Ohio History Journal

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History of Educational Legislation, 1851 to 1925 221

of Lake Erie; sturdy Pennsylvanians crossed over into central

Ohio and the Virginian and Carolinian took up his abode in the

southern part of Ohio. Here in the Northwest Territory they

lived and died; they were fathers of a race who inherited the in-

vincible courage and sterling qualities of the Revolutionary soldier

and who took up the burden of founding the Nation by pressing

westward.

Mrs. Dailey explains that the Roster is not designed

as a genealogical reference book, but it is of great value

to many seeking information in regard to their Revolu-

tionary ancestors. We quote further from the Fore-

word:

Its primary object is to present an authentic and complete list

of Revolutionary soldiers buried in this state. Research has ex-

tended over a quarter of a century, and had it not been for the

patriotic service given gratis by Ohio men and women the compila-

tion of these records would not have been possible. No detail was

too insignificant for these searchers; county cemeteries were in-

vestigated by faithful Chapter chairmen of the D. A. R.; news-

papers gave freely of their space; the U. S. Bureau of Pensions

gave valuable aid and many persons were assiduous in searching

the D. A. R. lineage books and the published lists of the Sons of

the American Revolution.

Contained herein are many records of proven service, but

there are some which may never be proved though the service

given by the individuals is beyond question. Information in many

instances was meager, but this, it is felt, can be corrected by

adding to the Roster additional records which are now or will be

in the future under investigation. The chapter or person who

filed the data is responsible for the authenticity of the record and

any communication should be carried on with them.

The name of the chapter of the D. A. R. furnishing

the information accompanies the record of each Revo-

lutionary soldier. This not only gives the local chapters

credit for their work and fixes the responsibility for its

accuracy, but in many instances it gives the interested

person consulting the book a clue to sources of addi-

tional information.

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REVIEWS, NOTES AND COMMENTS

BY THE EDITOR

SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BURIED

IN OHIO

This is the title of a book which has long been in

demand by citizens of Ohio and many beyond the bor-

ders of that state, who have learned through tradition

or otherwise that their Revolutionary ancestors came to

this state and are probably buried here. The arduous

work of collecting material for this volume was under-

taken by the Daughters of the American Revolution,

under the direction of Mrs. Eugene Kennedy of Dayton,

Ohio, who was State Chairman of Historical Sites and

Revolutionary Graves Committee from 1920 to 1923,

and continued by Mrs. Jane Frances Dowd Dailey of

Albany, Ohio, who had been Chairman of this commit-

tee from 1923 to the present time.

This book contains 447 pages and lists over 3,000

soldiers of the American Revolution buried in Ohio.

This comparatively large number of burials within the

border of our state, which was not admitted into the

Union until twenty years after the Revolution, is ex-

plained in the following paragraph from the Foreword

to the volume by Mrs. Dailey:

Lest the reader should wonder at the large number of Revo-

lutionary soldiers buried in Ohio, it should be recalled that the

present boundaries of Ohio were nearest the original colonies,

and when land grants were given to the soldiers thither came the

hardy New Englanders to the Western Reserve and the region

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