Homer B. Hawk

Daniel B. Hay

Harry Hay

Homer E. Haynes

Arthur M. Haywood

Raymond B. Headopohl

Roy L. Headopohl

Albert A. J. Heil

Rupert J. Heil

Urban A. Heil

Ervin J. Heinfeld

Harvey H. Heinfeld

Henry Heitbrink

Leander H. Heitkamp

512 - HISTORY OF AUGLAIZE COUNTY

Clarence W. Heller

Bernard Helmstetter

B. L. Helmstetter

Leo E. Helmstetter

Albin J. Hemmert

Andrew N. Hemmert

Ferdinand Hemschen

Carl Henne

Edgar W. Henning

T. F. Henschen

Al Herkenhoff

Clyde H. Herlin

George D. Herros

Leander H. Hertkamp

Elvin W. Hespe

Harry G. Hibner

Oscar A. F. Hibner

James J. Higgins

Thomas Higgins

Urban A. Hill

Harry G. Hilner

George H. Himmer

Ralph Hineman

W. H. Hipp, Jr.

Elmer Hirschfeld

Leonard Hoagland

Vernon Hoagland

Walter Hobler

Walton Hobler

W. Clyde Hobler

Stanley F. Hoegner

Emil Hoelscher

Hugo F. Hoeper

Adolph F. Hoge

Charles J. Hohnen

Arthur F. Hoge

Fred A. Hoge

Fred Holcroft

Thornton Holl

E. E. Hollscher

Walter Holtzapple

Emil Holtzhauer

Ralph Hoopingarner

Frank Hoorman

Wilbur Hopple

Henry Hormann

Robert Horn

Ray F. Horst

Dana Dill House

Albert G. Houtz

Adrian H. Howell

Leonard A. Howell

Loman D. Howell

William V. Howell

Ray S. Hower Oscar

A. Hubner

Oscar H. Huckeriede

Elra Hudson

Harry Hudson

Arnold H. Huenke

William Huenke, Jr.

William M. Huenke

Theo R. Hughes

Isaac E. Hullinger

J. Hunninghake

Roy E. Hunter

Elmer Henry Hurlburt

Rodman Hurt

F. Hutchinson

Fred H. Huth

James M. Hux

Walter L. Hydaker


-I-


Harold J. Ice

Ray M. Idle

Curt Edgar Ihle

Carl Ike

Carl Richard Ike

Paul Arden Ingmire

William Irnalle

Homer C. Isern


--J—


Urban Jacob

John Jacobs

H. S. Jenkins

Alton W. Jett

Stanley C. Jett

Otto N. Johns

Ralph E. Jones

Felix F. Jung

Roy F. Jung

—K—


Lawrence B. Kaiser

Harry A. Kamman

Ferdinand L. Kammer

Christ H. Kantner

Howard Kantner

Rollie Kantner

Vernie Kantner

Christ Kanton

Charles W. Katterheinrich

Elmer E. Katterheinrich

E. H. Katterheinrich

Henry W. Katterheinrich

Herbert E. Katterheinrich

Milton M. Kattman

Carl G. Kaufman

Cloyce W. Kaufman

Theodore L. Kaufman

Earl W. Keiber

Vernon Keiber

Elmer Elsworth Keith

Charles Guy Keith

James W. Kellerman

Elvin A. Kellermeier

F. C. Kellermeyer

Fred Kellermeyer

Leon E. Kellermeyer

Warner Kellermeyer

W. J. Kellermeyer

Carl M. Kelly

George Kelly

James Kelley

Joseph Kemper

John T. Kennedy

John W. Kennedy

Rellie Kentner

Hugo F. Kettler

Millis J. Keshler

Vennard P. Killian

Gus F. Kinninger

William C. Kipp

Willis J. Kishler

C. P. Kite

Mortimer W. E. Klanke

Gilbert Kleitzer

Frederick C. Klute

HISTORY OF AUGLAIZE COUNTY - 513

Herbert Klute

John Knauss

Raymond J. Knipple

Dallas V. Knoch

Fred J. Knost

Albert A. Koenig

Fred Koenig

Irwin Koeper

Ivan H. Koeper

Benjamin Koetter

Bernard J. Koetter

Robert Koetter

Henry Kogge

John Kohler

Norbert J. Kohler

Robert T. Kohler

Charles H. Kohlhorst

Charles H. Kohlperst

J. W. Kohnan

Charles J. Kohnen

Harry J. Kohnen

Robert T. Kolter

Ralph Koons

Russell Koons

Andrew F. Kramer

Philip H. Kramer

Henry Krampe

Harold E. Krauss

John I. Kreiger

Emil R. Kreitzer

C. J. Kreitzer

Clark C. Kridler

Virgil T. Krites

Roy Krogman

F. Henry Kruel

Fred W. Kruel

Florence F. Kuck

Otto Kuck

Reinhart W. Kuck

William A. Kuck

H. Hunter Kuenzel

Reinhard W. Kuhlman

Anton Kuhn

August F. Kuhn

John Kuhns

Chester H. Kunning

Paul W. Kunning

Richard A. Kunning

R. L. Kuntz

Samuel G. Kurtz


—L-


Ben Lambert, Jr.

Ben E. Lampert

Furman A. Landis

William Landis

Carl Laner

Roscoe W. Lanfersieck

Arthur C. Langhorst

Robert E. Langhorst

Vernon W. Lanning

Frederick A. Larson

James N. Latimer

Willis F. Laub

Carl Lauer

Cassius Laufersweiler

Maurice H. Laufersweiler

Herman J. Laut

Melville H. J. Laut

Raymond F. Laut

Willis F. Laut

Groves D. Lawrence

Ray A. Lawton

Junius R. Lear

Bertice C. Lee

`Harry J. Lee

Richard A. Lee

Alma F. Lehmann

John R. Leonard

Dewey Lewis

Harold Prince Lewis

Roscoe V. Lewis

Thomas H. Liggett

Fritz Limbacher

Albert F. Limbert

Robert A. Limbert

F. J. Limbracher

Dewey Linn

Cleo Linson

Robert Linson

Lowell Lipp

Ferd Litterbeck

Linzy Little

Carleson Lloyd

Guy Locke

Fred Loescher

Herman D. Loescher

Vincent H. Logan

Webster Long

Clifford A. Longanecker

L. S. Longsworth

Guy W. Lotridge

Elmer W. Loy

Fred J. Lucas

Miles W. Luering

Anthony Luma

Ernest L. Lusk

Fred Lutterbeck

Benjamin H. Lutterbein

F. J. Lutterbein

Wilfred Lynch

W. T. Lynch

Frank R. Lyne


—M--


George R. Mack

James Madigan

James Madison

Ewing Mahan

Clayton Manahan

Edwin B. Mann

Darione Marker

Robert E. Marker

Elmer Martin

John A. Martin

Joseph G. Martin

Wickard B. Martin

Robert F. Martlett

Emil F. Marx

Henry W. Mason

Emil Maurer

Jacob H. Maurer

Herbert H. May

Ralph C. R. May

Rudolph H. May

Walter C. May

Clarence Maze

Volney Edwin McBeth

Forest E. McClure

Edward F. McCune

Fred McDermitt

514 - HISTORY OF AUGLAIZE COUNTY

Walter McDermit

William McDermit

Alva F. McDermott

Walter McDermott

Charles E. McFarland

James McFarland

Urban J. McFarland

Ralph McKee

Dewey William Meier

John A. Meier

'Walter G. Menges

Max R. Menschel

Francis M. Merkle

Hugo Otto Merkle

Walter A. Merkle

Everett S. Mertz

Vernon W. Mertz

Newman McK. Metz

Newman N. Metz

Raymond 0. Metz

Homer I. Metzger

Edward Meyer

Edwin J. Meyer

John C. Meyer

Joseph Meyer (two)

Victor B. Meyer

Charles W. Meyers

David Meyers

Ferdinand J. Meyers

H. F. Meyers

Howard F. Meyers

A. L. Miehls

Harry S. Miley

Arthur H. Miller

Elmer J. Miller

George J. Miller

Harry D. Miller

Herman G. Miller

John Miller

John A. Miller

Joseph B. Miller

Ray W. Miller

Simeon L. Miller

Vernon O. Miller

William C. Moell

Arley C. Moeller

Raymond W. Moeller

Edwin B. Mohn

Sherman Mohn

Harry P. Morehead

Marion S. Moore

Sherman Moore

William G. Moore

Andrew G. Morris

George C. Morris

John R. Morris

Melvin L. Morris

Ralph M. Morris

Victor R. Morris

Anthony H. Mosler

Franklin Mueller

Earl Munch

Fred Munch

Millard Murlin

Donald Murray

Lonnie A. Musser

Albert J. Mutschler

Charles W. Myers

David Myers

Ferdinand J. Myers

Vernon O. Myers


—N —


Bertie Roy Naus

Carl R. Naus

Granville L. Naus

Ralph R. Naus

Everett L. Naylor

Olin L. Nebergall

Edward F. Nedderman

Leo C. Nedderman

Thomas Needles

Thomas J. Needles

Russell W. Neff

Harry Neidermire

Thomas J. Neidler

Dewey F. Nelson

Michael B. Nester

W. G. Netrecht

Grover E. Neuman

Vernon B. Neuman

Charles C. Nevergall

Walter WesleyNewland

Carl A. Newmier

Lester Nickel

C. Nicodemus

Edward J. Niemeyer

Edgar F. P. Nieter

Leonard W. Nieter

Henry C. Nipgen

Lawrence M. Nipgen

H. S. Noble

Willard Noble

Vernon Noble

Francis B. Nugent

Andy Nuss

Elmer A. Nuss

Fred Nuss


—O-


C. F. W. Oberwitte

Charles Oelrich

Bermin Lee Ohler

Paren Ohler

Wilbur L. Ohlingerman

T. M. Oldiges

George A. Orphal

Robert G. Orphal

Albert Osterloh

Aloysius B. Osterloh

Charles J. Otting

William H. Otting


-P-


John Paglow

Carl W. Pape

Edward W. Pape

Walter H. Pape

Ward H. Pape

Virgil C. Parlette

Fred A. Pauck

Alvin Paul

Granville G. Pepple

Charles Anderson Perkin

Cleveland H. Pester

Fred D. Pester

Henry Pfeifer

Henry F. Pfeifer

George S. Place

Layton Place

Harold L. Plankell

HISTORY OF AUGLAIZE COUNTY - 515

Richard W. Platvoet

R. N. Pohlabeln

Lewis J. C. Poppe

Simpson Poppe

Harry Potts

William H. Potts

Carl E. N. Prichard

Lewis C. Pruetter

Whylom Pugh

Walter S. Pullins

Carl J. Purpus

Clarence V. Purvis

Pleasant Pyles


—Q—


George H. Quellhorst

Harry H. Quellhorst


—R—


Alfred H. Rabe

William H. Rabe

A. H. Raberding

D. Cliff Raberding

E. R. Roger

Lester Rain

Edwin H. Ramga

Harry W. Rampe

Harry M. Rapp

Fred Raudabaugh

Earl Raymond

Cyrus Reed

Herman J. Reed

Herbert E. Regula

John C. Reichelderfer

Arnold Reiher

Leon C. Reiher

John H. Reinders

A. G. Reinicke

Julius Reithman

Edward Rempe

Harry Rempe

Jacob C. Rensch

Philip R. Rensch

William Rensch

Frank Rentz

Frank X. Rentz

August C. E. Reploh

L. L. Reynolds

Alonzo Rhodes

Herbert H. Rhoades

Raymond G. Rhoades

Russell L. Rhoades

Kolter Richardson

Otto Rickert

Arthur Rider

Orville Rider

Louis Rietham

Julius Riethman

Henry W. J. Rihm

Lee Franklin Riley

Orville A. Riley

Budd F. Rinehart

Emmons D. Rinehart

A. G. Ripploh

John H. Ripploh

Oscar C. Roberding

Harvey G. Roberts

Raymond Roberts

Francis Robey

Leo B. Roebuck

George C. Roess

Frank Roettgerman

Ernest Rogers

Roland Rogers

Leo Rohr

Marion Rohrbach

Edgar C. Rohrbacher

M. L. Rohrback

A. H. Rohlfing

E. M. Rohlfing

Stanley B. Rohlfing

Leo L. Roler

Bernard Romey

Harry E. Romshe

Bernard J. Roney

Clifford Rostorfer

Frank Rostorfer

Norman Ruck

Ralph H. Ruck

Erk J. Ruedebusch

Frank Ruedebusch

Gustave H. Ruedebusch

Capo Ruley

Fred L. Rupert

Elmer A. Russ

Fred H. Ruth

E. H. Ruther

Edward H. Ruther

Joseph B. Ruwoldt

Raymond Ruwoldt

William Ruwoldt


—S—


Harry E. Saar

Philander Sammatinger

Phil J. Sammetinger

James Sampson

Charles Sawmiller

Andrew A. Schaefer

C. H. Schaefer

Clarence H. Schaefer

Glenn Schamp

Otto G. Schaub

Robert C. Scheer

Fred Schelby

William J. Schierholt

August Schimpf

William A. Schlueter

Fred Schmeider

Sylvester H. Schmeider

Carl Schmel

Carl W. Schmehl

Paul W. Schmidt

Vernon Schmidt

Alois A. Schneider

Isador Schneider

Louis H. Schneider

Rudolph J. Schneider

Sylvester H. Schneider

Albert Schnepple

Edwin J. Schoonover

F. Schrimpf

L. H. Schrimpf

Aug. Schrimple

Omer F. Schroeder

Gustave G. Schroer

Richard Schroer

Alfred Schuler

Peter Schuler

Harry G. Schulte

Walter J. Schulte

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Louis Schulze

Andrew W. Schultz

Theodore Schultz

John Schumm

Edward P. Schunck

Barney Schwark

Joseph H. Schwenzer

Oscar W. Schwepe

Edgar S. Scott

Bursell C. Scubier

B. H. Seger

Irvin Seibert

Robert Shafer

Fred M. Shamp

Carl L. Shanks

Earl Shanks

Harry C. Shannon

Wayne G. Sharland

Robert J. Sharp

Glenn Shaver

Anthony E. Shaw

Carl D. Shaw

Isaac Milton Shaw

Neal W. Shaw

Wardner Shaw

John Shawn

Philip E. Sheets

August F. Sherman

Olin Sheng

J. H. Shinaberry

Charles H. Shinner

John V. R. Shipman

Lewis C. Shipman

Lee R. Shoffstall

F. A. Shuffelton

Howard R. Shuler

George A. Shuster

Calvin A. Sibert

Richard E. Sibert

Ralph A. Siferd

Arthur Sikes

Leo J. H. Silk

Sterling C. Sillin

Delfa Silver

Fred Silvers

C. E. Simons

O. L. Simmons

Charles H. Skinner Hugo Skinner

Albert H. Slater

Francis E. Sloan

Ira O. Smezey

Anthony Smith

Benjamin V. Smith

Bud Wesley Smith

Donald Smith

Frank Smith

Harry Smith

Otis G. Smith

Theo R. Smith

Edward L. Snyder

Herman E. Snyder

John E. Snyder

Leo Ray Snyder

Herman H. Soelman

Rollin M. Soess

Carl Fred Solms

Edward F. Sommer

Hursell C. Soubrier

Harry A. South

Earl F. Speckman

Edgar F. Speckmanv

Frederick J. Speckman

F. F. Leonard

Speckman Lloyd

George Speckman

Robert S. Spees

Rollin W. Spees

Walter E. Spees

Stanley Sanford Sproul

Ralph Spyker

Virgil L. Spyker

Vernon E. Staup

Collin Steele

Harvey Steele

Eugene A. Steinbaugh

Melvin E. Steinbaugh

Albin G. Steinecker

Ferdrnand L. Steinke

Isadore C. Steinke

Gail Stephens

Raymond S. Stephens

Gail L. Stevens

Ray Stevens

Dallas W. Stevenson

James H. Steward

J. H. Stewart

Jesse L. Stewart

Harold H. Stilson

Melvin E. Stinebaugh

Lee Stockwell

L. M. Stockwell

Ray L. Stockwell

Richard Stoeker

Eugene A. Stonbaugh

Orval Stoner

Wilbert Stonerock

Elmer Stout

Howard Streight

Marcy Streight

Joseph W. Stroud

Levi M. Stockwell

Henry E. Stueve

John G. Stueve

Fred Sullivan

M. A. Sullivan

Edwin F. Sunderman

Leo F. Sunderman

John J. Sunsaker

Albert Swartz

Albert McK. Swartz

Clarence R. Swartz

Edward A. Swartz

Herman L. Swartz

Ira Sweezy

Ferrell Swink


—T—


Henry Tangeman

George Taylor

Carl Tester

Leo Tester

C. Theodore

Charles H. Thieman

Henry Thobe

Joseph Thobe

George A. Thomas

Jesse Thomas

Harry K. Thompson

Alva G. Thrush

Torrance H. Thrush

A. A. Timmerman

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C. J. Tippe

Alfred J. Tobens

Raymond C. Tomhafe

Harry A. Truesdale

Roy R. Truesdale

August G. Tschuor


—U-


William H. Uetrecht

William B. Urnstead

William Utrecht, Jr.


—V—


Frank George Vagedes

Frank A. Vahle

Charles H. Valentine

Elmer Vallo

Oscar Vallo

Peter Vanderhorst

Harlan Hackett VanHorr

Leroy VanHorn

Torrence Eli VanHorn

Alfred W. Veit

Ernest O. Veit

Fred C. Voglesang

Andrew J. Volbert

John W. Volbrecht

Dorsey S. Volgamott

Otto Vordermark

Joseph O. Voress

Charles E. Vorhees

Charles St. L. Vorhees

Henry O. Vorhees

John W. Vorhees, Jr.

Oscar Voorhees

Raymond V. Vorhees

Harry H. Vornholt

Huldreich R. Vornholt

R. H. Vornholt

Charles B. Vossler

Jackson G. Vulgamott


—W—


Charles W. Wagner

Louis M. Wagner

Albert E. Wagstaff

Forest E. Wagstaff

Frank H. Wahrer

Robert J. Wahrer

Ray Walker

William G. Walter

William J. Walter

William Walters

Joseph Walsh

Leonard Waterman

Melvin Watkins

John Weadock, Jr.

John Francis Weadock

Carlton E. Weaver

Thomas J. Weaver

Gale Webb

Pearl Webb

Adrian J. Weber

A. T. Weber

John M. Weber

Carl Wehmeyer

M. W. Wehner

William J. Wehrle

Peter Wehrling

Joseph A. Wehrman

Milton W. Wehrner

John Weiskettle

Louis Edward Weist

Leroy Wellington

Vernon D. Wellington

Edward B. Wellman

Ethel E. Wellman

Fred F. Wellman

Walter Wellman

Fred Wenker

Gustav Werling

Frank K. Werst

Felix J. Wesch

Felix J. Weseli

Frank K. Wetz

S. U. Wetzel

Robert N. Wheeler

Harold Whetstone

Jesse C. Whetstone

John C. White

Robert R. White

Daniel G. Whitehead

Guy A. Whitehead

John E. Whitehead

Charles A. Whiteman

Harry Whyman

Benjamin Wibbeler

Ferdinand W. Wiehe

Clarence F. Wieman

Roy Wierman

Roy Wiernab

Edgar Henry Wierth

Fred Wieser

Fred C. Wiesner

Roy Wildermuth

Thomas Wiley

Samuel A. Wilges

August Wilke

Russell William

Alfred J. Williams

Alva C. Williams

Benjamin Williams

Joseph S. Williams

Manferd Williams

Mansfield Williams

Walker Williams

Willard Williams

Guy Lowen Wills

John C. Winegardner

Grant Winemiller

Marion H. Winemiller

Leonard Winkler

Carl F. Wintzer

Julius H. Wisener

John E. Wiss

Gary D. Wiswell

Vernon J. Woehler

Waid H. Woehler

William H. Woehler

W. Woehmeyer

Willard B. Woehrmyer

Paul Wollam

Royce Woodward

Clifford L. Wright

Walter C. Wuebbeling

Louis E. Wust

Gary D. Wuswell


—Y—


True Wallace Yale

Fred H. Yoder

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Charles S. Young

John I. Young

John Youngs


—Z-


Cloyd Zeiders

John E. Ziebarth

Herman Ziegenfelder

Charles A. Zink

Charles E. Zink

William August Zink

William Lloyd Zink

Raymond Zint

C. G. Zofkie

Lawrence L. Zorn

Edward Zwiebel

Edward D. B. Zwiebel

Raymond H. Zwiebel

Oscar A. Zwiebel





LOCAL UNIT OF THE OHIO NATIONAL GUARD.


For some years prior to the World war Auglaize county had a well equipped company of the Ohio National Guard— old Company K of the 2d infantry regiment, stationed at St. Marys. When the flurry on the Mexican border in 1916 demanded a demonstration on the part of the United States, with the dispatch of a military force over the border, Company K was federalized and became a part of this expedition, serving thus from September, 1916, to March, 1917. It was

Guard and thus was an organized unit when this country took a hand in the World war a month later. Company K mustered out of the Federal service at Ft. Sheridan and re- stored to its former status as a unit in the Ohio National again was federalized and mobilized at Camp Sheridan, where it became Company B of the 146th regiment of the 37th Division, National army, and on May 15, 1918, was transferred to Camp Lee (Va.), whence a month later it sailed with this division for France, arriving at Brest on June 22, 1918. A week later this division was assigned to service in the Beaumont sector and on July 25 took over the front lines in the Bacarat sector, remaining there until September 12 when it went into action in the Argonne drive and on September 26 took part in the Avacourt engagement. It then captured Montfaucon, where it remained until October 1, when it was sent to the St. Mihiel sector, holding there the front from October 4 to October 14, when it was relieved and sent into Belgium, where it took part in the Ypres campaign and in the Lys first and second offensives, and was there when the armistice was signed on November 11. This company, with the division to which it was attached, sailed for the United States


HISTORY OF AUGLAIZE COUNTY - 519


on March 13, 1919, and on March 31 was sent to Camp Dix and thence to Camp Sherman (Chillicothe, Ohio), where it was discharged on April 13, having paraded enroute at Clinton, Akron and Columbus.


Among the officers of old Company K was Lieutenant Emil F. Marx, of St. Marys, who had followed its fortunes both in Mexico and overseas, as above set out, and who upon his return to St. Marys immediately set about in a movement looking to the reorganization of a company of the National Guard at that place. He found plenty of willing volunteers and on June 22, 1919, the new company was mustered in as Company K of the 148th regiment (infantry), 37th Division, United States National Guard of Ohio, under the new National Guard law, with Captain Marx commanding. On March 1, 1921, Captain Marx was promoted to the rank of major. Company K now (1922) has eighty men and is officered as follows : Captain, Arnold F. Ruher ; first lieutenant, Thomas J. Needles; second lieutenant, Joseph E. Walsh. A medical detachment of the 148th regiment also is stationed at St. Marys, this detachment having thirty-four men and three officers, these latter being Frank E. Ayers, captain; George M. Raudebaugh, captain, and Ivan W. Wright, first lieutenant.


With the reorganization of Company K, under the new law, the people of St. Marys united in a movement to procure for the city an adequate armory and in due time there was erected a handsome armory building overlooking Memorial park, which serves not only as an armory but as a much needed and very useful community house. This armory was erected at a cost of $59,000, of which $6,000 was raised by the people of the town and $4,000 was provided by the St. Marys Community Welfare Association, which also donated the ground, the remainder of the expense being assumed by the state. The building, which was designed in accordance with approved official plans, is fire proof and is provided with a room for the meetings of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic and rooms for the company club and canteen.


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The drill floor is 50 by 100 feet in dimension and carries equipment for basket ball and other indoor athletics. When this armory movement was projected Roy E. Layton, of Wapakoneta, a veteran of the Spanish-American war, was adjutant general and director of state armories and he gave to the building his close personal attention. He now is judge advocate general of the 37th Division.


THE AMERICAN LEGION.


There are American Legion posts at Wapakoneta, St. Marys, New Bremen, Minster, Waynefield and New Knoxville, all live, alert organizations banded together under a general county council of posts, all members of which not only are alertly interested in the common cause of the ex-service men but in the general principles of the patriotic order, whose constitution is based upon the declaration that "for God and country we associate ourselves together for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a 100 per cent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of the Great War; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make Right the master of Might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness."


In the spring of 1922 Auglaize Post, No. 330, at Wapakoneta bought a lot on Blackhoof street just south of the river bridge and adopted the plans for a memorial home for the post, the same to combine the several purposes of a meeting place for the post, a community center at the county seat and an athletic auditorium. This post was organized in December, 1919, and Anthony E. Shaw was elected first post commander ; Donnet Chiesa, vice commander ; Clyde Haman, adjutant; Carl Abe, finance officer; Dana House, historian, and


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Cletus Zofkie, chaplain. Dr. George B. Faulder was elected commander for 1921 and Neal W. Shaw is the present (1922) commander of the post, which has an active membership of more than two hundred, a gradual growth from the sixty-six charter members.