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Winter 2019 Vol Page 2019-35SSN#1047-0077 Yesteryears’ Trails Quarterly Newsletter Published by the Defiance County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society P.O. Box 7006 Defiance, OH 43512-7006 Web Site: Http: www.defiancecountygenealogy.org Email address: defiancegenealogy2002@ yahoo.com Blog site: defiancecountyohiogenealogy.blogspot.com Winter 2019 Vol. XXXIV Issue 4 Defiance County Genealogy Chapter and Board Meetings Table of Contents Chapter Programs 35 Regular monthly meetings of the De- Chapter Contact Information 36 fiance Chapter OGS are held at St. John Chapter News and News Articles 37 Frank Butwin and Anthony Wayne 38 United Church of Christ at 7:00 p.m. unless First Families of Defiance County 39 otherwise stated. The address is 950 Poor Houses/Infirmaries of Ohio 39 Webster Street— on the northeastern cor- Defiance County Townships 41 ner of the Defiance Colllege campus. Entry Historical Publication Listing 42 is on the north side of the church adjacent Surname Listing of Chapter Members 43 to the college gymnasium. Index of Names for 2019 Newsletters 44 Chapter meetings are the 4th Mon- day of each month except May, August, and December or as noted. Board meetings are held at 2:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the St. John UCC at 950 Webster Street. OGS Conference Coming Chapter Programs 2020 for 2020 Monday, January 27 “Navigating Family Search: Some New Paths” with Dianne Kline Unlocking the Pieces Monday, February 24 April 29 to May 2, 2020 “Humorous WWII Postcards” with Rich Rozevink Kalahari Resort & Monday, March 23 Convention Center “Sharing Family Food Heritage” Members to bring family recipes or Sandusky, Ohio reminisces of their families’ www.OGSConference.org traditional foods. Defiance County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society Yesteryears’ Trails Vol.XXXIV Winter 2019 First Families of Defiance County and Centennial Families Officers and Trustees President - Joanne Allison Email: [email protected] Defiance County First Vice-President Families Dan Hasch If you can prove Corresponding Secretary & Membership your ancestor resided in Dianne Kline Defiance County before Email: [email protected] January 1846, your an- Recording Secretary - Mary Williams cestor can be classified Email: [email protected] Treasurer - Dan Hasch as a “Pioneer.” If he or she Email: [email protected] lived here between Janu- First Families - Mary Scranton ary 1846 and December Email: [email protected] 1860, that ancestor can be classified as a “Settler.” Newsletter Editor - Mary Williams To prove your lineage back to your ancestor, you Email: [email protected] may use birth records, death records, marriage li- Trustees: censes, census records, Bible records, and other Rhonda Casler primary or supportive secondary records. Dawn Hasch The application fee is $15.00 which covers Pat Wise as many ancestors as you can prove and also cov- ers your membership pin. You must be a member of the Defiance County Chapter OGS. This mem- Change of Address or Email ? bership may be paid at the same time as your ap- If you change your postal or email address, plication fee is paid. The cutoff date is August 1st please make sure you email the chapter at of the year in which you apply. For more informa- <[email protected]> tion and to download the application for First Fami- or send the changes to Defiance Chapter OGS, PO lies, please go to the Society’s web site at Box 7006, Defiance, OH 43512-7006 so that your www.defiancecountygenealogy.org or write to the current information is on file. chapter at PO Box 7006, Defiance, OH 43512-7006 attention of Mary Scranton, chair. Defiance County Centennial Families Become a Member of DCGS To acknowledge families which have been Chapter dues are $15.00 for an indi- in Defiance County for 100 years or more, our chap- vidual and $18.00 per family. ter has established a centennial recognition pro- An additional $5.00 is required for gram. Just one item of proof showing that a family mailing the four annual newsletters member was here in 1918 or before is needed to through the U. S. Post Office. Membership register a family. Upon registration, a certificate will form is at the end of this newsletter or you be sent from the chapter. For more information, may download a membership form at please contact the chapter via email or by postal www.defiancecountygenealogy.org mail-- attention of Carol Ehlinger. Page 36 Yesteryears’ Trails - Defiance Co. Winter 2019 member William Schmertz suggested programs highlighting early settlers from each township. The board consensus was that this research would be better addressed in the blog or in the newsletter. Members were asked to investigate resources to see if this is possible. October Rich Rozevink was present to ask if the Board Meeting- Turnbull books might be reduced in price as there Dianne Kline noted that she had had sev- will be a display at the Tuttle Museum highlighting eral responses to the blog topic of surnames from the business in the near future and a program the fly leaf of a Bible with Bruner and Zeller sur- planned by Leon Jones also highlighting the busi- names. She noted that those interested could re- ness. Pat Wise noted that the book might also be fer to the Bible which is located at Auglaize Village used at Auglaize Village. Pat Wise moved to re- for any additional information. At last count, the duce the price to $15.00 (down from $21.50). blog site had been visited 162,923 times. Dianne Kline seconded the motion which passed. Dianne noted that there currently are 85 Rich also suggested that the history books produced members. She also noted that she would like to by the chapter be highlighted for Christmas giving. find a volunteer to take over membership duties. Dianne noted that she would do so in the blog. Mary It was decided to begin the 6:30 First Fami- will highlight them in the next newsletter. Rich vol- lies reception at 6:30 with Frank Butwin's reenact- unteered to present a PowerPoint program with the ment of Anthony Wayne followed by the First Fami- help of Dan Hasch's computer expertise in Febru- lies inductions and a memorial. Plans for refresh- ary highlighting his humorous World War II post- ments and the memorial service were discussed. card collection. Saturday, October 19, beginning at 10:00, A thank-you was received from Frank Butwin, will be a genealogy workshop at the Defiance Pub- our October reception speaker. He noted his en- lic Library. joyment of being with the chapter for the evening. After discussion, Pat Wise moved to in- Dianne Kline moved that the chapter join crease membership in the chapter to $15.00 for an the Stryker Heritage Council at a yearly member- individual and $18.00 for a family membership. ship of $30. Rhonda Casler seconded the mo- Rhonda Casler seconded the motion which carried. tion. Dan Hasch moved that $50 be given to the Joanne has notified OGS that we will fur- Wood County Historical Society as an honorarium nish a basket of books and pamphlets about Defi- for the speaking engagement of Holly Hartlerode- ance County for the spring OGS conference. Kirkendall at the coming November meeting. Programming for the remainder of this year Joanne announced that Lavoie's Photogra- and the beginning of next year was discussed. phy of the Bryan area has donated 65,000 im- ages detailing local history and families of the November area to the Williams County Public Library. Board Meeting- Programming for the coming year was discussed: President Allison opened the meeting at 2:30 January - Dianne Kline - New Paths to with the above present. The secretary's reports from Navigate Family Search the previous board and October chapter meetings February - Rich Rozevink - Humorous were reviewed. Treasurer Dan Hasch presented WWII Postcards the financial report for October showing a balance March - Sharing Family Food Heritage of $4132.78. For a summer field trip-the regional archival President Allison thanked Dawn Hasch for library located at the BGSU Library was sug- volunteering for the membership chair of the chap- gested. ter. Dianne Kline noted that visitors to the chapter blog site now tally 165,978. A correspondence from Yesteryears’ Trails - Defiance Co. Winter 2019 - Page 37 Members of during the winter of 1777-78. In 1780, he stopped the Defiance Benedict Arnold’s treasonous plan to surrender Genealocial West Point to the British military by safeguarding Society were the fort. treated to a After the war, Wayne returned to Pennsyl- PowerPoint vania and served in the state legislature for a presentation year, then moved to Georgia and settled upon on the life of the tract of land that had been granted to him for General Mad his military service. He was a delegate to the Anthony state convention that ratified the United States Wayne by Constitution in 1788. Frank Butwin. President George Washington recalled Wayne from civilian life in order to lead an expe- dition in the Northwest Indian War. During that Gen. Wayne, Portrayed by Frank Butwin, time he was instrumental in building several forts in the Ohio country, including Fort Defiance and Visits DCGS Meeting Fort Wayne. In 1794, a tree fell onto Wayne’s tent, The following article was written by our chap- knocking him unconscious, but he survived to be ter president Joanne Allison. It appeared in able to resume the march to the newly built Fort The Crescent-News on November 2. Defiance. Two weeks later, he mounted an assault on the Indian confederacy at the Battle of Defiance County Genealogical Society met Fallen Timbers in Maumee. This decisive victory Oct.
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