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Below is a complete listing of all Ohio Historical Markers. To find a detailed marker listing including text, photographs, and locations, click on a county below. Our listing is updated by the markers program as new markers are installed and older markers are reported damaged or missing.

2-11 In Memory of Marion A. Ross

Side A: Born here October 9, 1832. Attended Antioch College. Member of Mt. Olivet Masonic Lodge. Enlisted in the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment and volunteered for the famous Andrews Raid. The raiders seized “The General” locomotive at Big Shanty, Georgia, April 12, 1862. Captured and executed, Ross is buried in the National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn. Awarded posthumously the Medal of Honor, September 1863.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: The Marion A. Ross Memorial Foundation, Doug Byrum, and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: W. Pike Street (OH 55), 
Christiansburg, 
OH, 
45389
Location: SW corner of W. Pike Street (OH 55) and Wilson Street, on the W side of Christiansburg
Latitude: 40.0554410
Longitude: -84.0296050