Three Affordable Christmas Gifts for the Historian

The Defiance County Genealogical Society has three great local history books to offer this year!  All are priced well for wonderful Christmas gifts.

1
Two Civil War diaries kept by soldier, 
Darius Baird, were discovered by the late
David Bennett.  After reading them, the society
thought them well worth printing to give
a common, Ohio soldier's look at daily life during the war.

Some of the 1863 diary was missing, but otherwise 1861 - 1864 was covered well. 

ONLY $10.00  (includes shipping and tax)






2  

 This book was published for the Bicentennial of the War of 1812.  It tells the story of the men who volunteered in our militias and armies in Kentucky and Ohio.  Maps are included so one can drive the routes the soldiers once walked.
Also marked are the three historical markers for 1812 already placed in Defiance County.

"The Campaigns of the Army of the Northwest" was dedicated to the memory of the men who served their country during the War of 1812 - those who died during service, many placed in unmarked graves scattered along the campaign routes and battle sites.

ONLY $10.00 (includes shipping and tax)




 3

Our newest book celebrates Fort Defiance on its
225th anniversary in 2019.  It consists of a 
collection of short stories concerning the 
construction and use of the fort.  Anthony Wayne ordered a fort to be built at the confluence of the Maumee and Auglaize rivers on August 8, 1794.

Many of the stories come from previously
overlooked sources - journals of the period and
Indian war related materials from the 1820s 
to the early 1900s.

A few subjects covered - 
Anthony Wayne's weapons, the Grand 
Emporium, What's in the name Defiance, and
the abandonment of the fort

ONLY $8.00 (includes shipping and tax)

 **To purchase any or all of these books, send your order with a check of the appropriate amount and your name and address to:

Defiance County Genealogical Society
PO Box 7006
Defiance, OH 43512

If you wish the book/s to be send elsewhere as a gift, please specify.


 

NEW BOOK Commemorates the 225th Anniversary of Fort Defiance

To recognize the 225th anniversary of Fort Defiance, the Defiance County Genealogical Society has published a book sharing little known or under reported historical facts about Anthony Wayne's 1794 fort.

Richard Rozevink and David Bennett collected material for a series of short stories based on their findings in old journals, period diaries, and other early historical writings.

The book will be available at the Defiance Development & Tourism Bureau at 325 Clinton Street.  The price is $8.00 if purchased there. 


 To have a book sent to you, the price is $10.00.  Please send a check with your order to the Defiance County Genealogical Society (DCGS) at P.O. Box 7006, Defiance, OH 43512.

For Defiance County Genealogical Society members, the price is $6.00, and the books will be available at meetings or, if ordered through the mail, the cost would be $8.00

Proceeds from the book will help to fund an historical marker in Defiance, marking the location of General James Wilkinson's 1794 Redoubt (a fort outside of a larger fort) and, on the other side of the plaque, the Miami-Erie Canal Mule Bridge. 

Fort Defiance, now the Defiance Public Library grounds