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First Ohio State Fair Butter Cow -
    made with Sunbury Co-op
    Creamery Butter
RFD - First in the nation       

          

Most Recently Added
Added in February 2021
Prairie Run School - 2020 from Lenny Lepola

Added in June 2020
Ball Parks and Gyms
Historic Marker - Sunbury Ball Park
Added in May 2020
President Trump Honors Krebs

Added in March 2020
Sunbury School 1913 from Jeff Sellers

Added in January 2020
Conklin & Irwin -1930 sales booklet
from Dan Shaw

Added in November 2019
Veterans' Day
November 2019 in Sunbury Memorial Park

WWll Veterans Buried in Sunbury Memorial Park -
compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen

Korean War Veterans Buried in Sunbury Memorial Park-
compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen

Vietnam War Veterans Buried in Sunbury Memorial Park -
by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen

Added in April 2019
Newer Photo of Condit Station from Larry Lane
in
Railroad Advantages

Added in March 2019
Genoe Town House

Added in February 2019
Benajah Cook, Founder
Blakely & Williams Store
Whitney Insurance Agency

Added in January 2019
Berkshire School 1916-24
1928 Class Sunbury School - 50th Reunion
Sunbury 4-H 1925

Added in December 2018

Added in November
Fravel Brothers from Harlem
Veterans Honored in Blue Church Cemetery

Added in May
Korean War Veterans Buried in Sunbury Memorial Park - by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
Vietnam War Veterans Buried in Sunbury Memorial Park - by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen

Added in February
1908 or 1909 Sunbury High School - from John Bland
1917-18 Juniors In Sunbury - from Jim Gorsuch

Added in January 2018
1917-18 Juniors In Sunbury School
Kline Manufacturing Co-1958
 

Added in December
World War I thru Vietnam Veterans Buried in Porter Cemeteries by Suzanne Allen

Added in August
WWI - Vietnam Veterans Buried in East Liberty compiled by Suzanne Allen
WWI - Vietnam Veterans Buried in East Liberty compiled by Suzanne Allen 

Added in June

Sunbury News has New Owner- 2017
Gulf War Veterans Buried in Galena Cemetery  by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
American Legion Honors Allen

 2017Added in May 2017
World War II Veterans Buried in Burnside Cemetery -compiled by Suzanne Allen

Korean War Veterans Buried in Burnside Cemetery compiled by Suzanne Allen

Veterans of the Vietnam Conflict buried in Burnside Cemetery
- compiled by Suzanne Allen

Added in April 2017

Rolls of Veterans Honored April 21, 2017
Korean War Veterans Buried in Galena Cemetery - compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
Navy Deep Freeze Antarctica Operation - compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
Veterans of the Vietnam War buried in Galena Cemetery -compiled by   Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
Spanish- American War Veterans Buried in Galena Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen

World War II Veterans buried in Galena Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
 

Added in February 2017
Conklin & Irwin- 1930 Granville Street

See the Bicentennial Articles running in The Sunbury News

 
 

Compiled for Big Walnut Area Historical Society by Polly Horn

* Articles ran in The Sunbury News in the Because You Asked column in 2003
** Articles ran in The Sunbury News in the Because You Asked column in 2016
 

SUNBURY BICENTENNIAL ARTICLES

Articles by Polly Horn published in The Sunbury News

Sunbury Plat Map

YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED

Who are these girls, their church? photo from Bill Bronsch

Can you identify the people in this photo or the location  of the business?
International Harvester Company in South Condit - postcard from Jeff Sellers

Do you have a photo of the old Sunbury Firetruck? We would like to add it to the story of the fire department.

Also looking for a photo of the jail cell which was inside the east door of the Town Hall.
contact me

Do You Know about the Railroad School #9,
Victory Camp on Big Walnut Road
or Franklin Station?  We would like photos to post  contact me

Do you know when the Greyhound bus stopped picking up people at the Grill in Sunbury?   contact me

Still Looking for Information About the Quilt
1919 Genoa Township Quilt of Soldiers and Sailors research by Carolyn Maruggi
Franklin Railroad Station in Genoa Township contributed by Florobel Lacher

Looking for identification of these photos
Center VIllage High School 1919 - from Pam Evener
Center Village School Before 1919- from Pam Evener
Berkshire 1894 - photo from Terry Easton
Galena 7th and 8th Grades - Harold Roof Teacher
Galena School Grades and Year Unknown- Harold Roof, teacher
Linco Service Station
Help Us Identify These Photos
East Side -postcard circa 1909   Help!
1919 Genoa Township Quilt of Soldiers and Sailors research by Carolyn Maruggi
Baseball Players  AND other teams?  need identification
Condit Cornet Band - 1890 photo from Ken Crowl
Employees of Sunbury Manufacturing Company - photo from Ken Crowl
Nestles Sunbury Picnic, July 4, 1921

1908 or 1909 SunburyHigh School- from John Bland
 Sunbury 1920 Basketball Team
Sunbury School Photo 1923 - Photo from Don Edwards
Sunbury School Primary Students about 1924
Ross Dent Road School 1907,  1913,  1914,  1915,  1916,  1925 or 26
Trenton Township Special School 1886-7

 

Big Walnut Area History

• Bank Robbery*
• Baseball Team
• C. C. Bricker's Store
• Creamery*
• Farris Store  photo from Cobb Farris
• Galena Bank
  Bank Robbery*
• Galena Episcopal Church by David Simmons
• Galena History Program - Polly Horn and
  The Sunbury News

     Galena Houses

•  1801 South CCC Highway

• Galena School Building on Auction Block - Lenny Lepola

• Galena School Sold - by Lenny Lepola
  
  GALENA SCHOOL also see Schools
• Galena School*
   
• Galena Shale Tile and Brick Company*
  Promotional Ashtrays
• Galena United Methodist Church*
• I.C. Budd's Store
• John W. Shultz Sales and Service-From Gene and Joan Fuller and Jane Davis
• Logan Natural Gas and Fuel Company-1909
• Postcards of Galena - from Mary Lou Abell
  
  Galena Veterans
• Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Galena Cemetery
• Soldiers of the American Civil War Buried in Galena Cemetery - Compiled by Suzanne Allen
  Truman Beard, Civil War Soldier
• Spanish- American War Veterans Buried in Galena Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
• World War I Veternas buried in Galena Cemetery compiled by Suzanne Allen
• World War II Veterans buried in Galena Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
• Korean War Veterans Buried in Galena Cemetery - compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
• Veterans of the Vietnam War buried in Galena Cemetery -compiled by   Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
• Gulf War Veterans Buried in Galena Cemetery  by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen

• Big Trees, a Blessing and Problem for Settlers*
• Big Walnut Residents Before 1816  by Suzanne Allen
• Counties in Ohio- Formation by Essa Willison
• Moses Byxbe's Home in  Massachusetts
  by Carol Lew
• Prairie and Prairie Run*
• Tombstone Photos taken in Delaware County Cemeteries - site of Leona Gustafson
• Waterways and Covered Bridges
  Covered Bridge over Alum Creek at St. Rt. 37  from Judy Shumway, Marion Ackerman, Suzanne Allen

• 4-H Clubs  compiled by Suzanne Allen
• Bands*
• Community Library
  Community Library Ohio's 200th Display
• Creameries - Center Village, Cheshire, Condit, Galena, Sunbury *
• Famous People with Big Walnut Ties
• First Flu Shots -1976
• Girl Scout Troops
• Hucksters*
• Maps Showing Formation of Delaware County
• Stone Quarries*

• Origin of the Name Sunbury
  by Carleton and Dorothy Burrer
• Why the Name Sunbury ** by Polly Horn
• Sunbury Plat Map
• Picturesque Sunbury 1896 Letts & Whittier booklet
• Nicknames of Old Timers, by Bill Whitney
• Remembering Sunbury of 1846-by Amos L. Shangle, 1906**
• Remembering Sunbury 1912-1918** by Mildred Weiss Tarshish
• Roots in Pennsylvania ** by Polly Horn
• Myers Family from Pennsylvania to Ohio ** by Polly Horn
• Lawrence and William Myers, Cofounders of Sunbury - 1816
       William Myers Family **
            by Polly Horn
• Lawrence and Eliza Brown Myers ** by Polly Horn
• Henry and Martha- Two of Lawrence's Children ** by Polly Horn
• Thomas Philip Myers, Lawrence's Son ** by Polly Horn
• Hezekiah Roberts or Hezekiah Rogers, Part 1** by Polly Horn
• Hezekiah Roberts or Hezekiah Rogers, Part 2 ** by Polly Horn
• Life without Smart Phones ** by Polly Horn
• S Curve in Letts Avenue **by Polly Horn
• Sunbury's Centennial** by Polly Horn
• Sunbury's Bicentennial Articles

AROUND THE SQUARE:

• Columbus Dispatch Visits Sunbury Square- 1952
  - from Joseph Ritchey
• Conklin & Irwin -1930 sales booklet
  from Dan Shaw
• East Side -postcard circa 1909
  donated by Jo Cartright
• East Side of Square Between 1927 and 1954 Fires
  post card from Jeff Sellers
• East Side of the Square -1956-8 Ron Bryant Photo
• F.F.A. Welcomes Visitors to Sunbury
• Fire-East Side - 1926 *
• Fire North Side - 1927 *
• Fire East Side - 1956*
• North Side- East of Bank facing Sunbury Square
• North Side of Square- postcard owned by Don Edwards, mailed 1914
• North Side of Square - Postcard of Jeff Seller
• North Side of Square Down Sidewalk to the East-- Postcard owned by Jeff Seller
• Postcards of Sunbury - from Mary Lou Abell,       Jeff Sellers, and Don Edwards
• Remembering Sunbury 1912-1918 ** by Mildred Weiss Tarnish
• Spring Fed Creeks in Sunbury ** by Polly Horn
• South Side of the Square
• Conklin & Irwin- 1930 Granville Street
• Sunbury Cemetery- Straightening Markers - 2006
  Photos by Bob Bishop
  Blind Minister
• Across Square From NorthEast Corner -1899-1900**

BUSINESSES:

• Anderson's Drug Store - 1908-9 Calendar / Account Book
• Baker's Hy-Way Service Station
  tag from Red Edwards
• Baily Mill
• Bakery: Burrer, Barker, Root, Gelston
• Blacksmiths
• Blakely & Williams Store
• Boyer Hotel /Sparks Sohio,Citgo** Polly Horn
• Burrer Bakery** Polly Horn
• Burrer Stone Quarry** Polly Horn
• Burrer Mill-Early** Polly Horn
• Burrer Mill **
• Burrer Mill Brings Electricity to Sunbury**
• Cantrell Brothers Sinclair Service Station
• Columbus Sreet- North from the Creamery to Square - Jeff Seller's postcard
• Community Library - Digging Again at 44 Burrer Drive** Polly Horn
• Cook's Harness Shop** Polly Horn
• Delaware County Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance- 1929
• Delaware County News-Item Holiday edition-1900
• Doctors Made House Calls*
• Electricity in Sunbury*
• Farmer's Bank ** by Polly Horn
• Fleckner Stone Quarry ** by Polly Horn
• Forman Realtors are 50 by Lenny Lepola
• Gammill Hoop Factory ** by Polly Horn
• Gross  Shell, Marathon
• Hill's Drug Store - photo from Arthur Siegesmund
• Hopkins House- a.k.a. Myers Inn
• Hy-Way Service Station
• Linco Service Station photo from Jeff Sellers
• Mary and George Richmond Antiques
• Meeker's Sohio
• Mills: Manville, Gaylord, Baily, VanSickle, Boyd, Condit, early Burrer
• Myers Inn
• Nestlés Beverage Company*
•     Derailed Train Missed Nestlès Plant
        - photos from Jane Estep
•     Nestlés Employees, February 17, 1930
• In Sunbury You'll Think of Coffee by Johnny Jones- Columbus Dispatch Visits Sunbury Square- 1952 - from Joseph Ritchey
•     Tearing Down the Nestlés Facility
• Quarry (Burrer, Fleckner)**
• Red & White Store
• Shaw Pharmacy on Granville Street
• Shaw Pharmacy on Cherry Street
• Spark's Sohio & Citgo
• Stone Quarry (Burrer, Fleckner)**
• Sunbury Co-Operative Creamery
         Creamery's Dray
•       First Butter Cow at Ohio State Fair
•       Looking North from the Creamery
        to Square  Jeff Seller's Postcard
• Sunbury Electric Company
• Sunbury Elevator*
• Sunbury Grill
• Sunbury Grill Frustrated by 2012 Election Blitz - Bismarck, North Dakota
• Sunbury Locker: Townley-Main IGA Sunbury Locker Bill from Jerry Bale
• Sunbury Manufacturing Company
• Sunbury Memorial Park
  Blind Minister's Monument
• The Sunbury News
• Sunbury News has New Owner- 2017
• Sunbury Post Office - First Rural Free Delivery*
• Sunbury School  also see Schools
• Sunbury Super Market
• The Sunbury News ** by Polly Horn
  Turning of Benoy Building
  Columbus Dispatch Visits Sunbury Square- 1952
  - from Joseph Ritchey
• Sunbury Waterworks*
• Townley-Main IGA
  see Sunbury Locker Bill from Jerry Bale
• Townley IGA in Big Walnut Plaza
• U.S. Store
• Walt Gross' Marathon
• Weiss Co. ** by Mildred Weiss Tarshish
• Whitney Insurance Agency
• Whitney Insurance Memoribilia
• V & M Williamson - Chevrolet Sales and Service
• Wilcox Buggy Works*
• W. O. Buckingham & Sons 1905 Mortgage for horse and buggy
  Wheaton & Cockrell for wagon

CHURCHES:

• Condit Presbyterian Church
• Sunbury Baptist Church*
  Demolition of the Building- 2004
• Sunbury Methodist Church

CLUBS:

• American Legion Post 457
  WW I Charter Members in 1939
  Otis Kimball Baker's Dress Uniform
• American Legion Honors Allen
• Knights of Phythias Hall
• Remembering Girl Scouts by Polly Horn
• Sunbury 4-H 1925

HEALTH AND WELL BEING:

• Doctors Made House Calls*
• First Flu Shots - 1976

LANDMARKS:

• Aerial from Drone-2014 by Mollenkopf
• Ohio Bicentennial Marker on Square
• Town Hall*
  Builder = Col. Granville Adolphus Frambes
  Cupola  - Lenny Lepola
  Eagle Soars Over Town Hall Again
• Trees on Sunbury Square

MILITARY- See Individual Wars
listed under WARS below

• Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Sunbury Memorial Park
• Statue For Major General William Starke Rosecrans on Sunbury Village Square
• WW II: Conant Brothers Serve by Suzanne Allen
• Ohio Fallen Heroes
  Ohio Fallen Heroes-First Flag
  Ohio Fallen Heroes Monument Dedication

RECREATION

• Ball Parks and Gyms
• Historic Marker - Sunbury Ball Park
• Bands*
  Alonzo Knox
• BASEBALL TEAMS
  Nestles Independent Team
  Sunbury Independent - 1920-21
• Blue Grass Grove ** by Esther McCormick
• Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Sunbury **
• Camp Clifton*
• Life Before Smart Phones **
• Music
• Rome Fair Lease - from Marilyn Gregg DeFranco
• CHRISTMAS POSTCARD

• 1917 Postcard to Wilbur Carnes in Sunbury, Ohio -
  from Charlotte Emerick

WEATHER:

• Snow 2010 by Lenny Lepola

• Early Schools*
• Log School on Columbus Street, Roberts or Rogers** by Polly Horn
• Annual Meetings of Voters to elect Directors of Harlem Dis. #7
• 1905-West Galena School
• 1908 Third Annual Boxwell Commencement in Genoa Township
• 1900 Teacher's Souvenir from East Porter School - from Charlotte Emrick
• Berkshire School 1916-24
• Center Village Primary 1921-22- from Pam Evener
  Center Village High School 1919 - from Pam Evener
  Center Village School Before 1919- from Pam Evener
• Hunt School in Harlem Township
• Porter's Stone Jug School from Patty Hardin
• Rand McNally 1909 Delaware County Map - shows schools- from Joseph Ritchey
   

   Centralized Schools

CENTER VILLAGE - HARLEM;

• Center Village High School Became Harlem School*
• Harlem Township High School in color - from Pam Evener
• Harlem Township High School 1919- from Pam Evener
• Center Village High School 1919 - from Pam Evener
• Center Village School Before 1919- from Pam Evener
• 1905-6 Harlem Township, District 1
  Souvenir for Students Booklet - from Pam Evener
• Center Village Primary Future Classes 1920-22- from Pam Evener
• Harlem Township School Teachers about 1920- from Pam Evener
• Fix School Harlem Township District #5- from Pam Evener
• Center Village High School-1927- from Pam Evener
  Center Village High School-1928- from Pam Evener
• Class of 1936 pictures - from Fred and Theresa Wilke
• Graduation Class of 1936- from Fred and Theresa Wilke
• Annual Meetings of Voters to elect Directors of Harlem Dis. #7
• Hunt School 1906, 1912, 1914

GALENA SCHOOL:

• Galena as Administration Building*
• 1889 Commencement *
• 1892 Commencement *
• 1898 Commencement *
• 1898-1948 Alumni Booklet
  from Red Edwards
• 1909 (May) Gas Bill *
• Galena High School Class of 1912
• April 1923 Photo of Students and  Faculty  * from Red Edwards
• 1923 Football Team, 35-0 Record
• Galena 7th and 8th Grades - Harold Roof Teacher
• Galena School Grades and Year Unknown- Harold Roof, teacher
• 1934 County Basketball Tourney-Galena Champs
  program from Suzanne Allen
• 1943 Alumni Banquet  *
• 1946 Basketball Team - photo from Cobb Farris
• 1948 Alumni Directory  *
• 1957 Elementary Graduation = BWHS Class of 1961 *
   *  Original Items Owned by
       Donald "Red" Edwards
• Galena School Building Auctioned- 2013 by Lenny Lepola
• Galena School Sold - by Lenny Lepola

SUNBURY SCHOOL:

• Sunbury School- Harrison Street School*
• 1893 - 2nd Sunbury High School Alumni Banquet
• 1906 Commencement Invitation
  - Robert Domigan *
• 1908 or 1909 SunburyHigh School- from John Bland
• Sunbury School 1913 from Jeff Sellers
• 1914-15 Sunbury High Orchestra- from Red Edwards
• 1915 Sunbury High School Annual
• 1916 Commencement Invitation and Program- Mary Hazel Holt and
  Ray L. Eley *
• 1917-18 Juniors In Sunbury from Jim Gorsuch
• 1919 Commencement Invitation
  - Forrest Wilcox
• 1921 Commencement Program *
• 1923 Sunbury School Photo
• Sunbury School Primary Students about 1924
• 1926 - First Football Team
• 1928 - 50th Reunion
• 1936 Junior - Senior Banquet Program *
• 1936 Musical *
• 1936-7 Clifton Miller's Bus #3  *
• 1938 Eighth Grade Operetta *
• 1938 FHA Banquet *
• 1938 Baccalaureate & Commencement *
• 1938 Class Memories of Betty Morris *
• 1939 Eighth Grade Play *
• 1940 Eighth Commencement *
• 1940 Jr. Class Play *
• 1941 Spring Musical *
• 1941 Baccalaureate & Commencement *
• 1942 Baccalaureate & Commencement *
• 1943 Senior Class Play *
• 1943 First Front - Junior & Seniors *
• 1943 Baccalaureate & Commencement *
• 1944 Football Team
• From 1944 Yearbook
• 1948 Sunbury High Football Team   
• 1951 Graduation Invitation *
   *  Original Items Owned by
       Donald "Red" Edwards

   Consolidated School: 
        Big Walnut Local Schools 1950-

• Big Walnut High School on Baughman Street 1951-1991, then Junior High School, 1991-
• Columbus Dispatch Visits Sunbury Square- 1952 - from Joseph Ritchey
• General Rosecrans Elementary School Dedication- 2010
• Harrison Street Elementary
  see Sunbury School
• Middle School 1968-1991 - Big Walnut Elementary School, 1991-
• Hylen Souders Elementary School, 1974-
• Prairie Run School - 2020 from Lenny Lepola
• Big Walnut High School, 1991-
• 1956 Graduation Ticket * 
• 1957 Galena Elementary Graduation = BWHS Class of 1961 * 
   *  Original Items Owned by
       Donald "Red" Edwards
• Edwards in OAT & CCC Hall of Fame-2012
• Edwards Honored-2015
• Jim Swearingen, Ohio Magazine

• Kesler, Steve,  in Big Walnut Hall of Fame, 2015

   

• Delaware County Maps
• Sunbury Plat Map
• Rand McNally 1909 Delaware County Map - from Joseph Ritchey
• First Cars*
• Franklin Railroad Station in Genoa Township contributed by Florobel Lacher
• Stagecoach Inns *
  Center Inn or Van Dorn Inn
  Curtiss Inn by Marian Whitney, Burrell Denune
  Myers Inn
• Railroad Advantages*
• Railroad Wrecks*
  Derailed Train Missed Nestlès Plant - photos from Jane Estep
• S Curve in Letts Avenue **

Wars:   Just a Common Soldier by Larry Vaincourt
                                a.k.a. A Soldier Died Today

American Revolution

• American Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Big Walnut Cemeteries with photos of cemetery markers

• Flagholders for Soldiers of American Revolution

• American Revolutionary Soldiers Buried In Sunbury

• Soldiers in the American Revolutionary was Buried in Eastern Delaware County
  by Suzanne Allen

• 1776 Marker Placed on John Williams' Grave  by Suzanne Allen

War of 1812

• War of 1812 Soldiers buried in Eastern Delaware County by Suzanne Allen
   

Civil War

• John Quist's Enlisted Soldiers of the Civil War from Delaware County
  by John Quist
   
• Soldiers from Eastern Delaware County      compiled by Suzanne Allen
   
• Soldiers Buried in Delaware County
  compiled by Polly Horn
   
• Galena Soldiers of the Civil War - Compiled by Suzanne Allen
   
• Marking Graves of Civil War Vets for Veteran's Day 2010 - in Kingston, Porter Townships
   
• Marking the Civil War Vets for Veteran's Day 2011 in Trenton Cemetery
   
• Armstrong, George by John Quist
   
• Beard, Truman, Civil War Soldier
   
• Carpenter, Thomas by John Quist
   
• Fleckner, Henry E.  by John Quist
   
• Frambes, Col. Granville Adolphus
       by Polly Horn
   
• Haycook, George W., Civil War Soldier and Harlem Farmer by John W. Quist
   
• Haycook, Nathaniel, Civil War Soldier by John W. Quist
   
• Jones, Col. John Sills- Kavage Collection
   
• Kempton, John F. by John Quist
   
• Longwell, Dr. Albert - Civil War Doctor
       by Suzanne Allen
• Morrison, Dr. Francis W. - by John Quist
   
• Rosecrans, Major General William Starke*  - learn more on
  Rosecransheadquarters.org
   
• Stark, Thomas E.  by John Quist
   
• Thrall, Azra - the father by John Quist
• Thrall, Stephen - the son by John Quist
   
• Wherry, John and Commutation Money
   
• Whitney, Robert Wilson
   
• 4th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry
         by Suzanne Allen
• 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
         by Suzanne Allen
   
• G. A. R. Posts in Delaware County and their Namesakes
  George Torrence - Delaware
  Lawrence Myers - Sunbury
  Jerry Coomer - Ashley
  Charles Slack - Galena
  Joseph Tanner - Ostrander
  by John W. Quist
   
• Battle of Sunbury- The Myth
      by Richard M. Helwig
  Copperheads - Source of  the Myth
      from It Happened in Delaware
  Facts About Myth

• Spanish American War Veterans buried in Big Walnut Cemeteries - Compiled by Suzanne Allen
• Spanish American War Vet Buried in Berkshire Cemetery
  By Suzanne Allen
• Spanish American Veterans Buried in Galena Cemetery Compiled by Suzanne Allen andWarren Owen
• Spanish American War Veterans Buried in Sunbury Memorial Park- Compiled by Suzanne Allen
• Spanish American Veteran buried in Trenton Cemetery - by Suzanne Allen

World War I

• WW I Soldiers Buried in Big Walnut Cemeteries
  researched by Suzanne Allen
• WW I Soldiers as 1939 Charter Members of Benson Hough Post 457 in Sunbury
• 1919 Genoa Township Quilt of Soldiers and Sailors
  also includes those living from earlier wars - research by Carolyn Maruggi
• Austin, Raymond - namesake of American Legion Post 115 in Delaware by John W. Quist
• Baker, Otis Kimball
• World War I Veterans buried in Berkshire Cemetery
  compiled by Suzanne Allen
• World War I Veterans buried in Galena Cemetery compiled by Suzanne Allen
• World War I Veterans buried in Porter Cemeteries
  compiled by Suzanne Allen
• World War I thru Vietnam Veterans Buried in Porter Cemeteries- compiled by Suzanne Allen

World War II

• Billy Brooks Southworth WWII Hero- clippings
• Conant Brothers Serve by Suzanne Allen
   
• Fred Foster Mitchell and American Memorial       Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands
  Dutch Man Adopts Grave - The Sunbury News, 1-4-2007
  Hope Mitchell, WAAC to WAC
  Paul Mitchell Freezes Toes in Belgium
   
• Fravel Brothers from Harlem
   
• Jack Welch Memorial Service
  contributed by Jo Courtright
   
• President Trump Honors Krebs
   
• William H. Linnabary's Tags Found in Dessert
   
• World War II
  Marian Whitney's Scrapbook from The Sunbury News
   
• World War 11 Veterans Buried in Berkshire Cemetery - compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
   
• World War II Veterans Buried in Burnside Cemetery -compiled by Suzanne Allen
   
• World War II Veterans buried in Galena Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen
   
• World War I thru Vietnam Veterans Buried in Porter Cemeteries- compiled by Suzanne Allen
   
• WWll Veterans Buried in Sunbury Memorial Park - compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
   
• World War II Veterans Buried in Trenton Cemetery - compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen

   Navy Operation Deep Freeze
    in Antarctica
   •  Veteran buried in Galena Cemetery -        compiled by Suzanne Allen

Korean War

     •  Spearman, Corporal Harry L.

     •  Korea War Veterans Buried in
        Berkshire Cemetery- compiled by
        Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen

    •   Korean War Veterans Buried in
         Burnside Cemetery - compiled by
        Suzanne Allen

    • Korean War Veterans buried in
       Galena Cemetery -compiled by
       Suzanne Allen

    •  Korean War Veterans Buried in
       Sunbury Memorial Park- compiled by
        Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
 

Vietnam Conflict

• Vietnam War Memorial - Virtual Wall
  includes records of each victim
   
• Veterans of the Vietnam Conflict buried in Berkshire Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
• Veterans of the Vietnam Conflict buried in Burnside Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen
• Veterans of the Vietnam War buried in Galena Cemetery -compiled by   Suzanne Allen
• World War I thru Vietnam Veterans Buried in Porter Cemeteries- compiled by Suzanne Allen
   
• Vietnam War Veterans Buried in Sunbury Memorial Park - by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen

The Gulf War 

      •  Gulf War Veterans Buried in Galena
          Cemetery  by Suzanne Allen and
          Warren Owen

War on Terrorism

• Army SPC Anthony D. Kinslow
   
• Ohio Fallen Heroes Monument
   
• Iraqui Freedom Soldier Buried in Berkshire Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen

BIG WALNUT AREA TOWNSHIPS
also see Thumbnail History Sketches and Maps

• Berkshire Academy & Episcopal Church
• Berkshire Methodist Church,
         by G. D. Neilson
• Berkshire One Hundred Years Old-1906
        by Nellie Stark
• Berkshire School c 1894 - photo from Terry Easton
• Berkshire School 1916-24
• Judge Benjamin Carpenter
• Major Thomas Brown's Home
• Rome Fair Lease - from Marilyn Gregg DeFranco
• Maps 1807     1830     1866    
  1866 Berkshire Corners 
  1866 Rome Corners
  1866 Village of Galena
• Moses Byxbe's Home in  Massachusetts
  by Carol Lew
• Proprietor's List, A-H
•  West Galena School, , Sub Division #6-1905 Teacher's (James Rose) Souvenir Booklet

• Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Berkshire Cemetery
   
• Delaware G.A.R. Post named for Berkshire Township Native, Corporal George B. Torrence by John W. Quist
   
• Spanish American War Vet Buried in Berkshire Cemetery
  By Suzanne Allen
   
• World War I Veterans buried in Berkshire Cemetery
  compiled by Suzanne Allen
  
   
• World War 11 Veterans Buried in Berkshire Cemetery - compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
   
• Korea War Veterans Buried in Berkshire Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
   
• Veterans of the Vietnam Conflict buried in Berkshire Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
   
• Iraqui Freedom Soldier Buried in Berkshire Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
   
• Also see:
     Community Library Ohio's 200th Display

• Blue Church*
• Old Blue Church  from June Johnson
• Major General William Starke Rosecrans*
   
• Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Blue Church Cemetery
   
• Marking Graves of Civil War Vets for Veteran's Day 2010
   
• World War 11 Veterans Buried in Berkshire Cemetery - compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
   
• Korea War Veterans Buried in Berkshire Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
   
• Veterans Honored in Blue Church Cemetery on Nov. 11-2018 - list compiled by Suzanne Allen
   
• Veterans of the Vietnam Conflict buried in Berkshire Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
• 
   
• Iraqui Freedom Soldier Buried in Berkshire Cemetery- compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
   
• Also see:
     Community Library Ohio's 200th Display

• 1919 Genoa Township Quilt of Soldiers and Sailors research by Carolyn Maruggi
• Bicentennial Emblem on McNamara Barn-2016
• Blacksmith-Long John Roberts ** by Polly Horn
• Coon Hunters Await Start of Season
• Curtiss Inn by Marian Whitney, Burrell Denune
• Franklin Railroad Station contributed by Florobel Lacher
• Genoe Town House 1880 by Polly Horn
• Genoa Township One of a Kind by Lenny Lepola - The Sunbury News 8-16-2007
• Is House of Historic Significance?
• Kline Manufacturing Co-1958
• Map 1830
• Property Taxes-1951
• Roberts-Hezekiah&John
• Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Burnside/ Bon Air Cemetery
• Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Curtiss/Copeland Cemetery
• Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Redbank Cemetery
• World War II Veterans Buried in Burnside Cemetery -compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
• Korean War Veterans Buried in Burnside Cemetery -compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
• Veterans of the Vietnam Conflict buried in Burnside Cemetery - compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
• Yankee Street Covered Bridge donated by Mary Beth Berggren
• Also see:
     Community Library Ohio's 200th Display

• 1900 Teacher's Souvenir from East Porter School - from Charlotte Emrick
• Aviation Pioneer - Foster Lane*
• Chambers Road Covered Bridge*
• Chambers Road Covered Bridge Postcard
  from June Johnson
• Condit Cornet Band - 1890  from Ken Crowl
• Kingston Center Methodist Church in Olive Green from Ken Crowl
• 1866 Beers Atlas Map of Porter Township
• Maps 1866 East Liberty 
• 1866 Olive Green
• Marking Graves of Civil War Vets for Veteran's Day 2010
• Mt Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church became Mt Pleasant Church - postcard from Ken Crowl
  photos by Polly Horn
• Olive Green Store and IOOF Lodge
• Porter Township Memories by Art McKay
• Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Stark  Cemetery
• Spanish-American War Vet in Porter Cemeteries by Suzanne Allen
• Stone Jug School from Patty Hardin
• World War I Veterans buried in Porter Cemeteries
  compiled by Suzanne Allen
• WWI - Vietnam Veterans Buried in East Liberty compiled by Suzanne Allen
   
• Also see:
     Community Library Ohio's 200th Display

• Benajah Cook, Founder
• 1841 Lady at 4987 Harlem Road
• Annual Meetings of Voters to elect Directors of Harlem School Dis. #7
• Harlem Township School Teachers about 1920- from Pam Evener
• Fix School Harlem Township District #5- from Pam Evener
• Center Village High School-1927- from Pam Evener
• Center Village High School-1928- from Pam Evener
• Harlem Township High School 1919- from Pam Evener
  Harlem Township High School in color - from Pam Evener
• Harlem Cemetery Marker -Vicki Tieche
• Harlem Township Schools - Gradation 1936
  from Fred and Theresa Wilke
• Haycook, George W., Civil War Soldier and Harlem Farmer by John W. Quist
   
• Haycook, Nathaniel, Civil War Soldier by John W. Quist
• Hunt School
• Hucksters*
• Vicki Tieche has written a wonderful history of Harlem Township which is available at Community Library
• Map 1866
• Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Fancher Cemetery
• Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Harlem Cemetery
• Soldier of the American Revolution Buried in Hunt Cemetery
• Also see:
     Community Library Ohio's 200th Display

• 1911 Birthday Postcard from Edwards to Metzger in Condit, Ohio - Charlotte Emrick Collection
• Camp Clifton in Trenton Township
• Center Inn or Van Dorn Inn
• Condit Cornet Band - 1890- from Ken Crowl
• Condit Elevator photo from Larry Lane
• Condit Family - see Condit Town
• Condit Post Office - North Condit
• Condit Presbyterian Church
• Condit Residence - postcard from Red Edwards
• Condit School - postcard from Ken Crowl
• Condit Town a painting- by Hazel Hoover
  Condit Family
• Cring's Household Balm - booklet from Red Edwards
• Hick's Store in North Condit
• Horn's Sohio Station, 1948-1963
• International Harvester Company in South Condit - postcard from Jeff Sellers
• Log Home on Ross Road
• Map - 1866
• Perfect Family of Trenton Township
  by  Suzanne Allen
• Ross - Dent Road School 1907,  1913,  1914,  1915,  1916,  1925 or 26
• Sinkey School
• Spanish American Veteran buried in Trenton Cemetery - by Suzanne Allen
   
• Soldier of the American Revolution
  Buried in Trenton Cemetery
   
• South Condit Store
• Vans Valley School, 1901-4 from Maxine Longshore
• Vans Valley School, 1926-27 from Judy Shumway
  Bob Hoover identification
   
• World War I Veterans Buried in Trenton Township - Compiled by Suzanne Allen
   
• World War II Veterans Buried in Trenton Cemetery - compiled by Suzanne Allen and Warren Owen
   
• Also see:
     Community Library Ohio's 200th Display

Community Library Displays
for Ohio's Bicentennial

Displays by Margaret Arnold

• Ben Curtis, golfer
• Billy Southworth, baseball manager*
  -Clippings about Billy Southworth
  - Southworth Photos from Doug Brookhart
  -Experiencing BiIlyl Southworth's Induction into
    the Hall of Fame, 2008 - Photos by Mark Brown
• Dedication of Baseball Historical Marker
  for Southworth and Olinger
• Everett S. Sherman, bridge builder 
  by David Simmons
• Foster Lane, aviator
• Governor Frank B. Willis
• Major General William Starke Rosecrans*
• Community Leaders Quiz by Carol Wirick and Ken Crowl

This is a work in progress. 
More History articles will be added
 as time and money permits.

Other Sites with History or Photos from the Big Walnut Area
delawarecountymemory.org - Community Library site
Greeting from Delaware, Ohio - Picture Postcards of Delaware County, Ohio
 

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