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The citizens of Deerfield Township have every reason to be proud of their patriotic soldiery, both in the war of 1812 and in the great struggle of 1861 to 1865. At both times our men were in readiness to answer the call of the Government, and, during the years of the contests all her demands were responded to cheerfully and willingly. How much was done by the people of the township can never be known. Tradition is the only source of information as to the soldiers of 1812. We are told that Mason Seward and John Patton were among the first to enlist in our county. Others who followed were Philip Seward, George Cline, Maj. Mason, Caliph Leonard, John Cline, Capt Spencer, Brazilla Clark, James Striker, Richard Cox, Robert Doan, Dick Compton, James Johnson, Patrick Shaw, Byron Williams, John Parkhill, Jedediah Tingle, Sam Harris, James Seward, Joe Coddington, Isaac Coddington, Freeman Coddington, David Briney, Fred Briney, Nicholas Rynearson and several others whose names we are unable to get. Seward, Mason and Spencer held important offices while serving in the war.
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SOLDIERS OF THE REBELLION.
The following is a list of the members of Company A, Sixty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, volunteering from Deerfield Township:
| 1. | Joe Brigham, Captain. | 52. | Clark Thompson |
| 2. | R. H. Cunningham | 53. | A. J. Bennett |
| 3. | Frank Sweny | 54. | J. H. Perrine |
| 4. | Henry Patterson | 55. | Ormand Paulding |
| 5. | John S. Scott | 56. | David Tetrick |
| 6. | William H. Benedict | 57. | John Shay |
| 7. | Joseph M. Roberts | 58. | Joseph Cressey |
| 8. | Emery White | 59. | Allen Baysore |
| 9. | H. T. Arlington | 60. | Frank Miller |
| 10. | Thomas Slayback | 61. | A. J. Taylor |
| 11. | Lucellus Duvall [served in the 83rd OVI till diabled - not the 69th] | 62. | Mike Byrne |
| 12. | William Coulson | 63. | Gaines Walker |
| 13. | Vermillion Voorhis | 64. | William Condin |
| 14. | Ellison Voorhis | 65. | John Scofield |
| 15. | Ben Slayback | 66. | William Scofield |
| 16. | Harmon Myers | 67. | Sylvander Scofield |
| 17. | Jackson Nixon | 68. | John Chapman |
| 18. | Abram Nixon | 69. | William Jen |
| 19. | John Baker | 70. | Mike O'Neal |
| 20. | L L. Dodds | 71. | Moses Graham |
| 21. | Thomas Groover | 72. | William Bishop |
| 22. | Aaron Thompson | 73. | Stanton Gustin |
| 23. | Emanuel Thompson | 74. | William McClellan |
| 24. | Thomas Thompson | 75. | Robert Clendenin |
| 25. | John Cox | 76. | William Irwin |
| 26. | Richard Cox | 77. | Monroe Witham [same as James M. Witham] |
| 27. | John Quinn | 78. | J. G. Connell |
| 28. | Clark Baker | 79. | James Tubbs |
| 29. | Robert Merchant | 80. | William Blake |
| 30. | George Shellhouse | 81. | William H. Witham |
| 31. | Henry Collins | 82. | Lawrence Gallaher |
| 32. | William Clendenin | 83. | James Chatman |
| 33. | Reuben Harrison | 84. | James Ludlum |
| 34. | James Dolan | 85. | William Dolan |
| 35. | George A. Newcomb | 86. | Charles Cathrow |
| 36. | Marcus Wescott | 87. | Ira Benedict |
| 37. | David Woodruff | 88. | Harvey Mahan. |
| 38. | George Ballard | 89. | Lewis Mahan |
| 39. | Joseph Tullis | 90. | George Fox |
| 40. | Shotwell Cox | 91. | Stephen Crosby |
| 41. | Ebenezer Burch | 92. | William D. Mulford |
| 42. | Joseph Bragg | 93. | Michael Rhineer |
| 43. | William Moore | 94. | Joe Moore |
| 44. | Thomas Stair | 95. | Isaac Myers |
| 45. | Joshua Gallagher | 96. | Joe Patterson |
| 46. | T. J. Culberson [perhaps David J. Culbertson] | 97. | Milt. Rogers |
| 47. | John Simpson | 98. | James Saulsberry |
| 48. | Jesse Price | 99. | George Willis |
| 49. | Peter French | 100. | Andrew J. Ross |
| 50. | Thomas J. Cox | 101. | James Ballard |
| 51. | George W. Morgan | 102. | Frank Tully |
Those who were in the other regiments are :
| 1. | A. J. Cox | 13. | William Cochran |
| 2. | George M. White | 14. | Servetus Dawson |
| 3. | J. B. Paulding | 15. | A. J. Kendall |
| 4. | William H. H. Hay | 16. | Sylvester Witham |
| 5. | Eli Bowyer | 17. | James Felter |
| 6. | Lecester Torbett | 18. | Manning Voorhis |
| 7. | Robert Willoughby | 19. | A. B. Gooch |
| 8. | Charles Canton | 20. | Thomas Patterson |
| 9. | John Edinfleld | 21. | J. C. Atkinson |
| 10. | David Bishop | 22. | B. D. Welton |
| 11. | B. H. Taylor | 23. | J. G. Meighan |
| 12. | John Tompkins | 24. | H. C. Pray |
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| 25 | Andrew Crawford | 68 | Bone Fox |
| 26 | John Pray | 69 | F. J. Witham |
| 27 | Robert Canton | 70 | David A. Williams |
| 28 | John Galenor | 71 | Alonzo Savage |
| 29 | William Burns | 72 | James W. Hinkle |
| 30 | Lot Parker | 73 | James Argendine |
| 31 | George Parker | 74 | Elmore Argendine |
| 32 | Jacob Cline | 75 | Francis Lewis |
| 33 | Henry Bercaw | 76 | Lewis Vandine |
| 34 | Alex. Read | 77 | Martin L. Williams |
| 35 | Josiah Lowes | 78 | John A. Davis |
| 36 | William W. Lowes | 79 | J. G. Morrow |
| 37 | William K. Van Horn | 80 | George E. Morrow |
| 38 | J. W. Ross | 81 | Thomas E. Morrow |
| 39 | John Allen | 82 | J. T. Morrow |
| 40 | Andrew Hestler [aka Andrew J. Hetzler?] | 83 | Philip Wentzell |
| 41 | David O'Neal | 84 | Joseph Paull |
| 42 | Joe Bates | 85 | Thomas Hunter |
| 43 | Thomas Bundy | 86 | Joseph Blackburn |
| 44 | A. B. Lowes | 87 | I. Murray |
| 45 | J. L. Lowes | 88 | James Travilla |
| 46 | Craig Patterson | 89 | Thomas Gladdish |
| 47 | John Hunter | 90 | Peter Fox |
| 48 | Charles Apgar | 91 | Isaac N. Lamb |
| 49 | B. K. Halter | 92 | L. R. Marshall |
| 50 | Samuel Nickell | 93 | T. Clements |
| 51 | Samuel L. Adams | 94 | Job Owens |
| 52 | Jesse C. Adams | 95 | Cornelius P. Coulson |
| 53 | Peter Cortelyou | 96 | Mike Tooey |
| 54 | Isaac Merchant | 97 | John Zeigler |
| 55 | J. K. Gaston | 98 | Joe Foster |
| 56 | W. H. Wheely | 99 | D. McF. Lamb |
| 57 | John L. Dickson [perhaps same as Joseph L. Dickson] | 100 | William Foster |
| 58 | Ben Hebble | 101 | A. F. Peterson |
| 59 | Josiah Barden | 102 | Felix Doran |
| 60 | George Rebold | 103 | John Ballard |
| 61 | G. W. Jones | 104 | Oscar Dodds [aka William Oscar Dodds] |
| 62 | A. D. Coulson | 105 | Frank Hill |
| 63 | Polk Wikoff | 106 | Dave Hindman |
| 64 | Abram D. Lowe | 107 | William Hildebrant |
| 65 | Levi Willoughby | 108 | P. Winslow |
| 66 | Ben Roberts | 109 | J. Lanegan |
| 67 | John Sage | 110 | J. Davis |