A visit to the Old Saint Stephens Lutheran Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Old St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery ...
The Old St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery is located in Defiance County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Ayersville Cemetery
- The Ayersville Cemetery is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville Cemetery
- The Ayersville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Bend & Ayersville Cemetery
- Pleasant Bend Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1687547 <2>
- Brinkman Cemetery
- The Brinkman Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinkman Cemetery
- Emanuels Cemetery
- The Emanuels Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuels Cemetery
- Florida Cemetery
- The Florida Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Cemetery
- Frazee Cemetery
- The Frazee Cemetery is located in Defiance County
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- Hill Cemetery
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Defiance County
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- Hire Cemetery
- The Hire Cemetery is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hire Cemetery
- Hohenberger Cemetery
- The Hohenberger Cemetery is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohenberger Cemetery
- Huston Cemetery
- The Huston Cemetery is located in Henry County
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- Independence Cemetery
- The Independence Cemetery is located in Defiance County
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- Mansfield Cemetery
- The Mansfield Cemetery is located in Defiance County
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- Myers Cemetery
- The Myers Cemetery is located in Defiance County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Myers Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Defiance.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42347 <2>
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Parry Cemetery
- The Parry Cemetery is located in Henry County
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- Pleasant Twp. Cemetery
- Riverview Memory Gardens
- Rohn Cemetery
- The Rohn Cemetery is located in Defiance County
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- St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Henry County
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- St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Henry County
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- St. Marys Cemetery
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Henry County
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- St. Peters Cemetery
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- Township Cemetery
- The Township Cemetery is located in Henry County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Old St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Ayersville
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
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- Brunersburg
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
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- Charloe
- Charloe is located in Paulding County
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- Continental
- Defiance
- Dupont
- Elery
- Elery is located in Henry County
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- Florida
- Florida is located in Henry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Fort Brown
- Fort Brown is located in Paulding County
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- Hamler
- Hartsburg
- Hartsburg is located in Putnam County
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- Holgate
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Jewell
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
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- Junction
- Junction is located in Paulding County
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- Kieferville
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
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- Malinta
- Melrose
- Melrose is located in Paulding County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Miller City
- Napoleon
- New Bavaria
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Oakwood
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Okolona
- Okolona is located in Henry County
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- Okolona has also been known as:
- Okalona
- Pleasant Bend
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
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- Renollet ‑ Historic
- Renollet is located in Paulding County
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- Ridgeville Corners
- Ridgeville Corners is located in Henry County
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- Saint Andrews ‑ Historic
- Saint Andrews is located in Paulding County
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- Williamstown
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
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For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Old St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Defiance County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Continental
- Defiance
- Dupont
- Holgate
- Napoleon
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Old St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Defiance County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Old St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1961353 (Old Saint Stephens Lutheran Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1961353 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Defiance
- Est. Elev: 224 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: New Bavaria
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Defiance, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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