~ In New Rumley, Harrison County, Ohio ~

Above: Graves of two infant brothers of General George and Thomas Ward Custer, at the English Lutheran Cemetery in New Rumley, Harrison County, OH. In this small rural cemetery also rest many of our cousins, including pioneers John and Maria (Kohl) Minard and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Above: Birthplace and early home of General George and Thomas Custer in New Rumley. Henderson's Art Gallery of Scio, OH published this as a postcard circa 1907.

Above: Custer State Memorial at New Rumley, Harrison County, OH, on the actual site of the birthplace of the Custer brothers.

Above: Left: statue of the General in New Rumley, OH, dedicated in 1932. Right: large sign in nearby Jewett celebrating his birthplace.

Above: Front view of the farmhouse of the General's parents near Tontogany. Seen in this image are members of the Williams family, owners at the time the image was made.

Above: Left: Sitting Bull, leader of the Sioux nation which attacked the Seventh Cavalry and Custer at Little Big Horn. Right: Rain in the Face (Etomo Gozue), a Sioux warrior who held a personal grudge against Thomas Ward Custer. This image taken near Fort Keough, Montana, circa 1879, originally copyright L.A. Huffman.

Above: Artist's depiction of the Custer brothers' last minutes at Little Big Horn, prior to the Sioux attack (courtesy of the National Park Service).

Above: J.K. Ralston's painting of "Custer's Last Hope," copyright 1971 Mrs. Don C. Foote, published by McGrew Color Graphics of Kansas City

Above: "Custer's Last Stand" by Edgar Samuel Paxson, copyright Jennings & Gusdorf, Butte, MT

Above: Left - "Unhorsed" sketch published in Custer's Last Battle by Frederick Remington. Right - bleached bones of horses  and men scattered at Little Big Horn one year after the slaughter. 

Above: Left - first cairn monument on the Little Big Horn battlefield, one year later. Right - grave of Lt. Sturgis a year after the battle.

Above: Large cross marks the spot where Gen. Custer fell at Little Big Horn. He is not buried here, but rather rests for eternity at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Above: The markers in the foreground at Little Big Horn mark where Custer and his men fell. The cemetery in the background is more modern.

Above: Funeral and burial service for Thomas Ward Custer and his brother in law, James Calhoun, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on Aug. 4, 1877. Originally published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Sept. 8, 1877.

Memorial to the slain Seventh Cavalry members at Little Big Horn, including a close-up view showing the names of George and Tom Custer and their brother in law James Calhoun. This monument still stands today.

Above: Famed, prominent Custer statue in Monroe, MI, as it was dedicated in 1910 in its original location.

Above: Famed, prominent Custer statue in Monroe, MI, relocated during the 20th century.

Above: Grave of Emanuel and  Maria at Woodland Cemetery in Monroe, MI.

Above: Also buried in the Custer plot at Woodland Cemetery in Monroe are the General's brother Boston and their 18-year-old nephew, Harry Armstrong "Autie" Reed, both of whom were slain at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

Above: Left - Emanuel and Maria Custer's former house in Monroe, still standing today. Center - the First Methodist Church in Monroe where the Custers' memorial service was held in 1876 after the fatal battle. Right - entrance to the "Historic Woodland Cemetery" in Monroe where the General's parents and siblings rest for eternity.

Above: Left - the farm of Nevin Custer, the General's brother, still standing today on the outskirts Monroe, MI. Right - Nevin's grave in the Custer plot at Woodland Cemetery in Monroe. Nevin was a longtime owner of farms near the Minerds in Tontogany, Wood County, OH in the 1860s, '70s and '80s before moving to Michigan for good.

Above: Monroe home of Gen. George and Elizabeth (Bacon) Custer

Above: Carl Day and his 2003 book, Tom Custer: Ride to Glory, published by Arthur Clark & Co.